Missing NW Iowa Men

But can they explain what the hell happened and how the hell if they searched at all he wasnt found in the middle of an open field, only 1 mile away?

Something strange happened but doubt we will ever find out what.
Shortly after the body was found I heard that the field he was found in was mistakenly labeled as "already searched". Not making any accusation but that is quite the coincidence or a very poorly organized search. It's freaking Western Iowa every thing is relatively flat and laid out in squares or rectangles.
 
I am 99.9999% sure they do need family permission to release the cause of death in these non-criminal cases of death.
Not sure, because I know death certificates are public records, which have cause of death on them. But maybe they arent public right away?
 
My guess is there’s evidence that makes this look like a suicide, or he was really intoxicated and got confused and wandered off and died. That would explain why the family doesn’t want to release the cause of death.

But if you can’t shake how they didn’t find the body during the first search (most likely incompetence), that would leave the door opened for a skilled assassin theory. I’ve tossed that idea around, but I’ll move my vote to Occam’s Razor.
 
But can they explain what the hell happened and how the hell if they searched at all he wasnt found in the middle of an open field, only 1 mile away?

Something strange happened but doubt we will ever find out what.
They just missed him. Human error. Or maybe the body was in a spot that was easily missed. That isn’t something strange. It happens all the time.
 
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They just missed him. Human error. Or maybe the body was in a spot that was easily missed. That isn’t something strange. It happens all the time.
If there is a small creek or CRP strips in the field where he was found I can believe that a search party could miss the body. We pheasant hunt up there yearly and that tall grass is gnarly.