psychoSis: A True Crime Podcast

Daniel Bezemer and his friend Brandon Fernandez admitted to the strangulation and murder of Justine Vanderschoot in 2003. In 2005, Bezemer received a sentence of 25 years to life and Fernandez received a sentence of 15 years to life.

"Patricia Jocelyn Alatorre was a teenager from Bakersfield, California, who was raped and murdered after disappearing on July 1, 2020. Alatorre and her killer met through social media and shared explicit photos of themselves, with the suspect convincing Alatorre to meet up on two occasions. On the second meeting, Alatorre was raped and strangled to death, with the killer having sex with the body before burning it."

"On February 21, 1951, six-year-old Luis Armando Albino was kidnapped in Oakland, California. In 2024, it was discovered that he was alive and living on the East Coast; he subsequently reconnected with his siblings and other extended family" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping_of_Luis_Albino

"Jahnay Bryan ’23 was reported missing in Los Angeles on Nov. 19, attracting national attention. But months after her last sighting, Bryan is yet to be located." https://cornellsun.com/2025/01/03/jahnay-bryan-23-remains-missing-months-after-initial-disappearance/ https://people.com/jahnay-bryan-missing-since-october-16-los-angeles-8765463 Follow us here: [email protected] instagram @ psychosis_podcast

We wanted to drop an emergency podcast on the Hannah Kobayashi case for those following in real time. Follow us here: [email protected] instagram @ psychosis_podcast https://www.lapost.com/volunteers-join-a-search-for-a-woman-from-hawaii-missing-in-la-for-weeks-as-her-father-is-found-dead?sid=lapaw_search_dynamic_lp2&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAAqWQzu1cNw3zOdC99L-9OnUzczj9h&gclid=Cj0KCQiAgdC6BhCgARIsAPWNWH0BgsK_pYmDiB9Qp40DydP9WjBPRDsUJROFlF4I6_a26rs9wk7uhx4aAqdnEALw_wcB

The Keddie murders are an unsolved quadruple homicide that occurred over the night of April 11–12, 1981 in the small railroad town of Keddie, California in the United States. The victims were Glenna Susan "Sue" Sharp, daughter Tina Louise Sharp son John Steven Sharp and John's friend Dana Hall Wingate. The murders took place in house No. 28 of the Keddie Resort. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keddie_murders https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USL6P8haroY https://www.10minutemurder.com/blog/the-keddie-murders-secrets-suspects-and-missing-pieces/ https://www.abc10.com/article/news/crime/true-crime/murder-in-cabin-28-keddie-murders-unsolved-california/103-1e3e7671-8c2c-4f4c-abb3-fae3ae07425e

"Arlis Kay Perrywas a 19-year-old American newlywed who was murdered inside Stanford Memorial Church, within the grounds of Stanford University in California, on October 12, 1974." Follow us here: [email protected] instagram @ psychosis_podcast Credit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Arlis_Perry https://contra.com/p/eBeUANls-the-case-that-took-44-years-to-be-solved-arlis-perry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_D._Perry

"Vincent Sutton, hasn’t been home for nearly a year. The 43-year-old vanished on September 14, 2023, in California City, California. His family has been searching for him ever since." Vincent is 6’2” and 150 lbs. He was last seen wearing a brown plaid shirt and blue jeans. Anyone with information on Vincent’s disappearance is asked to call the California City Police Department at 760-373-8606. Follow us here: [email protected] instagram @ psychosis_podcast https://www.nbcnews.com/dateline/missing-in-america/family-searching-answers-california-man-vincent-suttons-disappearance-rcna169237

On Aug. 22, 1998, 16-year-old Tera Smith was left at the intersection of Oregon Trail and Old Alturas Road by her 29-year-old martial arts instructor. She has not been seen since. If you have any information about Tera, please call the Shasta County Sheriff's Office (California) - 1-530-245-6025 Follow us here: [email protected] instagram @ psychosis_podcast

"On March 12, 2022, 18-year-old Naomi Irion disappeared from a Walmart parking lot in Fernley, Nevada, United States. A man was seen approaching Irion's car and driving away in it. She was found dead two weeks later in a ditch in rural Churchill County, having been kidnapped and shot to death." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Naomi_Irion https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nevada-man-accused-murdering-naomi-irion-dies-suicide-jail-awaiting-tr-rcna98608 Follow us here: [email protected] instagram @ psychosis_podcast

"The Las Cruces bowling alley massacre occurred in Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States, on February 10, 1990. Seven people were shot, five fatally,[n 1] by two unidentified robbers at the Las Cruces Bowling Alley at 1201 East Amador Avenue. The gunmen shot the victims in an office, then set fire to a desk in the room and left the scene. The case is unsolved." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwDhF4wmuO0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Cruces_bowling_alley_massacre Follow us [email protected] instagram @ psychosis_podcast

The 1991 Austin yogurt shop killings are an unsolved quadruple homicide which took place at an I Can't Believe It's Yogurt! shop in Austin, Texas, United States on Friday, December 6, 1991. https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/quadruple-homicide-in-texas-yogurt-shop-remains-unsolved-after-over-30-years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Austin_yogurt_shop_killings https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/yogurt-shop-murders-austin-solved-theories-dna-update https://www.foxnews.com/us/yogurt-shop-murders-texas-families-mark-32-years-since-unsolved-killings-of-four-girls https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2011-12-16/scene-of-the-crime/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVWX0FOVe9s If you have information about the yogurt shop murders, call 512-472-TIPS [8477] Follow us [email protected] instagram @ psychosis_podcast

" Asha Kreimer (born May 2, 1989; disappeared September 21, 2015) is a missing Australian woman. She had been awake for five days, suffering a mental health crisis, and had been released following a psychiatric evaluation. While eating breakfast with her boyfriend and a family friend in the Rollerville Cafe in Point Arena, California, she headed for the restroom. She was following her friend, but the friend soon found that Kreimer had disappeared." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Asha_Kreimer [email protected] instagram @ psychosis_podcast

"Cara Evelyn Knott was an American student at San Diego State University who disappeared on December 27, 1986, while driving from her boyfriend's home in Escondido, California, to her parents' house in El Cajon." Her father went on to do good in her name. "On November 30, 2000, Sam Knott, Cara Knott's father, died of a heart attack only a few yards from the site where Cara's body was discovered, where the family had constructed a memorial garden for her." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Cara_Knott

"Christina Marie Williams (May 1, 1985 – June 12, 1998) was a 13-year-old American girl who was kidnapped in Seaside, California, on June 12, 1998, while walking her dog Greg in an area of Fort Ord." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Christina_Marie_Williams

"Samuel Cooke, known professionally as Sam Cooke, was an American singer and songwriter. Considered one of the most influential soul artists of all time, Cooke is commonly referred to as the "King of Soul" for his distinctive vocals, pioneering contributions to the genre, and significance in popular music. After an inquest and investigation, the courts ruled Cooke's death to be a justifiable homicide.His family has since questioned the circumstances of his death." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Cooke https://findadeath.com/sam-cooke/ https://americansongwriter.com/behind-the-mysterious-death-of-sam-cooke/

"Kevin Cooper (born Richard Goodman; January 8, 1958)[1] is an American man currently imprisoned at San Quentin State Prison's death row.[2] Cooper was found guilty of four murders in the Chino Hills area of California in 1983." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Cooper_(prisoner) https://www.championnewspapers.com/news/article_e60a9a48-98f9-11ed-bc22-839debc0178f.html#:~:text=Cooper%20was%20sentenced%20to%20death,who%20was%20spending%20the%20night. https://www.dailybulletin.com/2023/01/13/clemency-probe-fails-to-exonerate-kevin-cooper-in-quadruple-chino-hills-murders/ http://lang.dailybulletin.com/projects/cooperwatch/case_overview/ https://wegotthiscovered.com/celebrities/whatever-happened-to-josh-ryen-the-sole-survivor-of-the-chino-hills-massacre/ https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/kevin-cooper-chino-hills-massacre-evidence-photos/8/ Read coroner reports here: https://kevincooper.org/chino-hills-murders/ Kill Queens Podcast also did a great job covering this case- https://www.killerqueenspodcast.com/chino-hills-massacre/

Kristen Deborah Modafferi (born June 1, 1979; disappeared June 23, 1997) is an American woman who, at the age of 18, in the early summer of 1997, disappeared in mysterious circumstances after leaving her work at the Crocker Galleria Mall in San Francisco, California. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Kristen_Modafferi

Evelyn Hernandez was a 24 year old woman who was due to give birth in a week who was last seen alive on May 1st 2002 with her 5 year old son, Alexis. Her body was found in the San Francisco Bay on July 24th 2002 and her son has never been found. https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/what-happened-to-evelyn-hernandez-17130876.php

"Fuller was found dead in an automobile parked outside his Hollywood apartment.[1] The Los Angeles deputy medical examiner, Jerry Nelson, performed the autopsy. According to Dean Kuipers:[7] "The report states that Bobby's face, chest, and side were covered in 'petechial hemorrhages,' probably caused by gasoline vapors and the summer heat. He found no bruises, no broken bones, no cuts. No evidence of beating." Kuipers further explains that boxes for "accident" and "suicide" were checked, but next to the boxes were question marks. Despite the official cause of death, some commentators believe Fuller was murdered." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Fuller

Ylva Hagner was last seen at her office at approximately 9:30 p.m. on October 14, 1996. In 2023, 27 years after Ylva went missing, a home was searched by the FBI in Redwood City, California. If you have any information about this case, you can remain anonymous. Please call the Belmont Police Department 650-595-7400 or the Palo Alto Police Department 650-329-2348 https://charleyproject.org/case/ylva-annika-hagner https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/bay-area-nasa-worker-probed-disappearance-18102740.php https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/ylva-hagner-missing-stanford-student-redwood-city-stulsaft-park-remains/# https://abc7news.com/stulsaft-park-redwood-city-ylva-hagner-cold-case/13231132/ https://www.the-sun.com/news/8102419/ylva-hagner-search-home-boyfriend-thomas-pressburger/

Arianna Fitts was 2 years old when she went missing and her mother Nicole Fitts was 32-years-old when she was killed. Nicole was found in McLaren Park in San Francisco. Arianna remains missing today, she would be 11 this year. Anyone with information is asked to contact SFPD’s tip line at 415-575-4444 or text their tip to TIP41, starting that text with “SFPD.” Tips can be left anonymously.  Please follow us on Instagram @psychosis_podcast Send us an email if there are any cases you would like us to cover at [email protected] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Arianna_Fitts https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/arianna-fitts https://abc7news.com/arianna-fitts-missing-nicole-sfpd/11701332/ https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/mom-found-dead-sf-park-daughter-still-alive-17869537.php

"A Southern California woman who vanished Valentine's Day weekend, who was then found dead several weeks later, had lethal amounts of alcohol and GHB in her system, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Department." Erica Alonso was only 28 when she died. If you have any information about this case please call the Orange County Sherriff's Department at 714-647-7055 or 714-647-7000. Please follow us on Instagram @psychosis_podcast  Send us an email if there are any cases you would like us to cover at [email protected] 

'Millbrae resident Keith Green suddenly vanished on April 28, 2016 after meeting with his ex-girlfriend about a child custody issue. His body was found with a bullet wound several weeks later." Follow us on IG @psychosis_podcast or click this link: https://www.instagram.com/psychosis_podcast?igsh=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr https://abc7news.com/tiffany-li-update-trial-hillsborough-heiress-verdict/1362720/ https://abc7news.com/tiffany-li-keith-green-kaveh-bayat-olivier-adella/12719821/ https://abc7chicago.com/tiffany-li-keith-green-kaveh-bayat-olivier-adella/5670937/

Elaine Park went missing on January 28, 2017, in the area of Dark Canyon, within Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. She remains missing to this day. If you have any information about this case please call (818) 548-3135 and reference case ID-17-1512 https://oag.ca.gov/missing/person/elaine-park https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yD8YOlGhsQ Follow us on instagram: @psychosis_podcast

"Stuart Anthony Tay (December 8, 1975 – December 31, 1992), was an American teenager from Orange County, California and a student at Foothill High School. Five teenagers believed that Tay was planning to betray them in a planned theft of computer equipment, so they arranged to kill him"

"The Covina massacre was a mass murder carried out on Christmas Eve, 2008, by a disgruntled ex-husband in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Bruce Jeffrey Pardo, 45, wearing a Santa suit, entered a property belonging to his former in-laws in Covina and killed nine people by shooting or by arson from the fire he started. "

"Mary Elizabeth Quigley was an American murder victim whose death was a cold case for nearly 30 years before it was finally solved. Mary was a senior at Santa Clara High School in California. She had attended a beer party and left late in the evening of Friday, September 9, 1977." Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Mary_Quigley https://www.santaclaraca.gov/Home/Components/News/News/3452/ https://casetext.com/case/people-v-archibeque-1 https://thecriminaljournal.com/murder-of-mary-quigley-by-her-classmate-richard-archibeque-17-year-old-girl-found-dead-hanging-from-a-fence/

Happy Thanksgiving! We hope you are all enjoying the holiday with your loved ones! We are bringing you the case of Omaima Aree Nelson who is an Egyptian former model and nanny who was convicted of murdering her husband, Bill Nelson. Follow us on instagram @psychosis_podcast and send us an email to recommend a case @[email protected]

"In Grass Valley, Strange seems to be a household name not because of the city's unique charm, but because of memories some people don't want to remember. Like the day more than two decades ago when two 16-year-old girls were murdered." Blog post: https://www.veganshani.com/blog/2018/2/17/020918-sam-strange-granted-parole Sources: https://www.cbsnews.com/gooddaysacramento/news/man-convicted-murders-grass-valley-teens-released-parole/ https://www.theunion.com/news/crime/convicted-murderer-sam-strange-released-to-supervised-parole-in-alameda-county/article_566e89fe-744b-5d69-b431-35dcac317bed.html https://thecinemaholic.com/dawn-donaldson-and-crissy-campbell-murders-where-is-samuel-strange-now/

Happy almost Halloween! On Halloween night 2004, Adriane Insogna and Leslie Mazzara were brutally murdered in their Napa, California home.

Welcome to our first hometown murder case! I will be covering the Gypsy hills killings which was a group of five murders of young women and girls in San Mateo County, California during early 1976. The victims names are Veronica "Ronnie" Cascio, Tatiana Marie "Tanya" Blackwell, Paula Louise Baxter, Carol Lee Booth and Denise Lampe. I also talk about Michelle Mitchell and Idell M. Friedman.

Welcome to PsychoSis- A True Crime Podcast created by two sisters...or should we say...PsychoSisters. We are here to bring you cases all across California. If there is a case from California that you want us to cover, send us an email at [email protected] or send us a DM on instagram @ psychosis_podcast We look forward to going on this journey with you and bringing awareness to more cases! Our goal is to post bi-monthly on Mondays so make sure to follow us and turn on notifications so you can be notified every time we post! - The Psycho Sisters