Skull found near convicted California killer's property-ID'd Cyndi Vanderheiden

[KittyMom]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/02/09/skull-found-near-convicted-california-killers-property/?test=latestnews

Parts of a human skull were found on Thursday on a property connected to convicted killer Wesley Shermantine during a search by deputies from two California counties, acting on a tip from the killer, Fox40 News in Sacramento reported.

They were both convicted of the murders of Cyndi Vanderheiden and Chevelle Wheeler, along with others. The women’s remains were never found.
Shermantine, now on death row, recently wrote a letter to a newspaper claiming to point authorities where the bodies of his victims were, sparking the new search. Authorities have contacted the Vanderheiden family to inform them of Thursday’s discovery.

Edit to add victim's name to subject line.  MB
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/02/09/skull-found-near-convicted-california-killers-property/?test=latestnews#ixzz1lwfRLxXk

 

[cw618]

hopefully,all the remains can be ID,and the fams will have closure,does
Cyndi Vanderheiden missing since 1988 have a thread,i did a search but nothing came up

Map by one of 'Speed Freak Killers' steers cops to 300 human bones

Coats, shoes, purse and jewelry are found in well on abandoned ranch; California duo have been linked to as many as two dozen deaths
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LINDEN, California — A map drawn by a convicted serial killer has led authorities in California to three separate burial sites, where the discovery of human remains could bring an end to multiple unsolved missing-persons cases, authorities said Sunday.

Investigators recovered more than 300 human bones of varying sizes — as well as coats, shoes, a purse and jewelry — over the weekend from a well on land in rural northern California, said Deputy Les Garcia, spokesman for the San Joaquin County Sheriff.
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It was not immediately clear how many people were buried at the three sites.
 
DNA testing of all the remains was pending through the California Department of Justice crime lab, according to Garcia.
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A piece of a human skull and bones found Saturday at the ranch will be sent to the Department of Justice in the hopes of identifying them through DNA testing, Garcia said. Dental records identified remains found Thursday in Calaveras County as those of 25-year-old Cyndi Vanderheiden, who disappeared in 1988.
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Bounty hunter
Another set of remains were found Friday in the same area, and the parents of a missing 16-year-old girl have said authorities told them that Shermantine said their daughter was buried in that spot decades ago.

A Sacramento-based bounty hunter said the maps that led to the remains were drawn after he struck a deal with Shermantine to pay him $33,000 for information leading to the location of the bodies, although authorities would not confirm that.

"Six months ago started giving up information to me, and we requested maps that in early February were confiscated by the prison and sent to the sheriff," the bounty hunter, Leonard Padilla, told Reuters
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46364526/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/

[KittyMom]

http://www.14news.com/story/16919350/serial-killer-reveals-dumping-site-remains-found
Serial killer reveals dumping site, remains found

"Until the DNA analysis comes back from the Dept. of Justice we won't know sex, age, anything," Garcia added.

A map from convicted killer Wesley Shermantine led investigators to the place he calls, "The Bone Yard." The area is where Shermantine and accomplice Loren Herzog used to hang out.

I'm just wondering why this area was never searched before? 

[KittyMom]

http://www.lodinews.com/news/article_8b80d43e-e144-5cb2-8599-2aeaf9b4f794.html
Vanderheidens begin preparations to bring their daughter home

On Thursday, the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Department called John Vanderheiden, telling him they had found a human skull with teeth.
The teeth had fillings, they said, which possibly matched those that Cyndi Vanderheiden got when she was a teenager.

[MuffyBee]

http://www.news10.net/news/local/article/180006/2/DOJ-Calaveras-County-remains-are-Vanderheiden-and-Wheeler
Cyndi Vanderheiden and Chevy Wheeler identified
February 21, 2012

SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, CA - The California Department of Justice confirmed that human remains separately recovered from property near San Andreas are Cyndi Vanderheiden and Chevy Wheeler.

The victims were uncovered on land once owned by the family of Wesley Shermantine who is on San Quentin's Death Row for their murders.

Maps provided by Shermantime led to the discoveries Feb. 9 and 10.

The bones were preliminarily identified by a forensic dentist.

San Joaquin County Sheriff's Department Deputy Les Garcia said arrangements were being made to return Vanderheiden and Wheeler to their families.
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