Author of Where the Crawdads Sing Wanted to be questioned for murder in Zambia
In 1996 the married couple, along with Mark’s adult son Christopher, were featured in a BBC documentary Deadly Game: The Story of Mark and Delia Owens , highlighting their fight against poachers in Zambia. By then, the Owens had developed a reputation as ruthless outsiders who were ready to go above and beyond to stop poachers. Delia and Mark Owens. March 25, 1985 Load Where did the murder take place? Surprisingly, the documentary includes a illustrative scene, according to Jeffrey Goldberg writing at Atlantic “filmed murder of a suspected hunter, executed lying collapsed on the ground after being shot.” Goldberg has been following the Owens case since its inception, and his 2010 story in New Yorkers revealed that the couple – along with Mark’s son Christopher – were suspected by Zambian authorities of involvement in the murder. Goldberg spoke with ABC cameraman Chris Everson, who filmed the murder and accused Christopher Owens of firing the lethal shot. “It’s a very complicated s