(Sac County) The Sac County Sheriff’s Office released more information on the missing Wall Lake truck driver, whose semi-trailer hauling pigs was found abandoned on November 21 on a rural highway near Sac City.
According to the Sheriff’s Office Press Release, the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation has assisted with a forensic search of David Schultz’s phone. They also confirmed that David Schultz has not legally undergone a US Bordering Crossing. Information was received that David Schultz had a one-way flight from Minneapolis to Phoenix, AZ, on the late afternoon of November 21, 2023. Working with Minneapolis Airport Police and the airline, it was determined, after viewing video footage of the gate and receiving ticketing information, that it was not the David Schultz that was missing. DCI continues to assist in the examination of other digital evidence that has been obtained or requested through a subpoena or search warrant.
Investigators obtained video footage of David Schultz at 11:15 PM on November 21, 2023, at the MM126 truck stop east of Fort Dodge on Highway 20. Schultz is there for 16 minutes before leaving the truck stop. He is then seen on a DOT camera on Highway 20, west of MM 126 truck stop heading west. This was the last time David Schultz was seen. Cell phone data obtained from David Schult’s phone corroborates this timeline.
Cell phone data also shows investigators that Schultz travels across the Highway to the intersection of Highway 20 & Highway 71 Junction. There was no usable video from the DOT camera at Highway 4 and Highway 20, and there was no video of Schultz stopping at the truck stop at Highway 4. The cell phone shows Schultz’s phone arriving at Highway 20 & 71 at about 12:18 AM. The data shows the phone traveling north to where the truck was found. Data suggests the truck may have been there since 12:40 AM on November 21, 2023.
Video surveillance from an area business was obtained near Wieckman Hog Buying station. This video shows that David Schultz never made it to Wieckman’s. Law enforcement has searched for additional video footage from Eagle Grove to Fort Dodge but has not located any.
Over 100-thousand acres have been searched by the United Cajun Navy and many volunteers. As of the time of this press release, David Schultz has not been located.
Agencies that have assisted the Sac County Sheriff’s Office, Lake View Police Dept., and Sac County Attorney’s Office are the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, Iowa State Patrol, Wright County Sheriff’s Office, and Minneapolis, MN Police.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact the Sac County Sheriff’s Office at 712-662-7127 or your local law enforcement agency.
