Former youth pastor charged with murdering wife – 20 years after her fatal ‘fall’ from notoriously dangerous hiking trail
Before Bernadette Vander Meer's 2006 fatal fall in Zion National Park, her husband, David, allegedly began having a sexual affair with a 16-year-old girl.
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US News Former youth pastor charged with murdering wife – 20 years after her fatal ‘fall’ from notoriously dangerous hiking trail By Zoe Hussain Published June 24, 2026, 8:01 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google A former church youth pastor was charged with the murder of his wife nearly two decades after she plummeted from a notoriously dangerous hiking trail in Utah, according to authorities and reports. David Vander Meer, 48, was cuffed by US Marshals on murder and insurance fraud charges on Monday after prosecutors reopened an investigation into the August 2006 death of his wife, Bernadette Vander Meer, NBC News reported.
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