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Who Is Linda Opdycke? Multimillionaire Wally Opdycke Daughter And Mark Stover Murder Case Details

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Emma Payne

Updated on March 29, 2026

Many people want to know if Linda Opdycke, the daughter of wealthy Wally Opdycke, has a profile on Wikipedia. Find out about it below.

Opdyke and Mark Stover dated for eleven years before getting married. But because they fought a lot, their marriage didn’t work out.

Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam, Howard Schultz, the CEO of Starbucks, and Ichiro Suzuki, the outfielder for the Mariners who got divorced from Opdycke in 2005, were all clients of the famous dog trainer Mark Stover.

Linda said that Mark was often angry with people, that he got angry quickly, that he attacked people with guns (he collected guns), and that he was always worried about money.

What is her name? Wikipedia Details

The Wikipedia page says nothing about Linda Opdycke. But CBS and other major news sites gave her a long bio and talked about her.

Obdycke came from a wealthy family. Her father, Wally Opdycke, is worth a lot of money. He used to be in charge of the Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery and the K2 Ski Corporation.

Linda and Mark Strover got married after dating for eleven years. But Mark’s problems controlling his anger made it hard for them to stay together. So, in 2005, they split up.

She moved out and left everything to Mark. After the divorce, he went after Opdycke, which got him convicted of stalking in 2008. At the time, Michiel Oakes and Lind were going out.

Michiel was found guilty of first-degree murder of Mark Stover and given a 26-year prison sentence. In court, he said that he had to pull the gun’s trigger to protect himself and his partner.

Mark Stover’s Murder: More About His Death

Since Stover was well-known among celebrities like Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam and Krist Novoselic of Nirvana, the 2009 case got a lot of attention. But there was a lot of mystery around the case, so much so that his body was never found.

During his trial, Oakes, who was 42 at the time, admitted to killing the man but said he did it in self-defense.

He wasn’t able to persuade the judge, and it turned out that the jury didn’t believe him either. Oakes was sentenced to 26 1/2 years in prison after being found guilty of first-degree planned murder.

As the strange case went on, it became clear that Oakes killed Stover because of a long-term love affair that was very painful. Stover’s ex-wife, Linda Opdycke, was the key to solving this mystery. After Linda’s divorce from Mark was a mess, Oakes started going out with her.

Reports say that Mark Stover didn’t deal with the divorce well and went too far with his ex-wife.

After Linda said that Mark had shown obsessive behavior in the past, the dog trainer allegedly followed and tormented her for a long time. Stover has also been arrested before for stalking and given a year of probation.

Find Linda Opdycke Age

Linda Opdycke looked like she was in her mid-40s. But her exact age and date of birth have not yet been made public.

Because her late father was very wealthy, Opdycke was able to finish high school and graduate from a prestigious university.

She said she never got the money Stover mailed to her and left at his house before he died, so in 2009 she sued his family.

Even so, the state said that her plea was too late because it was sent in four years after her husband had died.

How Much Will Linda Opdycke Make in 2022?

Lind Opdycke has a $3 million net worth as of 2022. She hasn’t told the reporters, though, how she makes money.

Her father, Wally Opdycke, is a multimillionaire, and that is where her professional earnings and claimed net worth come from.

Linda Opdycke is living a free life in the US right now. In the murder case of her ex-husband Mark Strover, she was not charged.

On the other hand, her partner Michiel Oakes was found guilty and put in jail for 26.6 years.