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What happened to David Gonzalez in San Bernardino National Forest?
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Find Dark Down East now wherever you listen to podcasts. Hi park enthusiasts, I'm your host Delia D'Ambra. And this fall, we want to try something new on the Park Predators feed. Every Thursday this month, we'll re-release an episode that features a crime that took place in the summer. And these cases happened all across the United States. They are some of the most compelling crimes that I've covered on the show. From mysterious missing persons to unsolved homicides, I cover it all. And don't worry, on Tuesdays, you'll still get your new episode, as always. Hi Park enthusiasts, I'm your host, Delia D'Ambra, and today I'm going to tell you two stories, both of which are bewildering mysteries that still haunt the families of two young boys and remain on the minds of police investigators.
The disappearances of David Gonzalez and Samuel Bulki, sometimes pronounced Belki, are not formally connected. mostly because they happened two years apart in two very different places. But I think it's important you hear their stories together because to be honest, they're chilling reminders of just how quickly a child can be in one place one moment and then seemingly gone the next. And there's no place that's truer than in a national park or national forest. David vanished from San Bernardino National Forest, which sits about an hour and a half east of Los Angeles, California. According to the US Forest Service, the area has hundreds of miles of hiking trails, seven designated wilderness areas, and forty two campgrounds, many of which are praised as being family friendly.
Samuel disappeared in the blink of an eye while out walking with his father in Crater Lake National Park. Somewhere in the breathtaking snowy terrain surrounding America's deepest lake, the truth of where Samuel went, or maybe still is, has eluded Oregon law enforcement for seventeen years. Both boys deserve more than the label of lost or missing. They deserve to have resolution to their cases or be brought home. This is Park Predators.
Around eight o'clock in the morning on Saturday, July thirty-first, two thousand four, Jose and Rosenda Gonzalez woke up at their campsite inside Hannah Flat family campground in San Bernardino National Forest. The temperature outside was cool, but the couple could tell the day was going to heat up fast. Rocinda told her husband the family needed water and volunteered to go to a nearby spigot to fill a jug. Around that same time, the couple's nine-year-old son David asked his parents if he could go to their truck to get some cookies they'd left locked inside. Which can we just pause for a second here and say how amazingly nine year oldish this request was? Cookies for breakfast? Yes, please. Totally something I would have done as a kid.
Anyway, David really wanted these cookies and because he was nine years old and capable of handling himself, his mom felt totally comfortable letting him take the keys and go get the snack on his own. Their truck was less than fifty yards away from their campsite and was only a few yards away from where Racenda herself would be getting water, so she knew David would probably be okay on his own. She didn't expect him to be gone more than a minute or two. But that much time came and went and Rosinda hadn't heard from David.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What happened to David Gonzalez in San Bernardino National Forest?
0:00–5:33
2
How did investigators search for David after he vanished?
5:33–11:48
3
What evidence linked a beige truck to David’s disappearance?
11:48–17:26
4
Why was a mountain lion considered as a possible cause of David’s death?
17:26–23:43
5
What were the key findings from the shoe‑print investigation?
23:43–29:24
6
How did the search for Samuel Bulke unfold in Crater Lake National Park?
29:24–35:15
7
What challenges did rescuers face searching for Sam in winter conditions?
35:15–40:33
8
What are the unresolved mysteries and theories surrounding both disappearances?
40:33–44:52