James Parrillo has been a major topic of discussion on all the PCT threads these past few years. In 2017 he allegedly kidnapped and raped a PCT hiker, keeping her captive for months. You can read a Backpacker Magazine article on that story here...
backpacker.com/stories/thru-hi…-the-pacific-crest-trail/
Unfortunately, his victim later died in a fire. Parrillo was never prosecuted for these crimes. He continued to frequent the PCT and other trails, causing much fear and concern in these communities.
Well, it appears that Parrillo has continued in his monstrous ways. This news broke today...
cnn.com/2023/02/18/us/new-jers…pes-kidnapping/index.html
Here's hoping he gets put away for good and never goes free again.
backpacker.com/stories/thru-hi…-the-pacific-crest-trail/
Unfortunately, his victim later died in a fire. Parrillo was never prosecuted for these crimes. He continued to frequent the PCT and other trails, causing much fear and concern in these communities.
Well, it appears that Parrillo has continued in his monstrous ways. This news broke today...
cnn.com/2023/02/18/us/new-jers…pes-kidnapping/index.html
Here's hoping he gets put away for good and never goes free again.
“Of all sad words of tongue or pen,
the saddest are these, 'It might have been.”
John Greenleaf Whittier
the saddest are these, 'It might have been.”
John Greenleaf Whittier