Articles Tagged: Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation

The service came 16 days after David Schultz' body was found in rural Sac County, near where his red Peterbilt semitractor-trailer loaded with hogs was discovered abandoned Nov. 21, 2023.

A criminal investigator for the state of Iowa suggested to colleagues last year that busting college athletes for online sports betting would impress the public and “the powers that be” and perhaps nudge lawmakers toward updating gambling laws.

"I'm glad we know where he is," said Sarah Schultz, his wife, who said her husband's body is at the state medical examiner's office and was being autopsied Thursday. "There's still a lot of questions. You know, things just don't make sense.“

An unidentified individual reported to the Sac County Sheriff's Office that he found a body in his farm field shortly before 2 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.

The Iowa Department of Public Safety has released the name of the man killed in an officer-involved shooting in Saturday night in northeast Cedar Rapids.

The incident unfolded just after 6:30 p.m. Saturday after a man -- identified by the Division of Criminal Investigation as a “suspect” -- asked for officers to respond to his house on 31st Street NE.

Family and friends gathered in Marion Thursday night for a candlelight vigil to commemorate the life of Melody Hoffman, a 20-year-old Marion woman who police say was kidnapped and murdered over the weekend.

Five Cedar Rapids officers fired 63 rounds at the driver of a vehicle after he led them on a high-speed chase while firing an AR-15 at them in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day. A new report from the Linn County Attorney says those officers were justified in their use of deadly force.

The Cedar County sheriff said genetic genealogy was used to identify parents of a dead baby left in a barn in 1996. Investigators want to determine if the baby was alive when it was abandoned. The father has cooperated with police, but the mother has not.

Iowa investigators did not say if they’ve talked to them about the case.

An attorney for two former Iowa State University football players charged with sports betting violations says Iowa investigators’ use of geofencing software on at least one university campus amounted to a “warrantless search” that invaded students’ privacy.

A Cedar Rapids man who was killed by police Monday after leading officers on a car chase has been identified as 20-year-old Michael Griffin by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.

Reports of drive-by shooting lead to deadly police chase.

David Schultz, a 53-year-old married truck driver and father of two, left home about the evening of Nov. 20 to pick up a load of pigs near Eagle Grove and deliver them to Sac City.

Meantime, the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission director sympathized with a student-athlete charged with illegal betting, according to a new court document.