The Yosemite Park Killer | 109
History of the 90s
Kathy Kenzora
4.7 • 610 Ratings
🗓️ 21 February 2024
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
In February 1999 a woman and two teenagers disappeared while on a sightseeing trip at the majestic Yosemite Park. A massive search ended four weeks later when their burned out car was discovered by a hiker.
Police tracked down several suspects and put them behind bars on unrelated charges, assuring the public that the people responsible for the brutal murders were in jail. Then in July 1999 a fourth woman was murdered near the park.
On this episode of History of the 90s we look back at the case of the Yosemite Park Killer.
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Dennis McDougal, newspaper journalist and author of many books including The Yosemite Murders. His latest book is Operation White Rabbit: LSD, the DEA, and the Fate of the Acid King. www.dennismcdougal.com
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| 0:10.4 | In February 1999, a 43-year-old woman rented a car in San Francisco, California, and began a road |
| 0:18.0 | trip to Yosemite National Park. She was joined by her 15-year-old daughter and a 16-year-old exchange student |
| 0:25.0 | who was a family friend and was living with them at the time. |
| 0:28.7 | Like the millions of other people who visit the park each year, |
| 0:32.4 | the trio took in Yosemite's towering granite cliffs and ancient forests, |
| 0:37.3 | staying two nights at a small motel just |
| 0:39.4 | outside the park. Following the sightseeing trip, they were scheduled to tour a college. One of the |
| 0:45.2 | girls was thinking of attending located a couple of hours away in Stockton, California. But they never made it. |
| 0:53.7 | Police and worried family members began a frantic search, traveling up and down roads and looking over embankments without any luck. |
| 1:01.0 | There was no sign of the trio or their car. They had disappeared without a trace. |
| 1:07.0 | I'm Kathy Kanzora, and this is History of the 90s, a podcast about a decade that changed the world. |
| 1:15.7 | In this episode, I share the story of the Yosemite Park Killer. |
| 1:25.0 | Yosemite National Park is located in East Central California, about three hours east of San Francisco. |
| 1:32.9 | The sprawling park lies in the heart of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range and was established in 1890. |
| 1:40.3 | Here the visitor can relax amid the quiet grandeur of Yosemite and absorb the ever-beautiful moods of an ever-changing landscape. |
| 1:49.5 | Among its many breathtaking sites are rock walls that soar up to 1,200 meters from the valley floor. |
| 1:56.8 | Numerous waterfalls, including the majestic Yosemite Falls, and huge peaks and domes like the Al Capitan and Half Dome. |
| 2:05.6 | Plus, Yosemite is home to three groves of ancient trees, the giant sequoias, some of them are over 3,000 years old. |
| 2:14.6 | It's a magical place for nature lovers, newlyweds, family road trips, and international |
| 2:20.0 | visitors. And with everything it has to offer, it's no surprise that Yosemite is one of the most |
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