Rotten Mango Podcast Summary

Episode: Jealous Mom Kidnaps Her Own 22 Yr Old Pregnant Daughter, Takes Her Into Forest & Cuts Unborn Baby Out

Host: Stephanie Soo
Date: January 18, 2026

Episode Overview

Stephanie Soo dives into a harrowing true crime case involving the disappearance and murder of 22-year-old Becca Park, who was 38 weeks pregnant. The story explores twisted family relationships, jealousy, complicated custody, and the depravity of a crime involving a mother, her daughter, and a tangled network of abuse and betrayal. With Rotten Mango’s signature detailed and empathic deep-dive, Stephanie examines the timeline, suspects, and the community’s response, ending with a gruesome crime scene discovery and an unanswered question: Who killed Becca Park and kidnapped her unborn child?

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Setting the Stage: The Body Horror of Forced C-Section

• Stephanie opens with visceral descriptions of C-sections, contrasting clinical procedures with the graphic reality of Becca's fate in the forest.
• Quote:

  “Typically, the only way someone is going to cut open your stomach and rip out your unborn baby is... welcome to a C-section. It is a highly orchestrated procedure... But imagine it's not a hospital—it's a forest, nighttime, headlights the only light, and the 'doctor' is just a person with a hunting knife and dental floss to cut the cord.”
  (Stephanie, 00:51)

2. Introducing the Key Players & Complex Family Web

• Becca Park: 22, pregnant, largely raised by adoptive mother Stephanie Park after her biological mother, Courtney Bartholomew, lost custody.
• Courtney Bartholomew: Becca’s estranged biological mother, who recently re-entered her daughter’s life.
• Bradley Bartholomew: Courtney’s husband, disliked by Becca and her half-sister Kim, also a registered sex offender.
• Kimberly "Kim" Park: Becca’s half-sister, raised with Becca.
• Rich Fowler: Becca’s much-older fiancé (40s), with whom Courtney also had an affair. He has a criminal history, including sex offenses.

3. The Bizarre Inheritance Lasagna Dinner

[Timestamps: 17:09–20:15]

• Courtney invites her daughters for inheritance (her late mother's) over an odd personal pan lasagna dinner.
• The atmosphere is tense, food is bad, and the “inheritance” turns out to be empty envelopes—a test, says Courtney, to see if her daughters care only about money.
• Memorable Moment:

  “Lasagna is great, but Courtney’s lasagna is ass... Becca will later send this exact voice note to a friend: ‘It tastes like gluten-free f***ing lasagna. It wasn’t too bad though, I ate half of it.’”
  (Stephanie, 18:46)

4. Becca’s Disappearance & The Social Media Circus

[Timestamps: 20:17–24:50]

• Two days after the inheritance dinner, Becca vanishes after last being seen with Courtney.
• The small town erupts with rumors, conspiracy theories, and messy Facebook drama (friends offering to swap themselves for Becca, etc.).
• Kimmy (half-sister) reports Becca’s disappearance; Stephanie highlights how the case is quickly hijacked by people making it about themselves.

5. Conflicting Timelines and Last Movements

[Timestamps: 24:50–31:38]

• Stephanie lays out the days:
  • Nov 1: Lasagna night.
  • Nov 2: Becca to hospital, sent home—timing seen as odd.
  • Nov 3: Errands/ice cream run with Courtney. Becca disappears.
  • Nov 4: Kim reports her missing; phone found in woods via “Find My iPhone.”
• Courtney’s account: claims a black SUV picked Becca up, provides convoluted stories about multiple phones and deleted texts.

6. Family Finger-Pointing & Suspect Behaviors

[Timestamps: 33:55–43:13]

• Courtney blames others (Ashley—Rich’s other ex—and Mike), but police call it a dead end.
• Rich is painted as abusive, admits to affairs with both Becca and her mother Courtney.
• On podcast interviews, Rich is dismissive about his own abusive behavior:

  “Verbally, yes. Physically, I never harmed her.”
  (Rich, 43:47)

• Rich admits Courtney sent threats to Becca:

  “Courtney threatened Becca a few times, stating she wasn’t gonna let Becca have my child.”
  (Rich, ca. 45:10)

7. The Web of Abuse, Criminal Records, and Deception

[Timestamps: 46:47–54:43]

• Both Rich and Bradley are registered sex offenders.
• Bradley (Courtney’s husband) claims he was in "his place in the woods" (uncorroborated) when Becca disappeared.
• Stephanie notes the toxic environment, constant lying, and posts about custody struggles involving Courtney’s 14-year-old son.

8. Community Backlash and Social Media Warfare

[Timestamps: 36:56–41:05]

• Becca’s friends and adopted family attack Courtney for suddenly acting like an involved mother after years of absence.
• Courtney responds on Facebook Live, screaming obscenities and threatening Becca’s friends:

  “Fuck you, Araya… You're gonna get an ass whooping you keep it up. I'm not playing with you anymore...”
  (Courtney, 37:16–37:56)

9. The Discovery of Becca’s Body

[Timestamps: 59:03–end]

• Three weeks after she disappeared, Becca’s body is discovered in Manistee National Forest:
  • Covered in leaves, abdomen cut open, placenta and umbilical cord “cut with dental floss.”
  • She was alive during the “surgery” and ultimately killed by having her throat slit.
  • Her body was dragged into the woods by vehicle.
• Two crucial crime scene details:
  • The location is about 2.5 miles (as the crow flies) from Courtney and Bradley’s porch.
  • Kim’s (sister) debit card is left at the crime scene. Was she framed, or did she play a part?

Notable Quotes & Moments with Timestamps

• On body horror:

  “If you're not even in a hospital, and you're in a forest... the only light being headlights... no healthcare provider, just a hunting knife and dental floss to cut the umbilical cord.”
  (Stephanie, 04:28)

• On toxic relationships:

  “‘Provide support and sit in the dad chair and don’t get up’—that’s what nurses tell the dad [in the delivery room].”
  (Stephanie, 02:00)

• On social media mess:

  “There are core people that care about Becca... but also a lot of people seem like they're using this as some sort of dramatic moment to make it about themselves. ‘Take me instead, I do the same drugs Becca does.’ It's just weird.”
  (Stephanie, 21:09)

Important Timelines & Reference Timestamps

• 00:51–05:02: Opening analogies and case disclaimers
• 10:06–13:23: Family tree explanation, interpersonal dynamics
• 17:09–20:15: Lasagna inheritance dinner
• 20:17–24:50: Becca goes missing, social media reaction
• 24:50–31:38: Last known movements and conflicting family stories
• 33:55–43:13: Family accusations, criminal history, podcast revelations
• 46:47–54:43: Police interviews, further finger pointing, Bradley’s alibi
• 59:03–end: Discovery of Becca’s body and cliff-hanger ending

Cliffhanger & Closing

The episode ends with the chilling discovery of Becca’s body, the suggestion of torture and intentional cruelty, and the mysterious finding of Kim’s debit card at the crime scene. Stephanie promises a quick release of Part 2 as listeners are left to speculate on whether Kim was framed or involved, and what motivated such monstrous actions in a family so plagued by dysfunction.

Engagement & Tone

This episode is raw, emotional, and full of dark humor—typical of Rotten Mango’s “rotten but still a little sweet” voice. Stephanie narrates with both empathy for the victim and biting sarcasm for the web of manipulative, destructive adults surrounding Becca. The summary preserves her direct language and leans into the grotesque, interpersonal, and sadly all-too-real elements of the case.

For More Information

For court documents, additional disclaimers, and Becca’s children’s GoFundMe, see the show notes at rottenmangopodcast.com.