When a UC Davis student was found stabbed 29 times tucked into his fraternity dorm bed, his death was ruled a suicide. His family still has questions about it 25 years later.
Andrew Wieman was 20 years old in 2001 when he died. His brother, Daniel Wieman, was 17 at that time, and his family lived in the small town of Eureka, California. He said it’s still difficult to look through photos of his brother, and that he remembers his brother Andrew was a goofy, intelligent young man.
“I remember one time reading a paper he had written honoring our grandfather. I read it and I was like ‘Man, my brother wrote that?’” Daniel Wieman said. “I was a teacher for many years … I saw a lot of writing over the years, and it still resonates with me, the kind of writer that my brother was.”
Daniel Wieman and his family have worked with Kyle Olson and the team at the Love & Justice Podcast to explore Andrew Wieman’s case and tell his story. Olson said that he and the family have questions about how the death could be ruled a suicide.
“We learned that Andrew was wearing earplugs when he was discovered in bed, and that's a fact that makes us go, ‘Why?’” Olson said. “Every single person that we’ve talked to in this case talks about what an incredible person he was and how suicide would have been extremely uncharacteristic for someone like Andrew.”
Daniel Wieman said that working on the podcast with Olson has enabled him and his family to look at his brother’s story through a new lens.
“I’m ecstatic that we have the opportunity to really get another chance to tell his story,” Daniel Wieman said. “It’s really exciting and scary at the same time … I would really like for people to know Andrew.”
Cover art for season two of the Love & Justice podcast, which will focus on the story of Andrew Wieman. The first episode aired Tuesday, May 26, 2026.Courtesy of the Love & Justice podcastAndrew Wieman’s story will be the focus of season two of The Love & Justice podcast. The first season explored the unsolved murder of a family friend of Olson’s, Ashleigh Love. She was murdered in 2009. Since Love’s case was technically still open, there was a limit to the case files Olson had access to.
With Wieman’s case, due to it being closed and ruled a suicide, Olson said he saw an opportunity for them to help “push the needle” and make some new discoveries about the case in a way that he couldn’t with season one, due to Wieman’s case not being an open investigation.
“Technology has come so far in 25 years, and our hope is to be able to shine a new light on this case, to get Andrew’s story out there, to really use fresh perspectives and new points of view,” Olson said. “To answer the ultimate question of what happened to Andrew Wieman.”
The first episode of the podcast came out Tuesday. New episodes will be released on a weekly basis. If you have any information about Wieman’s case, you can call or text the tipline for the Love & Justice podcast at 209-764-5683.
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