Utah Man's Dark Secret Exposed: Alleged Infidelity Linked to Wife's Fatal Hike. A shocking revelation has emerged in the 2006 death of Bernadette Vander Meer, a woman who tragically fell to her death while hiking in Utah's Zion National Park. According to recently uncovered allegations, David Vander Meer, her husband at the time, had been carrying on a secret affair with a 16-year-old girl just months prior to the incident. As authorities continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding Bernadette's fatal fall, questions are being raised about the potential motivations behind her death, and whether her husband's alleged infidelity may have played a role.


Before Bernadette Vander Meer's 2006 fatal fall in Zion National Park, her husband, David, allegedly began having a sexual affair with a 16-year-old girl.