dennis murphy. >> reporter: of the many details concerning the homicide of well-liked school superintendent keithd, perhaps none was more perplex thank the murdered man's cell phone. why was the phone company reporting its location as harrisburg, pennsylvania, four hours south of the crime scene? >> i thought maybe it was a mistake. no one knew of anyone he would know in harrisburg. >> reporter: in the hours after keith's body was found, relatives frantically called that phone, desperate to get a voice on the other end. ed sheriff was shocked on monday when one of them hit pay dirt. >> i just called keith reeds phone and somebody anticipated. i said what? >> that's holy cow moment. >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: it turns out the person saying hello was a construction foreman on a bridge near harrisburg. the phone had been found on some scaffolding, which suggested to detees someone in a car had tried to toss the phone into the river. >> it landed on a bridge deck that was -- had been set up to do repairs to the bridge. it was a very lucky break for us. >> what are the odds? >> 1 in a billion. >> repor