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And the only reason i picked him out of that crowd was i heard through the grapevine that his brother's car was used. >> what are you telling me this now for? what do you think this is going to accomplish now? >> nothing. i'm just trying to come clean, i mean. >> reporter: now, that was a bombshell. livers' own attorney had never been told by authorities that he'd recanted his confession. so basically from the official story, his recantation simply disappeared? >> right. >> reporter: the cass county sheriff's department declined "dateline's" request or interviews or explanations of how this ha...

Henthorn cases says sheriff's detectives did investigate, at least initially. >> everything was progressing as if this was suspicious, and then all of a sudden the brakes were put on the investigation. it was declared an accident and forgotten for nearly 20 years. >> reporter: detective charlie mccormick thinks the reason for that was the coroner's quick ruling that lynn's death was accidental. >> if you're a policeman and you're trying to investigate a crime and all of a sudden the coroner, who really has jurisdiction over all, says it's an accident, you're a little bit cut off at the pass. t...

Tapp say they are still certain, well the search continues for that third man, the dna donor, tapp and ben hobbs are killers as well. >> as for ben hobbs, he's still in prison in nevada, and still denies any involvement in angie's murder. he declined "dateline's" request for an interview. for dr. greg hampikian of idaho innocence project, the answer still lies not in the machinery of law, but in science. that dna left at the scene, it points, he says, to the simplest explanation, not to a third man or even a second one, but just one.

So basically from the official story, his recantation simply disappeared? >> right. >> reporter: the cass county sheriff's department declined "dateline's" request or interviews or explanations of how this happened or, for that matter, anything else about the case, but in december, 2006, seven months after the murders, prosecution experts finally agreed, too, livers' confessions were deemed unreliable. >> i went over to the jail and matt was in his cell and we told him, you know, it's over. you're going home. and, you know, i probably had the biggest hug from a man that i've ever had in my lif...

Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets saturday in cities nationwide to protest the trump administration's zero tolerance immigration policy of separating families. more than 2,000 children still remain separated from their families. meanwhile, the president is spending the weekend at his bedminster golf club in new jersey. he will announce his pick for the supreme court candidate on july 9th. now, back to "dateline." reporters can smell a story, and soon they were all over this one. christina morris' face was everywhere, including on "dateline's" own "missing in america series." t...