The Strange Vanishing of Bryce Laspisa

The True Crime Times
16 min readMar 15, 2020

Bryce Laspisa came into the world on April 30, 1994, born to parents Karen and Michael Laspisa. [1] In 2012, Bryce graduated from Naperville High School in Naperville, Illinois.

There isn’t much information available about Bryce’s childhood, but it’s assumed his youth was uneventful and he was showered with love and support as an only-child.

In 2013, the Laspisa family’s world was turned upside-down when Bryce vanished after days of odd behavior. The entire family had moved to Laguna Niguel, California, but Bryce moved to Chico, some 450 miles away, to attend Sierra College, where he was about to start his sophomore year.

From what everyone could tell, life was good for Bryce. He had done well in school the previous year and he had a girlfriend who he seemingly adored, a beautiful blond named Kim Sly.

On August 26, 2013, there didn’t appear to be anything amiss in Bryce’s life. He spoke to his mother that day, who reported he seemed happy and that they had a normal conversation. However, friends say Bryce did a good bit of drinking and drugging during the two weeks before he vanished.

Things started to unravel on August 27. The events of that day are confusing, dumbfounding, and bizarre to say the least. More than six years later, no one knows what happened to Bryce, a young…

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