Former Las Vegas youth pastor dies days after being charged in wife’s fatal fall

David Vander Meer was recently arrested for the death of his wife in national park 20 years ago after new information revealed A Las Vegas man and former youth pastor died dead days after he was arrested and charged with murdering his wife, who plummeted thousands of feet to her death while hiking in Utah’s Zion national park in 2006. At a scheduled extradition hearing on Thursday, a Las Vegas judge announced that David Vander Meer was deceased, according to KSNV. Continue reading...

Uwa Ede-Osifo · Thu, Jun 25, 2026, 6:51 PM
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Former Las Vegas youth pastor dies days after being charged in wife’s fatal fall

David Vander Meer was recently arrested for the death of his wife in national park 20 years ago after new information revealed

A Las Vegas man and former youth pastor died dead days after he was arrested and charged with murdering his wife, who plummeted thousands of feet to her death while hiking in Utah’s Zion national park in 2006.

At a scheduled extradition hearing on Thursday, a Las Vegas judge announced that David Vander Meer was deceased, according to KSNV.

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