A FORMER church youth pastor has been charged with killing his wife nearly 20 years after she fell to her death from a popular hiking spot. David Vander Meer, 48, has been charged with murder and insurance fraud in connection with the 2006 death of his wife, Bernadette Vander Meer, according to the Washington County...
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A FORMER church youth pastor has been charged with killing his wife nearly 20 years after she fell to her death from a popular hiking spot. David Vander Meer, 48, has been charged with murder and insurance fraud in connection with the 2006 death of his wife, Bernadette Vander Meer, according to the Washington County...
A FORMER church youth pastor has been charged with killing his wife nearly 20 years after she fell to her death from a popular hiking spot.
The Independent reported the story as "Former youth pastor accused of killing wife of 20 years after her fatal fall at Zion National Park." The Sun US reported the story as "Husband is arrested for wife's murder 20 YEARS after cliff fall when his underage girlfriend dumped him."
2 sources have covered this story, including The Sun US and The Independent. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 2 hours ago.
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