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an unspeakable site. >> when i started up the stairs, there was blood on the walls. >> it was a very brutal crime scene. it was one of the worst i have ever seen. >> a loving couple dead. was the killer one of the family? >> they said, they arrested matt. and i said, who? and he said, our cousin mapped. >> -- and blew it away -- >> but this case was not solved. one tiny clue did not fit at all. >> the inscription said that love always -- who is blind and who is -- the >> trail would le...

Of the ocean before running out of gas and money and leaving that pickup truck in louisiana. but then they showed her a picture of a marijuana pipe, which, along with the gold ring, turned up at the stock farmhouse. and jessica reids mantle began to crack. >> okay. i did steal -- i stole a whole bunch of money from somebody. i dont know who, i dont know where. i just remember stealing a whole bunch of money. yes, we did lose that pipe when they stole this money. >> reporter: reid then blurted it...

Guilty to murder in the second degree. and in march 2 thousand 2007 not yet a year since the killing they entered a courtroom. >> reporter: you went to the sentencing. >> i did. the first time i saw them. i didnt think i could feel so much anger and sorrow and sadness. >> i remember thinking i didnt think i could be this mad. >> yes. >> reporter: in the courtroom, jessica reid and greg fester each apologized to the stock family. and then the judge handed down their sentences. for fester, two con...

Feeling you had as you said that? >> like panic. it was like craziness like god, what if they wake up. you know? >> reporter: but. >> he just turned and went into that room. the guy had rolled out of bed and they were wrestling with the gun. and i just was like startled and my gun went off. and i have no idea where that shot went. >> reporter: sources close to the investigation, though, tell "dateline" theres reason to believe that whether jessica knows it or not, her wild shot may have been the...

That i cant go back and fix. >> reporter: the truth about that night? here it is, said jessica. she and fester, days without sleep or real food, have been driving aimlessly through wisconsin, iowa, nebraska, breaking into homes along the way. in one, she, too, grabbed a shotgun, so on easter night there they were both armed, drugged and wired when they drove down another back road completely at random. and greg said stop. and at what turned out to be the stock farmhouse, in they went. >> greg wa...

Me because i know the truth. >> greg blew a guys head off. and he shot a hole through the ladys face. >> reporter: there, shed said it. it was greg fester who killed the stocks. but why would she then write that note? >> greg killed someone. he was older. i loved it. i wish i could do it all the time. if greg doesnt watch it, im going to leave one day and go do it myself. youre in a lot of trouble, young lady. >> i didnt kill this guy, though! i didnt have a gun! how am i supposed to kill somebo...

Fester and jessica reid. >> greg blew a guys head off. >> reporter: and told the story of the 12 gauge shotgun. the shells, the ring, the marijuana pipe and, most tellingly, that dna. irrefutably linking reid and fester to the crime scene. suddenly, it was all beginning to make sense to those public defenders. remember, theyd been skeptical when their new clients professed innocence, but ever since then, theyd been asking themselves one very simple question, where was the evidence? and in their ...

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 looked at me and he was like, dont do that. you know. >> reporter: but what about those letters? the words found later in that

Suspected thieves. there were two of them. the guy was greg fester, age 19, with a history of drug use, suicide attempts, anger issues. fester was on probation for weapons and disorderly conduct convictions. >> greg was a little odd. he seemed a bit slow. just didnt seem to grasp things quite as well as a typical person. >> reporter: festers alleged accomplice was a 17-year-old named jessica reid. a former honor roll student and cheerleader turned troubled teen after a divorce. shed become mixed...

Price of a budweiser i was able to read the affidavit of the arrest warrant. >> reporter: those affidavits slipped to attorneys by a reporter contained details culled from the hours and hours of police interviews with greg