Let’s keep it one hundred: the system failed everybody involved in this mess. For seven straight days, the feds and local police were hyping up this massive manhunt for 22-year-old Oscar Sanchez-Munoz, who was wanted for a string of highway shootings on I-70. But when the dust finally settled, it wasn't some high-priced FBI task force or highly trained police K-9s that brought closure. It was the suspect's own family, who had to go down into a flooded, collapsed, burned-out basement in Independence, Missouri, to dig through the trash and find his decomposing body themselves.

This whole situation started getting wild when Sanchez-Munoz allegedly started shooting at cars right on I-70, not even far from Arrowhead Stadium where people were trying to watch the FIFA World Cup matches. He allegedly shot up at least six cars across different states, leaving one person dead and four others wounded. One of those victims was an Uber driver just trying to hustle and make a bag while transporting soccer fans. The feds put a $25,000 bounty on Sanchez-Munoz, telling everyone he was "armed and dangerous."

But the real tragedy started way before the shootings. His family told investigators the young man was dealing with severe schizophrenia. Instead of getting him real help, the situation escalated into a full-blown crisis, ending in an overnight police standoff that saw the house go up in flames.

After the fire, the police and feds claimed they searched the property over and over again with dogs and found absolutely nothing. They blamed it on the basement being partially collapsed, flooded with water, and filled with "clutter." Think about that: millions of dollars in law enforcement tech, and some wet basement clutter is enough to stop them in their tracks.

So the family had to step up. They went back to the burned house several times, and on Wednesday around 2:00 p.m., they started moving the debris themselves. They noticed a bad smell, dug a little deeper, and found the decomposing body. The clothes on the body matched exactly what the shooter was wearing during the attacks.

Even Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche was on TV speculating that the suspect was probably dead inside the house, but his officers still couldn't find him. It's a shame that a grieving family, already dealing with their relative's mental health struggles and the fallout of his actions, had to perform the heavy lifting because the authorities couldn't get the job done.

Now, the medical examiner has to do the official ID and figure out how he died. The police are telling everyone the neighborhood is safe now and the surviving victims are going to pull through, but the community is still left wondering why the people with all the power and money always seem to leave the hardest jobs to regular folks.

Sources: * Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Wanted Database * U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General Public Statements * Independence Missouri Police Department Incident Reports * Jackson County Medical Examiner's Office Records