City Police Seeking Missing
Fort Drum Soldier

Dear Newzjunky,

My name is Judy Rust, and I am the mother of Patrick S. Rust. 

Patrick is a native Northern New Yorker who is now stationed at Fort Drum.  Patrick has been missing since March 16, 2007. Not missing in Afghanistan or
Iraq, but right here in the north country. 

I am desperate for help in locating my son.

I am turning to you newzjunky, to help me keep his name and face in the
public eye in hopes that someone will come forward and help me locate my
missing son. I am attaching some of our flyers that we will be distributing
all around the North Country this weekend. 

As I mentioned Patrick has been missing since March 16th 2007.  Until the
15th of March, he had been living on base. For reasons unclear to me,
Patrick decided to move in with this other soldier, and did so on the 15th
of March. 

Later that day on the 15th of March, Patrick and his roommate went to the mall where Patrick purchased a couple of games for his, I believe, Nintendo that he had at his new apartment. He apparently seemed eager to play these games and when his roommate decided to go tanning after the mall. The impression was left that Patrick decided to walk home from the corner of Arsenal and Massey Streets to play the new games.

Instead, Patrick back tracked up Arsenal Street and ended up at a neighborhood bar where he met a school mate that he had not seen since graduation in 2001. Apparently Patrick spent the evening chatting with the school mate, and somewhere between 1:15 and 1:30 a.m. on Friday the 16th, Patrick walked out the front door of the bar and has never been
seen or heard from again.

The Watertown Police tell me that it should have only taken 10 to 15 minutes for Patrick to walk back to his apartment that night. Still, he never got there.

As Patrick's mother, I know in my heart that that Patrick isn't just "missing".  Foul play must be involved. Patrick had been so looking forward to that up coming weekend.  It was his father's birthday (March 16th) and Patrick and his Dad had planned for some time, a weekend together in Syracuse. Patrick's bags were all packed in anticipation. Friday morning they had arranged that Patrick would call his Dad to let him know what time they would pick him up to go to Syracuse. This was a trip Patrick had talked about for a month, something everyone knew he was looking forward to doing with his Dad.  Patrick would not miss that weekend.

Now the Army has taken all of Patrick's possessions from the apartment, his
bag, packed for his trip with Dad, his glasses, that he would not leave
behind, and his Nintendo that he planned on using to play his new games.

Patrick's cell phone was with him, none of the messages have been cleared,
nor has the phone been used since that night.  Patrick habitually checked and
erased his messages nearly hourly, yet all the messages remain intact.  We
have even checked Patrick's bank account, in hopes of some small lead, only
to find to our dismay, that it still hasn't been touched in these seven long weeks.

Patrick has not had any contact with his family, or with his friends, and I know that Patrick would have been in contact with us if he could have been.

A person does not just walk out a door and disappear, someone, somewhere
has to know something that will help us locate Patrick. 

Please, if you can post this note on your web site, perhaps someone who spoke with Patrick before March 16th - or after- will help us gather information, any information big or small - l that will help us find out what has happened to Patrick and where we can find him. anyone with information can email me at : patrickrustsmom@hotmail.com.

Thank you

Judy A. Rust

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