Crime Off The Grid

An aspiring chef who is working at the Pisgah Inn on top of the Blue Ridge Parkway goes for a hike, but doesn't come back.

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Sources:
https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2019/08/26/asheville-man-derek-pedergraft-pleads-guilty-murder-pisgah-inn-co-worker-sara-ellis/2124798001/

USA v. Pendergraft. North Carolina Western District Court 1:18-cr-00101-MR-WCM-1

https://www.transylvaniatimes.com/news/arrest-made-in-pisgah-inn-murder--brevard-nc/article_c7acfda4-dba6-5e71-b4c0-77db999e6124.html

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Combo episode! Nancy and Tara talk about a case of a USFS Special Agent arresting an illicit marijuana grower in Los Padres National Forest in California after a violent attack. PLUS, Nancy shares a Ranger Tale about her experience in eradicating an illicit grow in Colorado.

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HELP COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING
National Human Trafficking Hotline
1-888-373-7888  TTY: 711  Text* 233733
https://humantraffickinghotline.org/en

Polaris Project:
https://polarisproject.org/human-trafficking/
Sources:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10751904/https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5167045.pdf

Berkowitz, Paul D. (2022). U.S. Rangers The Law of the Land, The History of Law Enforcement in the Federal Land Management Agencies, The Law of the Land Publishing.




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A suspect wanted for the murder of his ex-girlfriend in Texas flees to the Grand Canyon.  When Rangers start to close in, the suspect does an unexpected "cat-like" move.

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/susan-loper-murder-suspect-jumps-into-grand-canyon/
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/phone-tracking-reveals-blacks-location-after-womans-murder/1928467/

https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2011/04/murder-suspect-rescued-then-arrested-rangers-grand-canyon-national-park8001

https://www.nps.gov/places/000/duck-on-a-rock.htm#:~:text=Located%20just%20east%20of%20Yaki,Still%20no%3F

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A Forest Service Law Enforcement Officer is conducting surveillance when an unscrupulous hunter causes a deadly encounter.

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Sources:
https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/atlanta/press-releases/2011/hunter-admits-to-killing-forest-service-officer

https://www.odmp.org/officer/20315-officer-christopher-a-upton

https://www.fs.usda.gov/detailfull/conf/home/?cid=STELPRDB5299328#:~:text=On%20March%205%2C%202010%2C%20Forest,Forest%20southeast%20of%20Atlanta%2C%20GA.





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A couple go on an anniversary hike in Rocky Mountain National Park to a cliffside lunchspot, but soon ends in a fatal fall.  But this is not the first time for the not so grieving widower.

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If you are in a dangerous situation in your relationship, contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline - 24/7 confidential
https://www.thehotline.org/ Call 1.800.799.SAFE (7233)


Source material:
1:2014cr00448 | USA v. Henthorn - Harold Henthorn | Colorado District Court
Wildcrime.lonewolf media.2021
https://www.denverpost.com/2015/10/01/henthorn-shoved-wife-to-her-death-then-asked-911-for-helocopter/
https://www.denverpost.com/2015/09/22/woman-believes-she-was-number-three-on-harold-henthorns-murder-list/
https://www.denverpost.com/2015/12/07/convicted-killer-harold-henthorn-faces-sentencing-in-wifes-death/



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Old Faithful Patrol, there is a man with the gun in the Visitor Center and has taken hostages!  "Um...Can you repeat that???" 

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Sources:
1st hand account by Ranger Patti Murphree

Dan R Sholly, Steven M Newman Guardians of Yellowstone: An Intimate Look at the Challenges of Protecting America's Foremost Wilderness – January 1, 1991

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A woman flies from California to Washington to meet the man she's been having a secret affair with, when the planned rendezvous turns into tragedy. 

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Sources:
https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/crime/man-to-serve-16-years-for-murder/

https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdwa/pr/renton-washington-resident-sentenced-16-years-prison-murder-olympic-national-forest

https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/dioneth-lopez-s-murder-five-details-explored



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Two women were just out enjoying a lovely hike on the Signal Mountain Trail in the Roosevelt National Forest when they have an encounter that will change their lives forever.

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Sources:

https://k2radio.com/report-to-wyoming-woman-tells-her-story-of-survival/
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/jury-finds-loveland-hiker-biker-attacker-guilty/
https://www.reporterherald.com/2011/06/16/women-recount-experience-with-attacker/
https://casetext.com/case/bondsteel-v-people



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Top stories include a multistate poaching investigation, the creation of "alternative livestock," and...it's touron season, so you know someone had a preventable yet predictable encounter with (I'll let you guess...).

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Sources:
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/montana-man-pleads-guilty-federal-wildlife-trafficking-charges-part-yearslong-effort-create

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/man-arrested-kicking-bison-yellowstone-injured-by-animal-alcohol-charge-clarence-yoder/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/man-arrested-kicking-bison-yellowstone-injured-by-animal-alcohol-charge-clarence-yoder/



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A couple of predators seek out their victims from the most vulnerable of communities, but they make the great mistake of committing their crimes in a National Park.

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Help for Victims:

National Sexual Assault Hotline; https://www.rainn.org/resources;
800-656-HOPE

Help for Men and Boys of Sexual Assault and Abuse;
https://1in6.org/

Sources:
https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/crime/2020/12/08/great-smoky-mountains-tag-team-rapists-homeless-draw-hefty-prison-terms-dusty-oliver-richard-graham/3856206001/https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/crime/2020/12/08/great-smoky-mountains-tag-team-rapists-homeless-draw-hefty-prison-terms-dusty-oliver-richard-graham/3856206001/https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article247692660.htmlhttps://www.wate.com/news/top-stories/pair-could-face-life-in-federal-prison-for-taking-homeless-men-to-the-smokies-to-be-raped/https://www.wate.com/news/top-stories/pair-could-face-life-in-federal-prison-for-taking-homeless-men-to-the-smokies-to-be-raped/https://metro.co.uk/2019/12/03/perverts-took-homeless-men-mountain-trail-gang-raped-11263505/https://www.womenarehuman.com/man-transgender-and-male-partner-convicted-of-tag-team-rapes-of-troubled-male-strangers/

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