Missing
Michael Maurice Rustin
Rustin, approximately 2009
Date and time person was reported missing : 04/19/2009
Missing location (approx) :
Salisbury, North Carolina
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
Black
DOB : 08/15/1975 (45)
Age at the time of disappearance: 33 years old
Height / Weight : 5'9, 155 pounds
Description, clothing, jewerly and more : A black shirt with a red and gray Dickies logo, gray sweatpants, black night boots and a brown, yellow and red beaded necklace.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: African-American male. Black hair, brown eyes. Rustin's nicknames are Mike and Mikey. He has several missing teeth and pierced ears. Rustin the following tattoos: the letter "G" on his right arm as well as a dollar sign with the letters "ESP", a sword as well as the phrase "Established in 1975" and the word "War" on his right forearm, the word "Metro" on his chest, the word "Love" on left arm, the words "Top Shottas" on his left arm, a bomb on his left hand, and the initials "PM" on his right hand.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Rustin was last seen in Salisbury, North Carolina on April 19, 2009. Surveillance footAge at the time of disappearance: shows him in the parking lot of the Latin Mix convenience store in the 900 block of Fulton Street. He left his vehicle and got into a blue Chevrolet Impala with two Hispanic men.
When his girlfriend and sister went to the store to check on him, they found his car there with his identification and other belongings; only his cellular phone was missing. Rustin was reported missing at 11:30 p.m. He has never been heard from again.
Police suspect foul play was involved in Rustin's disappearance and, in September 2015, they dug up an abandoned house and excavated a disused well on the property. Their search turned up nothing. Rustin's case remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Salisbury Police Department
704-638-5333
September 2021 updates and sources
A missing person is a person who has disappeared and whose status as alive or dead cannot be confirmed as their location and condition are not known. A person may go missing through a voluntary disappearance, or else due to an accident, crime, death in a location where they cannot be found (such as at sea), or many other reasons. In most parts of the world, a missing person will usually be found quickly. While criminal abductions are some of the most widely reported missing person cases, these account for only 2�5% of missing children in Europe.
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The Salisbury Post
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The CUE Center for Missing Persons
October 12, 2004. September 21, 2015; Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : updated.
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