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May 2024
46m 9s

Rhonda Casto // 404

Dark West Productions
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In March of 2009, a 23-year-old woman went hiking with her boyfriend on a beautiful trail in Oregon that included a narrow path along a cliffside. When she fell to her death and an investigation began, her boyfriend’s story continued to falter and change, as sinister happenings from his past emerged. This is the story of Rhonda Casto. 

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