Hi Park enthusiasts, I'm your host Delia Diambra and the story I'm going to tell you about today is a case that I'm betting many of you have never heard of.

There might be a handful of listeners from the New England area of the US who know about it,

but it's likely a new one for most of you.

I'm also willing to bet that the facts of this case are going to stick with you

long after you listen because the victim was doing what so many of us do when we explore a park in our hometown, walking her pet.

The crime happened in Odie Orne Point State Park in New Hampshire, a park that's known for its amazing views of the Atlantic Ocean, vast trail system, and World War II history.

A quick note, most of the newspapers back in 1982 called this area Odiorne State Park, not Odiorne Point State Park.

But it's definitely Odiorne Point State Park. But it's definitely Odieurne Point State Park.

Anyway, throughout the landscape there are bike paths, walking trails, and two old bunkers left over from when military installations were set up there

to protect nearby harbors.

The lengthy shoreline of the park is dotted with secluded beaches and lots of rocky terrain.

Looking out from its 135 acres,

you can see four lighthouses in the distance,

some of which sit just over the state line in Maine.

In March of 1982, a young woman walking her dog

set out to see some of these views,

but was brutally attacked before getting the chance. Her death and the subsequent search for her killer

sent law enforcement on one of the wildest man hunts I've ever researched,

and face to face with a formidable adversary who was bound and determined not to get caught

or ever answer for his crimes. This is Park Predators. Around 10 o'clock in the morning on Thursday March 11th, 1982, a man named Carmen Carter

was at his home in the small town of Rye, New Hampshire, when suddenly a young man driving a red car appeared at his front door.

Carmen answered, and the guy explained that he'd been driving along Route 1A, near the entrance of Odieur Point State Park, when he and another man who

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