Hi Park enthusiasts, I'm your host Delia D'Anbra, and the case I'm going to tell you about in this episode is one that might sound familiar to a lot of you if you're living in the United States.

It happened in the summer of 2022, so not that long ago, and it became a national news

headline overnight. It's the story of two young college students who were doing something

we all have to do if we want to visit scenic spots on a road trip. Drive.

The area they were in is Talladega National Forest, a beautiful stretch of woods, lakes, and trails in Northeast Alabama that was created for

public access and enjoyment 88 years ago in 1936.

The forest contains at least one state park and is a recreation area that visitors can camp, bike, fish, boat, swim, and even ride horses.

It's located about an hour east of the city of Birmingham

and is really close to Alabama's border

with the state of Georgia.

On a Sunday morning in August 2022,

the victims in the story were taking in the scenery

of the National Forest when they stopped their car to help a fellow

motorist. Their act of goodwill for a stranger unfortunately wasn't rewarded with a kind

handshake or an utterance of gratitude.

It was met with violence,

violence that to this day is still hard for those closest

to this case to comprehend.

This is Park Predators. Around 1130 in the morning on Sunday, August 14, 2022, a dispatcher at a 911 center in Clay County, Alabama received an extremely alarming phone call.

A young woman who said her name was Michaela Paulus

had dialed in to report that she and her boyfriend,

Adam Simgy, had been robbed and shot at in the woods just off National Forest Service Road 663 near

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