Jerry R. Tyson/News-Sentinel
Killer’s map leads to bones
Calaveras County Sheriff volunteer Ralph Carlascio stands guard
to keep visitors from entering a crime scene where human remains
from at least one person was discovered in the foothills off
Leonard Road on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012.
Jerry R. Tyson/News-Sentinel
Killer’s map leads to bones
San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Les Garcia
speaks during a news conference on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2012, after
human remains were discovered near Leonard Road in Calaveras
County.
Killer’s map leads to bones
A Calaveras County Sheriff’s Department vehicle enters the area
near where human remains were discovered near Leonard Road in
Calaveras County on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012.
Killer’s map leads to bones
Calaveras County Sheriff’s Department volunteer Ralph Carlascio
speaks with a sheriff's deputy near the scene of where human
remains were discovered near Leonard Road on Thursday, Feb. 9,
2012.
Killer’s map leads to bones
Crime scene tape is attached to a road sign in Calaveras County
near where human remains were discovered on Thursday, Feb. 9,
2012.
Killer’s map leads to bones
A news helicopter circles over an area in Calaveras County where
human remains were discovered near Leonard Road on Thursday, Feb.
9, 2012.
Killer’s map leads to bones
San Joaquin County Sheriff's Department spokesman Les Garcia
speaks during a news conference on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, after
human remains were discovered near Leonard Road Road.
Killer’s map leads to bones
A Calaveras County Sheriff's Department evidence technician van
enters the area near where human remains were discovered near
Leonard Road on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012.
Killer’s map leads to bones
Onlookers gather along Leonard Road in Calaveras County near
where human remains were discovered Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012.
Posted: Thursday, February 9, 2012 1:07 pm
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Updated: 8:28 am, Fri Feb 10, 2012.
Killer’s map leads to bones
By Katie Nelson/ News-Sentinel Staff Writer
Lodinews.com
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With the help of a cadaver dog and a hand-drawn map from a
killer, officials Thursday found remains in a remote Calaveras
County ravine that may be those of Cyndi Vanderheiden.
At approximately 10:45 a.m., investigators from San Joaquin and
Calaveras counties, along with two K-9 units from the Santa Clara
County Sheriff’s Office, found a human skull in a remote area
outside San Andreas. The discovery was made on property once owned
by the family of Wesley Shermantine, convicted of Vanderheiden’s
murder.
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Thursday, February 9, 2012 1:07 pm.
Updated: 8:28 am.
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Wesley Shermantine,
John Vanderheiden,
Calaveras County,
Leonard Padilla,
Jose Cardoza,
High Desert State Prison,
Loren Herzog,
Cyndi Vanderheiden
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