INGERSOLL: Mom Murdered In National Park Was Highly Predictable. And We’re Just Letting It Happen

August 20, 2026 11:12 AM ET Below is State of the Day, a morning newsletter by Daily Caller Editor-at-Large Geoff Ingersoll. Sign up here.__________Greetings, Dear Reader,Something happened yesterday that was highly predictable.Let’s get after it. THE GREAT BETRAYALThe door has barely closed behind me, and I can already hear my wife. The local news is on the television in the living room.“I knew it. I didn’t want to guess because I didn’t want to be like you, but I kind of knew it.” Kindness is in my wife’s DNA. She isn’t even slightly cynical. She works in charitable giving. We’re also both recent Catholic converts, so charity is more than just a vocation for her. She actively tries to see the best in people. I work in the media, on the other hand. I carry the bulk of the cynicism and ske