Hi Park enthusiasts, welcome back to Park Predators Season 3.

I'm your host, Dilya DeYembre.

The case I'm going to tell you about today happened not that long ago in January 2012,

which technically was a decade ago, but for so many people who are part of this story,

they remember it like it was yesterday.

It takes place in Mount Rainier National Park in Washington.

And the first thing you need to know about Mount Rainier is that it is spectacularly beautiful,

and at the same time an eruption waiting to happen.

Seriously, Mount Rainier is an active volcano according to the National Park Service.

It might be icy and covered with snow a lot of the time, but it is still considered a volcanic feature.

At more than 14,000 feet above sea level, the Glaciated Peak is surrounded by five major rivers

and what are known as subalpine meadows, full of wildflowers.

The weather patterns in the park are predominantly dictated by the Pacific Ocean,

and for the most part the climate is cool and rainy.

Every now and then though in the summer, the temperatures get up to the 60s or 70s on a good day.

A big piece of advice that Rangers tell all visitors is to pay attention to weather forecasts.

The weather can change drastically in the park at any time from November through May.

It's pretty much a guarantee that you'll run into road closures or treacherous areas

that no one can survive crossing.

On New Year's Day in 2012, a female park ranger named Margaret Anderson found herself face to face

with an unanticipated scenario on a roadway in the park,

the result of which was the end of her life and a lengthy investigation to determine

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