I wouldn't jump to accuse anyone until it is investigated. I see you are from Virginia, I grew up there, not where you are, but in the S. West part of the state near Ky. About 40 yrs ago squirrell hunting there was the big thing. One day after school there was some boys that went hunting after school. They were up on a ridge, and one of them got turned around and somehow thought he saw a squirrell. It was his friends hair sticking out from the side of the tree. It was investigated by the police and ruled an accident.