UPDATE: SAN FRANCISCO (WKOW) – Human remains found in
Northern California have been identified as one of the serial killers victims.
San Joaquin sheriff's spokesman Les Garcia said dental
records identified the remains as Cyndi Vanderheiden. The remains were found Thursday in Calaveras
County.
Searchers followed a map prepared by the convicted killer
and death row inmate Wesley Shermantine and have found two sets of remains so
far.
Investigators believe Shermantine and his friend Loren
Herzogmay are responsible for as many as 15 killings and are often known as the
"Speed Freak Killers".
Authorities continue to search an abandoned well on
Saturday where Shermantine said up to ten additional bodies could be located.
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SAN FRANCISCO (WKOW) -- Northern California authorities plan to focus on an abandoned well Saturday in their search for possible victims of the notorious "Speed Freak Killers."
Wesley Shermantine was convicted of murdering 16-year-old Chevelle Wheeler. He has led authorities to an area believed to be the burial sites of two victims. On Friday, partial human skulls and bones were found.
Authorities found skulls and bones at another site in the area about 60 miles south of Sacramento.
Authorities say Shermantine and childhood friend Loren Herzog killed Wheeler as part of a methamphetamine-fueled spree in the 1980s. The two were arrested in 1999. Herzog has since committed suicide.
Shermantine says Herzog may have buried as many as 10 bodies at the well.
