to hide, this lie detector test is going to help you, it's going to clear your name, you'll be home by this afternoon. >> though he's eager to clear his name, lowery is nervous about the polygraph. he decides to lawyer up. >> it kind of set back malugani a little bit. he goes you don't need a lawyer right now. all we want to do is ask you questions. you're not under arrest so you don't need a lawyer. >> though police will later dispute this, lowery says his repeated requests for a lawyer were denied. >> i don't know. maybe i should have had more backbone and said, you know, i'm walking out of here and i'm leaving, but i was so naive about my rights. i didn't know my rights. >> raised in covina, california, in a family with eight children, lowery had a conventional childhood. he played football in high school and graduated before entering the army. he had never been inside an interrogation room. >> in a case like eddie's where