- David Schultz’s tractor-trailer was found parked in the middle of the road on a remote highway on November 21 and his death remains a mystery
- His family confirmed he was found dead Wednesday and said the Sac County Sheriff’s Office identified him by the boots he was wearing and the keys in his pocket.
- “I had a feeling he would be found… when the farmers prepared their fields,” his wife Sarah Schultz said at a news conference.
The body of a missing truck driver has been found in an Iowa field, near where his abandoned rig that transported hogs was discovered just before Thanksgiving.
David Schultz’s tractor-trailer was found parked in the middle of the road on a remote highway on November 21 and his death remains a mystery.
The 53-year-old’s family confirmed he was found dead Wednesday and said the Sac County Sheriff’s Office identified him by the boots he was wearing and the keys in his pocket.
“I had a feeling he would be found… when the farmers prepared their fields,” his wife Sarah Schultz said at a news conference Thursday. “But I just didn’t know when. And it was yesterday.
She said the discovery brought a mixture of relief and sadness, as many questions remained unanswered.
The body of a missing truck driver has been found in an Iowa field, near where his abandoned rig that transported hogs was discovered just before Thanksgiving.
David Schultz’s (center, right) tractor-trailer was found parked in the middle of the road on a remote highway on November 21, and his death remains a mystery
His wife Sarah Schultz (pictured) confirmed he was found dead Wednesday and said the Sac County Sheriff’s Office identified him by the boots he was wearing and the keys in his pocket.
The Iowa Department of Public Safety has not yet identified the body as Schultz’s, but said a forensic autopsy is planned.
His wife Sarah told reporters that the person found was wearing boots that matched her husband’s and that his keys were found in his pants pocket.
“I’m glad we know where he is now,” she said. “There are still a lot of questions. Things don’t make sense.
Schultz, of Wall Lake, left his home late on the night of Nov. 20 to pick up a load of pigs from a pigsty near Eagle Grove, Iowa.
He was scheduled to deliver the hogs the next morning to a livestock dealer in Sac City, Iowa, a small farming town about 90 miles northwest of Des Moines.
As he did not show up, no one was able to reach him by telephone.
Sarah reported it missing and the truck was found later that afternoon, less than 1.5 miles northeast of its destination.
The pigs were still in the trailer. Schultz’s wallet and phone were in his vehicle. His jacket was by the side of the road.
His wife Sarah told reporters that the person found was wearing boots that matched her husband’s and that his keys were found in his pants pocket.
Jake Rowley, regional team leader for United Cajun Navy, a nonprofit search and rescue organization that helped with the search, said local law enforcement searched the area where the body was found immediately after Schultz’s disappearance, notably with drones.
More than 250 volunteers searched an additional 100,000 acres.
An unanswered question, Rowley said, was whether the body “was there the whole time” or if it had recently been moved to the location where it was found.
Sarah described her husband as a devoted family man who stressed to his children the importance of being respectful and working hard.
“He was a very good father,” Sarah Schultz said. ‘It is not fair.’
DailyMail.com has contacted the Sac County Sheriff’s Office for comment.
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