Chris Starrett, a retired Iowa State Patrol sergeant, vividly recalls investigating the disappearance of 10-year-old Xavier Harrelson after the boy vanished from his Montezuma, Iowa, home. Locals searched through miles of town, wooded areas and farms. Starrett launched a drone equipped with thermal imaging from Diamond Lake Park and flew a two-mile radius, unsuccessfully searching […]
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Jeff Patch is an Iowa-based writer focused on legal, regulatory and political challenges that impact businesses and markets. Patch is a former Des Moines Register correspondent and Politico.com staff writer.