Overview
- Dwight “DJ” Rust Jr. remained in custody after Judge Krystin Richardson denied bail following Wednesday’s review.
- A Baltimore County grand jury indicted Rust on Monday and police arrested him Tuesday, and he is being held at the county detention center.
- Prosecutors said an affair in 2002 showed motive and warned he could pressure witnesses, while his lawyer argued there is no forensic evidence or eyewitness tying him to a crime.
- Detectives long suspected foul play because no one saw Michelle Rust leave the house on July 20, 2002, no activity showed up on her accounts, and her remains and belongings were never found.
- Her green Dodge Caravan was discovered on the 2400 block of Zion Road by her father-in-law with a key broken in the driver’s door, a detail that has anchored the case for years.