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

[TMich6811]

I think with this cast of characters ANYTHING is possible. I lean towards CB made that up as a reason for BM being the instigator of this nightmare, but yes, ME should be able to determine baby's parentage from Becca's remains.

I truly hate this case and the woman I feel is behind this whole thing.

I think she’s behind it also in every aspect . I don’t think it matters if he is the dna. I just think it’s a possibility with everything going on. Heck. Could see CB pushing it on purpose so she could have his baby after R was gone

 

[AuDHD]

Just the other day both of them were quoted in the probable cause affidavit as saying that Rebecca and her sister didn’t like BB. Given this family’s bizarre romance wreath I’m inclined to believe Cortney just came up with the idea that BB was the father thinking it would make him seem more like the aggressor and get her off easy.

Now, is there any way they can test the paternity without finding the baby’s body? Perhaps enough of his DNA was still in Rebecca’s womb.

Agreed on CB probably pulling this out of her rear end to make it look like BB had the motive… but it’s also possible BB raped RP and that attack is the reason both daughters wouldn’t agree to be in the same room with him. MOO

edit to add: although Kimberly probably would have mentioned this while locked up if true

 

[tlcya]

Agreed on CB probably pulling this out of her rear end to make it look like BB had the motive… but it’s also possible BB raped RP and that attack is the reason both daughters wouldn’t agree to be in the same room with him. MOO

Or perhaps Cortney made up the fact that the girls hated BM and the they won't be around him rule was created and enforced by herself because she appears to be very jealous of both her biological daughters.

With so much word vomit from the players in this sick drama, it's hard to remember who has said what about whom, and how those things evolved over time.

 

[Inthedetails]

Or perhaps Cortney made up the fact that the girls hated BM and the they won't be around him rule was created and enforced by herself because she appears to be very jealous of both her biological daughters.

With so much word vomit from the players in this sick drama, it's hard to remember who has said what about whom, and how those things evolved over time.

I don't believe one word from Cortney unless it's backed up with evidence LE has found. She is a habitual liar, imo.

jmopinion

 

[Megnut]

I think with this cast of characters ANYTHING is possible. I lean towards CB made that up as a reason for BM being the instigator of this nightmare, but yes, ME should be able to determine baby's parentage from Becca's remains.

I truly hate this case and the woman I feel is behind this whole thing.

I think she made it up. To hide her motive, which was to claim the baby as her own. Which was the whole point of what they did. They just absolutely butchered that C-section, resulting in two deaths, none sursprising.

JMO

 

[tlcya]

I think she made it up. To hide her motive, which was to claim the baby as her own. Which was the whole point of what they did. They just absolutely butchered that C-section, resulting in two deaths, none sursprising.

JMO

I lean towards the made up as well. But I honestly wouldn't be shocked to learn I am wrong

 

[Jory]

They don’t give solitary just because a prisoner requests it.

I believe she would be placed in Protective Custody for her own protection. Which I think is a shame, put her in General Pop and let them do with her as they please.

 

[Stunned]

We've had cases where pregnant women were murdered for their babies, but I can't think of one that is as horrifying and convoluted as this one. So many villians! IMO

 

[LovesPeace2]

I can't imagine this group of people using laundry detergent for it's intended use. They probably just wash their clothes in hot water and think "Good enuf".

It could be the Tide-For-Drugs Phenomenon.

The reason why Tide came to be known as “liquid gold,” why addicts could trade it for drugs, is its popularity. Addicts in need of a fix also sold it cheap to corner stores and salons. These businesses were able to resell it and reap a much higher profit margin than dealing the detergent honestly.

Five Years Later: The Tide-For-Drugs Phenomenon

In 2011, the squeaky-clean image of Tide detergent may have been somewhat tarnished in the eyes of some Americans.

andrewalpert.com

I wonder if it could be comet ?

 

[fsngruv]

I wonder if it could be comet ?

I was also thinking this, or miracle grow, i googled blue stomach contents during autopsy and got a little blurp about copper sulfate, which is in miracle gro, I don't know what their intentions in poisoning her if wanted to retrieve The fetus, but like many here their wackadoodle actions and comments are hard for anyone too make sense of. Someone up thread said she made a voice recording commenting on her lasagna tasting funny? Tho, when another poster mentioned the chalky substance might be antacids like tums that made total sense. Not sure why else CB and BB kept mentioning the tide pods unless they were trying to explain away their phones locations?

 

[anneoakley63]

Yes there are true monsters living amongst us. The Veronica Butler case is another one that haunts me.

 

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[Ladyotm]

I might be wrong about this, because I keep conflating this case with Anna Kepner's dysfunctional family as they are so sickly similar---but I think I read that Cortney's father was a RSO? Am I thinking of the other case or is this true of Cortney's childhood as well?"

ETA: I might be mistaken about that^^^^... I'm only finding Rebecca's bio-father and her step-father and her bf and father of her baby, as being RSO's. Maybe her grandfather was not ?




REBECCA PARK: Brad Bartholomew, stepfather of Rebecca Park ... Rebecca's biological father, Fabian Strong, is a registered sex offender.
Missing: Parks ‎grandfather


3 days ago — State prison records don't show any recent offenses, however. Online state police sex offender registry records show Richard Lee Falor has five ...

Omg.
The trauma they all must have suffered, including Courtney. Someone said she posted something on social media eluding to not liking her daughters. Likely sexually assaulted as a young child, and birthing a baby at 13.

So glad RB sons and niece are with people who will love, protect, and care for them.

My heart is breaking for the kids in our world who are living this nightmare right now.

 

[AuDHD]

Omg.
The trauma they all must have suffered, including Courtney. Someone said she posted something on social media eluding to not liking her daughters. Likely sexually assaulted as a young child, and birthing a baby at 13.

So glad RB sons and niece are with people who will love, protect, and care for them.

My heart is breaking for the kids in our world who are living this nightmare right now.

i feel terrible for cb’s 14 yo, who she tried to involve (by giving her an alibi)

 

[ssarahbg]

Not only did Rebecca, her sister and their bio mother all have affairs with the "irresistible" RF, the mom is saying the the baby's father is mom's husband, stepfather BB.

Rebecca Park Was Pregnant with Her Stepdad's Child, Mom Claims — as She Allegedly Confesses to Cutting Baby Out of Womb

There is a new twist in the Rebecca Park case after her mother Cortney Bartholomew, 40, allegedly confessed to cutting her grandson out of her daughter's womb and then witnessing her murder

people.com

• Cortney Bartholomew, 40, allegedly confessed to cutting the unborn child of her daughter Rebecca Park, 22, out of her womb on the night of her murder
• She claimed that she wanted to give the baby to Rebecca's fiancé Richard Falor, whom Cortney previously had an affair with, she alleged to investigators
• Cortney also alleged per an affidavit that her husband Bradly Bartholomew, 47, was the father of his stepdaughter's unborn baby

Makes me wonder who is the father of her sister’s child, who was also involved with RF at one point. Does anyone know if he is the father of RP’s other two children in the care of the Parks?

On another note, working for DCS previously in a different state, if children have been previously removed and rights terminated, it used to be an automatic removal of any subsequent children at birth from the hospital (once discharged). Or detecting any substances in the baby’s meconium used to lead to removal at birth, especially if there was a TPR (involuntary termination of rights). I don’t know if that’s the case anymore but I believe RP had this fear of the child being removed by DCS upon discharge and had mentioned it previously. Part of me wonders if CB played on her fears with this factor. Just speculation, but what if she talked her into inducing labor at home with some weird substance she concocted off the internet (blue chalky) and it did not work. All with the plans of taking that baby for herself. I know it has been mentioned in news reports that CB wanted RP’s other children placed in her care before and was angry they were placed with the Parks. When things didn’t work out with labor induction, did she decide to do the extreme with the botched C section against RP’s will?

Normally, I would say my theory sounds nuts but with these people, anything is possible.

 

[Knox]

I was also thinking this, or miracle grow, i googled blue stomach contents during autopsy and got a little blurp about copper sulfate, which is in miracle gro, I don't know what their intentions in poisoning her if wanted to retrieve The fetus, but like many here their wackadoodle actions and comments are hard for anyone too make sense of. Someone up thread said she made a voice recording commenting on her lasagna tasting funny? Tho, when another poster mentioned the chalky substance might be antacids like tums that made total sense. Not sure why else CB and BB kept mentioning the tide pods unless they were trying to explain away their phones locations?

Copper Sulfate is also in rat poison.

 

[iamshadow21]

Copper Sulfate is also in rat poison.

And snail pellets.

 

[UpnorthMI]

Copper Sulfate is also in rat poison.

Not typically found in conventional rodenticides, at least not in MIchigan (I own a pest control business). Most common compound would be bromethalin which is an anticoagulant. Feel free to prove me wrong, but I've never seen CS on a label other than algaecide for water features.

 

[fsngruv]

Copper Sulfate is also in rat poison.

I thought so too but I'm my limited research I couldn't find anything supporting that. The deadly compound in rat poison is zinc phosphate. Though the colors described in the affidavit did make my mind go there, as well as to miracle gro, apparently rat poison is just that color to kinda warn humans from eating it, but copper sulfate is actually very blue/teal in color. Hopefully we will find out before trial if that blue green color substance has anything to do with the crime. I was also thinking it could be a mint shake from Culver's? It is a bit green in color, but I'm not sure if they ever even had shakes.

 

[fsngruv]

Not typically found in conventional rodenticides, at least not in MIchigan (I own a pest control business). Most common compound would be bromethalin which is an anticoagulant. Feel free to prove me wrong, but I've never seen CS on a label other than algaecide for water features.

Thank you for that info, I replied to the comment as well, but I completely trust your info!! Thanks again!