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Park Predators

The Cyclist

Park Predators

Audiochuck

True Crime

4.415.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

In 2017, avid cyclist Tim Watkins was gunned down and buried in a shallow grave off a popular trail in Mount Herman, Colorado. Identifying the shooter has led authorities on a puzzling and frustrating journey for justice in Pike San-Isabel National Forest.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi Park enthusiasts, I'm your host, Dilya DeAmbra.

0:04.0

And the story I have for you today takes place in the Mount Hermann area of Pike and San

0:08.9

Isabelle National Forest in Colorado.

0:12.8

The trails around Mount Hermann showcase spectacular views of red rocks, mountain peaks, wild

0:18.2

flowers, and wildlife.

0:21.0

Accessing these amazing sites doesn't come easy though.

0:23.8

You gotta be tough and dedicated.

0:27.2

As a cyclist is a plus two.

0:31.1

The terrain is rugged and sometimes not marked very well, which makes getting lost on a mountain

0:35.6

side easy to do.

0:37.9

The people who live for this kind of challenge know the area like the back of their hand, as

0:42.0

well as which way to point their handlebars to keep from getting seriously hurt.

0:47.0

The dozens of hidden bike trails that surround Mount Hermann are cherished by local cyclists

0:51.6

from the nearby towns of Palmer Lake and Monument, Colorado.

0:56.5

On a September morning in 2017, a man from one of those towns with years of cycling experience

1:02.6

set out for a routine biking trip he'd done hundreds of times before and was never seen

1:08.2

alive again.

1:10.6

At first his friends and family assumed he'd succumb to the mountain's dangerous terrain,

1:15.5

but when the sinister truth of what happened to him eventually surfaced, it became clear,

1:21.1

a killer was at large and able to snare one of the quickest riders roaming Mount Hermann.

1:27.9

This is Park Predators.

1:50.2

On the evening of Thursday September 14, 2017, 52-year-old Ginger Chase Watkins arrived

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