MUS-2026-0089
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MUS-2026-0089
Missing person
- Incident
- 2013
- Indexed
- Oct 5, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
- Location
- Castaic CA
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
Bryce Laspisa, 19, vanished in August 2013 during a drive from Chico to Laguna Niguel, California. His overturned 2003 Toyota Highlander was found in a ravine off Lake Hughes Road near Castaic Lake with his phone, wallet, laptop, and duffel bag still inside, but he was never found. Investigators noted tire tracks showing the SUV accelerating down the embankment rather than braking. His whereabouts remain unknown.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 2013
Laspisa, 19, leaves Chico around 11:30 p.m. on August 28, 2013, driving south.
- 2013
Around 2:08 a.m. on August 30 he calls his mother and says he will sleep in his car.
- 2013
Around 5:30 a.m. his wrecked Highlander is found in a ravine; scent dogs lose his trail at a nearby truck stop.
- 2026
He was never found. The case remains unsolved.
Key people
The people in the file.
19, Sierra College student. Vanished during a drive from Chico to Laguna Niguel in August 2013.
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