Yep. That’s a reefer trailer with the unit from The Road King. They may men the cooling doesn’t work and it was sold as a non-reefer, which would seem common to do.
This guy's family-owned trucking business since the 1950s doesn't sound like the perpetrator. His story about the truck being sold sounds plausible to me.
Let's give him a break until all of the facts are known.