Car keys found inside apartment
At least one set of Joyce's car keys was found inside the apartment she shared with Bruce Bierbaum, raising questions about who moved her car.
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The Roommate Theory: Bruce Bierbaum Introduced
At 19:39 · chapter starts 18:30
The episode pivots to Bruce Bierbaum — the roommate everyone in Joyce's life seemed to agree she was desperate to get away from. When police first tracked Bruce down at work after Joyce's father reported her missing, he cooperated fully, helping officers search the apartment and confirming her belongings appeared to be there. But Ashley reveals she has been holding back one detail: Joyce's car keys were found inside the apartment. Whether they were her everyday set or a spare is unknown, but the implications are significant. If Bruce had access to her primary keys, it opens a path to how her car may have ended up parked near the meditation group's house. In these early days, officers had little reason to view Bruce as more than a cooperative witness.
Bruce's Bizarre Letter to Joyce's Father
Within weeks of Joyce going missing, her roommate Bruce Bierbaum sent a letter to her father asking for $90 to cover shared living costs — while also packing up Joyce's belongings and requesting the father collect them before Bruce left town. He also used subtle past tense when referring to Joyce.
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