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The Pastor, the Teen, and the Fall | Salt Lake City News
A shocking twist in a 20-year-old hiking tragedy: Bernadette Vander Meer’s death on Angel’s Landing was initially ruled an accident, but new evidence—courtesy of a former pastor—suggested her husband, David, pushed her. Investigators uncovered a disturbing pattern of grooming and sexual abuse involving David and a teenage girl from his youth group, who claimed David told her Bernadette had to die for them to be together. Forensic inconsistencies in David’s story, plus rare fatalities at the site, fueled the probe. David was charged with murder and insurance fraud, but died in custody before…
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