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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...

>> reporter: he agreed to take a polygraph. but again it wasnt quite what the accused hoped for. the polygrapher showed that sampson was deceptive when he denied being at the home when wayne was shot. and investigators seized on that to ratchet up the pressure. >> you were at the house when he was killed. >> no, i was not. >> your bodys telling me otherwise. we need to get past that. whats going on there? >> i honest to god was not at the house when they were killed. >> reporter: but the investi...

Farm background people, and you wouldnt expect it. >> reporter: andy stock, as you can see in these pictures taken on that very day, stood next to his pickup in utter shock waiting for his brother and sister to arrive. and he struggled to process it all. as his fathers words echoed in his mind. >> ill never forget july of 05. dad and i were working together. we were standing there, and he looked at me and he said, son, he said, when its my day to go, hold your head high, keep living life. ill ne...

Spring arrived. the stock farm turned from brown to green. and wayne and sharmons children struggled the best they could to put their lives back in place. >> they both wanted us to strive for so much more and said, you know, you can always do better. >> reporter: and so they may not have noticed so much the riddle that sprouted along with the corn. 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...

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 daughter tami, the youngest andy. >> they were loving parents. >> i dont think they ever missed a game of...

Parents house taped off by that yellow tape. >> reporter: it was a stunning crime. big news throughout the midwest. the stocks the most unlikely victims. wayne found on the upstairs landing dead of a shotgun blast. wife sharmon murdered in her own bedroom. a telephone in hand as if trying to call for help. the county sheriff advised caution. >> right now this is an unsolved homicide. whether its somebody local or somebody from another town, we dont know at this time. >> reporter: who could have ...

When it came to him, it seemed prosecutors were certain to seek the death penalty. wayne and sharmon stock aroused terrified from their sleep sanctity of their own bedroom easter sunday night and shot to death in cold blood. if any case warranted the ultimate punishment thought many nebraskans, then this surely was

Trail to the bullet. wayne tried to get up but was shot in the knee. it left a huge powder burn on the bed. then wayne was shot in the head. sharmon killed, too, as she tried to call 911. then it became apparent, it wasnt just one killer, but at least two. >> when we did the blood pattern analysis, we saw a void area at the top of the steps. >> reporter: which could only mean one thing. as one of the killers fired at wayne stock from behind, this area, called a void area, was where another kille...

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 h...

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, r...