He writes a best-selling murder mystery, then a chill case from Delia Owens' past resurfaces
The video of the man’s death is shaky, chaotic, and brutal. A US television crew has been sent to Zambia to film the story of a young American couple on a mission to protect African wildlife from poachers. Instead, they ended up filming – and then broadcasting on prime-time television in 1996 – a murder. Details of what happened are unclear and ABC America agreed to obscure the identities of those involved. However, it appears that a suspected hunter was found, chased through the wildlife park and then shot four times, execution style. “Bodies of hunters are often left where they fall for animals to eat,” the reporter said in voiceover as the scene unfolded. As the camera zoomed in on the man, the reporter reflected on what the audience had just seen: “Conservation. Morality. Africa.” The killings in Zambia’s Northern Luangwa National Park may forever remain a mystery. And the identity of the man who was killed was never revealed or his body found. However, 26 years after the shocking
