The police were called (Game and Fish in this case) and removed the body. They said over the next few weeks to expect the murderer to return to the scene of the crime to recover the victim (prey).
We have squirrels, rabbits, chipmunks, deer elk in the area. We also have foxes, coyotes, hawks, lynx, black bears, javalina and in this case mountain lion. Number of people have game cameras in the area and the mountain lion has been photographed a number of times. Where the deer was found was fairly close to us. We have small dogs who are never allowed out of the fenced yard and we always go out with them at night. We keep up with the oak leaves and pine needles so doubt our property would be used to stash any prey. Did bury a dead rabbit a few years ago only to find it dug up and gone the next day.