BREAKING: Husband of missing Dodge County woman arrested

CLYMAN – A new development in the search for Crystal Rasch, the 37-year-old Clyman woman last seen June 11.

The Dodge County Sheriff's Office confirms that Rasch's ex-husband, Zachariah Rasch, 42, was arrested on numerous counts of alleged unauthorized use of an individual's personally identifiable information .

According to a criminal complaint filed today, Sheriff's Office investigators began looking into Rasch's financial information and activities earlier this week. They discovered that a number of transactions had taken place on her accounts, but that it was her husband who was responsible.

Zachariah Rasch made his first court appearance Friday at 12:45 a.m. His bond was set at $250,000 and he remains in custody at the Dodge County Jail.

The sheriff's office said it is continuing its investigation into Rasch's disappearance and that it remains a missing persons case. However, they said that “given the information that has been uncovered and made public today, we are also treating this case as one in which a serious crime may have been committed.”

The sheriff's office reiterated that it does not want anyone involved in the search who is not law enforcement and confirmed that it “certainly has a lot more knowledge regarding her disappearance than we currently have.” able to disclose”.

The sheriff's office said more information would be released later, but it could not release everything at this time to protect the integrity of the investigation.

Rasch was reported missing on June 23. As for her last known location, authorities have only confirmed that she was last seen “in public.”

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