192: Tag Team: Loren Herzog and Wesley Shermantine, the Speed Freak Killers

Corpus Delicti

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True Crime

4.5 • 608 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Cyndi Vanderheiden goes missing after last being seen at the bar her family owned. The case goes cold when the only suspects had nothing to offer. But when one of the suspect's cars gets repossessed, police find exactly what they need, bringing closure to more than just Cyndi's case.

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Music by:
Kai Engel
"Daemones"
Blooper music by:
Art of Escapism
"Coal Miners"
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Sources:
https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2012/02/13/speed-freak-killers-timeline/
https://charleyproject.org/case/cynthia-ann-vanderheiden
06 Dec 2000, 2 - The Modesto Bee at Newspapers.com
Loren Herzog | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers
Partial Remains Found of Possible Speed Freak Killers' Victims - ABC News (go.com)
Tansi couple waits to bring daughter home | Local News | crossville-chronicle.com
11 Aug 1999, 18 - The Sacramento Bee at Newspapers.com
Paroled killer Loren Herzog found hanged in his trailer at prison | L.A. NOW | Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)

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0:00.0	Hey everyone. it's Jen.
0:25.2	And this is Lindsay.
0:26.6	And welcome back to Corpus Delicti, the podcast.
0:29.6	We are still continuing with the tag team series, which kind of overlays with our
0:36.0	Killing Spree couples that we did a little bit earlier.
0:38.9	But this series really focuses on groups of people.
0:42.6	They don't have to be married.
0:44.3	But they're pretty much a BFFs that go on a killing spree.
0:48.8	So this week we are going to talk about two best friends, which, you know, we all have our childhood best
0:56.5	friends.
0:56.9	You look back on fond times.
0:59.1	You may or may not still be friends with them.
1:01.4	I know people part and go different ways, but you still with Facebook and everything these
1:06.6	days are able to keep in touch.
1:08.8	But today we're going to talk about two friends who didn't have
1:12.6	all that and still manage to, I guess you could say, stand the test of time with their friendship,
1:18.2	but that friendship did not look nearly like I would assume most of ours do. This is the story of
1:25.9	Lauren Herzog and Wesley-Sher Shermanteen, and they were both born in
1:31.5	London, California. Lauren Herzog was born December 8th of 1965, and Wesley Shermanteen was born
1:39.2	February 24th of 1966. The two best friends only lived a street away from one another.
1:47.0	This was a really small town, like we're talking 2,000 people small town.
1:52.5	And it's a farming town.
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