searched it was just looked at. reporter: why not do a thorough search earlier? i guess part of we didn t lock and load on season avery. we went in there and did that first search but we had 12 more buildings and four more residences to search so we had a lot to do. reporter: still, it wasn t just when the key was found that has avery supporters skeptical. it s who found it. these two men james link and andrew coburn. then with the county s sheriff s department. it turned out they had just been deposed in avery s lawsuit. when they were sgofdeposed w late found out. reporter: do you think they shouldn t have been in there at all just to avoid all of this speculati speculation? it s army to arm chair quarterback and second guess. i think we would have done that if we had the resources but you re talking about a small rural county being assisted by another smaller rural county,