Couple on unusual activity at neighbor's home: "I think they finally killed him"
When Gary Herbst, described by his Minnesota neighbors as confrontational, disappeared on July 8, 2013, it appeared he walked out on his wife and teenage son. Years later, a startling discovery would confirm what neighbors thought they might have witnessed.
March 21, 2026 / 11:20 PM EDT / CBS News
It was in June 2020 when Linda Dane learned the disturbing circumstances of how her long-lost brother Gary Herbst's skull had been found by a dog in rural Barron County, Wisconsin.
Linda Dane : Yeah, it's kind of, uh, eerie-type thing to think of, but it still led to finding out what happened, the truth.
Linda says Gary, who was 57 when he went missing, was a loner with a difficult personality who rarely saw his own extended family — which is why pictures that exist of him are from his younger years.
Linda Dane : He could be stubborn. He could be crabby.
Skull found by a dog in Wisconsin woods identified as Gary Herbst