TX TX - Cristi Ruso 31, last seen @motel, bags w/clothes found on road in Dec, Jasper Co, 20 Oct 2021 *Arrest*

[PommyMommy]

MAR 3, 2023

Texas EquuSearch and dog team called in to help search for Cristi Ruso

The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office has requested the assistance of Texas EquuSearch and a Louisiana search and rescue dog team as officers continue to search fo

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Sheriff Mitchel Newman told our media partner, KJAS, they plan to drain a pond on the property as part of the search.

Search for Cristi Ruso comes up empty handed

Jasper County Sheriff Mitchel Newman said Friday evening that the search of property and a pond new Buna had resulted in no evidence, leads or additional information in the case

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Law enforcement returned again to the location on Wednesday, March 1st and Sheriff Mitchel Newman said that not only would they be combing over the house and property again, they would also be searching adjacent properties.

 

[PommyMommy]

MAR 3, 2023

Texas EquuSearch and dog team called in to help search for Cristi Ruso

The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office has requested the assistance of Texas EquuSearch and a Louisiana search and rescue dog team as officers continue to search fo

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Investigators have concluded their second search for Cristi Ruso without finding any sign of her on property off County Road 770 near Buna, but the Jasper County Sheriff's Office says it's still following leads.

[...]

Sheriff Mitchel Newman told our media partner, KJAS, they drained a pond on the property as part of the search.

They continue investigating information and moving forward on leads.

[...]

 

[jellybeanz]

We need to find Cristi!

 

[PommyMommy]

MAR 4, 2023

Jasper Co. Sheriff's Office processing 'large amount of evidence' in case of missing woman

From the Jasper County Sheriff's Office:

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[...]

While no physical evidence was collected, investigators continue to gather information that validates the direction of the case.

The large amount of physical evidence that was collected from the residence in the 1800 block of County Road 777 in Buna, Texas on February 23, 2023 is being processed by the DPS Crime Lab.

[...]

 

[Dargon335]

The large amount of physical evidence that was collected from the residence in the 1800 block of County Road 777 in Buna, Texas on February 23, 2023 is being processed by the DPS Crime Lab.

It will be interesting to follow this development and determine what, if any, evidence ties Cristi to this residence.

 

[TwinkieDefense]

dbm - double post

 

[PommyMommy]

MAR 13, 2023

Investigators trying to match DNA in Cristi Ruso case as new leads come in

Steve W Stewart/KJAS - "You never know which lead will tip the scale." Those were the words of Jasper County Sheriff Mitchel Newman on Monday as he told KJAS Ne

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[...]

... On Monday, Sheriff Newman said that several sheets of plywood from the floor, wall, and ceiling of the house were removed and swabbed for DNA evidence, trying to find a match to Cristi Ruso.

Newman says the swabs and other evidence has been taken by the Texas Rangers to the DPS Crime Lab in Houston and now they’re waiting for results.

One thing that Newman says he knows for sure is that Ruso was “definitely not in that pond”. Newman was referring to a pond on the property that was searched. Pumps were brought in to drain the water out, and Newman says the bottom of the pond was thoroughly searched and they found nothing.

[...]

 

[AceVentura606]

Hello, first time chiming in. This site is to be commended for its civility and lack of negative energy. Please advise if any of my questions or comments are out of line with protocol or over speculating.

Not sure if a search warrant is enough to rise to the level of this type of digging or if someone has to be charged... Did anyone notice the name painted on the mailbox in the article that was linked? Who owns the house? How long have these particular creeps been living there? Any sex offenders or deviants ever been registered there? Or in that County? Is it one of those areas where everyone is related and intermarried on all the local parcels?

Developing: Jasper Co. Sheriff Office and FBI search property in Cristi Ruso disappearance

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Not gonna lie, the "where the wild things are" is what inclined me to post this. In both the literal, and figurative, senses of that phrase. Not to mention any potential code or signal? Major Carcosa vibes when i saw that. However, as I looked at it, it almost looks like females or someone with a little artist in them? I was expecting meth induced chicken scratch.

Also, I'm aware it's hard times in a hard land. Certainly don't want to judge or imply that anyone deserves anything happening to them, but did it ever say why she was in jail? I missed whether it was a short stay in jail or if she had been sentenced previously? Was it a drug thing? Fentanyl or potential OD situation at the house?

Prostitution? Theft? i'm sure those records are available? Might shed some light on what type of operation they were running at that house or if it was just a flop house? Any video equipment or computer activity going on I wonder?

With regard to that... who was she rolling with at the convenient store when she was last seen? Her friends were mentioned. Other women? Was it like a Manson House family scene of drifters? Was it potential trafficking going on over there? People potentially held against their will or looking abused? Controlling their money situation?

That little motel being over there and right off the highway? Do the people at that house frequent the motel? I'd be curious what kind of clientele go through there (assuming it's close to the house). Is it like a place where long haul truckers are pulling into? Are there any roughneck bikers at that motel? (Not judging, but like outlaw style). Do bikers roll through that house ever? Are there always people coming and going? (The mail lady might know)

Any other reports of missing girls or women in the area or surrounding counties? From that particular jail she came from?

Unfortunately, it was the Cassidy Rainwater thing that brought me to this site originally. It's a challenge to not view things through that dark prism. So again, please feel free to shut any of the above down if it's out of line. Sorry for the long rambling post. Peace.

 

[dotr]

Hello, first time chiming in. This site is to be commended for its civility and lack of negative energy. Please advise if any of my questions or comments are out of line with protocol or over speculating.

Not sure if a search warrant is enough to rise to the level of this type of digging or if someone has to be charged... Did anyone notice the name painted on the mailbox in the article that was linked? Who owns the house? How long have these particular creeps been living there? Any sex offenders or deviants ever been registered there? Or in that County? Is it one of those areas where everyone is related and intermarried on all the local parcels?

Developing: Jasper Co. Sheriff Office and FBI search property in Cristi Ruso disappearance

kfdm.com

Not gonna lie, the "where the wild things are" is what inclined me to post this. In both the literal, and figurative, senses of that phrase. Not to mention any potential code or signal? Major Carcosa vibes when i saw that. However, as I looked at it, it almost looks like females or someone with a little artist in them? I was expecting meth induced chicken scratch.

Also, I'm aware it's hard times in a hard land. Certainly don't want to judge or imply that anyone deserves anything happening to them, but did it ever say why she was in jail? I missed whether it was a short stay in jail or if she had been sentenced previously? Was it a drug thing? Fentanyl or potential OD situation at the house?

Prostitution? Theft? i'm sure those records are available? Might shed some light on what type of operation they were running at that house or if it was just a flop house? Any video equipment or computer activity going on I wonder?

With regard to that... who was she rolling with at the convenient store when she was last seen? Her friends were mentioned. Other women? Was it like a Manson House family scene of drifters? Was it potential trafficking going on over there? People potentially held against their will or looking abused? Controlling their money situation?

That little motel being over there and right off the highway? Do the people at that house frequent the motel? I'd be curious what kind of clientele go through there (assuming it's close to the house). Is it like a place where long haul truckers are pulling into? Are there any roughneck bikers at that motel? (Not judging, but like outlaw style). Do bikers roll through that house ever? Are there always people coming and going? (The mail lady might know)

Any other reports of missing girls or women in the area or surrounding counties? From that particular jail she came from?

Unfortunately, it was the Cassidy Rainwater thing that brought me to this site originally. It's a challenge to not view things through that dark prism. So again, please feel free to shut any of the above down if it's out of line. Sorry for the long rambling post. Peace.

Welcome to Ws @AceVentura606, great post, thanks for chiming in!

 

[AceVentura606]

Thanks, @dotr

So I found a little time to answer or half-ass look into a few of my own questions. Upon a closer look, what I thought was a mailbox, actually appears to be a green wooden sign. I won't say what it says and what I searched for now (in the event it's too much speculation), but I searched the text of the sign together with "Buna Texas" thinking that maybe it was simply a reference to an old football district title or something just to rule it out. Nope. An Ex-Con is registered there. I have not dug into that any further. If someone cares to advise whether that is allowed I can share. Or one can look at the green sign next do the door and do a little digging of their own. That is available by looking at the photos attached to the link someone else previously shared, so it's public info from the local news photos.

Additionally, I searched for sex offenders in Buna Texas. Looks like some disturbing numbers from where I sit. Though that's not my territory and I don't have a real good lay of the land, there appears to be a hotbed of satanic activity going on among all the churches that pop up on google maps along highway 96 in a small, sparsely populated areas.

Maybe a local or someone with a better idea of the area can confirm, but there appears to be a huge cluster and troubling proportion of sex offenders to citizen ratio. That's just Buna. Not Jasper County. There also appears to be a lot out of Beumont? But maybe that's like a bigger town in the area?

Registered sex offenders in Buna, Texas - crimes listed, registry-based, living in this city

I've copy and pasted some of the info from the link below. There's also some other towns with even worse numbers, maybe those towns are near by? On the map in the attached link, there's a huge cluster of deviants around 96.

According to our research of Texas and other state lists, there were 29 registered sex offenders living in Buna as of March 14, 2023. The ratio of all residents to sex offenders in Buna is 86 to 1.

Read more: Registered sex offenders in Buna, Texas - crimes listed, registry-based, living in this city

 

[AceVentura606]

This map is the cluster of registered sex offenders from the link.

Registered sex offenders in Buna, Texas - crimes listed, registry-based, living in this city

 

[azure]

Thanks, @dotr

So I found a little time to answer or half-*advertiser censored* look into a few of my own questions. Upon a closer look, what I thought was a mailbox, actually appears to be a green wooden sign. I won't say what it says and what I searched for now (in the event it's too much speculation), but I searched the text of the sign together with "Buna Texas" thinking that maybe it was simply a reference to an old football district title or something just to rule it out. Nope. An Ex-Con is registered there. I have not dug into that any further. If someone cares to advise whether that is allowed I can share. Or one can look at the green sign next do the door and do a little digging of their own. That is available by looking at the photos attached to the link someone else previously shared, so it's public info from the local news photos.

Additionally, I searched for sex offenders in Buna Texas. Looks like some disturbing numbers from where I sit. Though that's not my territory and I don't have a real good lay of the land, there appears to be a hotbed of satanic activity going on among all the churches that pop up on google maps along highway 96 in a small, sparsely populated areas.

Maybe a local or someone with a better idea of the area can confirm, but there appears to be a huge cluster and troubling proportion of sex offenders to citizen ratio. That's just Buna. Not Jasper County. There also appears to be a lot out of Beumont? But maybe that's like a bigger town in the area?

Registered sex offenders in Buna, Texas - crimes listed, registry-based, living in this city

I've copy and pasted some of the info from the link below. There's also some other towns with even worse numbers, maybe those towns are near by? On the map in the attached link, there's a huge cluster of deviants around 96.

According to our research of Texas and other state lists, there were 29 registered sex offenders living in Buna as of March 14, 2023. The ratio of all residents to sex offenders in Buna is 86 to 1.

Read more: Registered sex offenders in Buna, Texas - crimes listed, registry-based, living in this city

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I don't think this woman, who was just released from jail and living a high-risk lifestyle, will wind up being a victim of a random sex offender. Or any random person for that matter.

 

[AceVentura606]

I don't think this woman, who was just released from jail and living a high-risk lifestyle, will wind up being a victim of a random sex offender. Or any random person for that matter.

Agreed, but as they say, "Birds of a Feather..."

Mainly just posting those numbers for any potential trafficking/dark net angle and to show that there's a disproportionate amount of creeps living in a small, sparsely populated area in which Cristi lived her lifestyle.

 

[dotr]

Matt Hollinshead, March 14, 2023 rbbm.

State investigators processing DNA related to missing Buna woman

Two search warrants happened at a Buna home where Cristi Ruso was reportedly last seen.

www.beaumontenterprise.com

''Jasper County investigators are awaiting the results of DNA evidence taken a from Buna home where a missing Jasper woman was reportedly last seen.''

“We swabbed parts of the floors, the walls and the ceilings for DNA and sent them off to be processed,” said Karli Cherry, spokeswoman with the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office.''


''Also while executing that warrant, a man who was at the property at the time was arrested regarding unrelated issues -- driving with an invalid license, theft and other unrelated charges, Cherry said.

However, Cherry said the man at this point is not a suspect in Ruso’s disappearance and Jasper County has yet to name an official suspect in the case.''

 

[TwinkieDefense]

@AceVentura606, thank you for inserting the information you’ve researched for this missing person. Your posts are well written and you have posed questions for serious consideration in my opinion.

 

[AceVentura606]

No problem. If it was just average numbers I wouldn't have bothered, but those jumped out at me. The town Silsbee has an even more egregious sex offender ratio than the Buma numbers; the towns over there are totally off compared to the rest of the State of Texas (which already has high numbers just due to the size/population). Silsbee is where the motel Cristi was at is. These have to be among the worst ratios in the entire country, no? Maybe the Ozarks?

Also, I noticed that the FBI helped execute the initial search warrant. If the FBI is involved, I'm inclined to think this falls under Federal Jurisdiction. Otherwise wouldn't they just send the Texas Rangers or State Police or whoever? They would seem more than capable of handling/assisting local LE.

Makes me wonder if either there was somehow a crossing state lines/organized trafficking thing or some type of internet crimes? Somewhere the FBI has jurisdiction. That's why i wonder about the trafficking/dark net potential. Or the 3 hour drive or so to Louisiana?

Additionally, the Aunt mentioned that they should've done that search a year sooner. Cristi very well could've been somewhere on the property, but they had plenty of time to change up once the heat started getting turned up? Plus there's just a ton of state land and rural area and other places around there that can be searched.

With regard to the DNA testing there was mention of the walls, ceilings, floors. One of the early articles mentioned removing the floor boards. That could very well be just transporting parts of the walls or floor to the crime lab, but to me it almost made me wonder if they were like hidden compartments where they found DNA? Like maybe they were holding her or other women against their will? Or had reason to lock away or hide someone (or hide any type of contraband).

Could very well end up just being a domestic violence thing and the evidence was found in the normal course of that.

Either way, feel bad for the girl and her family and am glad to hear State and Federal LE is involved in helping find her.

 

[PommyMommy]

Hello, first time chiming in. This site is to be commended for its civility and lack of negative energy. Please advise if any of my questions or comments are out of line with protocol or over speculating.

Not sure if a search warrant is enough to rise to the level of this type of digging or if someone has to be charged... Did anyone notice the name painted on the mailbox in the article that was linked? Who owns the house? How long have these particular creeps been living there? Any sex offenders or deviants ever been registered there? Or in that County? Is it one of those areas where everyone is related and intermarried on all the local parcels?

Developing: Jasper Co. Sheriff Office and FBI search property in Cristi Ruso disappearance

kfdm.com

Not gonna lie, the "where the wild things are" is what inclined me to post this. In both the literal, and figurative, senses of that phrase. Not to mention any potential code or signal? Major Carcosa vibes when i saw that. However, as I looked at it, it almost looks like females or someone with a little artist in them? I was expecting meth induced chicken scratch.

Also, I'm aware it's hard times in a hard land. Certainly don't want to judge or imply that anyone deserves anything happening to them, but did it ever say why she was in jail? I missed whether it was a short stay in jail or if she had been sentenced previously? Was it a drug thing? Fentanyl or potential OD situation at the house?

Prostitution? Theft? i'm sure those records are available? Might shed some light on what type of operation they were running at that house or if it was just a flop house? Any video equipment or computer activity going on I wonder?

With regard to that... who was she rolling with at the convenient store when she was last seen? Her friends were mentioned. Other women? Was it like a Manson House family scene of drifters? Was it potential trafficking going on over there? People potentially held against their will or looking abused? Controlling their money situation?

That little motel being over there and right off the highway? Do the people at that house frequent the motel? I'd be curious what kind of clientele go through there (assuming it's close to the house). Is it like a place where long haul truckers are pulling into? Are there any roughneck bikers at that motel? (Not judging, but like outlaw style). Do bikers roll through that house ever? Are there always people coming and going? (The mail lady might know)

Any other reports of missing girls or women in the area or surrounding counties? From that particular jail she came from?

Unfortunately, it was the Cassidy Rainwater thing that brought me to this site originally. It's a challenge to not view things through that dark prism. So again, please feel free to shut any of the above down if it's out of line. Sorry for the long rambling post. Peace.

Welcome to Websleuths, AceVentura.

Details of Cristi's most recent arrest are here: Arrest Reports for 09/22/21

• FAIL TO IDENTIFY GIVING FALSE/FICTITIOUS INFO
• PUBLIC INTOXICATION

Previous arrests (scroll down past all the articles): Search results for 'cristi ruso' | kjas.com

Thus far, there is nothing that would indicate truckers or bikers are involved in her disappearance, IMO. MOO

ETA: In response to "An Ex-Con is registered there. I have not dug into that any further. If someone cares to advise whether that is allowed I can share." Per TOS, we are not allowed to sleuth anyone not named a suspect by LE however, you can share whatever you like in private conversations. (Top right of your screen.)

 

[dotr]

March 14 2023

Lab tests being done on DNA samples taken from property in search of Jasper County woman missing since October 2021

Colby Tatom was arrested during the investigation on non-related charges of driving while license invalid, a child safety seat violation, theft and drug charges.

www.12newsnow.com

''Texas EquuSearch and the Louisiana Search and Rescue Dog Team began helping deputies and state troopers search property along County Road 777 in Buna.
Both specialized agencies were brought in by the Jasper County Sheriff's Office.
“Texas Equusearch, you know, obviously has specialties that they can provide as well,” Officer Cherry said. “And so we have reached out to them and they've graciously provided, as well as other entities that we have reached out to. So we're looking for factual evidence, and we're going to do this right.”

''The intensity of the search has given Ruso's family a newfound hope.
"Cristi is my niece," Debbie Wilson, Ruso's aunt, previously told 12News. "We miss her, and I can say we want her home, but we know we won't have her anymore. But at least we'll have closure."

 

[PommyMommy]

I don't think this woman, who was just released from jail and living a high-risk lifestyle, will wind up being a victim of a random sex offender. Or any random person for that matter.

I agree, Azure. LE had probable cause to execute those warrants and Cristi has some connection to that area, IMO. This was not random. MOO

 

[PommyMommy]

No problem. If it was just average numbers I wouldn't have bothered, but those jumped out at me. The town Silsbee has an even more egregious sex offender ratio than the Buma numbers; the towns over there are totally off compared to the rest of the State of Texas (which already has high numbers just due to the size/population). Silsbee is where the motel Cristi was at is. These have to be among the worst ratios in the entire country, no? Maybe the Ozarks?

Also, I noticed that the FBI helped execute the initial search warrant. If the FBI is involved, I'm inclined to think this falls under Federal Jurisdiction. Otherwise wouldn't they just send the Texas Rangers or State Police or whoever? They would seem more than capable of handling/assisting local LE.

Makes me wonder if either there was somehow a crossing state lines/organized trafficking thing or some type of internet crimes? Somewhere the FBI has jurisdiction. That's why i wonder about the trafficking/dark net potential. Or the 3 hour drive or so to Louisiana?

Additionally, the Aunt mentioned that they should've done that search a year sooner. Cristi very well could've been somewhere on the property, but they had plenty of time to change up once the heat started getting turned up? Plus there's just a ton of state land and rural area and other places around there that can be searched.

With regard to the DNA testing there was mention of the walls, ceilings, floors. One of the early articles mentioned removing the floor boards. That could very well be just transporting parts of the walls or floor to the crime lab, but to me it almost made me wonder if they were like hidden compartments where they found DNA? Like maybe they were holding her or other women against their will? Or had reason to lock away or hide someone (or hide any type of contraband).

Could very well end up just being a domestic violence thing and the evidence was found in the normal course of that.

Either way, feel bad for the girl and her family and am glad to hear State and Federal LE is involved in helping find her.

BBM The Jasper County Sheriff's Office is the lead investigative agency. They are being assisted by the Jasper County District Attorney's office and the FBI. It is quite common for the FBI to assist in missing person's cases and does not require that a crime involved crossing state lines, trafficking, etc. MOO

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