Man arrested in wife's Angels Landing death found dead ahea…

Fall Injury Clark Alabama in Clark, Alabama: David Vander Meer was arrested in Nevada on murder and insurance fraud charges in connection with the 2006 death of his wife, Bernadette Vander Meer, at Angels Landing in Zion National Park. Bernadette, 28, died after falling from the top of the popular trail on June 24, 2026, while the couple was visiting to take sunrise photographs. Court documents allege Vander Meer pushed his wife and had been having a sexual affair with an underage girl at his church. Vander Meer was found with self-inflicted injuries at the Clark County Detention Center on Wednesday and was declared dead early Thursday ahead of his scheduled extradition hearing.