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Up there. >> reporter: then with that off her chest, jessica looked at the photo of nick the man she claimed was the mastermind of the murder. >> it sounds really dumb, but i wish he wouldnt have been a murderer. >> why? >> hes really hot. why do the hot ones got to be the dumb ones? >> reporter: with that, jessica reeds well planned day, in fact, all of her plans ehave been rated in a jail cell. while detectives focus next on jessicas partner in crime, greg fester. >> conned me into going with ...

Had no idea just how out of control these two had been. or where their jaunts in the stolen truck had taken them. and that, a few weeks later, is where the ring came in. thats when roarer got a call from nebraska, heard how that ring turned up at the scene of a double murder, heard how they tracked it back to the walmart in beaver dam and then to cori and ryan and the stolen truck. that must have been a shocker to get that information, to have it cross your desk. >> a huge shocker. that pretty m...

Regardless of whether he did it or not? i just had to know what the evidence was. >> reporter: then quite by chance, this tiny piece of what seemed to be evidence showed up. police missed it the morning after the murder. one sharp-eyed cop just happened to notice it a couple of days later. it was this gold ring on the kitchen floor. >> i thought somebody took it off to wash their hands and fell down and they forgot about it. >> reporter: but at the time it could have belonged to the victim. coul...

The issue is whether justice is being done. >> reporter: with that, after more than seven months in jail, matt livers was free. >> im innocent. i had absolutely nothing to do with this. >> reporter: and the doubters in the town all around him vanished for him in the joy of it all. >> i just went crazy, praise the lord, praise, thank you, thank you, praise the lord type thing. >> reporter: sara was there, of course, to take him home. they are now, by the way, mr. and mrs. livers. >> best day of m...

Them what they knew to be true. >> you dont admit to me exactly what youve done, im going to walk out that door and do my youre done. >> this is your one shot. we put the olive branch out right now and attempt to help you. okay? electric chair, gas, lethal injection. >> reporter: it was that technique that produced the desired effect. rough, perhaps, but matt livers started confessing. at the new cm show me minivans with no reported accidents. boom. love it. [struggles] show me the carfax. start...

There. it was just me and greg. thats what happened. i am not kidding. and if no one believes me i really want to go back to my cell. >> there were, she said, no other killers, just her, just greg. and that whole story about meeting ji meeting nick at bull do you gos bar, she made it up. for nick samsons lawyer, the case was now as good as done. >> that must be a good feeling. >> no it wasnt. thats a good feeling to know your clients innocent. its a bad feeling to know hes still in jail. you can...

>> 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 made it up, she said, after detectives showed her a picture of the place and asked her if it looked familiar. for nick sampsons lawyer, the case was now as good as done. is must be a go...

There were, she said, no other killers. just her, just greg. and that whole story about meeting nick sampson at bulldogs bar? she made it up, she said, after detectives showed her a picture of the place and asked her if it looked familiar. for nick sampsons lawyer, the case was now as good as done. that must be a good feeling. no, it wasnt. thats a good feeling to know your clients innocent. its a bad feeling to know that your clients still in jail. you cant get him out. the cops are coming up w...

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. >> narrator: there were, she said, no other killers. just her, just greg. and that whole story about meeting nick sampson at bulldogs bar? she made it up, she said, after detectives showed her a picture of the place and asked...

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