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12 gauge. >> then greg shot the guy in the back of the head. and he went back in that room and shot that lady. he ran down the stairs and i ran after him. and that ring that they found -- >> >> reporter: yeah. >> it flew off and i didnt know until way, way later when they showed me a picture of it. because i knew i lost that ring, but i had no idea where. >> reporter: what was it like in that truck on the way away? >> we didnt say anything. i mean, i started crying at one point and greg just loo...

>> reporter: ballistics tests soon confirmed that the shell found in reids cigarette box matched spent shells found at the murder scene. the murder weapon, stolen from the same wisconsin farmhouse where reid and fester stole the red pickup truck. blood found on reids clothes and festers shoes matched the victim, wayne stock. and icing on the cake. dna found on the gold ring and the marijuana pipe matched only fester and reid. both were charged. first degree murder. of course, as all this was hap...

Reid in jail, detectives set about finding physical evidence to back up their claims. and incredibly, once again, one little thing, not a ring this time, but a cigarette box was about to turn the whole business upside down all over again. >> what were looking for is anything at all that would tie them to nebraska or any other location that they were at during their crime sprees. >> reporter: oh, and he found it all right. here, hidden behind a picture frame, was this cigarette box,

A guy he called thomas. so a little confusing perhaps, but for the investigators from nebraska, it seemed to be starting to come together. what was their sense of things after that first day of questioning? >> i think sense of accomplishment mainly because we do have confessions from greg and jessica for the homicides. >> reporter: lets go out and have a beer time? >> well, its a reason to pretty much do a high five. >> reporter: thats just what these investigators did. now with greg fester and ...

12 gauge. >> then greg shot the guy in the back of the head. and he went back in that room and shot that lady. he ran down the stairs and i ran after him. and that ring that they found -- >> >> reporter: yeah. >> it flew off and i didnt know until way, way later when they showed me a picture of it. because i knew i lost that ring, but i had no idea where. >> reporter: what was it like in that truck on the way away? >> we didnt say anything. i mean, i started crying at one point and greg just loo...

>> you know what? 17 years old and you have just thrown the rest of your life away. >> reporter: she tried to explain the words, changed her story again, confessed to firing one gunshot. then admitted something else quite shocking. that she had enjoyed it. >> okay. ill tell you guys like i liked the adrenaline of it. >> i know you did it. >> i didnt like what caused the adrenaline rush. but i liked the adrenaline rush. >> reporter: thats a real shocker for you. you dont run into that in this lit...

Teenagers, jessica reed and greg fester, stories that they had witnessed but did not commit the gruesome murders of wayne and sharmon stock in murdock, nebraska. roarer went to reids place, a sort of flophouse for teens, as he called it. >> what were looking for is anything at all that would tie them to nebraska or any other location that they were at during their crime sprees. >> reporter: oh, and he found it all right. here, hidden behind a picture frame, was this cigarette box, and inside, a ...

You dont run into that in this little town too often. >> well, no. and you dont run into it with a young girl either. >> reporter: ballistics tests soon confirmed that the shell found in reids cigarette box matched spent shells found at the murder scene. the murder weapon, stolen from the same wisconsin farmhouse where reid and fester stole the red pickup truck. blood found on reids clothes and festers shoes matched the victim, wayne stock. and icing on the cake. dna found on the gold ring and t...

Have a beer time? >> well, its a reason to pretty much do a high five. >> reporter: thats just what these investigators did. now with greg fester and jessica reid in jail, detectives set about finding physical evidence to back up their claims. and incredibly, once again, one little thing, not a ring this time, but a cigarette box was about to turn the whole business upside down all over again. >> what were looking for is anything at all that would tie

Them to nebraska or any other location that they were at during their crime sprees. >> reporter: oh, and he found it all right. here, hidden behind a picture frame, was this cigarette box, and inside, a shotgun shell, 12 gauge, the same gauge as used in the murders. and there was more folded up in that little box. this letter apparently meant for greg fester, that said, quote, and this bullet? well, bunny, its the only thing left. and i loved it. but thats something well talk about one day. but ...