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SAC CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa truck driver who vanished last fall and whose body was found in a farm field this spring died of hypothermia related to acute methamphetamine intoxication, an autopsy found. State medical examiner Dr. Kelly Kruse ruled that 53-year-old David Schultz’s death was an accident, the Sioux City Journal reported. Schultz, who was also a farmer, was found dead on April 24 in a Sac County field about a quarter-mile (half a kilometer) from where his semi was found parked in the middle of the road on Nov. 21. Kruse ruled out homicide, noting that Schultz apparently took meth and was then exposed to the cold. She didn’t immediately respond to an Associated Press phone message Friday seeking further information. In the days after Schultz disappeared, the temperatures fell well below freezing.

SAC CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - The once missing Iowa trucker found dead on a farm in rural Sac County about two months ago died from hypothermia related to acute meth intoxication, the Sioux City Journal reports. The report, which cites a death certificate for David Schultz, says he ingested the...

Schultz was initially reported missing on Nov. 21, 2023 after he failed to complete a delivery of hogs from Eagle Grove to Sac City.

Sac City, IA (KICD) — The County Attorney from Sac County says it appears the missing trucker whose body was found in a cornfield this spring died of hypothermia, and he likely wound up in that location because of methamphetamines and sleep deprivation. Ben Smith also says that from...

(Sac City) The Sac County Attorney announced the conclusion of the investigation into the disappearance and subsequent death of David Schultz, who was reported missing under suspicious circumstances in November 2023. Sac County resident David Schultz’s semi-truck and trailer were found abandoned north of the intersection of N14 and D15...

SAC COUNTY, Iowa — A disaster proclamation is in effect for Sac County. It comes after bird flu was found in a commercial turkey flock in the county. The United States Department of Agriculture says bird flu is usually deadly for turkeys. The proclamation provides state resources to agencies...

Bird flu has hit eight dairy cattle herds in northwest Iowa this year, and now a third poultry flock. Ag officials said Thursday the virus is confirmed in a commercial turkey flock with over 46,000 birds in Sac County. Yuko Sato, a poultry veterinarian at Iowa State University, says vigilance...

An Iowa trucker who went missing and was later found dead in Sac County died from hypothermia related to acute meth intoxication. Sac County Attorney Ben Smith issued a statement that says the state medical examiner ruled that the death of 53-year-old David Schultz of Wall Lake was “accidental.” Schultz’s body was found in April, five months after he disappeared while delivering hogs.

Sac City, Iowa — The Sac County Attorney’s Office says the investigation into the disappearance and subsequent death of David Schultz, who was reported missing under suspicious circumstances in November of 2023 — is complete. Schultz’s semi-truck and trailer were found abandoned north of the intersection of...

Close to eight months after the disappearance of the Sac County trucker, the case was concluded upon discovering the cause of death. The Sac County Attorney’s Office released a statement today (Friday) that the medical examiner has determined “hypothermia in the setting of acute drug (methamphetamine) intoxication” as the death of 53-year-old David Schultz of Wall Lake, who was reported missing by his wife back in November 2023. The investigation discovered that Shultz had been trucking for nearly 30 consecutive hours with little to no rest prior to his disappearance, resulting in severe sleep deprivation. Authorities believed this, combined with the methamphetamine use, Schultz induced a medical emergency, causing him to leave his semi-truck and trailer north of the intersection of N14 and D15 in northeast Sac County and succumb to the elements of the winter weather. Searches were conducted in the immediate area of the abandoned truck, but the cornfield where Schultz’s body was discovered displayed challenges that caused detection to be complicated. It was reported that cornstalks in the field were both flattened and standing, with some at approximately shin high, effectively hiding and camouflaging Schultz’s body. Travelers on a county road, which was about 200 meters from where the body was discovered, would not have been able to see the body and the farmhand who discovered Schultz’s was elevated in a tractor and was unable to notice the body until approximately 13 meters from it. Sac County Attorney wants to thank the Sac County Sheriff’s Office, Lake View Police Department, Iowa State Patrol, and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) for assisting in the investigation, as well as the United Cajun Navy and the volunteers who searched for Schultz during this time and extends his thoughts and prayers to Schultz’s family and friends during this time.