https://www.ketv.com/article/nebraska-t ... y/42473893
Someone on Beechtalk had this to say about it.
Doesn't look like an upright impact to me. Looks more like a nose down hard impact. From news rpts, sounded like it wasn't reported missing until about 11pm local. If they left early enough in the evening and if my google-fu is working, weather was clear, then scattered, then overcast. Don't know if the aircraft (whose tail # I can't find from reports) was equipped for IFR.
Nearby METARS (AFK 13NM NNE of K01) from around the time:
KAFK 120155Z AUTO 02009G14KT 10SM CLR 00/M02 A2992 RMK AO2 T00001021
KAFK 120215Z AUTO 02015G18KT 10SM SCT120 00/M02 A2993 RMK AO2 T00001023
KAFK 120235Z AUTO 01015KT 10SM CLR 00/M02 A2993 RMK AO2 T00001025
KAFK 120255Z AUTO 01019G22KT 10SM SCT011 SCT120 00/M03 A2994 RMK AO2 T10051027
KAFK 120315Z AUTO 01017G22KT 10SM OVC011 M01/M03 A2994 RMK AO2 T10071030
KAFK 120335Z AUTO 01018G22KT 10SM OVC011 M01/M03 A2996 RMK AO2 T10131035
KAFK 120355Z AUTO 01016G23KT 10SM OVC011 M02/M04 A2998 RMK AO2 T10171040
KAFK 120415Z AUTO 01015G19KT 10SM OVC011 M02/M05 A2999 RMK AO2 T10251049