Have You Seen Bryce? Missing Person Still Sought 6 Years Later

LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA — Los Angeles sheriff's are seeking a missing college student headed to Orange County from Chico State when he vanished in the summer of 2013. His missing person case remains a mystery.

On Monday, LASD re-issued a call for information about the 19-year-old Bryce Lapisa, who was driving from Placer County to see his parents in Orange County.

Laspisa never arrived at his destination, last seen about 2 a.m. on Aug. 30, 2013, in Kern County, when he stopped to call his parents.

His beige 2003 Toyota Highlander was found off Lake Hughes Road near Castaic Lake, according to a sheriff's statement.

Shortly after his disappearance, a body burned beyond recognition was discovered in that same Castaic area; however, at that time, LASD declared this was not Lapisa.

Lapisa's story has sparked numerous unsolved-mystery podcasts, contemplating clues and attempting to determine where he could have gone.

According to original reports, that vehicle was seen driving at a high rate of speed before it was found, overturned near Castaic Lake.

Laspisa was described as 5 feet 11 inches tall and 170 pounds, with distinctive red hair and blue eyes and a tattoo on his left arm and shoulder area.

He was wearing white cargo shorts, a blue-and-white checkered shirt and white-and-red Nike shoes when he was last seen.

Anyone with information about Laspisa was urged to call sheriff's investigators at 323-890-5500. Anonymous tips can be submitted through Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS or lacrimestoppes.org.