Overview
- Newly filed affidavits allege Cortney and Bradly Bartholomew lured 22-year-old Rebecca Park to their home on Nov. 3, drove her into nearby woods, stabbed her, and cut out her nearly full-term baby.
- The documents say the newborn was placed in a bag inside a lunch cooler and discarded in a trash bin or dumpster; authorities have not publicly confirmed recovery of the remains.
- Both defendants are charged with first-degree murder, felony murder, torture, unlawful imprisonment, and assault on a pregnant individual causing miscarriage or stillbirth, and each is held without bond after not guilty pleas.
- Prosecutors cite phone data, text messages, and shifting statements—including Cortney’s alleged admission to cutting the fetus—in arguing the attack was planned; the Michigan Attorney General’s office is assisting.
- Separate proceedings continue for Rebecca’s sister, Kimberly Park, on evidence-tampering and false-report charges with a Dec. 16 hearing, while fiancé Richard Falor was arrested on unrelated drug offenses.