Body believed to be that of trucker who went missing in November found in Iowa farm field

A physique believed to be that of a lacking truck driver has been present in a northwest Iowa subject not removed from the place his deserted rig was found on an remoted freeway simply earlier than Thanksgiving , however particulars of his demise stay a thriller.

The Iowa Division of Public Security mentioned somebody in his subject found a physique Wednesday, close to the place 53-year-old David Schultz’s semi was discovered parked in the course of the highway on Nov. 21.

The DPS didn’t establish the physique as that of Schultz and mentioned in a information launch {that a} forensic post-mortem was deliberate. However Schultz’s spouse, Sarah, instructed reporters on Thursday that the particular person discovered was sporting boots that matched her husband’s, and his keys had been discovered within the pants pocket.

The invention, she mentioned, introduced a combination of reduction and sorrow.

“I’m glad we all know the place he’s now,” Sarah Schultz mentioned. “There’s nonetheless quite a lot of questions. Issues don’t make sense.”

Schultz, of Wall Lake, Iowa, left house late on the night time of Nov. 20 to choose up a load of pigs from a hog confinement close to Eagle Grove, Iowa. He was anticipated to ship the pigs the following morning to a livestock seller in Sac Metropolis, Iowa, a small farming city about 90 miles (145 km) northwest of Des Moines. When he didn’t present up, nobody may get him on the cellphone.

Sarah Schultz reported him lacking and the truck was discovered later that afternoon, lower than 10 miles (6.2 km) northeast of his vacation spot. The pigs had been nonetheless within the trailer. Schultz’s pockets and cellphone had been inside his rig. His jacket was on the roadside.

Jake Rowley, the regional crew chief of United Cajun Navy, a nonprofit search-and-rescue group that helped with the search, mentioned native regulation enforcement companies searched the world the place the physique was discovered instantly after Schultz went lacking, together with with drones. Greater than 250 volunteers searched an extra 100,000 acres.

An unanswered query, Rowley mentioned, was whether or not the the physique “was there all the time,” or if it was lately moved to the spot the place it was discovered.

Sarah Schultz described her husband as a loyal household man who confused to his youngsters the significance of being respectful and dealing arduous.

“He was such an excellent father,” Sarah Schultz mentioned. “It’s not honest.”