A second autopsy for David Schultz, the western Iowa trucker who went missing for months until his body was found, will proceed without his body.
Schultz, 53, of Wall Lake, was found dead April 24 in a field in rural Sac County, not far from where his semi truck was found abandoned more than five months earlier.when he failed to return after picking up a load of pigs from a hog confinement in the Eagle Grove area.
Volunteers searched more than 100,000 acres for him over the months, but did not look in the field where he was found. According to a Sioux City TV station, Rowley said his organization was told the field had already been searched. A preliminary autopsy showed no signs of trauma and the Iowa DCI said no foul play was suspected. Rowley, along with Sarah Schultz, who is David's wife, toldAccording to the report, a funeral for Schultz will go on as planned Friday and that a second pathologist will not need the body to perform the second autopsy.Rowley also criticized social media groups for speculation and creating theories on what happened. There's even been people accusing me of killing David," Rowley said to The Journal, noting that he did not get involved until the third day after the disappearance. "I'm like, 'Come on, dude.' All I did was come out and search for him -- it's just nuts. They've got a whole Facebook group that is literally the most toxic thing anybody's ever seen."
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