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Maryland State Police investigators are seeking possible leads regarding White Springs, Florida resident Garry Artman, 64, who was on the run for nearly 20 years before being apprehended in September 2022 for his role in the murder of Dusty Shuck.
On May 4, 2006, the 24-year-old's body was discovered near a Frederick County rest stop by a passing motorist, according to police. Shuck had last been seen at a New Mexico hotel on April 24, 2006.
Days later she was found wearing a tank top, a hooded sweatshirt, and sweat pants without shoes or ID lying on the shoulder of the eastbound lanes of I-70 east of New Market in Maryland.
Artman was determined to be a suspect and he was charged with multiple counts of murder and assault once investigators were able to identify the body.
The driver's reign of crime also took him to Michigan, where he was convicted of the 1996 cold case involving the murder of a woman there and was awaiting extradition back to Maryland to face the charges.
However, Artman died in late December of a terminal illness, but not before he could create new mysteries for state police to probe.
While on his death bed in a Michigan hospital, Artman was interviewed by investigators from the Maryland State Police Homicide Unit, during which he confessed to the murder of Shuck.
During subsequent interviews, Artman also took responsibility for several more heinous crimes, though the truck driver provided few details, prompting further investigation by state police.
"Due to his transient lifestyle as a truck driver who traveled throughout the country and the information he provided, police are searching for leads that may connect Artman to additional unsolved cases," officials said.
Anyone with information that could be relevant to the ongoing investigation has been asked to contact state police detectives by calling (410) 996-7881.
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