When Detective Tynhoff got Artman's name from Ms. Doyle, he started researching Gary Artman.

He issued search warrants and subpoenas to Facebook, Apple, Google, Yahoo, trucking companies

Artman had worked for, and PeopleNet for truck GPS data. Detective Tynhoff later wrote in an arrest

warrant affidavit, quote, only one son had any ties to Michigan, and that was Gary Dean Artman.

Artman, by his own admission, was living and working near the murder scene and was present

in the state of Michigan when the homicide was committed. Gary Artman lived in Grand Rapids

when Hamak, who worked as a prostitute, was killed. Sharon had last been seen in Grand Rapids,

end quote. Then Tynehoff went on to address the dusty Shuck case. He wrote, quote,

Further investigation revealed that shortly before the homicide victim was found in Maryland, she was in

Ontario, California. It was found that around the same time, Gary Dean Artman was within 20 miles of

Ontario, California, when he was cited by local authorities, end quote. This minor traffic

citation, to which Gary Artman probably did not give a second thought, provided the connection

police needed to the dusty Shuck murder. It was time to arrest Gary Artman.

On August 16, 2022, Detective Andrew Hines, Detective Paul Van Rhee, and Detective Day obtained an

arrest warrant for Gary Artman. Artman was working as a flatbed trucker with Dixie

transport out of Alabama. They contacted his employer and

obtained information about his trucking schedule and upcoming routes. The Columbia County, Florida

Sheriff's Office and Mississippi Highway Patrol surveilled him to observe his trucking patterns.

They learned Artman was driving a Dixie trucking semi, likely pulling a flatbed trailer, and they had the

plate number. Artman was arrested by the Mississippi Highway Patrol on I-59 South near Highway 98 at

7.50 p.m. He was charged with homicide, felony murder, and criminal sexual conduct in the first degree.

At 8 a.m. the next morning, the 7th, the Kent County detectives arrived at the Forest County Jail in

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