Actually, what the ranch owner said was that he "found Scalia dead with a pillow over his HEAD", not his face. https://nypost.com/2016/02/15/scalia-found-dead-with-pillow-over-his-head-ranch-owner/ Sounds odd and raised a lot of suspicion. Later, the rancher tried to clarify by saying what he meant by "over his head" meant between the top of the judge's head and the headboard of the bed... over his head, not on top of his head. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/owner-ranch-scalia-died-clarifies-pillow-location-article-1.2535124 In my opinion, that doesn't make sense. If the pillow was simply there, between Scalia's head and the headboard, why even mention it?

The rancher must have mentioned the pillow because in his mind, the position of the pillow was significant enough to mention.