WA WA - Marcia Joyce, 28, Bellingham, 30 Aug 1978

[John/Jane Doe]

@Caring1 Hey could you post the current NamUs Exclusion List for Marcia Lynn Joyce? I would greatly appreciate it.

 

[Caring1]

@Caring1 Hey could you post the current NamUs Exclusion List for Marcia Lynn Joyce? I would greatly appreciate it.

14 Unidentified Person Exclusions

 

[theshadow45]

Bumping, today is Marcia’s birthday.

 

[dotr]

Marcia Lynn Joyce – The Charley Project

Marcia Lynn Joyce​

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Joyce, circa 1978

• Missing Since08/30/1978
• Missing FromBellingham, Washington
• ClassificationEndangered Missing
• SexFemale
• RaceWhite
• Date of Birth06/27/1950 (73)
• Age28 years old
• Height and Weight5'4, 110 pounds
• Distinguishing CharacteristicsCaucasian female. Light brown to blonde hair, blue eyes. Joyce's nickname is Marci.

Details of Disappearance​

Joyce was last seen hanging laundry in the backyard of home in the 4700 block of Everson-Goshen Road in Bellingham, Washington during the morning hours of August 30, 1978. She was home alone with her two children at the time. Her husband had gone to Northwestern Commercial Bank at Alabama Street and James Street to make a withdrawal from the family's account.

Joyce left her children inside the house while she hung laundry. When her son came out to see her, she was gone. She has never been heard from again.

When Joyce's husband went to the bank that day, he discovered someone had withdrawn all the money from the account. This withdrawal probably happened a few days previously. Authorities don't know who made the withdrawal and believe it could have been Joyce. The bank is now closed, but authorities are trying to locate former employees who might remember the 1978 transaction.

It's possible Joyce left of her own accord, but her family doesn't believe she would have abandoned her children. Foul play is suspected in Joyce's case; her disappearance is considered a potential homicide. Her case remains unsolved.

 

[theshadow45]

Marcia has been missing for 45 years today.

 

[HmmMysterious]

https://identifyus.org/en/cases/8886

Skull and bones of an adult female found in October 1981 in Olympia, WA, aprox. 150 miles from Bellingham.

I also suggested this Jane Doe as a candidate for Marcia on her own thread. This is a sketch of the decedent created by @CarlK90245

WA - WA - Olympia, WhtFem 20-30, UP8886, cranium & bones in wooded area, sticks & shoelace cross, Oct'81

 

[theshadow45]

Today is Marcia’s birthday.

 

[theshadow45]

Marcia has been missing for 46 years today.

 

[theshadow45]

Bumping, today is Marcia’s birthday.

 

[Diane Redfern]

This case reminds me the disappearances of Jacqueline Cooper (1976), Patricia Toliver (1978) and Mary Watkins (1979); it's stringly suspected James Carlin Toliver forced them somehow to withdraw a great amount of money and then killed them an disposed of their bodies (only Florence Richina's remains were located). However, Toliver committed all his known crimes in California, so his involvement is nearly impossible.
I don't think she left on her own.

 

[theshadow45]

Marcia has been missing for 47 years today.