1Boon Township, MI – A mother and stepfather have been arrested following the death of a pregnant woman in Northern Michigan. Rebecca Park, who was about 38 weeks pregnant, was reported missing on November 3 from her home near Cadillac.

Her body was discovered on November 25 along a hiking trail in the Manistee National Forest, but her baby has not been found. Bradly Bartholomew, 47, and Cortney Bartholomew, 40, face charges including murder, torture, and causing a miscarriage or stillbirth.

Both suspects reportedly planned and executed the alleged crime. Wexford County Prosecutor Johanna Carey detailed the case during a bond hearing, stating that the couple forced Park into the woods, stabbed her, and then cut her baby out, resulting in both deaths.

The police previously arrested Park’

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