Wendy Bush, a 21-year-old Michigan State University student, disappeared from campus on June 27, 1978 after witnesses saw her with a tall, unidentified white man. Her disappearance became linked to Donald Eugene Miller, later identified as the East Lansing Serial Killer, who in a confession said he had known Bush and once gone canoeing with her. Miller told investigators he choked Bush in a parking lot near Spartan Stadium after she reportedly rejected his advances.

Miller was arrested on August 16, 1978 after a violent home invasion and assault on two teenagers in Delta Township; the surviving siblings’ information led to his capture. Under a plea agreement he led authorities to a wooded area at Broadbent Road and St. Joseph Highway in Delta Township where Bush’s remains were recovered. He was not convicted of murder in her death because of that plea and was instead sentenced on lesser charges, a decision that angered families and the community.

Does anyone have memories of campus activity around June 27, 1978 or knew Wendy Bush and can share details that might add to the record?