Missing person case in Dodge County leads to death investigation

The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office is conducting an ongoing investigation into the disappearance of Crystal Rasch and during the course of that investigation it has been determined that this case is no longer a missing person investigation, but rather a death investigation.

The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office says no details of the death investigation will be released to protect the integrity of the investigation, as it is still a very active investigation.

Crystal was last seen by family members in the Clyman area on June 11.

Her estranged husband, Zachariah Rasch, age 42, of rural Clyman, was responsible for financial transactions using Crystal’s bank cards and these were processed without consent. As a result, he was arrested on multiple counts of alleged unauthorized use of a person’s personal identification information.

At that time, the Sheriff’s Office stated that based on the information available, they likely considered this case to be a serious crime.