- David Schultz’s truck was found parked in the middle of the road on an isolated road 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 they would find him … when the farmers were preparing their fields,” his wife Sarah Schultz said at a news conference.
The body of a missing truck driver was found in an Iowa field near where his abandoned truck carrying hogs was discovered just before Thanksgiving.
David Schultz’s truck was found parked in the middle of the road on an isolated road on November 21 and his death remains a mystery.
The 53-year-old man’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 they would find him … when the farmers were preparing their fields,” his wife Sarah Schultz said at a news conference Thursday. But he just didn’t know when. And it was yesterday.
He said the discovery has brought him a mix of relief and sadness, as there are many unanswered questions.
The body of a missing truck driver has been found in an Iowa field near where his abandoned truck carrying hogs was discovered just before Thanksgiving.
David Schultz’s (center, right) truck was found parked in the middle of the road on an isolated road 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 was 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,” he said. ‘There are still many questions. Things don’t make sense.’
Schultz, of Wall Lake, left his home late on the night of Nov. 20 to pick up a shipment of hogs from a confinement near Eagle Grove, Iowa.
He was expected to deliver the pigs the next morning to a livestock dealer in Sac City, Iowa, a small farming town about 90 miles northwest of Des Moines.
When he didn’t show up, no one could reach him by phone.
Sarah reported her missing and the truck was found that same afternoon, less than 10 miles northeast of her destination.
The pigs were still in the trailer. Schultz’s wallet and phone were inside his computer. His jacket was on 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 assisted with the search, said local law enforcement agencies searched the area where the body was found immediately after Schultz disappeared, even 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 whether it was recently 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 good father,” Sarah Schultz said. ‘It’s not fair.’
DailyMail.com has contacted the Sac County Sheriff’s Office for comment.