Daniel Bezemer is the California man who was convicted of murdering his 17-year-old girlfriend, Justine Vanderschoot, in one of Placer County’s most disturbing homicide cases. His 2005 conviction brought an end to the criminal...
Brandon Fernandez is the California man convicted for his role in the 2003 murder of 17-year-old Justine Vanderschoot. Although he did not admit to personally strangling Justine, prosecutors concluded he actively participated in the...
48 Hours returns with another examination of a decades-long homicide investigation in “The Footprint,” airing Saturday, July 18, 2026, on CBS and Paramount+. The broadcast explores the 1993 murder of Jeanie Childs, a Minneapolis...
When Jeanie Childs was found murdered inside her Minneapolis apartment in June 1993, detectives were confronted with one of the most violent crime scenes they had ever investigated. Her killing remained unsolved for more...
Jerry Westrom was unknown to investigators for more than 25 years after the 1993 murder of Jeanie Childs in Minneapolis. Despite extensive physical evidence collected at the crime scene, advances in forensic science had...
