Deadly Feud - excerpt from chapter 2

The coroner arrived just past eight. Triplett had asked all the basic questions and now it was up to the coroner to figure this out. Howard Marcus was the lead coroner and had been for about ten years. He didn’t really know the Hansen’s and had little dealings with Triplett. Not many questionable or unattended deaths occur in this community and he had a large area to cover. This was probably just another farming accident or natural death. Triplett immediately got the impression that the coroner was “put out” from having to come all this way after quitting time. Triplett and Marcus made their way to the shed. Triplett had asked Abram, Mark and his grandmother to stay inside the house until the coroner was finished with his initial examination. He certainly didn’t want Ms. Hansen to see her husband lying there. It would be too much of a shock for her. It was hard enough for him to witness it. Marcus began his inspection of the body which was difficult considering it was pitch black in the shed. Triplett stood by with the flashlight to help him examine Hansen, wishing he was a million miles from there. “Looks as though he has had a blow to the back of the head, he said as he rolled the body slightly. Don’t think this is the normal farming accident.” Marcus advised and pointed to the red stained shovel in the far corner of the shed. “We will need to seal off the area and see if there are any prints on that shovel.” He added.