Hi Park enthusiasts, I'm your host, Dilya DeAmbra, and in the case I have for you today,

details the ins and outs of a horrific murder in Maine's Acadia National Park.

To this day, the who and the why behind this senseless slaying remains unanswered.

It takes place on Mount Desert Island, where the Mammoth Park sits and spans more than

47,000 acres and includes 26 significant mountain peaks covered in dense forests.

That wasn't isolating enough, it's also bordered by roughly 64 miles of Atlantic Ocean

coastline.

According to the National Park Service, Acadia's beautiful landscape draws in roughly

3.5 million visitors a year.

Most of them are eager to check out hiking trails, campgrounds, and breathtaking coastal

views.

For the most part, the local population in the small town of Northeast Harbor stays pretty

consistent at about 600 people, but annually, droves of tourists pour into the area each

summer.

With so many strangers walking around, it kind of makes the island the perfect place for

a predator to go unnoticed.

And during the summer of 1977, a killer did just that and has never been identified, even

after 45 years.

This is Park Predators.

On the morning of June 19, 1977, just after 9am, Gordon Wheatman, his wife Ann and their

two children pulled into the gravel parking lot of Astakua, Zalia Gardens, just on the

outskirts of Acadia National Park.

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