On the one hand, it seems that it increases the odds that this really was an accident, because the following scenario seems possible based on things I've seen before:
A guy gets really drunk, and goes wandering off. Eventually wanders into the Dairy facility, gets into some room, and passes out. While passed out, he freezes to death. If it IS Lacina (and how many missing people have there been in Ames this year>), it would bring some closure to his family, and if it was a drunken accident, it will give some relief to the folks in Ames.