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At 8:22 a.m., campus police get a call from a custodian who is doing rounds at Stevens Hall, where Joyce had been
crashing. And the janitor says that there is this big piece of green carpet in the lobby that has been cut out from
the floor. This is like a 5x5 ft swath, and the contractors had no reason to remove it. Plus, if they did, they
probably would have used like precision cutting tools. This looks like somebody took a pair of scissors and just like
went to town, yeah. So, they're calling to report this basically as a burglary. Now, nothing
else besides the carpet is missing, but they do find things that don't seem like
they belong there. This woven basket-type purse containing a headscarf, a German 350 textbook, and
several cards and letters from someone named David Arthur to another person named Joyce LePage. And there's even an
unmailed letter from Joyce back to David. Now, David Arthur is Joyce's boyfriend,
who at the time is back home in South Africa for the summer. Obviously, he didn't take their carpet,
but they figure this Joyce might know something since clearly her purse is there in the building.
So, police locate Joyce's address. They head to her apartment to question her about the missing carpet, but Joyce
isn't there. In fact, she ends up being MIA to every scheduled thing she had that day.

Police weren't initially searching for Joyce LePage. They responded to a report of a five-foot section of carpet that had been cut from Stevens Hall.

Inside the empty dorm, they found Joyce's purse, textbooks, and personal belongings—but Joyce herself was nowhere to be found.

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Brief Summary

Joyce LePage goes missing after a carpet is cut out at Stevens Hall, raising concerns about her safety.

Key points

Mysterious Carpet Removal. Campus police investigate a cut-out carpet and find items belonging to Joyce LePage.

Episode highlights

Mysterious Carpet RemovalCampus police investigate a cut-out carpet and find items belonging to Joyce LePage.“This looks like somebody took a pair of scissors and just like went to town.”0:23Jul 26, 2026

Episode quotes

This looks like somebody took a pair of scissors and just like went to town.

Describing the state of the cut carpet in Stevens Hall.

0:23WatchJul 26, 2026

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