Kimberly Park, 21, and Cortney Bartholomew, 40, allegedly told deputies investigating the murder of Rebecca Park that they were romantically involved with the woman’s fiancé, Richard Falor, 43
New details about the murder of Rebecca Park and the role her family members are suspected of playing in that crime are being revealed in a series of probable cause affidavits and criminal complaints filed in a Michigan court and obtained by PEOPLE.
Those documents allege that Rebecca, 22, her sister Kimberly Park, 21, and her biological mother Cortney Bartholomew, 40, were all romantically involved with the same man — who was also the father of Rebecca’s unborn child.
Kimberly and Cortney both told investigators with the Wexford County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) that they were in a relationship with Richard Falor, 43, according to their probable cause affidavits.
Those three individuals, along with Cortney’s husband Bradly Bartholomew, have all been arrested and charged with felony offenses over the past two weeks.
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Kimberly is charged with tampering with evidence, lying to a police officer and filing a false report. She is currently on house arrest after her bail was reduced from $750,000 to $5,000 last week.
She allegedly told a detective investigating Rebecca’s murder that she was in a relationship with Falor on Nov.
The affidavit filed in her case stated that this admission came two days after Kimberly was contacted by a detective when she claimed to have information about Cortney and Bradly’s alleged involvement in her sister’s murder.
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In an interview just hours after she made that claim, per the affidavit filed in her case, Kimberly told a detective that Rebecca had died from a seizure after being struck on the head by Cortney and Bradly, 47, who she alleged then called a friend who took her sister’s body and dumped it in a swamp.
25, Kimberly told detectives that Falor had told her on Nov. 4 that “he killed Rebecca Park and that he wanted to protect Kimberly by not sharing details with her.”
Furthermore, she alleged that Falor told her in a separate conversation that “something went wrong while trying to cut the baby out of Rebecca,” which is why just a few hours after Kimberly was booked into custody, deputies then arrested Falor on an open murder charge.
Investigators ultimately found no evidence to substantiate Kimberly’s claims, however, and Falor was arraigned on a drug charge and released from jail once Cortney and Bradly were charged with Rebecca’s murder.
