WEXFORD COUNTY — Rebecca Park’s family says the 22-year-old has been found dead after she had been missing for 21 days.
According to Park’s father in a Nov. 25 statement, he found her body while he was out searching for her on a two-track near her mother’s home in Boon Township.
In a Tuesday evening news conference, Wexford County Sheriff Trent Taylor said the identity of the body won’t be confirmed until an autopsy is completed, but said the body did resemble that of Becca.
No official information on the status of Park’s child has been released.
When Park disappeared on Nov. 4, she was approximately 39 weeks pregnant and had been last seen around 11:30 p.m. getting into the passenger side of a dark-colored vehicle outside a relative’s home on South 21½ Road, near Boon.
Park’s mother, Courtney Bartholomew, was the last person to see her alive.
A $12,000 reward was being offered for any information or a direct location regarding Park’s whereabouts.
As of Nov. 24, no arrests had been made in the case. Sheriff’s deputies and the Michigan State Police had conducted extensive searches in the area where she was last seen. Volunteers later searched the same area. No additional evidence was located in either search.
A volunteer group — calling themselves a recovery team — also appeared in the area. The sheriff’s office said the group was not requested by law enforcement and is not operating under the agency’s authority, though they were free to search on their own.
According to the sheriff’s office, as of Nov. 24 there was no known direct evidence that Park was the victim of an assault.
Deputies clarified during the investigation that they were not in possession of bloody clothing, despite claims circulating on social media.
No arrests have been made as of the discovery of Park’s body.
The sheriff’s office said it would issue an updated release when additional information becomes available.
9&10 News will be following updates on the case as they become available.
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