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Their police work was to tell you to put out a rogue campfire or something, or dont park here, dont feed the bears. >> reporter: but theres more to it. every death in our national parks is investigated. and in tonis case the same emt ranger who came to rescue her now switched roles from rescuer to cop. >> people wear different hats at the park service. the guy who schlepped out there in the middle of the night and tried to both save tonis life and get harold off the mountain the next day became ...

You to put out a rogue campfire or something, or dont park here, dont feed the bears. >> reporter: but theres more to it. every death in our national parks is investigated. and in tonis case the same emt ranger who came to rescue her now switched roles from rescuer to cop. >> people wear different hats at the park service. the guy who schlepped out there in the middle of the night and tried to both save tonis life and get harold off the mountain the next day became an investigator. >> reporter: ...

>> reporter: journalist michael fleeman covered the death of toni henthorn. >> i just thought the extent of their police work was to tell you to put out a rogue campfire or something, or dont park here, dont feed the bears >> reporter: but theres more to it every death in our national parks is investigated. and in tonis case the same emt ranger who came to rescue her now switched roles from rescuer to cop >> people wear different hats at the park service the guy who schlepped out there in the mi...

>> i just said, is she okay? no, she died. and i fell to my knees. and my husband said, oh, my gosh, whats going on? and i said, dr. henthorn fell off a cliff. >> reporter: everyone was heartbroken for toni. harold. and, most of all, the henthorns 7-year-old daughter haley. >> i put myself on the mountain and at the moment that she probably knew, well, this is it, you know. i know her thoughts were of haley. >> reporter: about 150 people die in national parks each year. in rocky mountain nationa...