Welcome to episode 91 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams.

I'm a retired agent writing crime fiction inspired by true crime FBI cases.

Today we get to speak to Kevin Rust who served in the FBI for 29 years.

He spent a majority of his career in Mississippi and resident agencies out of the Jackson

Division, including 13 years in a one-person office. In this episode Kevin Russ reviews the reopened

civil rights investigation of the racially motivated murder of Ben Chester

White by known Clu Klux Clan members.

In the federal trial, witnesses spoke from the grave when testimony from the original state trial was read into the court record. The new case resulted in the

murder conviction of earnest events 34 years after the horrific hate

crime occurred.

During his bureau career, Kevin Rust also had assignments in Chicago, Budapest, FBI headquarters, and Quantico.

He was a crisis negotiator who responded to many incidents

both domestically and internationally and taught negotiation concepts to hundreds of state, local, and international officers.

Kevin Rust, who prior to joining the FBI was a CPA with Price Waterhouse, currently works as a contractor for the FBI's

International Corruption Unit tracing money flows and identifying assets for

seizure that were purchased with money stolen by foreign kleptocrats.

I know I'm not supposed to have favorites, but this is going to be one of my most favorite episodes.

If there are people out there who question the integrity and independence of the FBI,

this story,

this case file review will restore their confidence.

I am just so proud that Kevin Rust took it on his own to pursue justice in this case and I am so proud of the FBI for creating the program that took one last swing at the civil rights injustices before it was too late.

Now before we get to the interview, I just want to remind you that in my November email to my reader team, I have some

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