Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-101.160.220.13-20130702135329/@comment-10207438-20130702150928

AzuraKnight wrote: How do you accidentally kill him when he's in a cell behind bars?! If you can reach Sinding's body in the cell somehow you can complete the quest then and there. If not reloading a older save is all i think you can do. nah, you can shoot arrows through the bars. I saved before that so I could test it.

but yeah, if you started the quest and he stayed in jail you probably broke the quest, so... go back to an old save. if not, have fun without the ring of hircine and/or the saviours hide.