On a flat and lonely stretch of highway in San Joaquin County, California, in February of 2012, onlookers were horrified as a backhoe violently tore into an abandoned well, nicknamed "Loren's Boneyard." The giant claws of the backhoe rose out of the ground holding a massive amount of dirt and the skeletal remains of the victims buried within—the victims presumably of Loren Herzog and Wesley Shermantine, AKA The Speed Freak Killers. While only convicted of murdering four people, they are suspected of murdering upward of 72 people.
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| Top: Cyndi Vanderheiden, Chevy Wheeler Middle: Robin Armtrout Bottom: Kimberly Billy, JoAnn Hobson |
Join Cam & Jen as we discuss 'Made The Devil Do It: The Speed Freak Killers'.
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Written & Researched by Lauretta Allen
SOURCES:
https://charleyproject.org/case/chevelle-yvonne-wheeler
https://charleyproject.org/case/cynthia-ann-vanderheiden
https://charleyproject.org/case/joann-hobson
https://charleyproject.org/case/tracy-diane-melton
https://mail.murderpedia.org/male.S/s/shermantine-wesley.htm
https://mail.murderpedia.org/male.H/h/herzog-loren-joseph.htm
https://www.kcra.com/article/hobson-family-sues-s-j-sheriff-over-linden-dig/6402318
https://www.sky.com/watch/channel/sky-crime/dateline/episodes/season-1/episode-3
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_Freak_Killers
https://allthatsinteresting.com/speed-killers
https://www.courthousenews.com/county-must-face-claims-handling-mass-murder-grave/
https://www.mercurynews.com/2012/03/06/speed-freak-killers-cause-of-death-deep-anger-revealed/
https://www.thoughtco.com/wesley-shermantine-and-loren-herzog-973133
https://www.recordnet.com/story/news/2012/02/18/8216-blood-money-upsets/49731909007/
https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/photo-galleries/2012/02/13/speed-freak-killers-victims-and-possible-victims/
https://fox40.com/news/local-news/photos-released-with-hopes-of-closing-speed-freak-killers-related-cold-cases/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ioo6aCunEc
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/18/us/serial-killers-graveyard-opens-california-towns-wounds.html
https://www.abc10.com/article/news/a-history-of-the-speed-freak-killers/103-90b18829-9ba7-4291-b9fd-fe211e09de81
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpXNbwv2M9w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHxgb88xHDM
https://serialkillers.briancombs.net/3335/victim-studies-015-wesley-shermantine/
https://www.recordnet.com/story/news/2001/03/04/victim-tells-hellish-shermantine-rape/50793538007/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0ylDwD7oOs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFpcejUvtOM
https://www.newspapers.com/image/643963116/?terms=Scott%20Smith%20Wesley%20Shermantine&match=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK3ClifYgiY&t=2434s
https://www.newspapers.com/image/116440190/?terms=Joan%20Shelley%20lawsuit%20San%20Joaquin%20pulverized&match=1
https://www.amazon.com/Serial-Killers-Stories-Worlds-Murderers/dp/1788883438
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPk_c4d5VWw&t=401s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaspaGMnAXU (There are 20 episodes to this. This is episode 1, but I did listen to all 20.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZjGCWr_yWA&t=1937s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kJ1PTuLlps&t=1170s
https://www.abc10.com/article/news/crime/mother-of-speed-freak-killers-victim-speaks-out/103-364950951
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPk_c4d5VWw&t=415s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methamphetamine
https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/209730.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G2llva51sg
https://www.recordnet.com/story/news/2001/09/17/a-troubled-life-violent-death/50781325007/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StJBTS0KY_M
https://www.newspapers.com/image/694302879/?terms=Cyndi%20Vanderheiden&match=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9pLPrrjXF4
https://abcnews.go.com/US/california-family-notified-months-missing-woman-remains-identified/story?id=15476554
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9pLPrrjXF4&t=5s
https://www.abc10.com/article/news/a-history-of-the-speed-freak-killers/103-90b18829-9ba7-4291-b9fd-fe211e09de81
https://www.newspapers.com/image/635259825/?terms=Scott%20Smith%20Wesley%20Shermantine&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/628397087/?terms=Robin%20Armtrout&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/695180662/?terms=Robin%20Armtrout&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/796244036/?terms=Loren%20Herzog%20autopsy&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/695206540/?terms=Armtrout&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/667690978/?terms=Jason%20Jones%20Shermantine&match=1
https://www.crime-scene-investigator.net/excavation.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCYuFvo-8p8
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4540010/
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| Shermantine, Herzog |
"This show was researched by Jen," the lady announces at the end. Is that true? Then Jen needs to do a little more research. I cannot begin to tell you how many names you butchered. Leonard Pah-DILL-OH? The man's name is PAD-DEE-YAH. But that's just one of many. There's no doubt that both Shermantine and Herzog were evil dudes. However, they were not the only people hooked on SPEED. Or meth. Or whatever you want to call it. I'm not going to say anything more as it doesn't change anything. What's done is done. It's a very sad story. But you did miss a great deal. The blame you heap upon the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Dept. is also misplaced, somewhat. But, correcting your mistakes does nothing to solve what did take place, nor the evil acts of two very messed up people.
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