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Wendy Bush

Case from Lansing, MI dated Jun 27, 1978

Victim Details

Wendy Bush

Female

White / Caucasian

Lansing

MI

1978-06-27

21

Wendy

Bush

07/26/2026

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In the summer of 1978, the Lansing, Michigan, area was gripped by a series of terrifying events that would ultimately claim the life of Wendy Bush, a 21-year-old female student at Michigan State University. Her story is tragically intertwined with that of Donald Eugene Miller, a man who would come to be known as the East Lansing Serial Killer. On June 27, 1978, Bush disappeared after witnesses reported seeing her on campus with a tall, unidentified white man. This encounter would be her last. ...
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    I've been thinking a lot about the bravery of Randy Gilbert in the whole Donald Miller case, and eve... ...Read More
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