up the hill follow me, guys and the dog led them up there reporter: this hill right here? right here. and went up into the back of the property. reporter: jack bounded up and down the hill, until police followed him. and there they found something shocking. a mound of disturbed dirt. they began to dig. cher s husband keith waited at the bottom of the hill. the police went up with shovels, and then they came down, about two hours later, and said, we need you to come up and take a look. reporter: in a shallow grave hidden under a mound of garbage, the police made a horrible discovery the body of cher hughes. she had been shot once in the back of the head. i imagine that was one of the hardest days of your life. yeah. it sure is. i mean, no no one should ever see someone they cared about look like that. reporter: now, keith finally understood why jack kept swimming to bill s place. he d swim that mile back and just stay right there. he was staying true to m
governor andy beshear telling cnn this morning that the list of people still missing is roughly eight pages long, single-spaced. we want to take you now to dawson springs. that s where we find cnn s ed lavandera. describe to us what you re seeing and what you re experiencing there. reporter: hey, boris. well, the search and rescue operations have continued throughout the day. the sun is close to setting once again on this small community of nearly 3,000 people. and the buzz is starting to taper off. but throughout the day we have seen search and rescue k-9 teams going through. and they have made more depressing discoveries here. the death toll in this county in hopkins county where dawson springs is was ten. we are told now by the medical examiner the death toll is now 12. this is the devastation that so many people are seeing. you might see down there at the bottom of the hill that there s a gentleman walking around.