Silvina Pelosso was a 16-year-old exchange student from Argentina who was murdered on February 15, 1999, while on a sightseeing trip near Yosemite National Park. She had been staying with the Sund family in Eureka, California, and was traveling with 42-year-old Carole Sund and 15-year-old Juli Sund. The three checked into the Cedar Lodge in El Portal on February 14, 1999, and were last seen that evening after renting videos to watch in their room.

When the group failed to meet Carole’s husband at the airport, a missing persons report prompted a large search. On March 18, 1999, a charred car was found in a remote area; the burned bodies of Carole Sund and Silvina Pelosso were recovered from the trunk and identified by dental records. Juli Sund’s body was found near Lake Don Pedro on March 25 with her throat slashed. In July 1999, 37-year-old Cary Stayner, a handyman at the Cedar Lodge, was arrested; he confessed to the killings and was later convicted and sentenced to death. Did anyone who knew the Sund family or Silvina have information that wasn’t publicly reported at the time?