Yeah, sounds like they had some issues.
My Great Grandfather was a “sea captain” (Fisherman) and worked out of Trondheim. His family (my grandmother) lived down near Bergen. In the 1870’s or so he never came back from Trondheim. Word traveled slow back then, the family didn’t know if he was still out at sea, lost at sea, etc.
One day his body floated up to the surface - he had been killed. They figured it might have been for his money after getting paid for his catch.
I guess I at least know a bit more about him than we do about this poor guy in the well. Unless his name is told in the Saga - and he has been remembered for a thousand years!