Delia D'Ambra

You do feel that somehow when you know everything, you will be able to accept it.

But it's not true.

It's just a stepping stone along the way."

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Hi, park enthusiasts.

I'm your host, Delia D'Ambra, and the case I'm going to tell you about today takes place in an isolated recreation space in central Arizona called Bumblebee Road.

According to the website azoffroad.net, there are more than 105 off-road trails in Arizona that wind between abandoned mining sites, historic monuments, and desolate swaths of desert.

The jurisdiction this case is in is Yavapai County, which is an area I've reported before about in the previous two-part episode of Park Predators, titled The Afterlife, Part 1 and 2.

When Arizona became a formal territory in 1863, there were four original counties, and Yavapai was one of them.

In the years since, other counties have been established in the original Yavapai County boundary.

According to the county's website, the Yavapai Native American word, Yavapai, means people of the sun.

However, the case I'm going to dive into today did not happen with the benefit of sunlight.

It was a crime that took place by the cover of night, and to this day is a mystery whose perpetrator remains unidentified.

The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office, which is the agency in charge of this case, has a dedicated team of detectives and cold case volunteers who specifically focus on crimes like this.

And I believe, based on that unit's track record, which I explored in the Afterlife Part 1 and 2, it's only a matter of time before they could solve this double homicide as well.

This is Park Predators.