The It was the second of September 2003, when the second of September 2003 when Lynette Vandershoot first began to realize that her daughter was missing.

There was no sign of 17-year-old Justine in the family home, and when Lynette looked outside, she discovered that Justine's truck was also missing.

At first, she wasn't too concerned, thinking that her daughter had probably just gone to visit

a friend or her boyfriend.

Shortly after seeing the truck was gone, Lynette tried to call Justine, but there was no answer.

Later that day, Lynette received a phone call from a different

person, 17-year-old Danny Bezamer, who was dating Justine and had spent time with her the previous day.

However, just like Lynette, Danny hadn't seen Justine or heard from her that day. In fact,

the reason he was calling was to ask if

she had any idea where Justine had gone. Immediately at that point, Lynette began to worry.

It wasn't like Justine to spend the day out of the house without telling family or Danny

where she was going. Lynette called her husband, her other daughter, and several of Justine's friends, hoping that one of them would know where she was going. Lanette called her husband, her other daughter, and several of Justine's

friends, hoping that one of them would know where she was, but all of them said the same thing.

They had no idea. Beginning to panic, Lynette and her husband Don went to the sheriff's

department to report Justine as missing. After the sheriff spoke to

Justin's older sister, Christine Vanderschut, they doubted that they were dealing with the

case of a runaway teen. Justine didn't have personal issues or difficulties with her family.

According to Christine, who had called her sister the previous night, their phone conversation

had been

completely normal. Danny told investigators the same thing. He had seen Justine last night,

and everything seemed to be just fine. He'd gone over to the Vandershoot House, spent some time

with Justine, and then had driven home alone. From the very beginning of the investigation, the case was taken

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