February 14, 2025 • 27 mins
What leads a promising college student to vanish without a trace? Join me, Jazmin Ramirez, on a gripping journey as we unravel the enigma of Bryce David Laspisa's disappearance—a case that continues to baffle and haunt those who knew him. Bryce's story takes a troubling turn as we explore his life from an impressive freshman year at Sierra College to the unsettling behaviors that marked his sophomore year. Through vivid accounts from friends like his roommate Sean and girlfriend Kim, we uncover the concerning escalation of Bryce's alcohol use and his alarming dependency on Vyvanse, painting a portrait of a young man spiraling into mystery.
Bryce's transformation from a thriving student to someone who alarmed his loved ones with erratic behavior is just the beginning. We dig into the eerie sequence of events that led to his car being found abandoned and crashed, with no sign of Bryce himself. As his mother, Karen, and a stranger named Christian try desperately to ensure his safety, Bryce's cryptic decisions and actions only deepen the puzzle. Even as roadside assistance is called to his location, the unresolved nature of his intentions leaves us questioning what truly happened in those last moments he was seen.
Despite exhaustive search efforts and a reward for information, Bryce remains missing, leaving a void for his family and friends that is both chilling and heartbreaking. This episode of Murder by Nature is a poignant reminder of how quickly a familiar life can morph into an inexplicable mystery. I invite you to listen, reflect, and remain vigilant, as Bryce's unresolved story is a powerful testament to the unknown shadows that can lurk in our everyday lives. Join me next week for another compelling narrative that challenges the boundaries of understanding and safety.
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Jazmin Ramirez (00:05):
Welcome to Murder by Nature, where the
darkness of true crime, unsolveddisappearances and chilling
mysteries come to life.
I'm your host, jasmine Ramirez,and if you're brave enough to
join us, prepare for a journeyinto the unknown.
Our references for today areReddit, all that's Interesting,
rankercom, nbc Los Angeles,missingpeopleinamericaorg, the
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Morbid Library,storiesoftheunsolvedcom,
uncoveredcom, chilling Crimes,wegothiscoveredcom, abc7,
Investigation Discovery andDisappeared Blog.
Bryce was young, talented andfull of potential.
At just 19 years old, he was onthe track for success, An
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ambitious college student with abright future ahead of him.
But then, one day, everythingchanged.
A series of strange eventsunfold and Bryce vanished
without a trace, leaving behinda trail of questions, eerie
clues and a devastated familydesperate for answers.
What happened to Bryce, and why, after all of these years, did
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his disappearance remain one ofthe most perplexed cases in
recent history?
Bryce David LaPisa was bornApril 30, 1994, to parents Karen
and Michael LaPisa.
As their only child.
Bryce was raised in a loving,supportive home.
He had this close bond with hisparents.
He was known for his artistictalent, his sharp sense of humor
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and his vibrant red hair.
Now, these traits made himstand out, but not just in a
crowd, but in the lives of thosewho knew him.
In 2012, after graduating fromNaperville Central High School
in Illinois, the LaPisa familymade a big move and relocated to
Laguna, niguel, california.
Bryce was eager to pursue hispassion for industrial and
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graphic design and he enrolledat Sierra College in Rockland,
California, a town about 450miles from his family's new home
.
His freshman year was a success.
Bryce excelled in classes.
He made new friends.
He started dating a fellowstudent named Kim.
By all accounts, he was happy,thriving and looking forward to
what came next.
As the school year wrapped up,he packed his bags and made the
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long drive home to Laguna Niguel, ready to spend the summer with
his parents.
And that summer it waseverything he hoped for.
He took an English class at alocal college to get ahead on
credits.
He wanted to graduate collegeearly, so he was doing
everything he could to get ahead.
He spent quality time with hisparents and he soaked in the
joys of just being home.
Life seemed normal, life seemedgood.
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But as summer came to a close,something began to change in
Bryce.
At first the signs were subtle,a small shift in his behavior
that was easy to brush off.
Nothing alarming, nothing yet.
No one knew at the time, butthese changes would soon spiral
into something much darker,something that would lead Bryce
down a road from which he wouldnever return.
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So what happened to BryceLaPisa?
Over the next hour, we're goingto unravel the strange details
of his final days, his unusualbehavior and the chilling phone
call that he made.
This was a haunting mystery, sostay with me, because this case
only gets stranger from here.
The start of the new semester issupposed to be a fresh
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beginning, a chance to reset,refocus and move forward.
When Bryce returned to SierraCollege for his sophomore year
in August of 2013, everythingseemed normal at first.
He attended his classes,reconnected with friends, and he
even called his mother, karen,on August 26, chatting about his
day To her.
He sounded upbeat, he was thesame Bryce that she'd always
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known.
But those closest to him atschool saw a different side, one
that was beginning to unravel.
At first, the changes weresubtle.
Bryce's roommate Sean begannoticing troubling behaviors
that he was having.
He was always a social drinker,but now the alcohol seemed to
be daily.
His roommate Sean watched Bryceas he downed hard liquor at an
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alarming rate, sometimesmultiple bottles in a single
weekend.
And it wasn't just the partying.
It was something more somethingdarker.
And this is when Vyvanse camein.
It was a prescription drug usedto treat ADHD.
It was known as the study drug,a stimulant that can keep you
awake so you can study for hourson end.
But Bryce wasn't using it tostudy.
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He was using it to stay up allnight and play video games.
Now, at first his friendschalked it up like it's college.
This is what the college lifeis, and the late nights they
weren't unusual.
But as the days passed, theeffects of Bryce's habits became
impossible to ignore.
His behavior was erratic.
His speech patterns had changed.
His once easygoing nature wasunraveling into something
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distant and unpredictable.
And then he started sayinggoodbye.
Now Bryce gave Sean his Xbox,just handed it over, no reason,
no explanation.
And these earrings?
They were diamond earrings thathis mother had given him.
He just gave those away too.
And then the text came I loveyou, bro.
Seriously, you're the bestperson I've ever met.
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You saved my soul.
This is when sean knew somethingwas wrong.
He picked with the phone,called karen.
Now, karen didn't think toomuch of it at first.
Maybe he was still adjustingback to being in college and
everything was just kind ofcoming at him.
You go from this chill, easysummer to them back into the
hustle.
But on august 27th, bryce made adecision that no one saw coming
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out of the blue.
He texted his girlfriend, kim,and the message was short you're
better off without me.
Kim's heart dropped.
She immediately called Bryce,pressing him for answers.
What did he mean?
What was wrong?
He was vague, distant, but hedid agree to come to her
apartment and talk.
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Now, when Bryce arrived, kimbarely recognized him.
His eyes were glossy, his wordsslurred, his body language was
off.
He was there, but he wasn'treally there.
Something was seriously wrongwith him.
Kim knew that she couldn't lethim leave, not like this, so she
took his car keys.
Bryce was a little bitfrustrated by this.
He told her he was fine andthat she was overreacting, but
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Kim refused to budge.
For hours they went back andforth, back and forth, and
finally Bryce picked up thephone and called his mother.
Karen listened to Kim explainwhy she had taken the keys.
She was worried, terrified even, that something was going on
with Bryce.
But Bryce got on the phone andhis tone was casual.
He brushed off Kim's concernsand insisted that she was only
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upset because he had broken upwith her Now.
Karen was concerned for her son, as he she just spoke the
roommate, and now this ishappening.
Karen passed the phone over toher husband to see if he felt
the same way, but his words weresmooth, reassuring, and his dad
was convinced that his son wasfine.
Karen offered to fly up thenext day, though, to check in on
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him.
Maybe that will help, maybe ifshe came and helped and got him
through whatever he was goingthrough.
But bryce told her no, not yet,we'll talk later.
He said I have a lot to talk toyou about.
After this, karen convinced kimto give bryce his keys back,
even though kim hesitated, buteventually she handed them over
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and watched as bryce walked outthe door.
At 11 30 pm, karen called bryceafter he left and told him to
call her as soon as he gets home.
So she knows that he's safe.
And he agreed.
Now hours passed, and at 1 amBryce called his mother again
just to let her know that he washome going to bed.
But that wasn't the end of this.
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At 11 am on the 29th, michaeland Karen received a
notification that would onlydeepen their worries about
everything that was going on.
Their insurance company hadjust informed them that their
roadside assistance was used ontheir Toyota Highlander.
This was the car that Brycedrove.
Apparently, he ran out of fueland while driving home he
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decided that he was going tojust use, you know, aaa to get
something going.
Now.
This wasn't unusual, it wasjust a little hiccup.
Karen tried to call bryce,hoping to hear his voice.
This would ease her concerns,but the phone rang and rang and
rang.
There was no answer.
Karen was trying not to panicbecause, again, this could just
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be a little hiccup.
Maybe he didn't tell her whenhe called again at 1, but he was
home, that's what he said, andshe continued to get this pit in
her stomach.
So she called Shawn.
Did Bryce make it home?
Shawn's voice on the other endwas a little grim no, bryce
didn't come home last night.
Then the unsullying truth beganto set in, though.
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Bryce didn't return to hisapartment.
So where did he go?
Karen and Michael weredesperate for answers, and they
decided they were going to turnto Bryce's bank statement.
They were hoping to get a cluecheck to see where he is.
Maybe he did something andthey'll be able to kind of track
it there.
And that's when they sawsomething that they didn't
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really anticipate and I thinkthat this can be a little
shocking.
We know that he used roadsideassistance, but on the statement
there was a charge for an autoshop.
I'm sure that, like mostparents, that would bring some
fear into seeing your child notget home and then seeing an auto
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shop.
But this charge came fromCastro Tire and gas in
Buttonwillow.
It seemed that Bryce had justrun out of gas.
That's all that happened andthat's what the roadside
assistance was about.
And that morning the owner ofthe shop, a man named christian,
confirmed the transaction.
Christian had delivered threegallons of gasoline to bryce
after he ran out of fuel nearbutton willow, roughly about a
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half like halfway from hisapartment in rockland to his
family home and live good in thegal.
For a moment, this kind ofsettled karen and michael's
assumptions.
They thought that he was doingall this, something else,
something was going on, but thisthey're like okay, he's on his
way home, but by noon Brycestill hadn't arrived.
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Now, with growing anxiety,karen decided to call Christian
again, the guy who owned theauto shop.
Now he helped Bryce earlierthat day, so maybe he can give
them some answer.
Christian was kind and helpfuland he did offer to go back to
the spot where he delivered thegas.
He didn't think Bryce would bethere, but at least he can give
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it a shot.
When he arrived, though, hefound Bryce sitting in the same
spot, not moving.
Christian called Karen back tolet her know.
Yeah, he's still here, juststaring out in the parking lot.
He walked up to Bryce and toldhim he needs to call his parents
.
They're worried about him.
Bryce was hesitant, but hecalls Karen.
He lets her know that he's fine, he's on his way home.
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He'll be there by 3 pm.
But as Christian drove away, thepicture Karen and Michael were
trying to piece together thatdidn't seem to quite add up was
this Bryce had left Kim'sapartment at 1130 the night
before, and if he had been inButtonwillow by 9 am that
morning, that means that he haddriven over nine and a half
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hours.
That's nearly four more hoursthan the actual drive from
rockland to laguna niguel thatcould have been taken.
This is all.
According to google maps, it'sjust under six hours.
So what was he doing all thattime?
Where had he gone?
Why had he stopped?
What happened during thosemissing hours?
Now, as hours passed by, everyhour brought this anxiety and
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they grew more frantic waitingfor Bryce to show up.
At 6 pm Bryce had missedseveral check-ins.
They decided that now it's timeto call the Orange County
Sheriff's Department and file amissing persons report.
They don't know where their sonis.
The department, upon receivingthe request, immediately decided
they were going to trackBryce's cell phone.
They were able to quicklylocate him, but what they
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discovered sent a chill downtheir spines.
He was still in Buttonwillow,the same small town where
Christian found him, just wherehe delivered the gas hours
earlier in that morning.
But now Bryce had only driveneight more miles from the spot
that he was last seen at.
Deputies were dispatched to findhim and when they arrived they
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found Bryce sitting in hisToyota Highlander, seemingly
unbothered, completely calm.
The officers approached him and, to their surprise, bryce was
perfectly lucid, responsive andcooperative.
Hey, are you all right?
One of the deputies said,concerned about his erratic
behavior from earlier that day,that they were reporting.
Bryce looked up at the officer,passed every test that they can
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give him for sobriety, withouthesitation, hesitation, and
calmly explained that he'dsimply just stopped to relax.
I'm just blowing off some steam, although this seemed
completely unnormal for someoneto be sitting in the middle of a
parking lot for hours.
In this small town, it didn'treally cause much red flags for
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them.
Now, the deputies were informedabout this unsettling behavior
by Karen, and they decided thatthey were going to search
Bryce's car.
They were looking for any signsof drugs, alcohol, anything
that might explain this oddbehavior.
But they found nothing nosubstance, no signs of
intoxication.
He was fine.
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The officers spoke to himbriefly and after some
discussion they came to theconclusion that Bryce didn't
seem to be under the influenceof anything.
But there were still questionsthat went unanswered.
Why hadn't he made it home yet?
Why was he just sitting in thisparking lot?
He claimed that he was going tobe meeting up with friends who
now remain unidentified.
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But despite these lingeringconcerns, the deputies made the
decision to let Bryce continueon his way.
They requested that he calledhis mother, though, to reassure
her.
They're scared, they're nervous, and Bryce was a little bit
hesitant at first, but aftersome gentle nudging he agreed to
make the call.
When Karen spoke to her son,she asked him where were you?
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What are you doing?
Why haven't you made it home?
Who are you waiting for?
Bryce, though really calm andcollective decided that he was
just going to say I'm fine, mom,I'm just putting my things into
my car, I'm waiting for afriend.
Karen was confused though.
Who was this friend?
Why was it taking so long forthem to meet him and why didn't
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he leave this spot?
Regardless, bryce assured herthat he'd be back on the road
soon and he would come home.
The officers seemed satisfiedwith his response.
They knew he was safe to driveand they just kind of left him
to go about this journey.
They were confident he willmake it home this time.
But as hours passed, bryce stillhadn't arrived.
Karen began to panic.
She tried to call him again andagain and again, but each time
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there was no response, and by 8pm she was frantic.
She called Christian again,explaining that Bryce still
hadn't shown up.
Christian, the ever so helpfulstranger, agreed he was going to
go check on Bryce one more time.
He drove to Buttonwillow andfound Bryce exactly where he had
been when the police left him,still sitting in his car.
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Christian, unwilling to leavethings unsolved now it's like he
went in dad mode he decided hewas going to take it upon
himself to ensure that this timeBryce got back on the road.
He offered to follow him tomake sure he was heading in the
right direction and Bryce wasreluctant.
But he agreed and for the next10 miles Christian followed him.
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And as he finally drove out ofButtonwillow and headed back to
the freeway, christian checkedin with Karen again and at 9 pm
he reported that Bryce was onthe road.
He's headed south on Interstate5.
He will be there and Karen wasrelieved Okay, he's on his way
home, she told himself.
However, hours continued to passand there was still no sign of
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Bryce.
Now Karen and Michael werebeginning to become extremely
worried.
Now Karen and Michael werebeginning to become extremely
worried and around 11 pm Brycehad finally called to check in
with his parents.
He provided an update on hisprogress, mentioned that he was
stopping for gas picking updrinks, and he didn't know
exactly where he was because hesaid it was extremely dark and
he couldn't give them anyanswers.
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But he said my GPS says I'mgoing to be there and the next
few hours were kind of filledwith this uncertainty.
And Karen decides she's goingto call Bryce again.
But he didn't answer and shestarted to grow anxious.
And then, around 1.50 am, brycecalled her back when he was
asked where he was.
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He was adamant that he couldn'tsee any street signs again.
He was unsure of his exactlocation and he couldn't
identify any landmarks.
This left Karen even more onedge.
She didn't know how far Brycewas before he was going to get
home because he kept not meetingthese timelines.
At 2.08 am, bryce called Karenagain for the last time.
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He told her that he was tootired to continue driving and he
decided he was going to pullover to sleep.
The fact that he had been awakefor almost 48 hours kind of
weighed heavily on this decision, and Karen didn't want to push
it anymore.
He mentioned that his GPSshowed that he would be home by
3.25 am.
But they agreed okay, fine,you're going to sleep, just go
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to the side of the road, go tobed.
When you wake up, come straighthome.
This is the best choice.
They hoped that maybe afterthis rest he would be a little
bit more himself and he wouldmake that final stretch home.
And after this call theydecided okay, we're going to go
to bed, we're going to wake upin the morning.
He's going to be here.
But morning and Bryce nevershowed up.
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Calls to his phone wentunanswered and as time dragged
on, karen and Mike's anxietyescalated.
They already endured so muchuncertainty the day before, and
now it seemed like their son hadjust disappeared into thin air.
For several hours, karenrepeatedly called Bryce's phone,
hoping for some sort ofresponse, just for him to pick
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up, but the phone never answered.
The calm voice that she heardon the other end just hours
before, reassuring her that hewas just stopping to sleep, now
felt like a distant memory.
Karen and Mike were stillanxiously awaiting any sign of
their son.
They spent the night hopingthat when morning came he was
going to be here.
Bryce would be home, butinstead of hearing the sound of
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his car pulling into thedriveway, the doorbell rang.
Expecting it to be Bryce, theyjumped up, rushed to the door.
It was a long, stressful nightand they were just relieved.
But when they opened it, theywere greeted by a police officer
from the California HighwayPatrol.
The officer asked if they owneda 2003 Toyota Highlander, and
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when they confirmed that it wastheir son's car, the officer's
face grew even more serious.
He explained that Bryce'svehicle had been found abandoned
at the bottom of a 25-footembankment near Cascade Lake
just hours north.
At 5.30 am that morning, thenews hit them like this gut
punch.
The car found lying on the sidewas crashed, the rear window
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broken, and the officerexplained it seemed like Bryce
had likely broken the windowfrom the inside after the crash
and probably escaped thewreckage.
However, he was nowhere to befound.
His phone, laptop, wallet wereall still inside the car, but
his duffel bag had been foundoutside near the broken window.
This was that one firstunsettling clue.
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Why had Bryce leave so many ofhis personal belongings behind,
especially his phone and hiswallet, but he'd taken the
duffel bag with him?
Means behind, especially hisphone, in his wallet, but he'd
taken the duffel bag with him.
As they processed thisinformation, the officer
mentioned that Bryce's blood hadbeen found inside the car Just
two small drops on the passengerheadrest and backseat.
The blood appeared to be anindicator that there was only
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minor injuries, but there was apossibility for internal
injuries.
Now, in the wake of this,authorities launched an
intensive search of the areanear Cascade Lake.
This is where his vehicle wasfound.
It was wrecked.
The search, which stretched onfor days, involved coordinating
efforts with search dogs,volunteers, helicopters, scuba
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divers, anything and everythingto find any trace of Bryce.
The area was thoroughly combedand the lake itself, located
about 40 miles northwest ofdowntown Los Angeles, was
searched in depth by divers.
The focus was placed on theGovernment Cove, a popular
location near the lake's mainboat launch.
This is where ascent from thesedogs kind of followed Bryce.
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Now, despite these exhaustingefforts, the search picked up no
sign.
For more than two weeks teamsworked tirelessly around the
crash site, but nothing wassustainable.
The only lead that they wereable to get was from those
search dogs.
This lead, it followed Bryce'sscent from the back of his car
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and it kind of trailed aroundand it pointed to a gas station
slash truck stop on CascadicRoad.
This indicated that he may havewalked all the way over there
from this crash site and thediscovery was nine days after
Bryce went missing.
Now police wanted to go througheverything.
They wanted to look through allof the signs and they found
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surveillance footage near theravine off of Lake Hughes Road
and it offered some insight intoBryce's movements that day.
The footage showed that Bryce'svehicle passed through the area
at 2.15 am and then again at4.29 am.
The area at 2.15 am and thenagain at 4.29 am.
On the first pass it only hadbeen about seven minutes after
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Bryce's last phone call with hismother, in which he told her
that he was pulling over tosleep.
However, this video suggestedthat was not true.
Bryce never actually stopped torest.
Instead, he continued to drivearound and around and around the
lake.
As investigators analyzed thefootage of the crash, they began
to believe that Bryce hadintentionally drove into this
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embankment.
This, combined with his actionsin the moments before the crash
, led them to kind of bring upthis theory that Bryce had been
experiencing some mental healthissues and he was potentially
suicidal.
Now, when they wereinvestigating the crash, it
looked like with the descent andsudden acceleration it
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suggested that he pushed on thegas to end his life.
Though they just kind of werespeculating this With the way
that this was set up, bryce'sfamily really took in like no,
he's not like that, that's nothow he is.
But there was no other evidenceto indicate anything else
happened.
Now everyone jumps in and saysmaybe there was foul play, but
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they haven't been able to findany clear evidence of that
either and the scene raised moretroubling kind of questions for
them.
In the weeks following hisdisappearance, law enforcement
officers received numerous tipsand potential sightings of Bryce
across western United States,but none of them led to any
breakthroughs.
Mike and Karen were desperatefor information and they worked
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hard to spread the awareness oftheir son's case.
They created missing personsflyers.
They reached out to the media.
They were hoping to get anyword out.
Unfortunately, their effortsbrought no solid leads.
And despite these concerns,they felt uncertain that their
son would have just walked awaywillingly.
Nothing would point to Brycedoing this.
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He wouldn't hurt the people heloved.
He had no history ofhitchhiking.
He enjoyed outdoor activities,but he wasn't familiar with this
area.
They firmly believed that Brycewould try to reach out to them,
to someone to find help.
He wouldn't just walk into theunknown.
Now the investigation continued, with authorities just focusing
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on the pieces of informationthat they could get.
They were trying to find anyleads from the gas station where
his scent went, and days passedby and they were just left with
this mystery about their son'sdisappearance.
On September 4, 2013, thediscovery of a burning body near
Lake Hughes Road brieflyreignited some hope.
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They thought that this was amajor break, that it was
something.
However, authorities quicklydetermined that the remains did
not belong to Bryce.
The body was later identifiedas 35-year-old Lamar Dean Miles,
who was shot multiple times andset on fire.
Investigators believe that hismurder was connected to unpaid
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debts, not any connection toBryce's disappearance.
Just days after policeconfirmed that the body was not
Bryce, the official search forhim was called off.
Los Angeles County Sheriff'sdeputies said we've pretty much
exhausted searching that areaand they basically found nothing
.
So they're kind of at astandstill.
For Bryce's parents, however,the search was far from over.
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They were clinging to the hopethat their son was still alive.
They continued to pursue anyand every possibility that came
their way.
In the early days of hisdisappearance.
Multiple tips and sightingswere reported, but again nothing
led to anything.
So, despite no record, no phonenumber, no contact, nothing
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they were still determined tofind their son.
They even hired a privateinvestigator, but again no leads
.
Bryce was described at 5'11",weighing about 170 pounds.
He had striking red hair, blueeyes, a distinctive tattoo of a
Taurus bull head with a Romannumeral on his left shoulder.
At the time of hisdisappearance he was last seen
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wearing white cargo shorts and ablue and white checkered shirt
with white and red Nike shoes.
Authorities have no evidence offoul play in Bryce's
disappearance, nor was there anyactual proof that he died by
suicide?
His body was never located inor around Cascade Lake, where
the vehicle was abandoned withno physical evidence or no clear
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explanation.
His case still remains one ofthe most baffling missing
persons cases in recent history.
Bryce's family continues toseek answers and they offer a
$5,000 reward for anyinformation that can lead to his
return.
A $5,000 reward for anyinformation that can lead to his
return.
With this still being anongoing case, anyone with any
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information is encouraged tocontact the Los Angeles County
Sheriff's Investigator at323-890-5500 or provide a
nominous tip through CrimeStoppers at 800-222-TIPS or
lacrimestoppersorg.
And that brings us to the endof another unsettling tale.
As always, thank you forlistening to Murder by Nature.
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, stay safe and remember don'tget murdered and, for the love
of all things darkest, don'tbecome a murderer.
Welcome to Murder by Nature, where the
darkness of true crime, unsolveddisappearances and chilling
mysteries come to life.
I'm your host, jasmine Ramirez,and if you're brave enough to
join us, prepare for a journeyinto the unknown.
Our references for today areReddit, all that's Interesting,
rankercom, nbc Los Angeles,missingpeopleinamericaorg, the
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Morbid Library,storiesoftheunsolvedcom,
uncoveredcom, chilling Crimes,wegothiscoveredcom, abc7,
Investigation Discovery andDisappeared Blog.
Bryce was young, talented andfull of potential.
At just 19 years old, he was onthe track for success, An
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ambitious college student with abright future ahead of him.
But then, one day, everythingchanged.
A series of strange eventsunfold and Bryce vanished
without a trace, leaving behinda trail of questions, eerie
clues and a devastated familydesperate for answers.
What happened to Bryce, and why, after all of these years, did
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his disappearance remain one ofthe most perplexed cases in
recent history?
Bryce David LaPisa was bornApril 30, 1994, to parents Karen
and Michael LaPisa.
As their only child.
Bryce was raised in a loving,supportive home.
He had this close bond with hisparents.
He was known for his artistictalent, his sharp sense of humor
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and his vibrant red hair.
Now, these traits made himstand out, but not just in a
crowd, but in the lives of thosewho knew him.
In 2012, after graduating fromNaperville Central High School
in Illinois, the LaPisa familymade a big move and relocated to
Laguna, niguel, california.
Bryce was eager to pursue hispassion for industrial and
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graphic design and he enrolledat Sierra College in Rockland,
California, a town about 450miles from his family's new home
.
His freshman year was a success.
Bryce excelled in classes.
He made new friends.
He started dating a fellowstudent named Kim.
By all accounts, he was happy,thriving and looking forward to
what came next.
As the school year wrapped up,he packed his bags and made the
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long drive home to Laguna Niguel, ready to spend the summer with
his parents.
And that summer it waseverything he hoped for.
He took an English class at alocal college to get ahead on
credits.
He wanted to graduate collegeearly, so he was doing
everything he could to get ahead.
He spent quality time with hisparents and he soaked in the
joys of just being home.
Life seemed normal, life seemedgood.
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But as summer came to a close,something began to change in
Bryce.
At first the signs were subtle,a small shift in his behavior
that was easy to brush off.
Nothing alarming, nothing yet.
No one knew at the time, butthese changes would soon spiral
into something much darker,something that would lead Bryce
down a road from which he wouldnever return.
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So what happened to BryceLaPisa?
Over the next hour, we're goingto unravel the strange details
of his final days, his unusualbehavior and the chilling phone
call that he made.
This was a haunting mystery, sostay with me, because this case
only gets stranger from here.
The start of the new semester issupposed to be a fresh
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beginning, a chance to reset,refocus and move forward.
When Bryce returned to SierraCollege for his sophomore year
in August of 2013, everythingseemed normal at first.
He attended his classes,reconnected with friends, and he
even called his mother, karen,on August 26, chatting about his
day To her.
He sounded upbeat, he was thesame Bryce that she'd always
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known.
But those closest to him atschool saw a different side, one
that was beginning to unravel.
At first, the changes weresubtle.
Bryce's roommate Sean begannoticing troubling behaviors
that he was having.
He was always a social drinker,but now the alcohol seemed to
be daily.
His roommate Sean watched Bryceas he downed hard liquor at an
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alarming rate, sometimesmultiple bottles in a single
weekend.
And it wasn't just the partying.
It was something more somethingdarker.
And this is when Vyvanse camein.
It was a prescription drug usedto treat ADHD.
It was known as the study drug,a stimulant that can keep you
awake so you can study for hourson end.
But Bryce wasn't using it tostudy.
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He was using it to stay up allnight and play video games.
Now, at first his friendschalked it up like it's college.
This is what the college lifeis, and the late nights they
weren't unusual.
But as the days passed, theeffects of Bryce's habits became
impossible to ignore.
His behavior was erratic.
His speech patterns had changed.
His once easygoing nature wasunraveling into something
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distant and unpredictable.
And then he started sayinggoodbye.
Now Bryce gave Sean his Xbox,just handed it over, no reason,
no explanation.
And these earrings?
They were diamond earrings thathis mother had given him.
He just gave those away too.
And then the text came I loveyou, bro.
Seriously, you're the bestperson I've ever met.
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You saved my soul.
This is when sean knew somethingwas wrong.
He picked with the phone,called karen.
Now, karen didn't think toomuch of it at first.
Maybe he was still adjustingback to being in college and
everything was just kind ofcoming at him.
You go from this chill, easysummer to them back into the
hustle.
But on august 27th, bryce made adecision that no one saw coming
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out of the blue.
He texted his girlfriend, kim,and the message was short you're
better off without me.
Kim's heart dropped.
She immediately called Bryce,pressing him for answers.
What did he mean?
What was wrong?
He was vague, distant, but hedid agree to come to her
apartment and talk.
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Now, when Bryce arrived, kimbarely recognized him.
His eyes were glossy, his wordsslurred, his body language was
off.
He was there, but he wasn'treally there.
Something was seriously wrongwith him.
Kim knew that she couldn't lethim leave, not like this, so she
took his car keys.
Bryce was a little bitfrustrated by this.
He told her he was fine andthat she was overreacting, but
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Kim refused to budge.
For hours they went back andforth, back and forth, and
finally Bryce picked up thephone and called his mother.
Karen listened to Kim explainwhy she had taken the keys.
She was worried, terrified even, that something was going on
with Bryce.
But Bryce got on the phone andhis tone was casual.
He brushed off Kim's concernsand insisted that she was only
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upset because he had broken upwith her Now.
Karen was concerned for her son, as he she just spoke the
roommate, and now this ishappening.
Karen passed the phone over toher husband to see if he felt
the same way, but his words weresmooth, reassuring, and his dad
was convinced that his son wasfine.
Karen offered to fly up thenext day, though, to check in on
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him.
Maybe that will help, maybe ifshe came and helped and got him
through whatever he was goingthrough.
But bryce told her no, not yet,we'll talk later.
He said I have a lot to talk toyou about.
After this, karen convinced kimto give bryce his keys back,
even though kim hesitated, buteventually she handed them over
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and watched as bryce walked outthe door.
At 11 30 pm, karen called bryceafter he left and told him to
call her as soon as he gets home.
So she knows that he's safe.
And he agreed.
Now hours passed, and at 1 amBryce called his mother again
just to let her know that he washome going to bed.
But that wasn't the end of this.
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At 11 am on the 29th, michaeland Karen received a
notification that would onlydeepen their worries about
everything that was going on.
Their insurance company hadjust informed them that their
roadside assistance was used ontheir Toyota Highlander.
This was the car that Brycedrove.
Apparently, he ran out of fueland while driving home he
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decided that he was going tojust use, you know, aaa to get
something going.
Now.
This wasn't unusual, it wasjust a little hiccup.
Karen tried to call bryce,hoping to hear his voice.
This would ease her concerns,but the phone rang and rang and
rang.
There was no answer.
Karen was trying not to panicbecause, again, this could just
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be a little hiccup.
Maybe he didn't tell her whenhe called again at 1, but he was
home, that's what he said, andshe continued to get this pit in
her stomach.
So she called Shawn.
Did Bryce make it home?
Shawn's voice on the other endwas a little grim no, bryce
didn't come home last night.
Then the unsullying truth beganto set in, though.
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Bryce didn't return to hisapartment.
So where did he go?
Karen and Michael weredesperate for answers, and they
decided they were going to turnto Bryce's bank statement.
They were hoping to get a cluecheck to see where he is.
Maybe he did something andthey'll be able to kind of track
it there.
And that's when they sawsomething that they didn't
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really anticipate and I thinkthat this can be a little
shocking.
We know that he used roadsideassistance, but on the statement
there was a charge for an autoshop.
I'm sure that, like mostparents, that would bring some
fear into seeing your child notget home and then seeing an auto
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shop.
But this charge came fromCastro Tire and gas in
Buttonwillow.
It seemed that Bryce had justrun out of gas.
That's all that happened andthat's what the roadside
assistance was about.
And that morning the owner ofthe shop, a man named christian,
confirmed the transaction.
Christian had delivered threegallons of gasoline to bryce
after he ran out of fuel nearbutton willow, roughly about a
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half like halfway from hisapartment in rockland to his
family home and live good in thegal.
For a moment, this kind ofsettled karen and michael's
assumptions.
They thought that he was doingall this, something else,
something was going on, but thisthey're like okay, he's on his
way home, but by noon Brycestill hadn't arrived.
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Now, with growing anxiety,karen decided to call Christian
again, the guy who owned theauto shop.
Now he helped Bryce earlierthat day, so maybe he can give
them some answer.
Christian was kind and helpfuland he did offer to go back to
the spot where he delivered thegas.
He didn't think Bryce would bethere, but at least he can give
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it a shot.
When he arrived, though, hefound Bryce sitting in the same
spot, not moving.
Christian called Karen back tolet her know.
Yeah, he's still here, juststaring out in the parking lot.
He walked up to Bryce and toldhim he needs to call his parents
.
They're worried about him.
Bryce was hesitant, but hecalls Karen.
He lets her know that he's fine, he's on his way home.
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He'll be there by 3 pm.
But as Christian drove away, thepicture Karen and Michael were
trying to piece together thatdidn't seem to quite add up was
this Bryce had left Kim'sapartment at 1130 the night
before, and if he had been inButtonwillow by 9 am that
morning, that means that he haddriven over nine and a half
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hours.
That's nearly four more hoursthan the actual drive from
rockland to laguna niguel thatcould have been taken.
This is all.
According to google maps, it'sjust under six hours.
So what was he doing all thattime?
Where had he gone?
Why had he stopped?
What happened during thosemissing hours?
Now, as hours passed by, everyhour brought this anxiety and
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they grew more frantic waitingfor Bryce to show up.
At 6 pm Bryce had missedseveral check-ins.
They decided that now it's timeto call the Orange County
Sheriff's Department and file amissing persons report.
They don't know where their sonis.
The department, upon receivingthe request, immediately decided
they were going to trackBryce's cell phone.
They were able to quicklylocate him, but what they
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discovered sent a chill downtheir spines.
He was still in Buttonwillow,the same small town where
Christian found him, just wherehe delivered the gas hours
earlier in that morning.
But now Bryce had only driveneight more miles from the spot
that he was last seen at.
Deputies were dispatched to findhim and when they arrived they
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found Bryce sitting in hisToyota Highlander, seemingly
unbothered, completely calm.
The officers approached him and, to their surprise, bryce was
perfectly lucid, responsive andcooperative.
Hey, are you all right?
One of the deputies said,concerned about his erratic
behavior from earlier that day,that they were reporting.
Bryce looked up at the officer,passed every test that they can
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give him for sobriety, withouthesitation, hesitation, and
calmly explained that he'dsimply just stopped to relax.
I'm just blowing off some steam, although this seemed
completely unnormal for someoneto be sitting in the middle of a
parking lot for hours.
In this small town, it didn'treally cause much red flags for
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them.
Now, the deputies were informedabout this unsettling behavior
by Karen, and they decided thatthey were going to search
Bryce's car.
They were looking for any signsof drugs, alcohol, anything
that might explain this oddbehavior.
But they found nothing nosubstance, no signs of
intoxication.
He was fine.
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The officers spoke to himbriefly and after some
discussion they came to theconclusion that Bryce didn't
seem to be under the influenceof anything.
But there were still questionsthat went unanswered.
Why hadn't he made it home yet?
Why was he just sitting in thisparking lot?
He claimed that he was going tobe meeting up with friends who
now remain unidentified.
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But despite these lingeringconcerns, the deputies made the
decision to let Bryce continueon his way.
They requested that he calledhis mother, though, to reassure
her.
They're scared, they're nervous, and Bryce was a little bit
hesitant at first, but aftersome gentle nudging he agreed to
make the call.
When Karen spoke to her son,she asked him where were you?
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What are you doing?
Why haven't you made it home?
Who are you waiting for?
Bryce, though really calm andcollective decided that he was
just going to say I'm fine, mom,I'm just putting my things into
my car, I'm waiting for afriend.
Karen was confused though.
Who was this friend?
Why was it taking so long forthem to meet him and why didn't
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he leave this spot?
Regardless, bryce assured herthat he'd be back on the road
soon and he would come home.
The officers seemed satisfiedwith his response.
They knew he was safe to driveand they just kind of left him
to go about this journey.
They were confident he willmake it home this time.
But as hours passed, bryce stillhadn't arrived.
Karen began to panic.
She tried to call him again andagain and again, but each time
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there was no response, and by 8pm she was frantic.
She called Christian again,explaining that Bryce still
hadn't shown up.
Christian, the ever so helpfulstranger, agreed he was going to
go check on Bryce one more time.
He drove to Buttonwillow andfound Bryce exactly where he had
been when the police left him,still sitting in his car.
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Christian, unwilling to leavethings unsolved now it's like he
went in dad mode he decided hewas going to take it upon
himself to ensure that this timeBryce got back on the road.
He offered to follow him tomake sure he was heading in the
right direction and Bryce wasreluctant.
But he agreed and for the next10 miles Christian followed him.
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And as he finally drove out ofButtonwillow and headed back to
the freeway, christian checkedin with Karen again and at 9 pm
he reported that Bryce was onthe road.
He's headed south on Interstate5.
He will be there and Karen wasrelieved Okay, he's on his way
home, she told himself.
However, hours continued to passand there was still no sign of
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Bryce.
Now Karen and Michael werebeginning to become extremely
worried.
Now Karen and Michael werebeginning to become extremely
worried and around 11 pm Brycehad finally called to check in
with his parents.
He provided an update on hisprogress, mentioned that he was
stopping for gas picking updrinks, and he didn't know
exactly where he was because hesaid it was extremely dark and
he couldn't give them anyanswers.
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But he said my GPS says I'mgoing to be there and the next
few hours were kind of filledwith this uncertainty.
And Karen decides she's goingto call Bryce again.
But he didn't answer and shestarted to grow anxious.
And then, around 1.50 am, brycecalled her back when he was
asked where he was.
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He was adamant that he couldn'tsee any street signs again.
He was unsure of his exactlocation and he couldn't
identify any landmarks.
This left Karen even more onedge.
She didn't know how far Brycewas before he was going to get
home because he kept not meetingthese timelines.
At 2.08 am, bryce called Karenagain for the last time.
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He told her that he was tootired to continue driving and he
decided he was going to pullover to sleep.
The fact that he had been awakefor almost 48 hours kind of
weighed heavily on this decision, and Karen didn't want to push
it anymore.
He mentioned that his GPSshowed that he would be home by
3.25 am.
But they agreed okay, fine,you're going to sleep, just go
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to the side of the road, go tobed.
When you wake up, come straighthome.
This is the best choice.
They hoped that maybe afterthis rest he would be a little
bit more himself and he wouldmake that final stretch home.
And after this call theydecided okay, we're going to go
to bed, we're going to wake upin the morning.
He's going to be here.
But morning and Bryce nevershowed up.
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Calls to his phone wentunanswered and as time dragged
on, karen and Mike's anxietyescalated.
They already endured so muchuncertainty the day before, and
now it seemed like their son hadjust disappeared into thin air.
For several hours, karenrepeatedly called Bryce's phone,
hoping for some sort ofresponse, just for him to pick
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up, but the phone never answered.
The calm voice that she heardon the other end just hours
before, reassuring her that hewas just stopping to sleep, now
felt like a distant memory.
Karen and Mike were stillanxiously awaiting any sign of
their son.
They spent the night hopingthat when morning came he was
going to be here.
Bryce would be home, butinstead of hearing the sound of
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his car pulling into thedriveway, the doorbell rang.
Expecting it to be Bryce, theyjumped up, rushed to the door.
It was a long, stressful nightand they were just relieved.
But when they opened it, theywere greeted by a police officer
from the California HighwayPatrol.
The officer asked if they owneda 2003 Toyota Highlander, and
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when they confirmed that it wastheir son's car, the officer's
face grew even more serious.
He explained that Bryce'svehicle had been found abandoned
at the bottom of a 25-footembankment near Cascade Lake
just hours north.
At 5.30 am that morning, thenews hit them like this gut
punch.
The car found lying on the sidewas crashed, the rear window
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broken, and the officerexplained it seemed like Bryce
had likely broken the windowfrom the inside after the crash
and probably escaped thewreckage.
However, he was nowhere to befound.
His phone, laptop, wallet wereall still inside the car, but
his duffel bag had been foundoutside near the broken window.
This was that one firstunsettling clue.
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Why had Bryce leave so many ofhis personal belongings behind,
especially his phone and hiswallet, but he'd taken the
duffel bag with him?
Means behind, especially hisphone, in his wallet, but he'd
taken the duffel bag with him.
As they processed thisinformation, the officer
mentioned that Bryce's blood hadbeen found inside the car Just
two small drops on the passengerheadrest and backseat.
The blood appeared to be anindicator that there was only
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minor injuries, but there was apossibility for internal
injuries.
Now, in the wake of this,authorities launched an
intensive search of the areanear Cascade Lake.
This is where his vehicle wasfound.
It was wrecked.
The search, which stretched onfor days, involved coordinating
efforts with search dogs,volunteers, helicopters, scuba
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divers, anything and everythingto find any trace of Bryce.
The area was thoroughly combedand the lake itself, located
about 40 miles northwest ofdowntown Los Angeles, was
searched in depth by divers.
The focus was placed on theGovernment Cove, a popular
location near the lake's mainboat launch.
This is where ascent from thesedogs kind of followed Bryce.
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Now, despite these exhaustingefforts, the search picked up no
sign.
For more than two weeks teamsworked tirelessly around the
crash site, but nothing wassustainable.
The only lead that they wereable to get was from those
search dogs.
This lead, it followed Bryce'sscent from the back of his car
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and it kind of trailed aroundand it pointed to a gas station
slash truck stop on CascadicRoad.
This indicated that he may havewalked all the way over there
from this crash site and thediscovery was nine days after
Bryce went missing.
Now police wanted to go througheverything.
They wanted to look through allof the signs and they found
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surveillance footage near theravine off of Lake Hughes Road
and it offered some insight intoBryce's movements that day.
The footage showed that Bryce'svehicle passed through the area
at 2.15 am and then again at4.29 am.
The area at 2.15 am and thenagain at 4.29 am.
On the first pass it only hadbeen about seven minutes after
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Bryce's last phone call with hismother, in which he told her
that he was pulling over tosleep.
However, this video suggestedthat was not true.
Bryce never actually stopped torest.
Instead, he continued to drivearound and around and around the
lake.
As investigators analyzed thefootage of the crash, they began
to believe that Bryce hadintentionally drove into this
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embankment.
This, combined with his actionsin the moments before the crash
, led them to kind of bring upthis theory that Bryce had been
experiencing some mental healthissues and he was potentially
suicidal.
Now, when they wereinvestigating the crash, it
looked like with the descent andsudden acceleration it
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suggested that he pushed on thegas to end his life.
Though they just kind of werespeculating this With the way
that this was set up, bryce'sfamily really took in like no,
he's not like that, that's nothow he is.
But there was no other evidenceto indicate anything else
happened.
Now everyone jumps in and saysmaybe there was foul play, but
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they haven't been able to findany clear evidence of that
either and the scene raised moretroubling kind of questions for
them.
In the weeks following hisdisappearance, law enforcement
officers received numerous tipsand potential sightings of Bryce
across western United States,but none of them led to any
breakthroughs.
Mike and Karen were desperatefor information and they worked
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hard to spread the awareness oftheir son's case.
They created missing personsflyers.
They reached out to the media.
They were hoping to get anyword out.
Unfortunately, their effortsbrought no solid leads.
And despite these concerns,they felt uncertain that their
son would have just walked awaywillingly.
Nothing would point to Brycedoing this.
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He wouldn't hurt the people heloved.
He had no history ofhitchhiking.
He enjoyed outdoor activities,but he wasn't familiar with this
area.
They firmly believed that Brycewould try to reach out to them,
to someone to find help.
He wouldn't just walk into theunknown.
Now the investigation continued, with authorities just focusing
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on the pieces of informationthat they could get.
They were trying to find anyleads from the gas station where
his scent went, and days passedby and they were just left with
this mystery about their son'sdisappearance.
On September 4, 2013, thediscovery of a burning body near
Lake Hughes Road brieflyreignited some hope.
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They thought that this was amajor break, that it was
something.
However, authorities quicklydetermined that the remains did
not belong to Bryce.
The body was later identifiedas 35-year-old Lamar Dean Miles,
who was shot multiple times andset on fire.
Investigators believe that hismurder was connected to unpaid
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debts, not any connection toBryce's disappearance.
Just days after policeconfirmed that the body was not
Bryce, the official search forhim was called off.
Los Angeles County Sheriff'sdeputies said we've pretty much
exhausted searching that areaand they basically found nothing
.
So they're kind of at astandstill.
For Bryce's parents, however,the search was far from over.
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They were clinging to the hopethat their son was still alive.
They continued to pursue anyand every possibility that came
their way.
In the early days of hisdisappearance.
Multiple tips and sightingswere reported, but again nothing
led to anything.
So, despite no record, no phonenumber, no contact, nothing
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they were still determined tofind their son.
They even hired a privateinvestigator, but again no leads
.
Bryce was described at 5'11",weighing about 170 pounds.
He had striking red hair, blueeyes, a distinctive tattoo of a
Taurus bull head with a Romannumeral on his left shoulder.
At the time of hisdisappearance he was last seen
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wearing white cargo shorts and ablue and white checkered shirt
with white and red Nike shoes.
Authorities have no evidence offoul play in Bryce's
disappearance, nor was there anyactual proof that he died by
suicide?
His body was never located inor around Cascade Lake, where
the vehicle was abandoned withno physical evidence or no clear
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explanation.
His case still remains one ofthe most baffling missing
persons cases in recent history.
Bryce's family continues toseek answers and they offer a
$5,000 reward for anyinformation that can lead to his
return.
A $5,000 reward for anyinformation that can lead to his
return.
With this still being anongoing case, anyone with any
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information is encouraged tocontact the Los Angeles County
Sheriff's Investigator at323-890-5500 or provide a
nominous tip through CrimeStoppers at 800-222-TIPS or
lacrimestoppersorg.
And that brings us to the endof another unsettling tale.
As always, thank you forlistening to Murder by Nature.
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, stay safe and remember don'tget murdered and, for the love
of all things darkest, don'tbecome a murderer.
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