The man charged this week with pushing his wife off Angel's Landing to her death in 2006 died this morning while in custody in Las Vegas.

David Vander Meer, the Las Vegas man accused of killing his wife at Zion National Park two decades ago, has died, a judge said Thursday.

Former youth pastor David Vander Meer arrested for allegedly murdering his wife in Zion National Park in 2006 and committing insurance fraud.

The retired senior pastor of a now-defunct Las Vegas church says he was shocked to learn that a former youth minister, who was arrested this week in the 2006 death of his wife, had died.

A Las Vegas man charged with murdering his wife two decades ago at Zion National Park died in custody Thursday, just days after his arrest, before he could appear in court on the charges.