Ah, good point, thanks. I assume all the loads were for Brown, too, it would make sense. There's a remote possibility he'd need to pick up a different trailer but if he was hauling pigs and dropping them off all day he probably had it with him still.
I agree. Fundraising would have been the last thing on my mind within the first few days of a loved one going missing. You are frantic and afraid but all your effort goes into finding them as soon as possible. You want to find out if they are hurt or ill or in danger of self harm. Time is of the essence. You figure out finances later.
Seems like we just have more questions. And Sarah is adamant that certain things didn’t happen, but let’s be honest, sometimes we think we know someone and we may not know them at all. It sounds like to me he would have had to be under financial stress. His truck payment is $2000/month and he has another truck in the shop? He works long hours, misses events….Jmo, but I would have some stress.
It's also very strange that she said he begins each week with a few thousand dollars cash, and is usually down to a couple hundred dollars at the end of week. The wallet was "Monday cash, full". So definitely no robbery, at least for that, and if he willingly walked away, wouldn't he need that cash?
I completely agree, but I think the point was its sheer timing. Within 48 hours of someone missing you'd think one would still be very hopeful of his return let alone still be in such shock. I don't feel one way or another toward that pointing to any guilt there but it certainly does stick out as a little odd to be doing so quickly.
I know things are expensive these days, but that seems like a lot of cash to spend in a week. I would assume he uses a debit card for fuel. Being an owner/operator you’d want to track fuel purchases for book keeping purposes. Seems like cash fuel purchases would be a hassle. If all he does is work, what does he spend money on besides food?And now that $2000/month truck payment doesn’t seem so bad.
That's a good question. Sarah said that "Les, his employer, pays David a paycheck and takes out trailer rent." She also said that David has a debit card but he doesn't use credit cards. You're right that paying cash at a pump is a hassle, but that's the only thing I can think of that could account for at least several hundred dollars a week going into a huge rig.
Some gas stations around where I live have cheaper fuel if you pay with cash… wonder if Iowa has the same and maybe that’s why?
Alligators in Iowa. Got a chuckle out of that. There are no wild Alligators in Iowa roaming the farm fields.
Stations in Iowa do offer a discount if paying with cash. Cash discount I have seen is usually $0.05 per gallon. The price per gallon for diesel is around $4.00 per gallon. David's truck holds roughly 250-300 gallons. So filling the tank could run as high as $1200.00. A full tank of fuel would last about 1500-2100 miles depending on fuel mileage, idle time.
Police said his wallet was located in the truck but did not say if anything was missing from it. They still have the wallet
Didn't she say something about not knowing why he would have been at the truck stop at that hour?
I just finished listening to it too. I thought those comments were interesting. I thought maybe they were leaning towards another women and asking those kind of questions at first. And she said she was uncomfortable being asked by a male, but why not tell them that and request a female officer be in the room? Just my opinion.
BBM above. Yes, but then she mentioned a bit more that goes along with the emotional state question. I took some notes yesterday as follows:
What intersection do they have a photo of him. I got the feeling she was told not to talk about it.
