OldAce-
You just triggered something… “nor was there anyone there to expect him”! DS would have known no one was there-no one there to note the time DS arrived to drop off the load of pigs. I thought I read that DS had an appointment time to drop off the load of pigs at midnight? (I could be wrong.) If there was a drop-off time, only the cameras would have seen DS arrive since no one was at Weichman’s.
With no one to receive the load:
1. If DS disappeared on his own, he'd know no one was waiting at the drop-off location. Gives him time to get away-surely he didn't expect it to take as long as it did for someone to find his truck…thought the piggies would be ok.
2. If targeted, perp(s) would possibly know DS wouldn't be discovered missing for several hours.
I don’t think DS would have abandoned his load. Being that his load was livestock, there are regulations and penalties for abandoning livestock. Serious offense.
I read an article about livestock transport and I didn't realize how strict the rules and regulations are.
IMO there is no possible way that DS abandoned his life. It doesn't work in any context, including the points that you make - he could then be a 'wanted' man upon return for all sorts of things including traffic violations and abandoning baby pigs, probably things that would violate his truck licence and generate hefty fines.
When I first read the $2,000 was untouched, I thought well maybe he's left that to cover his costs and not leave the family with a debt but that makes zero sense whatsoever. IMO if DS were to abandon his life it would have been a very different scenario.
How far either side of Weickman's does the CCTV cover? Most esp what would have been DS's approach road? Because if someone targeted DS as an individual (ie, it's personal) -or- some type of deranged gangsters hijacked or blocked the road or caused an incident, then whatever happened was whenever DS's driving became unusual, after the truck stop, and before there's no CCTV footage. Could be total coincidence or could be someone who knows the roads and the area and indeed Weickman's very well.
Could be an 1) an aggrieved trucker; 2) a member of staff from Weickman's; 3) random criminal(s), hijackers, cartel, or insane persons; 4) someone who knew DS's route and intentions and had a personal vendetta against him;
If we completely remove 'a medical event' and 'voluntary disappearance / self harm' from the equation because they're so hopelessly unlikely and don't make any sense at all, then we're left with a random attack or a targeted attack. We can also rule out 'robbery' as the intention of the targeted attack unless the robber was so freaked out at the turn of events, or injured during the turn of events, they abandoned mission (seems extremely unlikely).
It would be difficult to create a roadblock / hijack situation with someone driving a huge heavy truck as that person could simply drive through you or run you over -or- they could be heavily armed with a sub and shoot you all stone dead.
How did whomsoever got DS to stop know he would stop and step out of the vehicle?
How did they know he wasn't armed and wouldn't blow their head(s) off?
How did they know his cab isn't recording with a dashcam?
Nor registering on a GPS tracking system?
Nor his phone connected to an app so his wife or boss or kids can see where he's at?
How did they know they weren't on any CCTV?
How did they know the (one and only) house adjacent where they abandoned the truck didn't have cameras covering the terrain and road?
Who was DS irritating?
Was he undercutting the other drivers by working independently and so hard, possibly causing everyone loss of earnings?
Was his taking on so many jobs he was encroaching on the usual loads of other drivers?
Did he have big monies owed to someone who felt it was hopeless to recoup and therefore was 'disrespected'?
Was DS messing around in someone else's territory -or- perceived to be?
Was DS messing around with someone else's woman -or- perceived to be?
Did DS have any aggrieved family members (family of origin? / ex partners? adult children?)?
Did DS have any aggrieved local townsfolk?
Was there any possibility DS was asked to step out of his truck and turn the engine off by LE?
Or a traffic violations agency or trucking monitoring enforcement?
Or some persons pretending to be LE or some form of enforcement?
Or a known worker from Weickman's hailed him down before he got there?
Did DS indeed pick up a hitcher or seemingly vulnerable person(s) along the way?
Is it possible he hooked up with a sex worker?
Assuming some fatal incident:
Where did the perp(s) dispose of his body?
Where did the perp(s) go after first disposing of his body and then abandoning the truck?
Where would the perps likely land up if they were on foot?
Did the perps have their own vehicle(s)?
Where would they likely drive off to on road and were any vehicles spotted on CCTVs or ring doorbells within the time frame?
JMO, MOO, I am just speculating and asking questions.
Let's not forget that poor, hardworking, upstanding, Dylan Rounds of Utah was shot dead by an emotionally unstable, violent, older male (probable alcoholic) who was squatting on the perimeter of his farmland *probably* just because he annoyed him by wanting to gain access to a gate in order to put his grain truck undercover from rain. No other reason. His body has never been found, may he rest in peace and may his family gain justice.
