Man Goes Missing While Driving to Visit His Dying Grandma. Weeks Later, He's Found Dead
Marcus Anthony Taylor was traveling from Fort Worth and heading to Wisconsin to pay a visit, according to a post from Missing Persons In the USA, shared by the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office.
Taylor was driving a blue Hyundai Santa Fe with a South Dakota license plate, the bulletin read. The license plate was last read on April 8 in northern Missouri on Interstate 35.
Then on Friday, April 25, the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office stated that a single-vehicle accident occurred on April 8 at about 10:50 p.m. local time.
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'An extensive search was done that night, including a drone with thermal imaging as well as a K9 officer and other fire and rescue crew members and no driver or any individual was able to be located in or around the vehicle,' the sheriff's office said at the time. 'Area hospitals and businesses were also checked. At the time of this accident, he was not an entered missing person.'
Several hours later that same day, the department offered another update, stating that a body matching the description of Taylor was found about 1 mile from the crash site and search area.
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'The male was located within a closed structure that would have made it impossible to locate without the help of 'STAR 1 Search and Rescue' out of Story County and their canine and equine teams,' the sheriff's office said. "It appears as if the male made his way to this structure after the car accident to try and find shelter.'
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'There is no foul play suspected,' the agency added.
Authorities further said that the victim's family was notified, and the body was taken to the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation laboratory to be autopsied.
The grandmother has since passed away, a loved one wrote on Facebook.
"We are saddened by this loss, but comforted that he joins his mom Maria and recently passed Granny in heaven!" the person wrote.
PEOPLE contacted the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation for additional information on Tuesday, April 29.
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