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Michigan Couple Charged With Murder in Deaths of Pregnant 22-Year-Old Rebecca Park and Unborn Child

Prosecutors call the case premeditated torture, with the state attorney general now assisting.

Overview

  • Cortney and Bradly Bartholomew were arraigned Dec. 2 on eight counts each, pleaded not guilty, and were ordered held without bond.
  • In court, prosecutors alleged the pair lured Park on Nov. 3, took her to the woods, stabbed her, and cut out her near‑term fetus, causing the deaths of both.
  • Park’s body was found Nov. 25 in the Manistee National Forest, and investigators continue forensic work and evidence searches as the case remains active.
  • Charges include first-degree and felony murder, torture and conspiracy to commit torture, assault on a pregnant individual and its conspiracy, unlawful imprisonment, and removal of a dead body.
  • Related arrests include Park’s fiancé, Richard Lee Falor, on drug charges, and her sister, Kimberly Park, on evidence-tampering and false-report counts, with the Bartholomews due back in court Dec. 16.