Horse trainer discovers pre-dug grave of missing California teen
"48 Hours" correspondent Natalie Morales revisited the site on horseback with Scribner, who told her, "The rest of my ride, I kept trying to justify why [the hole] was there." "It sort of haunted you, it sounds like," said Morales. Matt Scribner, with "48 Hours"' Natalie Morales, points out where he saw the freshly dug hole along a trail in 2003. He found out later it was used to bury 17-year-old Justine Vanderschoot.
- ▪"48 Hours" correspondent Natalie Morales revisited the site on horseback with Scribner, who told her, "The rest of my ride, I kept trying to justify why [the hole] was there." "It sort of haunted you, it sounds like," said Morales.
- ▪Matt Scribner, with "48 Hours"' Natalie Morales, points out where he saw the freshly dug hole along a trail in 2003.
- ▪He found out later it was used to bury 17-year-old Justine Vanderschoot.
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48 Hours Horse trainer discovers pre-dug grave of missing teen on remote California trail .chip { background-image: url('/fly/bundles/cbsnewscore/images/chip-bgd/chip-bgd-48-hours.jpg'); } By Gayane Keshishyan Mendez Updated on: July 26, 2026 / 3:21 AM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google It was Labor Day weekend 2003 when Matt Scribner, a local horse farrier and trainer who also competes in long-distance horse races, was on his usual ride in a remote part of the Sierra Nevada foothills — just a few miles northeast of Auburn, California —when he noticed a freshly dug hole along the trail that piqued his curiosity.
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