Crime & Safety

Psychic, Internet Tools Aid Lost Teen Bryce Laspisa's Family

Bryce Laspisa's family is using the Internet to give their lost son a greater chance of being found.

As the Castaic Lake search for Laguna Niguel teen Bryce Laspisa enters its 11th day, the Laspisa family is using Google Maps and a tip from a psychic to improve their odds.

On Sunday, Bryce's mother Karen Laspisa posted on the Facebook page "Find Bryce Laspisa" that her heart was breaking with no new information about her son.

"The waiting for a phone call from the detective is unbearable," she wrote Sunday morning. "However, through our faith, love and support of so many, we will face another day. Mike (Bryce's father) and I will remain strong."

Six hours later, Karen returned to Facebook with a post about a psychic's tip. She quoted the psychic as follows:

"The only thing I am seeing is that (Bryce) is either in or around the lake. I looked it up on google maps and it looks like a V shaped lake. I don't know what area his car turned over after looking at the FB pages, but I am drawn to the top right hand point of the V. I don't know if he is alive or not but I am sensing if the search keeps persistent then it is likely he will be found in one shape or another. It looks like there is a lot of dirt around him and trees. It might seem a little generic but the visual looks like someone sitting in the dirt with a lot of greenery around and it looks like 3 trees right around him... 1 on his right hand side and 2 in front. Also sensing some dampness so maybe he got rained on or something along with the dirt. Other than that I am not getting much. If I get anything else I will be sure to let you know."

The Facebook rescue page "Find Bryce Laspisa" was posted on Sept. 1. In nine days it has received over 7,000 likes and has served as a central hub of intelligence for the searchers.

On Sunday, volunteers set up a Google Map to track areas that have been searched.

Fans of the page discussed ways technology could aid the search, from posting event pages soliciting search parties to using smartphone apps to track searchers.

Laspisa was last heard from the Friday before Labor Day weekend. He had been traveling home to Laguna Niguel from his school in Northern California when he became sleepy and pulled over for the night in Buttonwillow, his mother said.

Soon after Laspisa's SUV was found overturned near Castaic Lake with his cell phone, laptop and wallet still inside. A man's body that was found burning near the site of the crash days later has not yet been identified.


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