Victims in Murder Suicide In Baker Tentatively Identified

January 3, 2018

The victims of a murder/suicide in North Okaloosa County have been tentatively identified as a married couple in their mid-sixties.

The Medical Examiner’s Office has tentatively identified the victims as 64-year old William Rust and his 64-year old wife Gretchen.

Investigators believe William shot his wife, then himself, at their home at 2121 Winners Circle in Baker on New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day.

The bodies were discovered by a family member around 1:40 p.m. January 1st.

They had last been seen alive in the late afternoon hours of December 31st.

Family members say William had been diagnosed with a medical condition that led to
deteriorating mental capabilities and bouts of anger.