MD MD - Michelle Rust, 24, Halethorpe, 20 July 2002

[TheCars1986]

The two biggest rumors about this case over the years have been:

-The husband knew what was going to happen, and that his current (or possibly now ex-wife) had a hand in making Michelle disappear. This one seemed to have legs because IIRC at the time of Michelle's disappearance, neighbors had seen her driving away from the house in her van while the husband, DJ, was still at home with their son. Which would mean someone else had to have been involved. But in this scenario, DJ knew what was going to happen and was the mastermind behind everything.

-DJ killed her and with the help of his father, made her disappear. His father had worked for a small local grocery chain doing their refrigeration work, and several rumors were that since the father had access to these stores, sometimes during off hours for emergencies, that they could have hidden her body at one of these stores either being built or renovated.

 

[Leprikawn]

Hopefully the husband gets the maximum.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Michelle Rust was last seen on July 20, 2002. No arrest was made until a grand jury indicted Dwight Rust this week on a first-degree murder charge.

During his bail review on Wednesday, a prosecutor argued that an affair Dwight Rust had at the time was the motive. However, his defense attorney argues there isn't a strong enough case to prove that.

Jeremy Eldridge doesn't understand why his client wasn't released on home detention.​

"It's a travesty, and he should've been released today," Eldridge said outside the district courthouse in Towson.

During Dwight Rust's bail review hearing, Assistant Attorney General Jacey Sheckells argued that Dwight Rust was having an affair with a woman in 2002. Also, he was taking "active steps" to start a new life with that woman, preparing to leave Michelle Rust after their birthday party for their son

Bail denied for Baltimore County man charged in murder of wife who disappeared 23 years ago

A Baltimore County judge ruled to keep Dwight "DJ" Rust Jr. in jail without bail, a day after he was arrested and charged in the death of his wife, who disappeared 23 years ago.

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