"Hey, there is nothing to be sorry about." In comparison to how he completely lost it when he learned that his mother had died this was nothing. It wasn't like she asked for her mother to be killed or the news to come on her birthday. If anything it seemed like a horrible hand to be dealt.
Eli pulled her close to him, wrapping his arms around her, not saying anything for a moment. Right now he just felt like he had to be there because that was the best he could offer until he had a better handle on just what was going through her head right now.
Finally, he decided that the best thing was just to ask her. "What can I do? How might I be able to fix this?" Short of going to find the body and digging up what little answers he, he wasn't sure that he had much to offer.