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Park Predators

The River

Park Predators

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True Crime

4.415.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

A rafting trip for the Rothgeb family in the summer of 1984 ends with a mother and teenage daughter dead and the father, David, under investigation for their double murder. His hidden lifestyle seals his fate in court, but just like the rivers in the Ozarks, many people are split as to whether the father was framed or a predator remains lurking on the riverways.

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0:00.0

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

0:04.8

The case I'm going to tell you about today takes place in the Ozark National Scenic Riverways

0:10.4

on the Jacksfork River in Missouri.

0:13.6

Jacksfork is heralded as one of the best floating rivers in the United States, and according

0:19.0

to Life Magazine, it's one of the world's 10 most scenic streams.

0:24.2

Its cold clear waters are fed by natural springs and make it an ideal spot for swimming,

0:29.4

canoeing and fishing.

0:31.4

While a float, you pass over more than 100 species of fish and drift past roughly 1000 species

0:37.6

of plants.

0:39.2

For decades, millions of people have visited the Ozarks to camp along the shores of the

0:43.7

Jacksfork.

0:45.4

In the summer of 1984, the Rothgebb family settled in for a weekend camping trip of fun

0:51.1

and Father's Day celebration, but it would end with two family members dead, an amount

0:56.9

of lies, secrets and suspicion for authorities in Missouri to climb.

1:03.5

This is Park Predators.

1:25.1

Late at night, on Saturday, June 16, 1984, Jack Clark was winding down after a long day.

1:32.8

He'd spent from dawn until dusk, registering and checking in campers at the Bunker Hill

1:37.6

Ranch, a camping facility he managed that was owned by a teachers union in Shannon County

1:43.0

Missouri.

1:44.8

As it got closer to midnight, Jack took a breath and leaned back in his chair and stared

1:49.6

up at the night sky.

1:52.3

Then suddenly, a man ran out of the woods in a panic.

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