If, (big if), he was supposed to intentionally meet someone near where the truck was found, I think the Marker 126 stop was to touch base with this person and check on their eta at the meeting location.
David would have had to come to a complete stop at the end of the exit ramp at 71\20. Perhaps he checked in again and the person said they were running late. Perhaps David said he would wait for him there and to let him know when they were getting close. It makes more sense for a trucker to be stopped on an off ramp, I see it all the time, than to sit idling on a dark country road which may draw a neighbor’s or passers’ by attention. Once the meetup person was getting close, David slowly made his way up to the location where his truck was found. Arrival of both at about the same time would limit eyewitnesses as to what was happening.
If we read the Sac County Sheriff’s timeline closely, it doesn’t say that it took that length of time to drive from the intersection to the drop off -
“Cell phone shows Schultz’s phone arrives at Hwy 20 & 71 at about 12:18 AM. The data shows the phone traveling north to where the truck was found. Data suggests the truck may have been there since 12:40 AM on November 21, 2023.”
This doesn’t tell us whether or not the truck was at the intersection for 10+ minutes before traveling north. It doesn’t tell us if he stopped again in between.
The Sac County Sheriff’s office have provided an update on Saturday regarding the disappearance of 53-year-old David Schultz of Wall Lake. The full report is below.
carrollspaper.com
We are regularly discussing who may have taken him and why. Maybe this was a voluntary disappearance involving a female as opposed to foul play. David was always running. He was tired. He said he was done. What if a possible love interest was wealthy? David wouldn’t need his wallet or money if he became a kept man. Just another far out hypothesis to gnaw on for a bit……