UC Davis fraternity student's 2001 death ruled a suicide after 29 stab wounds questioned in true crime podcast

Twenty-five years aft a University of California, Davis (UC Davis) pupil was recovered dormant successful his fraternity dorm country with 29 stab wounds, a decease officially ruled a suicide, a caller existent transgression podcast is taking a caller look astatine the lawsuit and the questions Andrew Wieman’s household says person ne'er been answered.

Wieman, a 20-year-old inferior and subordinate of the Kappa Sigma fraternity, was recovered dormant wrong his locked country connected Jan. 4, 2001.

After a 13-month associated probe involving UC Davis Police, the Yolo County Coroner’s Office and the California Department of Justice, authorities ruled Wieman’s decease a suicide.

Investigators pointed to respective factors supporting that conclusion, including the find of a handwritten enactment successful Wieman’s room, the information the weapon believed to person caused the wounds belonged to Wieman and contained his fingerprints, and the deficiency of signs of forced introduction oregon conflict wrong the room.

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Andrew Wieman was 20 years aged erstwhile helium was recovered dormant successful his fraternity dorm country astatine UC Davis successful January 2001. ("Love & Justice" Podcast via Wieman family)

Officials besides noted Wieman’s country was locked, the windows were secured, and each keys were accounted for. According to investigators, determination were nary antiaircraft wounds connected Wieman’s assemblage and nary grounds different idiosyncratic had been contiguous successful the room.

In a connection released astatine the time, UC Davis Police Chief Calvin Handy described Wieman arsenic a "troubled individual" and said investigators believed the evidence, taken "in totality," was astir accordant with suicide.

But Wieman’s household has ne'er accepted the authoritative ruling. For years, they person continued pushing for answers, raising concerns astir whether each aspects of the lawsuit were afloat examined.

Now, Emmy Award-winning shaper Kyle Olson is revisiting the lawsuit successful Season 2 of the existent transgression podcast "Love & Justice," which premieres May 26.

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The University of California Davis campus. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Olson said his squad was instantly struck by respective details successful the lawsuit erstwhile they began reviewing investigative files and evidence.

"When you commencement to portion each these things together, and past you perceive the determination is suicide, it’s inherently thing that brings curiosity," Olson told Fox News Digital.

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Olson said the lawsuit stood retired due to the fact that of respective details investigators acknowledged astatine the time, including that Wieman suffered 29 stab wounds, respective of them fatal, had nary drugs oregon intoxicant successful his system, and was recovered wrong a locked room.

"Those are each things that marque you scratch your head," Olson said. "That’s not thing we usually spot successful a lawsuit similar this."

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UC Davis pupil Andrew Wieman was 20 years aged erstwhile helium was recovered dormant successful his fraternity dorm country successful 2001. ("Love & Justice" Podcast via Wieman family)

The podcast big said different item that amazed his squad was learning Wieman was allegedly recovered "tucked into bed" and wearing earplugs — details Olson said were not wide discussed publically astatine the time.

"What does it mean?" Olson said. "Does it mean something, oregon is it conscionable a tiny small item successful a overmuch bigger story?"

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The bid besides explores a astir 60-hour spread betwixt the past confirmed sighting of Wieman successful the aboriginal hours of Jan. 2, and erstwhile helium was yet recovered dead.

"Sixty hours is simply a precise agelong time," Olson said. "What was going connected during those 60 hours, and does idiosyncratic cognize thing that possibly they haven’t shared successful 25 years?"

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Students are seen connected field astatine the University of California astatine Davis. (Getty Images)

According to Olson, the podcast does not effort to unit a predetermined conclusion, but alternatively re-examines the lawsuit utilizing modern forensic reconstruction exertion and caller adept analysis.

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"We’re funny successful proceeding from each sides," Olson said. "There’s going to beryllium immoderate radical that deliberation maybe, with the grounds that we’ve seen, it could pb to suicide. There’s going to beryllium others that say, ‘I disagree.’"

Olson said the probe has progressive forensic experts from astir the satellite and focuses heavy connected whether advancements successful subject and reconstruction exertion tin amended explicate the circumstances surrounding Wieman’s death.

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A presumption of the field from the RMI North gathering which houses the vino and nutrient section astatine UC Davis successful Davis. (Liz Hafalia/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

"One of the biggest questions for maine ever comes backmost to feasibility," Olson said. "Is it imaginable that idiosyncratic tin inflict 29 stab wounds to themselves, particularly erstwhile aggregate of those stab wounds are fatal?"

Olson said the transition of clip could besides play an important relation successful generating caller information.

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Andrew Wieman with household members earlier his decease astatine UC Davis successful January 2001. ("Love & Justice" Podcast via Wieman family)

"There whitethorn beryllium radical that were excessively shy to bring up accusation 25 years agone that are consenting to speech now," Olson said. "Now mightiness beryllium the clip to accidental something."

Season 1 of "Love & Justice" focused connected the execution of Olson’s puerility friend, Ashley Love, whose slayer has ne'er been found.

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Andrew Wieman’s household has spent decades questioning the authoritative ruling successful his death. ("Love & Justice" Podcast via Wieman family)

Olson said that acquisition helped him amended recognize however families proceed surviving with unanswered questions agelong aft investigations end.

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"For me, I would truly similar to find justness for Andrew," Olson said. "We’re present to find retired what the information is."

If you oregon idiosyncratic you cognize is having thoughts of suicide, delight interaction the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline astatine 988 oregon 1-800-273-TALK (8255).