The Hike That Terrorized Micah Smith's Children | Profiling Evil

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A simple family hike in Utah’s Big Cottonwood Canyon turned into a near-fatal ordeal for three young children — and prosecutors say it didn’t have to happen. In this episode, we break down the case against Micah Smith, the father now charged with taking his kids on what investigators describe as an ill-planned and extremely dangerous push up the Broads Fork Trail during cold rain, thick fog, and brutal exposure. By the time rescuers reached them, two children were unconscious from hypothermia and one appeared dead.

We walk through the route, the weather, the timeline, and the behavior prosecutors say reveals troubling intent — including marital stress, mental-health red flags, and a previous suicide-related police encounter. We’ll also look at the disturbing allegation that Smith taught his 8-year-old daughter CPR because he knew no help was coming.

If you want a deeper understanding of the terrain, the risk factors, and the investigative findings that led to the indictment, this breakdown will take you behind the headlines and into the behavioral clues officials are focused on.

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