The discovery of a bloodied, abandoned truck in Iosco County, Michigan, has resulted in a formal murder investigation. According to FOX 2 Detroit, the initial finding of the truck on July 13 in the Huron National Forest by a Department of Natural Resources officer paved the way for what would soon unravel as a homicide case involving two local residents, Clifford Marion Farthing and Doreen Kay Schunk.
Investigators connected the bloody truck to a missing persons report for its owner, William Jackson, even though no victim was found at first. This led to a larger, darker story of murder. Farthing has been charged with open murder and felony firearm, while Schunk with conspiracy to commit homicide - open murder, as reported by MLive.
Further details obtained by WNEM indicate that after a pole barn owned by Schunk came under scrutiny by the authorities, a warrant led to the discovery of human blood droplets, and subsequent confessions indicated that Jackson was shot with a .38 caliber revolver provided by Schunk to Farthing after a disagreement over money escalated to violence.
Shockingly, after Jackson's murder, his body was concealed in the forest—a joint effort to hide a gruesome secret. Farthing transported the body, and Schunk followed by disposing of the weapon. Meanwhile, Iosco County Prosecuting Attorney James Bacarella criticized the Michigan Department of Corrections for placing Farthing in the area against policy, suggesting that "if MDOC had not violated their own policy, Mr. Jackson could still be alive today," as noted by WNEM. Both suspects pleaded not guilty during last Friday’s arraignments and are currently awaiting further legal proceedings.
