A tireless victims' rights advocate,friend of the blog, and excellent crimewriter atthe site Zasu Sayssent me information on thestory of former missing person and now gone and probable crime victim Sergeant Patrick Rust.
Afterresearching this sad case, I had a few comments for my Missing Persons Monday segment.
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Case Summary
On March 16,2007 at most 1 am, US Army Sergeant Patrick Rust, who had lately returned from a turn in Afghanistan,left a bar called Clueless in Watertown, NY. Rust had been drinking with friends at the institution for several hours, was obviously intoxicated, andthe bartenderrefused to serve himany more.
After going the bar, investigators reported that Rust's phone was used twice to callone of the friend's he hadtalked with that night/morning.Police have been unable tofind anyone whosaw himalive again.
The sergeant's roommate, also active-duty, told police that he had not seen the missing man since the day ahead and thatRust did not return home from the bar that morning. Rust did not show-up for play at Fort Drum that next morning and Rust's mother, the roommate, and his supervisor subsequently reported him missing the next Monday.
Six months later, Rust's skeletal remains were found in a field six miles from the bar.An autopsy was inconclusiveas to a suit of death.
Observations
--Unknown crime scene, victim's belongings disappear (his personal items were remote from his off-base apartment prior to police involvement), and little information gained from the found remains-with the want of physical evidence, this is the case of character that is dependant on a tipster to be solved.
--In like circumstances, it would be probable that more than one person would be required to overwhelm someone like Rust, but the sergeant's level of drunkenness may have been such that he was simply unable to charge for himself and was venerable to just onemotivated attacker...
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To prevent this place a sensible length, I'll finish Sgt. Rust's case next Monday in Start II.
More info on thiscase can be ground at Patrickrust.com.
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Note: The next notice was odd about an upcoming program featuring Sgt. Rust's case:
"Crime Wire is doing a section on the Rust case from 9 to 9:30 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday, May 10. Our client will be forensic investigator William Sullivan, who is looking into the case on behalf of Rust family members.
Afterresearching this sad case, I had a few comments for my Missing Persons Monday segment.
_____________________________________________________________
Case Summary
On March 16,2007 at most 1 am, US Army Sergeant Patrick Rust, who had lately returned from a turn in Afghanistan,left a bar called Clueless in Watertown, NY. Rust had been drinking with friends at the institution for several hours, was obviously intoxicated, andthe bartenderrefused to serve himany more.
After going the bar, investigators reported that Rust's phone was used twice to callone of the friend's he hadtalked with that night/morning.Police have been unable tofind anyone whosaw himalive again.
The sergeant's roommate, also active-duty, told police that he had not seen the missing man since the day ahead and thatRust did not return home from the bar that morning. Rust did not show-up for play at Fort Drum that next morning and Rust's mother, the roommate, and his supervisor subsequently reported him missing the next Monday.
Six months later, Rust's skeletal remains were found in a field six miles from the bar.An autopsy was inconclusiveas to a suit of death.
Observations
--Unknown crime scene, victim's belongings disappear (his personal items were remote from his off-base apartment prior to police involvement), and little information gained from the found remains-with the want of physical evidence, this is the case of character that is dependant on a tipster to be solved.
--In like circumstances, it would be probable that more than one person would be required to overwhelm someone like Rust, but the sergeant's level of drunkenness may have been such that he was simply unable to charge for himself and was venerable to just onemotivated attacker...
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To prevent this place a sensible length, I'll finish Sgt. Rust's case next Monday in Start II.
More info on thiscase can be ground at Patrickrust.com.
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Note: The next notice was odd about an upcoming program featuring Sgt. Rust's case:
"Crime Wire is doing a section on the Rust case from 9 to 9:30 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday, May 10. Our client will be forensic investigator William Sullivan, who is looking into the case on behalf of Rust family members.
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