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>> i hope they live a miserable life because its turned our lives upside down. they made the choice to go into that house. mom and dad didnt have a choice. my son, who will never know his grandma and grandpa, doesnt have a choice. >> reporter: what really happened that night? what led two wisconsin teenagers to throw away their lives by so callously killing a nebraska farm couple everyone loved? perhaps only two people in the world know what happened inside that farmhouse and why. and one is now...

>> reporter: for hours they locked horns with livers. despite his continued denial of involvement, they knew he was lying. >> weve had too many people sitting in that chair that think theyre smart and theyre not. >> no. youre dumb as a brick. okay? you made a mistake. and you got to pay for it. >> reporter: why were investigators here in nebraska so convinced matt livers was lying? well, besides the polygraph, there was the state profiler who suggested that this is the sort of crime committed by...

And a familys name is carved on a local stone. it was easter sunday, 2006. a big farm yard and like every year, an easter egg hunt. >> grandma and papas yard. >> reporter: or mom and dad to tami who brought her own son, like always. >>y found their easter eggs. they found their easter baskets. mom always made every individual easter basket special to that child. >> reporter: they were like that where wayne and sharmon stock, generous, steady, always there for their children. the eldest steve and...

Beaver dam wisconsin to this walmart store. this is where a girl named cori bought the ring for a boy named ryan. but it wasnt love always, and the ring was soon gathering dust in the cab of ryans red pickup truck. but then the strangest thing happened. the truck was reported stolen from here on ryans 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 ...

Said, this is going to be impossible. >> reporter: so mary asked for help. had a colleague make a computer grid of the more than 3,000 stores a & a shipped to across the country. a block of dates when the ring might have been ordered, and cross matched that with the inscription. how long did that process take? >> it took me probably three days and two nights. >> reporter: does that seem a little over the top? i mean, you can look for an hour or so and say, i cant find it, sorry, and that would b...

After the big family dinner with the stock, he drove home the half hour to lincoln where he stayed all night with his girlfriend sara and saras young son and a roommate. he did admit to having disagreements with his uncle wayne over the various family issues, but those were minor, he said. >> any problems between you guys? >> years ago we kind of had a tiff. yeah, but you know, thats been done, forgetting. >> reporter: matt livers agreed to take a polygraph. >> do you know for sure who caused th...

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 its here also because thats something i did for you. me. and for you to love me as much as i love you. thats the end of the quot...

God, they are some dumb people for getting us brought into this. >> reporter: then she was told the electric chair stood ready for her if she refused to cooperate, and jessica reconsidered. >> this guy, i dont know why, but he does look kind of familiar. >> reporter: thats nick sampson, who looked kind of familiar. and from there, as the hours wore on, jessicas story shape shifted as did the players time and again. until it evolved eventually into a tale that began easter night at bulldogs bar i...

Of jessica reid and greg fester to inch their way over to the defense attorneys. but when they finally did? more surprises. like this comment during the interrogation of jessica reid. >> i know there was nobody else there. it was just me and greg. thats what happened. i am not kidding. and if no one believes me, then i really want to go back to my cell. >> reporter: there were, she said, no other killers. just her, just greg. and that whole story about meeting nick sampson at bulldogs bar? she m...

And so we can dwell on it, but we choose not to. because thats not what mom and dad would want. >> reporter: now the system could grind forward, too, and the system provided defense attorneys, jerry soucie for nick sampson, julie bear for matt livers. >> first thing he says is, look, i told them i did this, but i didnt do this. and youve got to believe me. >> reporter: they all say they didnt do it, right? >> ive been lied to a lot as a defense lawyer. so the cynical side of me goes, mm-hmm, rig...