In an effort to unravel the web of intrigue woven into the Elaine Park affair by the podcast Live and die in Los Angeles, The local Malibu has acquired and is publishing critical information, in particular a polygraph taken by Susan Park as recently as last summer, in order to clear her name of any involvement in her daughter’s disappearance.

Susan, who is portrayed very negatively in the Live and die in Los Angeles podcast hosted by Neil Strauss, has cooperated with law enforcement, private investigators and those involved in the case since his daughter’s disappearance in 2017.

Recently, Dr Hampton passed on information to The local Malibu regarding the events that led Elaine’s mother to submit to the polygraph:

After attempts were made with Mr. Neil Strauss to remove any reference to me in his Live and die in Los Angeles podcast, it became clear through his statements that he was seeking to prove that Susan Park was manipulative and that she was involved in her daughter’s disappearance. I explained to her that there was nothing I had to say that had any probative value to prove Susan Park’s guilt and that I was not agreeing to participate in any part of her podcast. I stated that investigating Susan Park was something the detectives involved should investigate. I further told her that her allusion to me as a lie was misleading in the investigation of what happened to Elaine Park and was for entertainment purposes, which in turn led to public harassment and threats. . Shortly after my communication with Mr. Strauss, I was contacted by his lawyer to stop all further contact.

I also contacted Rosemarie Wheeler who has been very actively involved in Elaine Park’s research efforts and who is in regular contact with Neil Strauss. In my attempt to figure out why she hadn’t alerted me that my phone calls were being recorded without my knowledge and my conversations were being used in a podcast, she informed me that I was being manipulated by Susan Park and she said said Susan Park was responsible for her daughter’s disappearance. I further asked her how this relates to my being included in the podcast and that she is fully aware that much of the information included in the podcast has been taken out of context and details incomplete at best. Ms Wheeler quickly blocked me from her social networks and removed me from the opportunity to comment on the Help find Elaine Park the Facebook page.

I haven’t had any meaningful contact with Susan Park for years; however, in my continuing quest to gain an understanding of the material featured in the To Live and Die podcast, I reached out to Ms. Park for clarification of the information that was reported in the podcast. Through my communications with Ms. Park, I learned that, at the request of someone familiar with the case, she had met a therapist who suggested that she take a lie detector test regarding the circumstances of her disappearance. Elaine Park. She said she had agreed to take the test; she became suspicious when the therapist suggested that she take the test immediately in the same building. She came to believe that the circumstances of having a polygraph so readily available were as established and she suspected that Neil Strauss had been involved in arranging the test. She could not prove her suspicions; however, after providing me with the name of the therapist as well as the polygraph, it became apparent that Neil Strauss, Marnie Breecker (therapist) and Ryan Angulo (polygraph) had previously worked

relationship.