Dark well (1)
The whole family was out and about doing other work in the farm, nobody expected that something like this would happen when it was just a simple job of closing down a dried up well.
But most importantly this information significantly reduced the possibility of it being done by another member of the family. With many witnesses seeing the pair go down and into the well willingly.
It seems that the problem occurred after they went into the well, which only reinforced the fact that they have to go in to have a look and investigate.
There was a make-shift ladder made up of rope that was used by the pair to go down into the well. From up here the inside of the well just looked like a regular cave.
But it was too dark to tell even in daytime visibility was clear only directly under the opening of the well.
"Alright you guys can go back into the house, we're going to take care of things here." Sam ordered the rest of the family to go back.