In September of 2007, the skeletal remains of Sergeant Patrick Rust were found in a field outside of Watertown, New York. Immediately, the Army CID changed the course of their investigation, steering their focus away from an AWOL soldier to a non-combat death.

Likewise, since Patrick's remains were found outside of Watertown - in rural Jefferson County - the case was handed off from Watertown PD to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department. They, too, began investigating the case as an "unknown death," as both the manner and cause of death proved impossible to identify.

Throughout the next several years, the investigation would stumble through several roadblocks and detours, ultimately resulting in a story that remains unfinished...

Part two of two.

 

Written, hosted, and produced by Micheal Whelan

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Music Credits

Borrtex - "Journey"

Blue Dot Sessions - "Chilvittle"

Organoid - "Cassini"

Pulse Emitter - "Nebula"

Murmurous - "Fathom"

Blue Dot Sessions - "Olivia Wraith"

Kai Engel - "Wake Up!"

Ailsa Traves - "Unresolved Mysteries"