 Kunnecke did not realise who the man was at first, until a freight hauler asked him what the sheriff was doing at his farm.This statement frightened William, who immediately rushed out to the creek and dug out Demler's frozen body, intending to hide it in a secluded location and subsequently burn it.Unbeknownst to him, however, Sheriff Feeney, along with a posse of six other men and two teenagers, had gone to his farm again in search of any clues.