CADILLAC, Mich. – The rural woods of Boon Township, once a quiet haven for family gatherings, became the site of unimaginable tragedy Monday when a father’s desperate search ended in heartbreak: the body of his 22-year-old daughter, nine-months-pregnant Rebecca Kay Park, lay just 15 feet off a muddy two-track, signs of dragging marring the final chapter of her young life.
Rebecca, known to loved ones as Becca, vanished without a trace on the night of November 3 after stepping out of her mother Kimberly “Kim” Park’s mobile home on South 21 1/2 Road. Witnesses – including her frantic mother – reported seeing her climb into a dark-colored sedan with an unidentified man. But as investigators dug deeper, the story unraveled into a web of frantic texts, discarded phones, and shattered alibis.
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Hours after Becca’s disappearance, Kim bombarded Richard Lee Falor – Becca’s on-again, off-again fiancé and father of the unborn child – with a barrage of desperate messages: “Call me back asap,” “Rich it’s Kim call me back,” “Dude call me,” and the gut-wrenching “Ur ole lady took off with some dude in a black car.” Falor, who hadn’t spoken to Kim in months, later told police he dismissed them as a drunken ramble. But the next morning,
Becca’s phone turned up discarded on the very roadway where her body would later be found – retrieved by Kim herself during a half-hearted “search.”
For 21 agonizing days, volunteers combed the Manistee National Forest, guided by tips that painted a grim picture: Becca, due any day, lacked prenatal care and the means to raise a newborn alone. Her family pleaded publicly for her safe return, even as whispers of dysfunction swirled – polygraphs for Kim and her son, rumors of a volatile home life.
Then, on November 25, Becca’s father joined a citizen-led search party and stumbled upon the unthinkable: his daughter’s body, partially concealed under brush, showing clear signs of being hauled from the road like discarded refuse. An autopsy confirmed her identity but revealed no trace of the baby – raising chilling questions about whether the child was delivered alive, stillborn, or stolen in the chaos.
The discovery ignited a firestorm. Late that night, Wexford County deputies swarmed Kim’s property, seizing vehicles, computers, and boxes of “evidence” in a raid that neighbors described as “like something out of a movie.” By dawn, Kim – Becca’s 45-year-old mother – and Falor, 28, were in cuffs. Becca’s younger sister, 19-year-old Cortney Marie Bartholomew, was hauled in separately, her pleas for a lawyer drowned out by the flash of patrol lights.
Wednesday’s arraignments in Cadillac’s 84th District Court laid bare the accusations: Kim faces first-degree murder and child endangerment, bond set at $1 million cash. Falor, charged with accessory after the fact and tampering with evidence, posted $750,000. Cortney’s hit with lying to police and obstruction, her $500,000 bond a fraction of the others but no less crushing. None entered pleas; attorneys cited the ongoing probe.
Sheriff’s Lt. Chris Piskor, stone-faced at a terse presser, confirmed the arrests stemmed from “inconsistencies in statements, digital forensics, and physical evidence linking them to the scene.” Neither Kim nor Falor has prior convictions tied to violence, but online records show Falor with a 2019 domestic battery charge (dismissed) and Kim with a string of child welfare complaints dating back a decade. Becca’s autopsy – delayed by backlog – is expected to reveal cause of death and any clues to the baby’s fate by week’s end.
As the family fractures further, Becca’s aunt, tearful outside court, clutched a sonogram photo: “She was so excited for that little girl. Named her already – Lily. We just want her back, alive or… we need to know.”
Volunteers have turned the two-track into a shrine of teddy bears, balloons, and faded sonograms. A GoFundMe for Becca’s memorial and private investigators has topped $75,000. Tips pour in to Wexford Central Dispatch (231-779-9211), but the sheriff’s office urges caution: “This isn’t over.
We’re chasing every shadow.”
In Boon Township, where dirt roads whisper secrets to the wind, one family’s unraveling has exposed a darkness no one saw coming. For Becca and her lost Lily, justice can’t bring them back – but it might finally silence the lies.