Catherine Siegel

He was such a bright light and always had a great sunny disposition.

And he would walk into my grandma's house with a big old smile on his face and give us big hugs, very warm and welcoming.

And I do remember people just watching Dawn carefully, which shouldn't come as a surprise to you, but they were watching her very carefully.

And the problem is that everybody grieves and reacts to shock and grief differently.

So I try not to judge how people are behaving in situations like that because grief takes many, many forms.

But I think that people were a little surprised that she was kind of a little more upbeat than you would expect at the reception.

But again, that's not indicating much of anything because people react so differently.

But I do remember seeing her there and she was going around and talking to people and kind of socializing.

But the whole thing was just, it was just so shocking.

Corn stalks can go pretty high.

I mean, like eight, nine feet high.

And you're talking about like a wall of corn rows for as long as you can see that's over your head.

So it's very difficult.

I think that was causing also a challenge for law enforcement because when trying to search for the person that did this, they were running through cornfields at the peak of the growing season.