MI - Rebecca Park, 22, approx 38 wks pregnant, last seen entering vehicle, phone found - Wexford County - 3 Nov 2025 *arrests*

[tlcya]

so woke up to some coverage of yesterday's events.

“At this point, discovery is being held hostage. We have not received one piece of paper, not one. If the government is not prepared to move forward with this case, this case never should have been charged back in December, when it was charged,” an attorney representing Bradley Bartholomew said.

At the start of the hearing, the lawyers for the Bartholomew’s accused the Michigan Attorney General’s Office of withholding evidence, saying they haven’t received anything additional to the probable cause affidavit.
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“I do understand the argument the defense is making regarding bond. I also understand the complexities of this case. However, it hasn’t been going on for a month for nothing,” the judge said. “It sounds like there’s information out there that the defense is certainly entitled to. I will make a determination, regarding what we’re going to do with the case, regarding bond after we have the show [cause hearing].”
Wexford County couple accused of killing Rebecca Park seeks case dismissal

The request was made during a hearing on January 13, where defense attorneys said the state has produced no formal discovery despite a 21-day deadline. According to the defense, no police reports, autopsy results, or physical evidence have been provided.

Attorneys told the court the only document they have reviewed is the probable cause affidavit, which they say they first obtained through social media rather than directly from prosecutors.
Defense seeks dismissal in Rebecca Park murder case, citing lack of evidence disclosure

They asked the courts to dismiss the case or consider bond for the defendants that have been in custody since their arrest more than a month ago, stating that it’s past the 30 days that the hearing was adjourned to allow discovery to be turned over.
[snip]
Kimberly Park, Rebecca Park’s biological sister, was slated to be in court on Wednesday for her probable cause hearing but that has been postponed until 2 p.m. on Feb. 9.
Investigation continues in murder case of Rebecca Park and her baby

Guessing Kimberly's hearing that was to have taken place today has been postponed again for the same reasons?

 

[tlcya]

I sure hope the state has some ACTUAL evidence against the Bartholomew's and not just the meth fueled accusations of one meth head against another. Because I am starting to wonder if the state has any evidence at all.

 

[Spectrix]

I sure hope the state has some ACTUAL evidence against the Bartholomew's and not just the meth fueled accusations of one meth head against another. Because I am starting to wonder if the state has any evidence at all.

I mean, we assume they have - at the very least - the crime scene photos and the medical examiners findings on Rebecca's body which support the meth fueled accusations of said meth heads.

But as far as actually prosecuting the case... They are really going to need to submit discovery at some point, and (just a wild stab in the dark here)... perhaps turning up to court might be a good idea?

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[ilovewings]

This case reminds me of Rachel Timmerman (whose body was also found in Manistee National Forest) and her baby daughter Shannon VerHage (who was never found). Her murderer received a death sentence because she was found on federal land, but it was later commuted. I am very curious to see which direction this goes given there is a prior case for DP. Both cases are absolutely horrendous.

I just watched this case this morning. I was not familiar with it. I was glad to see this got the death penalty- but then I read that Biden commuted his sentence and I am appalled and disgusted. This Piece of garbage is a convicted serial killer!!!!!

 

[MrsWatson]

https://eu.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2026/01/19/rebecca-park-evidence-case-unborn-baby-remains/88142055007/

Both the Wexford County Prosecutor's Office and Department of Attorney General have been in "constant communication about discovery" with the defense, said Kimberly Bush, a spokesperson for the Department of Attorney General, in an email.

"As you can imagine, discovery on this case is voluminous and includes many pieces of sensitive information. Unfortunately, the defense team denied our request to safeguard and preserve evidence from public dissemination until the trial. There has been no delay in providing discovery on our behalf, and any allegations contrary are simply an attempt to move this case from the court of law to the court of public opinion."

 

[tlcya]

https://eu.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2026/01/19/rebecca-park-evidence-case-unborn-baby-remains/88142055007/

Both the Wexford County Prosecutor's Office and Department of Attorney General have been in "constant communication about discovery" with the defense, said Kimberly Bush, a spokesperson for the Department of Attorney General, in an email.

"As you can imagine, discovery on this case is voluminous and includes many pieces of sensitive information. Unfortunately, the defense team denied our request to safeguard and preserve evidence from public dissemination until the trial. There has been no delay in providing discovery on our behalf, and any allegations contrary are simply an attempt to move this case from the court of law to the court of public opinion."

translation, we (AG's office) want to dictate whether and how the discovery can be disseminated. While it is the court's purview to seal or unseal documents, we feel we have the right to withhold discovery until the defense capitulates and agrees to what we want regardless of whether the court has ordered the records sealed or not.

I am not liking this. JMO

 

[sunspun]

I just watched this case this morning. I was not familiar with it. I was glad to see this got the death penalty- but then I read that Biden commuted his sentence and I am appalled and disgusted. This Piece of garbage is a convicted serial killer!!!!!

I believe it's true that his Death Sentence was commuted by Biden (I think about 20 years after he was sentenced), but upon being commuted, he was removed from Death Row and placed in prison on a life sentence without parole.

I just wanted to point that out in case anyone thought that the commutation meant he was released, which he certainly was not.

Part of the reason he had not been executed yet was because he had received his death sentence by federal prosecutors in a state that had abolished the death penalty years before that. I think that was the first time that had ever happened. So they were unsure of the constitutionality of it.

All my info came from memory after reading the Wikipedia entry on Marvin Gabrion, Rachel Timmerman's convicted killer.

 

[tricia]

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