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MURDERED: Joyce LePage Part 2

July 27, 2026

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On July 22, 1971, Joyce LePage, a 21-year-old WSU student with a pilot’s license and a taste for skydiving, vanished from her dormitory. The same night, a swath of green carpet from Stevens Hall went missing. Fifty-five years later, no one has been charged. In the second part of this investigation, host Ashley Flowers walks through three more theories about who killed Joyce—and why the answer may have been hiding in plain sight all along.

The Meditation Group

Joyce was an initiated member of the International Meditation Society (Sims), a transcendental meditation group. She was close with its leaders, a married couple named Mike and Celeste Lindbergh, and their roommate, Mark Wadley. The three lived at 400 Howard Street—just a few houses from where Joyce’s abandoned car was found on Opal Street. Joyce had planned to move in with them that fall.

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (01:02) **Recap of Part 1 and Introduction to Three New Theories** - Ashley recaps the suspects from last episode (Mike Finch, the tile setter, Ted Bundy) and teases the next three theories, all centered on people close to Joyce's new life.
  • 2 (04:56) **Mark Wadley's Suspicious Behavior and Polygraph** - Police interview Mark, who admits to noticing Joyce's car but acts nervous and evasive, while his roommate Mike drives by but avoids the house until police leave.
  • 3 (11:04) **Joyce's Own Words About Mark: A Hidden Letter** - Ashley reveals a letter Joyce wrote to her boyfriend David, discovered in the case file, which contains alarming allegations about Mark Wadley.
  • 4 (13:58) **Joyce's Fear: "I'm Afraid I'm Going to Tell People Something I Shouldn't"** - A former roommate, Kay Garrison, tells police that Joyce seemed distressed and spoke cryptically in the week before her disappearance.
  • 5 (18:36) **Update on the Meditation Group: Mike's Death and Mark's Identity** - Ashley provides updates: Mike Lindbergh likely died by suicide in 1988, and Mark Wadley is still alive in Hawaii but did not respond to interview requests.
  • 6 (20:04) **The Roommate Theory: Bruce Bierbaum's Changing Story** - The focus shifts to Joyce's roommate, Bruce, who initially claims he saw Joyce alive on Friday morning but later changes his timeline.
  • 7 (26:52) **Bruce's Suspicious Past and Current Investigation** - Bruce stops cooperating with police, and over the years, his ex-wives have called the sheriff's office with disturbing stories.

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Show Notes

In part two of Joyce’s story, we dig deep into the case file and letters left behind by Joyce herself, which reveal even more suspects, including the roommate she’d been avoiding that summer.

  • If you know anything about the murder of Joyce LePage, call the Whitman County Sheriff’s Office at (509) 397-6266.

 

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