Episode 216: Justine Vanderschoot

The First Degree

Alexis Linkletter and Jac Vanek

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.5 • 10K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

On September 1st, 2003, 17-year-old Justine Vanderschoot sat down with her parents to eat dinner. Her boyfriend, 18-year-old Danny Bezemer, joined them. Recently, Justine and Danny had discussed getting married later that year, and Justine’s parents supported them despite their young age. After dinner, Danny went home and Justine went to bed. The next day, Justine was gone. Immediately, the Vanderschoot family organized search parties, passed out fliers, and organized a candlelight vigil to find their beloved daughter. Sixteen days after Justine vanished, Justine’s boyfriend, Daniel, and his roommate, 21-year-old Brandon Fernandez, led police investigators to her body’s location. After tapping Justine’s phone, Daniel had learned she was speaking to another man. In a fit of jealous rage, Daniel and his roommate Brandon strangled Justine, buried her alive, and killed her. In episode 216, Jac and Alexis unravel the tragic murder of Justine Vanderschoot.

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0:00.0	First degree.
0:02.0	First degree.
0:04.0	First degree.
0:06.0	First degree.
0:08.0	The first degree.
0:10.0	Get on the news.
0:12.0	Get on the K-3.
0:14.0	Get on the Facebook.
0:16.0	These things are supposed to happen in movies, not real life.
0:20.0	I remember my freaking husband telling me about this, like right after it happened.
0:28.0	He said that he was sitting on the couch, he was in between his dad and Danny.
0:34.0	He's like, dude, you're going to be fine.
0:38.0	You have nothing to do with any of this.
0:40.0	Danny just stares at him with just a dead dark gaze and just smirks at him.
0:48.0	And he's like, yeah, I didn't have anything to do with it.
0:52.0	My husband says his heart just like dropped and his dad was just like, yeah, I have a meeting I got to get to.
1:02.0	And then, you know, I got to go.
1:04.0	And then he said once they got like outside his dad looks at him and he was like, holy freaking crap.
1:10.0	He did it. He fucking killed her.
1:12.0	Welcome to the first degree.
1:16.0	The True Crime Podcast.
1:18.0	I'm sitting here, well, I'm not sitting here, but I'm here with Alexis Lingleter.
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