but it wasn t love always, and the ring was soon gathering dust in the cab of ryan s red pickup truck. but then the strangest thing happened. the truck was reported stolen from here on ryan s farm just a few days before the murders of wayne and sharmon stock in far off nebraska. really nothing more than a standard missing vehicle. reporter: jim roarer was then a detective back in dodge county, wisconsin. when the call came in, it suggested some local joy ride, they d find it nearby. instead, what a surprise. our dispatch had received confirmation from a parish down in louisiana that they had the stolen truck. reporter: stolen in wisconsin and abandoned way down in louisiana. that s a long way to go. what did you think? a couple kids on a joy ride. somebody taking it that needed to get back down south for whatever reason. reporter: it wasn t long before they fingered the
one of whom, jessica reid, out on bail over the vehicle theft, responded to an invitation to visit the wisconsin detective, jim roarer. she had to know somewhere in the back of her mind that maybe they know more or want to talk to me about more than just a stolen truck. reporter: did she? in fact, as she settled in, young ms. reid seemed to view the police interview as little more than a nuisance to be endured. my grandma s coming into town, and i kind of i want to do this, but i want to do it a little bit faster. this going to take forever. reporter: jessica was all of 17. did she wonder why the wisconsin cop was joined by investigators from nebraska? i really want to know what nebraska has to do with this? because i don t think we even entered nebraska. reporter: didn t go to nebraska, didn t know anything about a gold ring, she said. she and fester just stole a truck, she said, and fueled by massive dose of over-the-counter cough syrup, went off in search
now united, undeniably, by a single band of gold. that ring sold in a beaver dam walmart and found days after the murder in the kitchen of the stock farmhouse. how did it get there? matt livers never said anything about a ring when he confessed to killing wayne and sharmon stock. nothing about a stolen truck or out of control wisconsin teenagers either. one of whom, jessica reid, out on bail over the vehicle theft, responded to an invitation to visit the wisconsin detective, jim roarer. she had to know somewhere in the back of her mind that maybe they know more or want to talk to me about more than just a stolen truck. reporter: did she? in fact, as she settled in, young ms. reid seemed to view the police interview as little more than a nuisance to be endured. my grandma s coming into town, and i kind of i want to do this, but i want to do it a little bit faster. this going to take forever.
ryan. it wasn t love always and the ring was soon gathering dust in the cab of ryan s red pickup truck. then, the strangest thing happened. the truck was reported stolen from ryan s farm a few days before off nebraska. really nothing more than a standard missing vehicle. reporter: jim roarer was then a detective back in dodge county, wisconsin. when the call came in, it suggested some local joy ride, they d find it nearby. instead, what a surprise. our dispatch had received confirmation from a parish down in louisiana that they had the stolen truck. reporter: stolen in wisconsin and abandoned way down in louisiana. that s a long way to go. what did you think? a couple kids on a joy ride. somebody taking it that needed to get back down south for whatever reason. reporter: it wasn t long before they fingered the suspected thieves. there were two of them. the guy was greg fester, age 19,
two towns, murdock, nebraska, beaver dam, wisconsin, more than 500 miles apart. now united, undeniably, by a single band of gold. that ring sold in a beaver dam walmart and found days after the murder in the kitchen of the stock farmhouse. how did it get there? matt livers never said anything about a ring when he confessed to killing wayne and sharmon stock. nothing about a stolen truck or out of control wisconsin teenagers either. one of whom, jessica reid, out on bail over the vehicle theft, responded to an invitation to visit the wisconsin detective, jim roarer. she had to know somewhere in the back of her mind that maybe they know more or want to talk to me about more than just a stolen truck. reporter: did she? in fact, as she settled in, young ms. reid seemed to view the police interview as little more than a nuisance to be endured. my grandma s coming into town, and i kind of i want to