103: MISSING: Bryce Laspisa

Detective Perspective

Derrick Levasseur

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 1 September 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

On the night of August 28, 2013, 19-year-old college sophomore Bryce Laspisa left his apartment near Sacramento, California, and began driving south toward his parents’ home in Orange County. But he never made it there.

In the early morning hours of August 30, Bryce’s SUV was found wrecked at the bottom of a ravine near Castaic Lake. His wallet, duffel bag, laptop, and phone were all recovered. But Bryce himself was gone.

Despite massive searches, no trace of him has ever been found. It’s been twelve years since Bryce vanished, and his disappearance remains one of California’s most haunting mysteries.

19-year-old Bryce Laspisa was last heard from at 2:08 a.m. on August 30, 2013, when he told his mother he was too tired to drive and planned to sleep in his car.

At 5:30 a.m., his Toyota Highlander was found at the bottom of a ravine near Castaic Lake. Tracking dogs followed his scent across the dam and toward a nearby truck stop. But no trace of Bryce was ever found.

When he disappeared, Bryce was 5-foot-11, 170 pounds, with red hair and blue eyes. He has a tattoo of a Taurus bull head with a Roman numeral on his left shoulder. He was last seen wearing white cargo shorts, a blue and white checkered shirt, and white and red Nike shoes.

If you have information in this case, please call the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department at (818) 984-0630.

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0:00.0	On the night of August 28, 2013, 19-year-old college sophomore Bryce La Pisa left his apartment near Sacramento, California,
0:17.0	and began driving south towards his parents' house in Orange County, but he never made it.
0:22.5	In the early morning hours of August 30th, Bryce's SUV was found wrecked at the bottom of a ravine
0:28.4	near Castaic Lake. His wallet, duffel bag, laptop, and phone were all recovered, but Bryce
0:35.2	himself was gone. Despite massive searches, no trace of him has ever been
0:40.0	found. It's been 12 years since Bryce vanished, and his disappearance remains one of California's
0:45.6	most haunting mysteries.
0:55.0	Music I'm I'm I'm I'm
0:56.0	I'm a licensed private investigator and former police detective.
1:24.3	Each week I'll be covering an unsolved case and story format. I'll then give you
1:28.0	my perspective on the investigation and provide contact information for the individuals or
1:33.1	organizations connected to the case so that if you have any tips, you can contact them directly
1:37.7	and maybe you can help solve a case. So if you're someone who's interested in true crime
1:42.3	specifically unsolved cases and you would like to hear my opinion on those investigations, please consider subscribing whether you're watching on YouTube or listening on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or whatever platform you use.
1:55.1	Okay, Bryce LaPisa.
1:56.8	This is a case that was highly requested.
1:58.8	I've received many submissions for this case.
2:02.5	It was covered on investigation discoveries disappeared. And I think the reason people gravitate
2:09.0	towards this case is because of how mysterious it really is. The whole lead up to Bryce's
2:14.9	disappearance, there's just a lot of questions and not a lot of answers.
2:18.9	And as I watched the episode on investigation discovery and took my own notes and did my own
2:23.9	research, I thought I was going to be able to piece some things together. But there's a lot of
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