The cold case investigators are optimistic for a breakthrough in the 1998 disappearance of a young father. Marcus Rutledge, who was 23 years old at the time, vanished without a trace. His family has provided details about the former Tennessee State University student and his puzzling disappearance to Dateline correspondent Josh Mankiewicz for Season 3 of the Dateline
After more than 26 years, Marcus's loved ones still believe that it is absolutely possible that he is still alive.

I wonder whether or not Marcus was actually into something that was bigger than he was, and he was actually trying to get away. Just to leave and leave no trace,” the missing man’s father, David Rutledge, told Mankiewicz for the podcast's Missing in Music City episode.

Who was Marcus Rutledge?

Marcus Rutledge was born to David and Jerry Rutledge in Ypsilanti, Michigan, located a short distance east of Ann Arbor. David Rutledge described his son as a lively infant who grew into an energetic young boy excelling in academics.

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