they went back to the trailer and called the sheriff and he was there in fifteen minutes.-when johnny told him one of his workers had been murdered , he realized he would need the coroner , too.-sheriff lampton called the coroner and when he arrived a few minutes later , they spent a lot of time at the scene.-then the body was removed and the coroner took it back to fordsville and eventually on to hartford for processing there.- the sheriff took statements from ed , johnny and chrissy.-about all anybody could tell him about the car and its occupants was that the car was long and black and there seemed to be only the two men in it.-ed did finally remember that the license plates werent local and that he thought they had a blue star in the background .