Inside a family's fight to keep teen daughter's killers in prison
Justine Vanderschoot was 17 when she was brutally murdered by her boyfriend and his roommate in Placer County, California. More than 20 years later, her family continues to fight for justice.
Updated on: July 25, 2026 / 7:47 PM EDT / CBS News
This story originally aired on Feb. 15, 2025. It was updated on July 25, 2026.
It was Sept. 18, 2003 when Justine Vanderschoot's remains were discovered in a remote location more than two weeks after she disappeared. But it's in the garden outside her bedroom window where her parents Don and Lynnette still come to find her.
Lynnette Vanderschoot : It's … 21 years since we've lost Justine … but it's still very fresh in our mind.
Mementos of their youngest child and condolence flowers that poured in after her death are now permanently rooted here.
Lynnette Vanderschoot : We call this Justine's Garden.