Missing NW Iowa Men

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Keep in mind pits are typically empty this time of year. I do imagine that was checked when the site was searched on the Saturday after he disappeared. But moving to another site would be possible.
From what I've heard, this pit was not empty yet.

Or at least not empty enough that they were considering pumping them again this week to check.
 
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The professor was feeding you a line.

I've owned hogs of every size and age and while they are capable of destroying a carcass of another animal, they do not do so in a way that would be considered complete.
Did I ever say complete? Pigs can't digest larger bones (they will however, break them down into smaller pieces and consume them) and human hair but that doesn't mean they won't be broken down in the pit itself due to the bacteria. It takes time but if nobody is looking, it will happen. There's documented cases of pigs eating bodies out there.
 

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Anyone hear if he had anything weird going on in his life a la Heemstra-Lyon?
 

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Did I ever say complete? Pigs can't digest larger bones (they will however, break them down into smaller pieces and consume them) and human hair but that doesn't mean they won't be broken down in the pit itself due to the bacteria. It takes time but if nobody is looking, it will happen. There's documented cases of pigs eating bodies out there.
Well let's just agree given a 24 hour or smaller interval (someone would have been on site the following morning to chore those barns) that it does not apply to this case.
 
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Well let's just agree given a 24 hour or smaller interval (someone would have been on site the following morning to chore those barns) that it does not apply to this case.
Quickest and easiest way to get rid of a body, per a professor of mine at ISU
I never once insinuated that's what happened with this guy.
 

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Maybe this was the much-anticipated Rapture, and literally just those two dudes made the cut.

Someone said it earlier (HFCS?) - very very few bad things happen that are random violence from strangers. Involvement in drugs, suicide, etc are by far most likely. If you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras.

That said, zebras DO exist...
 

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Unless well you know...

From what I've heard, this pit was not empty yet.

Or at least not empty enough that they were considering pumping them again this week to check.
There's reasons to believe there's not a body in the pit. 1.Dog search apparently lost the scent out at the road. 2.Not easy to whack somebody and get them into a pit without leaving a trace of some kind outdoors. 3. If it was a real possibility the authorities would have emptied the pit last week to look for evidence. He may have been confronted at the job site, but he isn't still there, IMO.
 
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The wife of the second missing man (trucker) is VERY vocal on Facebook and the comments are super interesting. Can get the play-by-play there and don’t even have to be Facebook friends with her to see it all either.
 
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When I return to Iowa a few times a year for family stuff, I'm still shocked to see the mega gun store on I-80 (Brownells). Not the world I grew up in.
For what it's worth, Brownells has been in the gun repair/gunsmith supplies business since 1939. This is their first retail location. Most of the I-80 location is warehouse not gun store. Stop in and look around. You might be surprised. They even gave me a tour.
 

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Not really any updates but DCI is now getting involved in the Schultz case

Hopefully the same dipshot that opened the sports betting investigation at ISU and ui isn’t leading this.

On the other hand, maybe they should be b/c they are obviously motivated to make a “statement.”
 
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Another important thing is to only look at stats for reported violent crime and ignore fatal incidents and murder data. Murder rates are often just an evaluation of how good or lacking the trauma centers are in various areas and neighborhoods, same thing goes for convictions and the criminal justice system in different areas. Reported violent crime is the best data we have and unfortunately it's sometimes very hard data to get compared to deaths, murders, convictions, etc.
You listen to the latest season of revisionist history?