 The hot water cauterised de Cantilupe's wounds and made his body easier to transport; it also, suggests Pedersen, implies that they had assistance from the house's domestic staff, and, by extension, that "entire household was involved in aiding and abetting the murder".He argues that

The corpse was placed in a sack, and the killers transported it to the east, dumping it near Grayingham.Here they dressed the corpse in "fine garments", including a belt and spurs.