Young couple goes on van tour of US, boy comes back with van - no girl

"Son, the good news is that we have a plan for you to escape to your uncle's place in Mexico and live the rest of your life in luxury. The bad news is that we're gonna need some "partial remains" to be found to end the search for you. Be thinking of what you can live without."
This reminds me of the story a while back about the hiker who got his arm wedged by a boulder (in a remote part of Utah , I think) and could not free himself without hacking off his arm with a pocket knife. I can only imagine how tough that decision was to pull off.

But this is where the similarities end. I'm pretty sure that hiker hadn't previously murdered his girlfriend. :unsure: