we needed the extra wide receiver, the backyard football game, and she had a i wouldn t say she was a tomboy, but she was a great athlete. she can do anything she put her mind to. toni grew up with her two brothers around mississippi, the epitome of the old south. she was ambitious, academically and athletically. and yet did tony embrace the hair in the makeup? the things you would think of from a southern belle? it s southern dresses, four football games. no sweatpants? no, she would never go out in public and sweatpants. never. tony did have one flaw when it came to being a bell. when i first got to college, she felt i was a bit too skinny, and need to bulk up a little bit.
scaling the sides of mountains. tony and harold kept at it. following the trail as snaked up around the mountain, to a point where flattened out. it was a beautiful fall day here in the rockies, much like this. harold said he and toni wanted to be alone. it was the anniversary after all,. so right here, they got off the trail and headed into the woods. most people stay on the trails in national parks, that s what s the park service wants it to be able to. although tony was a lifelong she had knee issues. if the hike was tough for her, it probably seemed worth it when the trees opened up to this. around 3:30 tony and harold a lunch right here, with this amazing view as their backdrop. once they finished eating lunch, they continue into the country.
cliff. it was as if the moment people within their circle heard about toni police s death, they all instantly suspected something was wrong. my husband said, we can t let this go. so he called the park rangers and said we are close with toni, we have suspicions, please investigate this. please, he begged them. i felt immediately, upon hearing the news, that we had to find out exactly what had happened a and that it had to be her voice. because the only story we re gonna get was going to be his story. but they all soon discovered even getting harold story was not easy. did you ask harold, tell me what happened? several times. i said, what happened herald? and he blew me off. when harold came to mississippi for a toni s memorial service, her family thought that he was more
was don t feed the bears. but there is more to it. every death in our national parks investigated. in toni case, the same empty that came to investigate save her, now served as a cop. people work different arms of the park service. the guy who came out there in the middle of the night, and tried to save tony s life, and tried to get their old off the mountain, the next day became an investigator. the ranger set out to learn everything he could about harold and toni. harold told him the couple had set out at 1:45 on the deer mountain trail, as part of their anniversary weekend. you can see in this photo that the hikers call it a moderate hike. but these are hikers who are
i got a call, from christina in our office. and all she said was that toni fell. what did you think when that she fell? i said, is she okay? they said, no she died. i fell to my knees. my husband said, what s going on? and i said, doctor fell henthorn off a cliff. everyone was worried. for most of all, there are seven year old all their, haley. the moment that she knew this is it, i put myself in her shoes, i know her thoughts were of haley. about 150 people die of national parks in national parks each year. in rocky mountain national park, the leading cause is falling. before i wrote this park, i did not know that the national park had investigators. investigative journalist michael fleeman