206 Cases Solved. Advancing justice for missing persons, unsolved homicides, unidentified and unclaimed remains.
Case Description
Any updates on this case?
On a late summer evening in Newark, New Jersey, the life of 34-year-old Michael Rutledge, a Black male, was abruptly cut short. Just before 9 p.m. on Monday, August 23, 2021, the sound of gunfire echoed in the area of Spruce Street and Martin Luther King Boulevard. When Newark Police officers arrived at the scene, they discovered Rutledge lying on the sidewalk, having sustained multiple bullet wounds. Despite the immediate response and efforts of medical personnel, he was pronounced dead at the ...Read More
Links to Additional Sources (10)
See any mistakes?Victim Details
Michael Rutledge
Male
Black / African American
Newark
NJ
2021-08-24
34
Michael
Rutledge
11/20/2025







