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Edward Rusboldt

Case from Washington, DC dated May 31, 1986

Victim Details

Edward Rusboldt

January 2, 2023

Male

Caucasian / White

Washington

DC

1986-05-31

1986-05-31

23

Edward

Rusboldt

08/03/2026


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On May 31, 1986, the body of 23-year-old Edward Robert Rusboldt, a male Purdue University student, was discovered on the tree-lined 1900 block of Sunderland Place NW, near Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C. He had been visiting the city for the summer break to meet with friends from the area. The night before his death, Rusboldt had been out with friends at local bars and nightclubs.

According to his father, Charles Rusboldt, Edward had left a Dupont Circle bar around 3 a.m. to look for a ...
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