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Have been the worst moment of his life. >> i left. i came back downstairs. and my wife was talking at the time to 911 dispatch. and i said, "hes dead." >> roger and pam took a polygraph test. and what do you know? roger was found to be deceptive. and pam? was jumpy. the operator couldnt complete the test. but still, roger and pam swore up and down they had nothing to do with it, they were victims themselves. truth be told, the police needed some real evidence. and out of the blue something arriv...

A >> a few questions turned into many. >> did you have a key to the apartment? >> yes. >> and were pointed. >> did you hurt her? >> i would never -- i would kill myself before i hurt her. >> they would leave me alone in the room. they would ask me questions. >> oh, my god. oh, please tell me what am i going to do? >> after awhile the police told kevin, you could go home. they had other people to talk to, young men nona had been seeing while kevin was away at college. it wasnt long before the det...

Cops run into it all the time. >> they say they do. >> and thats clearly what they were thinking when they talked to you. >> yes. >> did they make that clear? >> they didnt make much clear to us. they just said that we were not being cooperative with them. even though from the very beginning we told them everything that happened. they just didnt believe it. they didnt believe that two people would kill one person and leave two more alive. >> perhaps. but what about roger and pams apparent financ...

>> its gonna be bad for you if you fail the polygraph. >> i dont see any reason why i would fail a polygraph. >> reporter: oh, it would turn out be to be bad, very bad for matt. the bomb turned out to be a fake. >> certainly were considering all possibilities, whether or not he was coerced. >> could your guys determine if the story was true or not? >> could not. >> there is no corroborating evidence other than his mom. >> no evidence to support matts story. investigators searched his house and c...

Laura nirider of northwestern universitys innocence project is a leading expert in false confessions by young people. she had heard about roberts case and offered to help. and help us understand what happened to robert as we watched the interrogation unfold. >> this is one of the most intense interrogations i have ever seen. >> you have the right to remain silent. anything you say can and will be used against you. >> you have these officers very, very close to robert. he is a big guy. pushed int...

Right now. i am being honest. i will take a polygraph test. i have said that how many times. officer snead, i was not there. i will take a polygraph test right now to prove to you that i was not there. >> when you have someone in the interrogation room who offers to take a polygraph, thats a strong sign of innocence that should not be disregarded. >> we know you were in the house. >> sneads partner ups the ante. >> i was nowhere near the house. >> they have evidence, he says. >> we know you were...

In the restaurant? >> im kind of back in a corner, yeah. >> he watched the student have a few drinks, and when he left, the detective snagged the dirty beer mugs and sent them out for dna testing. the results would take weeks, leaving a town full of young people on edge. >> dads and moms were telling their college age kids, be alert everywhere you go. go with people when you go out. dont be alone. and thats a frightening order to give anybody. >> frightening, but sound advice, because in this ca...

We turn next tonight to the search of a missing wife i we turn next tonight to the search of a missing wife in the mojave desert. her husband breaking down, pleading for her return. here is will carr. >> reporter: tonight authorities are scouring one of the hottest places on earth with k-9s after 69-year-old barbara thomas vanished a week ago. according to her husband, she vanished in the mojave desert wearing only a black bikini and a red hat with a beer in hand. he says he stopped to take a ...

He and his wife barbara were alone when she disappeared last friday. thomas said he failed a polygraph test. >> police consider me the prime suspect because there was just the two of us. i know that polygraphs arent 100% and i have not had any sleep. >> thomas says he had nothing to do with her disappearance and that he last saw his wife walking ahead of him as he stopped to take a photo. >> by the time i took the pictures she was continuing on because she wanted to get to the rv and she rounded...

This case, when you look at the gunpowder residue, there was none on bambi. >> he said that one bit of hard evidence detectives thought they had against bambi, what they thought was blood on her boot, turned out to be nothing. >> detectives said, weve got her dna on this boot. its going to belong to one of the two people. they couldnt even say it was dna. >> as for the polygraph test, detectives said bambi failed to pass, according to irvin, those results were suspicious. >> the last question th...