The body of James `` Jimmie '' Horak Jr. was found in heavy mud in a swampy , wooded area . He had been shot to death with an arrow and his head cut off by another person who then dumped the remains into a nearby creek. Company owner : January : Horak apparently cut away his main parachute and deployed a backup . Sheriff : Other jumpers noticed some kind of equipment trouble .
The body of James `` Jimmie '' Horak Jr. was found in heavy mud in a swampy , wooded area . He had been shot to death with an arrow and his head cut off by another person who then dumped the remains into a nearby creek. Company owner : Horak apparently cut away his main parachute and deployed a backup . Sheriff : Other jumpers noticed some kind of equipment trouble .