F O U N D
The piglets remained inside the semi-truck all night long Monday, November 20, 2023, and into early afternoon the following day.
David Schultz
The truck driver’s wife reported him missing at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 21, 2023.
Officials and volunteers searched 100,000 acres looking for the Wall Lake man.
The surrounding Sac County fields lay barren for miles on end; no cornfields or bean fields to push through during the late autumn days.
The reward for information about the man’s whereabouts grew.
Just before 2 p.m. on an unusually warm Wednesday, April 24, 2024, someone found a body in a farm field … just 1.5 miles west of where the piglets and the semi-truck driver came to a halt in the dark.
The man’s wife confirmed the boots found with the body were his.
We Remember … Upcoming Anniversaries
We remember cold case anniversaries and birthdays the victims would have celebrated.
Douglas Shondel II, 21
1000 N. 16th St.
Fairfield, IA
DOD: Mar 11, 2001
Would have celebrated 45th birthday April 30
Dillon Luna
15 days old
1429 N. Federal Ave.
Mason City, IA
Cerro Gordo County
April 30, 1992
John L. Erickson
48 YOA
Found in rural ditch
Mondamin, IA
Harrison County
April 30, 1997
Susan M. Pacha
Age at Report: 51-52
Missing From:
Washington, IA
Missing Since:
April 30, 2018
Timothy D. Vincent
Age at Report: 26
Reported Missing to:
Des Moines PD
Missing Since:
May 1, 2017
Lillian E. Randolph
56 YOA
Guthrie Center, IA
Guthrie County
Case # 1965-7249
May 2, 1965
Steven R. Leasure
Age at Report: 52
Reported Missing to:
Burlington PD
Endangered/physical
May 2, 2015
Gary L. Counts
Age at Report: 42
Missing From:
Fort Madison, IA
Missing Since:
May 3, 1994
Josh Yoder
4 YOA
500 Blk of S. 9th St.
Clinton, IA
Clinton County
May 3, 2005
Christian Balke-Thompson
Age at Report: 26
Reported Missing to:
Rockwell City PD
May 3, 2020
Dawn Allen
Age at Report: 50
Endangered/physical
Carroll, IA
Case # 11-4024
May 4, 2011
Valerie Peterson
8 YOA
Hit and Run
Manson, IA
Calhoun County
May 6, 1971
