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Him that roberto or robert as pete calls him was out to steal his birthright. >> paul would come over and tell me horrible stuff about ed and robert. like he said robert told paul that he was going to get my share of what my dad was going to leave me of the ranch. so paul would come over and say stuff to me, and he knew he was going to make me want to go say something or fight with somebody. >> and pete? said he was simply blind to paul's manipulation. >> when you're going through your everyday life, and someone has set you up for over a year and a half, you don't know who to believe. and so i...

Well, as pete tells it, his cousin paul planned the whole thing. set out to frame him. first by lying to him, telling him that roberto or robert as pete calls him was out to steal his birthright. >> paul would come over and tell me horrible stuff about ed and robert. like he said robert told paul that he was going to get my share of what my dad was going to leave me of the ranch. so paul would come over and say stuff to me, and he knew he was going to make me want to go say something or fight with somebody. >> reporter: and pete? said he was simply blind to paul's manipulation. >> when you're ...

>> paul would come over and tell me horrible stuff about ed and robert like he said robert told paul that he was going to get my share of what my dad was going to leave me of the ranch. so paul would come over and say stuff to me and he knew he was going to make me want to go say something or fight with somebody. >> reporter: and pete? said he was simply blind to paul's manipulation. >> when you're going through your everyday life and someone has set you up for over a year and a half, you don't know who to believe and so it kept everybody at odds. my life was so spun out of control and i could...

>> reporter: but pete's wife mary ellen said she could clearly see paul was baiting pete. i would talk to him all the time. >> reporter: when pete got home -- >> he would be angry, upset. telling us things we didn't even know if they were true. >> reporter: dave and sue moore told investigators they, too, thought paul had been setting pete up. >> they talk a lot between themselves, too. and i think paul has been able to manipulate peter. >> reporter: but pete just didn't see it. didn't realize he was being played by his cousin. that just couldn't be. >> we grew up together. we were together ...

>> reporter: why were the cops so focused on pete to begin with? well, as pete tells it, his cousin paul planned the whole thing. set out to frame him. first by lying to him telling him that roberto, or robert as pete calls him, was out to steal his birthright. >> paul would come over and tell me horrible stuff about ed and robert. like he said robert told paul that he was going to get my share of what my dad was going to leave me of the ranch. so paul would come over and say stuff to me and he knew he was going to make me want to go say something or fight with somebody. >> reporter: and pete?...