It was 4:44 a.m on June 22, 2018 in Malibu Creek State Park when 35-year-old Tristan Beaudette was hit by a fatal rifle-shot through the side of his tent. Beaudette was camping with his two and four-year-old daughters who slept by his side, exhausted from a day of outdoor adventuring. He had taken them away so his wife, Erica Wu, could focus on her upcoming medical board exams.
The random horror of Beaudette's murder startled the Malibu community. Fear and paranoia took hold among the area's residents. Soon there emerged several historic reports of gunshots narrowly missing campers in the...
