64th Murderer: Mark Errin Rust - Victims: Ms. Maya Jakic, 30 and Ms. Megumi Suzuki, 18
Mark Errin Rust (born 1965) pleaded guilty in May 2003 to the 1999 murder of Ms. Maya Jakic and the 2001 murder of Japanese student Ms. Megumi Suzuki. At the same hearing, he also pleaded guilty to one count each of assault, gross indecency and rape, committed around the time of the murders. He was subsequently sentenced by the Supreme Court of South Australia to life without parole for the murders with a concurrent sentence of 12 years for the other offences.
Maya Jakic, 30 Megumi Suzuki, 18
Rust had a long history of sexual offending, beginning in his early teens. Parole Board chief Frances Nelson described Rust as a "classic example of escalating sexual offences" and called for treatment programs to be made available outside of prison to prevent similar cases.
Mark Errin Rust
Rust, now 55, will never be released from jail. He has been behind bars for 19 years. Based on the average annual cost of Maximum Security Incarceration in 2020, should Rust live another 20 years to 75, his jail incarceration of 39 years will have cost the SA taxpayer $6.825 million circa ($175,000 p.a. X 39 years).