A Long Drive to Nowhere: What Happened to Bryce Laspisa?
A college student started driving home one night and vanished, leaving behind an wrecked car and an enduring mystery.
Bryce Laspisa was the only child of Michael and Karen Laspisa, and he had been born and raised in Illinois. Not long after he graduated from high school in 2012, the family moved across the country to California. Bryce seemed to adjust to life in California without any problems. A gifted artist, he was majoring in graphic and industrial design at Sierra College in Rocklin, and he did very well in school. He was still young, but had already built up an impressive portfolio of work.
Bryce was extremely charismatic, with a friendly and open demeanor that instantly put people at ease. He made a number of friends during his freshman year at Sierra College, and had also started dating another student, Kim Sly. At the end of the school year, he returned to his parents’ home in Laguna Niguel, about 465 miles south of his college. He was close with his parents and seemed happy to be home with them. He spent part of the summer taking an English class at a local college; this gave him a jump start on earning the credits he would need to get his degree.