and that, a few weeks later, is where the ring came in. that s when roarer got a call from nebraska, heard how that ling turned up at the scene of a double murder, heard how they tracked it back to the walmart in beaver dam and then to cori and ryan and the stolen truck. that must have been a shocker to get that information, to have it cross your desk. a huge shocker. that pretty much sends a chill down your spine. reporter: what was going on? how were these two teenagers, reid and fester, tied to the murders of wayne and sharmon stock? or were they at all? coming up an interrogation of one of the teens provides a chilling first glimpse of what may have happened inside that farm house. i freaked out and left because obviously that guy s up there killing somebody. it s tough to quit smoking cold turkey.
and now the arrests of these teenagers from wisconsin, two people clearly present at the crime scene, but never mentioned at all in any of matt livers hours and hours of police interviews. all this led julie bear to head over to the jail to ask matt livers face-to-face about these alleged accomplices, reid and fester. present him with, you know, this is what s being said. do you know these people? reporter: and? not a clue. not seen them, never spoke to them. reporter: maybe he was lying to you. not a chance. reporter: it would take another month for copies of those videotaped interrogations of jessica reid and greg fester to inch their way over to the defense attorneys. but when they finally did? more surprises. like this comment during the interrogation of jessica reid. i know there was nobody else there. it was just me and greg. that s what happened. i am not kidding. and if no one believes me, then i really want to go back to my cell. reporter: there were, she said
arrested reid and fester. up in wisconsin. and we got no details on it at all. reporter: but when they did, the lawyers just knew their clients were innocent. everything clicked. you knew exactly what the case was at that point. reporter: or did they? if the attorneys for matt livers and nick sampson thought their clients were suddenly in the clear, they had some more thinking to do. because now the question was were matt and nick in it together with jessica and greg? coming up talk to them. present him with do you know these people. reporter: and? not a clue. reporter: maybe he was lying to you. when in the dead of night continues. let s be honest.
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 had to know somewhere in the back of her mind that maybe they know more or want to talk to me about more than just a stolen truck. reporter: did she? in fact, as she settled in, young ms. reid seemed to view the police interview as little more than a nuisance to be endured. my grandma s coming into town, and i kind of i want to do this, but i want to do it a little bit faster. this going to take forever.
many nebraskans, then surely it was this. but to all the mystifying moves by police and prosecutors, add one more. a judge ruled that the county attorney actually missed the deadline to seek the death penalty. first degree murder for greg fester was off the table. before long, a new deal was reached. both fester and reid pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree. and in march 2007, not yet a year since the killings, they entered a courtroom. you went to the sentencing? we did. it was the first time we saw them. i didn t think i could feel so much anger and sorrow and sadness. i remember thinking i didn t think i could be this mad. yes. reporter: in the courtroom, jessica reid and greg fester each apologized to the stock family. and then the judge handed down their sentences. for fester, two consecutive life terms plus another 10 to 20 for using a weapon.