Man charged in Zion cold case dies in custody in Las Vegas

Car Crash Las Vegas Arkansas in Las Vegas, Arkansas: David Howard Vander Meer, 49, who was arrested this week and charged with murder in the 2006 death of his wife Bernadette Vander Meer at Zion National Park, died while in custody at the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas. On Wednesday, the inmate was transported to University Medical Center in Las Vegas for treatment of self-sustained injuries, and on Thursday he was pronounced deceased. A cause of death was not immediately released. The article also references the underlying 2006 case in which Bernadette Vander Meer, 29, fell approximately 1,200 feet off Angel's Landing while visiting Zion National Park with her husband for their anniversary.