Messages of support for Rebecca Park and her child are written on a vehicle parked at district court prior to the arraignment for Cortney and Bradley Bartholomew Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, in Wexford County, Mich. (Gus Burns/The Grand Rapids Press via AP)

CADILLAC, Mich. (AP) — Authorities charged a woman and her husband with murder Tuesday in the death of her pregnant biological daughter whose body was found in a Michigan forest three weeks after she disappeared.

Rebecca Park, 22, was in the final days of her pregnancy when she was last seen Nov. 3. The baby had been cut out of her when her remains were discovered last week, prosecutor Johanna Carey said in court.

“This is, frankly, evil personified,” Carey said.

Cortney Bartholomew, 40, and Brad Bartholomew, 47, were each charged with mu

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