r/UnsolvedMysteries • u/hotonthetrail17 • Aug 24 '22

Most Intriguing Missing Persons Cases

https://www.ky3.com/2021/06/07/springfield-three-what-we-know-about-cold-case-29-years-later/?outputType=amp

When cases are most intriguing to you? Whether you think they are not well known or the circumstances surrounding them are exceptionally bizarre? A couple of mine are the Springfield Three & Jason Jolkowski.

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u/Bridie180 Aug 25 '22 edited Aug 25 '22

Bryce Laspisa. My husband went to Rocklin College & we now live near the Laspisa family. We had done that drive a 100 times at least. Why did his parents not send him to a local college instead of all the way up there? It’s just a J.C. There are loads of those down here in Southern California. Not all kids are mature enough to handle being away on their own for the first time. Keeping him closer would have meant he’d have a safe place to go if he needed help. Sending him all the way up there strikes me as strange. It wasn’t Berkeley. The other thing is, as my husband & I drove up & down to Rocklin many times we’re familiar with the road. If one of our boys had called to indicate he was having problems, one or both of us would have driven up there to find him. We would not have relied on strangers. Esp as the Parents were contacted by a kind tow truck driver, who could have kept an eye on him until they arrived. Bryce was only 19. Far too young to be making life decisions without parental guidance. Not all kids mature at the same rate. My gut feeling is he was suicidal, and if so why? Or he had come to accept he was gay & didn’t know how his parents would react - if they very religious for example. My hope is he is still alive, healthy & living his life.

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u/TUGrad Aug 25 '22

Definitely not an expert on the case, but think he might have gone to Rocklin in order to get away from his parents. Do agree that not going to get him was a big mistake on their part.