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In the autumn of 1979, the small coastal town of Stonington, Connecticut, became the backdrop for a quiet mystery that has endured for decades. On October 28, a 29-year-old man named David Andrew Rusch set out for a day of fishing on Long Island Sound. He departed from a dock in Wequetequock Cove in his 16-foot dory, expecting to return later that day. When he failed to show up for work the following morning, concern grew among those who knew him, and he was officially reported as a missing pers ...Read More
Last Seen: Oct 28, 1979

Victim Details

Dec 02, 2009

Sep 07, 2022

David

Rusch

74

29

67 inches

155 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Oct 28, 1979

Stonington

Connecticut

New London County

20677

Stonington Police Department

Stonington

Connecticut

New London County

06379

173 South Broad Street, Connecticut

8605994411

Local

Law Enforcement

00309

1990-08-09

Stonington Police Department

Brown

Brown

Brown

No

05/28/2026


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