A prominent Placer County murder case is back in the spotlight just weeks before the holidays.

One of the men convicted in the 2003 killing of 17-year-old Justine Vanderschoot is now scheduled for another parole hearing, only two years after he was last denied.

Placer County District Attorney Morgan Gire says the decision blindsided both prosecutors and the Vanderschoot family.

Gire says the pain of Justine's disappearance and murder still lingers in the community more than two decades later.

"It shook everyone. The days and weeks that went by before Justine was found was unimaginable," Gire said.

The district attorney became even more frustrated after learning that the state's parole board had granted Justine's killer, Daniel Bezemer, an advanced hearing, despite commissioners i

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