NEWYou can now listen Fox News articles. A Maryland man has been arrested after authorities claim he is responsible in the cold case murder of his wife over 20 years ago. Dwight Rust Jr., a Maryland man, was arrested Tuesday on charges related to the 2002 death Michelle Rust. Dwight Rust told police that Michelle Rust had left the house around 9:30 am on July 20, 2002, in order to buy supplies for their son’s 3-year-old birthday party. Investigators relying on new forensic evidence have admitted to a decades-old cold case slaying. Her father-in law found her abandoned green 1998 Dodge Caravan with the key broken in the driver’s door. Michelle Rust, however, was never located. Sign up to receive our TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTERS. Send us a tip here. Members of her family said she was “a dedicated mother and a daughter” and would not have disappeared by herself, leading investigators, police, to conclude that she was the victim of foul play. LIKE WHAT YOU READ? Find out more on the TRUE CRIME HUBAuthorities have not provided additional details about what led them to Dwight Rust.CLICK THIS LINK TO DOWNLOAD FOX NEWS APPHe has been booked into the Baltimore County Detention Centre, where he’s being held without bail. FOLLOW THE TRUE CRIME TEAMS OF FOX ON XThe Baltimore County Police Department has not responded to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
