Oceanside

Oceanside is a California setting associated with a brief period in Rushton’s military service and with the nearby unsolved murder of Kristen Strunk. The account places these details alongside one another but does not suggest that the events were connected.

Military Training and Rushton

After Jennifer Chapelle was found, Rushton graduated and joined the navy. His basic training took place in California, at Oceanside. He received an honorable discharge after only two months. The military records available to the investigator were imprecise; the account reports that Rushton had gone absent without leave once and was then released.

An Unsolved Murder Nearby

While Rushton was stationed at Oceanside, Kristen Strunk, a prostitute, was murdered, and her body was left about a mile from the base. Her case remained unsolved. Its mention gives Oceanside a second association with unresolved violence, but the narrative provides no evidence linking Strunk’s murder to Rushton or to the discovery of Jennifer Chapelle.