The seek for a lacking Iowa trucker got here to a tragic finish Wednesday, with family members revealing David Schultz’ physique was discovered mendacity in a subject, his cowboy boots nonetheless on and his keys in his pocket—particulars police used to determine him.
Schultz, 53, disappeared with out a hint on Nov. 21 in Sac Metropolis, Iowa, the place his truck was left deserted, loaded with hogs he was set to ship to a farm 10 miles down the highway. His keys and telephone have been left in his rig, and his jacket was present in a close-by ditch, police stated.
A months-long search ensued, along with his spouse, Sarah Schultz, pleading for authorities to pursue solutions about her husband’s whereabouts. She advised the Sioux Metropolis Journal she now feels equal reduction and sorrow—glad her household has some solutions, however grief-stricken by the result.
“I’m glad we all know the place he’s,” she advised the Journal. “There’s nonetheless lots of questions. , issues simply don’t make sense.”
David Schultz and his twin sons in an undated photograph.
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Iowa authorities stated they don’t count on foul play in Schultz’ loss of life.
Iowa’s Division of Felony Investigation stated Thursday it’d definitively recognized Schultz utilizing dental information. It’s nonetheless unclear how he ended up within the rural subject close to Sac Metropolis, which was greater than a mile away from the place his truck was deserted on a freeway flanked by corn fields.
Schultz was the daddy of 10-year-old twin boys, his household revealed in a GoFundMe fundraiser, which had raised $19,000 as of Thursday night. He was final heard from the morning of his disappearance, the Lake View Police Division stated.
Whereas foul play isn’t anticipated, Sarah Schultz stated she’s not satisfied that’s the case. She questioned why her husband would trek a mile-and-a-half within the midwestern chilly in the course of the week of Thanksgiving to the place he was discovered useless Wednesday.
“I can’t consider any purpose why he would have walked a mile and a half out into the center of a subject and laid down, and brought his coat off, and shut his truck down for the day,” she advised the Journal. “Issues don’t add up, don’t line up. I think foul play.”
Sarah Schultz stated her husband was discovered mendacity on his again with boots on and denims down.
Jake Rowley of the United Cajun Navy advised the Journal that it scoured greater than 100,000 acres searching for Schultz. They didn’t search the world he was finally discovered, nonetheless, as a result of police had advised them they’d already totally searched a two-miles radius close to the deserted truck.
Sarah Schultz posted updates—and pleas for solutions—to her Fb repeatedly for months. In December, she urged Schultz was not suicidal.
“This isn’t one thing David would do,” she posted. “He would by no means depart. His household is his life.”
