In the summer of 2018, a chemist took his 2 daughters on a camping trip in Malibu Creek State Park while his wife studied for an exam. But after just one night at the campsite, he would be found dead in his tent from a gunshot wound, leaving his daughters uninjured. But how did this happen and why? This is the story of Tristan Beaudette, also known, as the Malibu Creek Murder.

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https://www.newspapers.com/image/664935035/?terms=tristan%20beaudette&match=1

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