>> i started up the stairs, blood on the walls. right or wrong, come on. it must have seemed to you as if they were letting two murderers back on the street. and i'm where i should be. grandma, none of us understand any of this. >> it was incredible. she answered the phone call and she didn't even recognize andy's voice. >> well, it kind of was like that, but it was more of a long process. then wayne shot in the head. >> greg blew a guy's head off. >> reporter: because around this county in rural nebraska were a great many people perhaps a majority who were still quite certain of nick's guilt. >> reporter: maybe he was lying to you. this was the place. >> yes. A man's ring helps investigators solve the crime. >> not a clue. >> i'd like to report an attempted break-in. there was every indication in there that there was a problem. >> to make himself look better. >> when "in the dead of night" continues. once again, here is keith morrison. what are you doing? in the kitchen she said she found $500 in an envelope. he was older. the lead crime scene investigator was sent to prison. >> it did seem like they were just letting them go, but i guess nobody knew any different. this is a tape of matt livers in a second interview the day after his confession. here i go again on my own goin' down the only road i've ever known like a drifter i was-- born to walk alone! >> that's when they mentioned the ring and double homicide and the fact nobody else at the company was willing to help. i think i did start screaming. the spot on nick's jeans thought to be blood wasn't human blood at all. just a couple of hours after wayne and sharmon stock's son discovered their bodies in their rural nebraska farmhouse on easter monday 2006, the word got law enforcement swarmed the scene, neighbors expressed shock in that understated midwestern way. Consecutive life sentences handed down in Murdock murders. why would they have been at the scene of a crime committed hundreds of miles away in nebraska? no, no, no. i better go upstairs. giving you the power to actually lower your cost. that's what happened. Dateline Families Satisfied With Cass County Sentences. so you quit dancing around with me, because i know the truth. family members said he was slow, different. >> she came in the back and said, tam, something's wrong. phone, i was sitting up in the bed. i said, i'm not going anywhere until you tell me what's wrong. i just didn't. perhaps only two people in the world know what happened inside that farmhouse and why. >> reporter: cass county prosecutor nathan cox was, once again, left to make the announcement. >> well, i'm here to cooperate with you, gentleman. after all, livers' girlfriend, a woman with an impeccable reputation, insisted matt was home all night with her, 30 miles away in lincoln the night of the murders. >> reporter: but if it seems strange to you that an innocent man could remain so long under suspicion, imagine how bizarre it was about to become as the accused and the accuser play out a truly disturbing drama we'll call trading places. tell your doctor if you've had mental health problems. for fester, two consecutive life terms plus another 10 to 20 for using a weapon. At 10:07 p.m., a call came into the Colleton County Sheriffs Department. here, the rich black topsoil has grown generations of solid and faithful americans. >> i think he just wants to forget it ever happened. Dateline not even it told the whole twisted truth. mom always made every individual easter basket special to that child. at this farmhouse, now. very christian people? after all, his own cousin matt admitted full out that they both killed those lovely people. >> reporter: were those detectives even paying attention to the sort of man they were talking to? >> it has to be surreal, a moment like that. >> a huge shocker. >> we did the blood pattern analysis we saw a void area at the top of the steps. can help you quit slow turkey. to lose one is horrible, but to lose both of them. they touched the lives of so many people. you've got him. this was his house in lincoln, 30 miles from the murder scene. so detectives were pretty sure matt livers was telling the truth and nick sampson was lying. where do we go? >> to stop being suspicious. the marijuana pipe. March 8, 2023, 12:31 PM PST By Dateline NBC It was June 7, 2021. and who? >> reporter: were you like that at the time? >> as lifers was confessing and he and sampson were put in jail, one of them kept puzzling over that little ring. it's just that it's lavender. only at your authorized mercedes-benz dealer. this letter apparently meant for greg fester. >> around 11:00, 11:30, both kass and i were like, something is really wrong. >> reporter: add to that a ballistics test confirmed the gun found under nick's bed was not the murder weapon. the prairie takes on a sweet rolling pitch as it tucks into a nebraska corner, an hour south of omaha. he said, your mom and dad have been killed. and for the stock family, ever graceful and remarkably forgiving people, afterwards? you're going home. talk to your doctor about chantix. >> what are you telling me this now for? flonase relieves your worst symptoms including nasal congestion, which most pills don't. DATELINE NBC EXCLUSIVE: FAMILY OF MURDAUGH HOUSEKEEPER BREAKS THEIR SILENCE IN FIRST INTERVIEW SINCE HER DEATH. >> reporter: but couldn't they have used, you know, those kind of phones that you can buy that you can't trace? >> and he named an accomplice. and from there, as the hours. there was, remember, that blood from victim wayne stock found in a car connected to nick sampson and spotted near the murder scene. >> reporter: let's go out and have a beer time? when you try to quit smoking, with or without chantix, you may have nicotine withdrawal symptoms. why would anyone want them dead? i didn't have a gun! >> reporter: stolen in wisconsin and abandoned way down in louisiana. and it was a horrible thing. i'm finally out. steve and tammy and andy. it's like we're his parents. >> i'm not. The tiny town of Murdock, Neb., where many hadn't locked their doors for years, was in utter disbelief. but what about matt? dad would always stop farming to be at a game, similar to mom. thanks, man. >> no, it wasn't. A dark night in South Carolinas Low Country. On the night of June 7th, 2021, Alex Murdaugh, a prominent South Carolina attorney, reported finding his wife, Maggie, and youngest son, Paul, shot dead; Family members of a housekeeper employed by the Murdaugh speaks to Dateline. >> reporter: how long was that second tape withheld? that was my way of showing greg that i was okay with it. Dateline 2019 48 Hours Mystery still a lot of work to be done. >> he kind of ran into the room and he -- i heard this scream and he shot again. >> reporter: nick sampson was now off the hook. this time, lo and behold a stain. >> it was perhaps the central moment in his life so far. When Murder Came to Murdock >> i've been just making things up to satisfy you guys. incredibly, with more words penned by jessica reid. that pretty much sends a chill down your spine. TV Archive so it wasn't as if the whole case was falling apart. >> mary asked for help. that's all i was with. the inscription said love corey. The tiny town of Murdock, Neb., where many hadn't locked their doors for years, was in utter disbelief. you know. shock. >> what did you do when you found them? >> i don't believe this is the last in this case for me. Where Are Killers Jessica Reid and Gregory Fester Now? - The thank you for watching. Documentary News. just a couple of hours after wayne and sharmon stock's son discovered their bodies in their rural nebraska farmhouse on easter monday 2006, the word got law enforcement swarmed the scene, neighbors expressed shock in that understated midwestern way. suddenly, it was all beginning to make sense to those public defenders. he says, tam, i need you to be awake. first degree murder for greg fester was off the table. >> nick was in really, really bad shape. the murder case against nick sampson was dropped. 41 min. they were church youth leaders and on the school board. cool. loh swarmed the scene, neighbors expressed shock in that understated midwestern way. >> investigators did not believe nick sampson. are you awake? >> called my mom and dad on my way home and said am i going to get the dog? both nick and matt and their live-in girlfriends swore up and down on the night of the murder they were at home asleep 25 miles away. he did admit to having disagreements with his uncle wayne over various family issues, those were minor. >> reporter: the cass county sheriff's department declined "dateline's" request for 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. though they handled it with surprising grace. >> nothing. >> well, it's a reason to pretty much do a high five. that ring sold in a beaver dam walmart and found days after the murder in the kitchen of the stock farmhouse. did gunshot residue tests. i'm not supposed to feel bad about this? >> and beyond the flower bed there was a virtual trail of evidence left by the likely killers. until i got to like 108 or 118, i said, this is going to be impossible. >> he said, our cousin matt and nick sampson. we are working to make things simple, easy and awesome. everyone's got to listen to mom. but why would she then write that note? wore on, jessica's story shape shifted as did the players time and again. but, you know -- >> after five hours of questions, matt livers agreed to take a polygraph. who could possibly want to harm the well liked couple. Dateline: Wayne Stocks Nephew Got $2.5 Million After Murder Charge. exactly! >> you consider yourself a man? he denied being a marijuana user anymore. with chantix you can keep smoking at first and ease into quitting. >> okay. >> and then a bonus. remember, they'd been skeptical when their new clients professed innocence, but ever since then, they'd been asking themselves one very simple question, where was the evidence? i'm dumb as a brick. it was this and then it was that and then it was this and then it was that. >> reporter: what was it like watching him come out of there? >> it was about 12:30 at night. no. police missed it the morning after the murder. >> something was wrong. Learn how your comment data is processed. 20/20: Who Killed The Farm Couple had let matt livers and nick sampson go. Dateline: Wayne Stocks Nephew investigators now had a number of clues. bri the look of it, the stocks woke up. that's not why i'm in this business. they said charmin had a dislike for matt, the stock's oldest son, steve. >> reporter: after five months in jail, he was free. i'm craig melvin. Gregory Fester pled guilty, sentenced to life in prison >> in the dead of night. what?! >> remember one of the girls in shipping indicated there was a call from somebody in the nebraska police department. also available in hybrid all-wheel-drive. not by any sense of the word. The population was 270 according to the 2020 census. a gold ring found at the wayne and sharmon stock double murder scene led investigators to two wisconsin teenagers, jessica reid and greg fester. they said they knew he was lying. >> a sinister story. WebIn the Dead of Night. charmin stock found something had just happened at their farmhouse. its show of strength or its sign of intelligence? yeah. in fact, csi chief david kofoed himself. wallets, purses, gun collections, even a safe hidden in the bedroom floor, all untouched. fact is, every insurance company hopes you drive safely. >> reporter: she tried to explain the words, changed her story again, confessed to firing one gunshot. and by whom? >> right now, this is an unsolved homicide. >> really nothing more than a standard missing vehicle. >> then, a real break through, a newspaper carrier called in to report he and his girlfriend saw something. Federal Charges Filed Against CSI Director. that car seen by the newspaper carrier, flashlight with what appeared to be blood on it. here's the stain right here on the filter paper that kofoed swiped under the dashboard of the car. >> it was a very brutal crime scene, one of the worst i've ever seen. Documentary News. but if matt lied about his cousin's role in the crime, was it impossible his entire confession was false? The two Wisconsin residents who broke into a farmhouse 11 months ago and shot a couple to death were each sentenced Monday to consecutive life sentences in prison. shell v-power nitro+ premium gasoline it's fuel for thought. >> you were at the house when he was killed. so you wake up one morning and they say you're a criminal. gidget could you watch liam? >> you could sort of imagine a television show, csi. an interrogation of one of the teens provides a chilling first glimpse of what may have happened inside that farmhouse. just after nick sampson's release, julie bear received a dvd she'd never seen before. coming up -- >> so i freaked out and left because obviously that guy's up there killing somebody. Nebraska, 2006: Wayne and Sharmon Stock are found shot dead in their home. i hope some day we can all sit down and look at each other and say, were these two involved, yes or no, definitely. welcome back to "dateline extra." ad of night" ntinues. now, he was starting to tell them what they suspect instead. >> no, it wasn't. >> if livers was looking to remove himself from suspicion by taking the test, it did not have the scored effect. and a he wasn't there by virtue of a, family favorite. >> no. In this Dateline classic, Dennis Murphy reports on the unexpected twist that revealed the real culprit. then investigators executed a search warrant in sampson's home in palmyra. i saw a print unusual by the flower bed by the front door. A man's ring helps investigators solve the crime. The two Wisconsin residents who broke into a farmhouse 11 months ago and shot a couple to death were each sentenced Monday to consecutive life sentences in prison. >> he's going to stand up. so the investigators showed her pictures. tremendously. this robe on this whole thing between you and gregory. this is the mercedes-benz suv family. and we headed towards the farm, to be with andy. words she wrote. just using me as a scapegoat. we don't bake. use caution driving or operating machinery. night" cont ins. detectives investigating the shotgun murders of wayne and charmin stock turned up a number of clues. people can measure. >> but matt livers had been with them for din ear few hours before and said now, he had returned to kill his aunt and an uncle. WebTwo men wrongfully arrested for a double murder in Murdock, Nebraska, will split a $5 million judgment, according to an order issued Wednesday When a prominent couple is found murdered on their Nebraska farm, the investigation is upended by the discovery at the crime scene of a small, gold ring. he was gullible. PLATTSMOUTH, NEB. >> and the story he'd tell included a big detail. because there was people there. and charmin was famous for her cakes. and a WebMurdock is a village in Cass County, Nebraska, United States. the guy was greg fester, age 19. with a history of drug use, suicide attempts, anger issues. >> i don't know that nick is involved in this because we never -- i mean, you can check my phone records. fester. >> reporter: sara was there, of course, to take him home. >> i'm telling you, you're telling us you're in this house, okay? he attended the easter dinner. i'll never forget that. >> i suppose as last days go, that wouldn't be a bad one? he was no stranger to the family. >> if she would have thought that nick had done this, she would have thrown him under the bus in a heartbeat. and after months of digging, the fbi concluded that kofoed must have planted that swipe of blood himself. Advertisement The Murders of Wayne and Sharmon Stock Wayne ( born July 4, 1947) and Sharmon Stock ( born July 25, 1950), a couple living in a farmhouse and well-liked in their Murdock, Nebraska community, were found by their son, Andrew Stock, brutally murdered on April 17, 2006. welcome to "dateline extra." >> you're going to have to live under this cloud for the rest of your life? >> though he was right, the sheriff had no clue just how much work there was yet to be done. >> we've had as many people sitting in that chair that think they're smarter than us and they're not. like this comment during the interrogation of jessica reid. he said, they arrested matt and nick. she always wanted us to be better people. detectives were probably looking for more than one killer. >> reporter: in the courtroom, jessica reid and greg fester each apologized to the stock family. decrease alcohol use. that must have been a shocker to get that information, to have it cross your desk. Dateline: Timeline for In the Dead of the Night. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. Murdock, Nebraska the house, kids, they're living the dream and here comes the wacky new maid -maid? my son, who will never know his grandma and grandpa, doesn't have a choice. later that night, gunshots turned their nebraska farmhouse into a house of horrors. you know. maybe not. some things could never be the same again. Advertisement The Murders of Wayne and Sharmon Stock Wayne ( born July 4, 1947) and Sharmon Stock ( born July 25, 1950), a couple living in a farmhouse and well-liked in their Murdock, Nebraska community, were found by their son, Andrew Stock, brutally murdered on April 17, 2006. >> greg was a little odd. they had arrested 28-year-old matt livers. a tiny remnant of whom have planted themselves in and around a place called murdoch, the sort of place where heads turn when a stranger drives by. and i seen this guy laying in the bed. here's keith morrison. and so i was like, that's not good. the truck was reported stolen from ryan's farm a few days before off nebraska. >> but the killer, caught red-handed, starts pointing fingers. uh, i'm not the - is she an alien, is she a spy? what?? 2006 December: Family Murders/FamilyAnnihilators, 2007 August: Children Who Kill TheirParents, 2007 December: Missing People and Fugitives:Utah, 2007 November: Missing People and Fugitives:Massachusetts, 2007 November: Parents Who Kill TheirChildren, 2007 September: Missing People and Fugitives:Maine, 2008 January: Famous 20th CenturyMurders, 2008 January: Missing People and Fugitives:Virginia, 2008 July: Missing People and Fugitives:Maryland, 2008 March: Missing People and Fugitives:Florida, 2008 May: Missing People and Fugitives:Ohio, 2008 May: Missing People and Fugitives:Vermont, Update: Wayne & Sharmon Stock murders *Gregory Fester II & Jessica Reid pled guilty; sentenced to 2 consecutive life sentences; Dave Kofoed convicted of planting evidence, sentenced to 20 months 4 years inprison**, Wayne and Sharmon Stock murder 4/17/2006 Murdock, NE *4 people originally charged with their Easter Sunday murders; however, charges dropped against 2 due to evidence tampering and coerced confessions*, New Developments Arise In Cass County Double-Murder Investigation, Consecutive life sentences handed down in Murdock murders, Families Satisfied With Cass County Sentences, Federal Charges Filed Against CSI Director, Dateline: Timeline for In the Dead of the Night, Nebraska High Court to Hear Ex-CSI Chiefs Appeal, National Organization of Victims of Juvenile Murderers: Jessica Reid, Bloody Lies: A CSI Scandal in the Heartland, Angela Allen murder 2/10/2012 Van Buren, AR *Convicted sex offender, Lloyd Jones, pled guilty; Sentenced to 60 years in prison (with noparole)*, Debra Rawls murder 6/8/2004 Summerfield, FL *Frederick Harris pled guilty, sentenced to life inprison*. and the deaths in oklahoma climbs to at least six after it tore through el reno last night, leaving people dead. Dateline irrefutably linking reid and fester to the crime scene. turned down a golden chance to cut herself a better deal with prosecutors by lying and nailing nick and matt. Diabolical. >> pretty scary. or it isn't. >> we have just lost both our mom and our dad. March 8, 2023, 12:31 PM PST By Dateline NBC It was June 7, 2021. two life terms back-to-back. not exactly master criminals, were they? Diabolical. so i followed him and we went upstairs and when i turned around, greg had turned on a light in the room. as one of the killers fired at stock from behind, this area called a void area had been where the ear killer had been standing. he not only forget, but he falsified a lot of stuff on there. i said, oh, yeah. and then there were two in the county jail in plattsmouth, nebraska, that is. When a prominent couple is found murdered on their Nebraska farm, the investigation is upended by the discovery at the crime scene of a small, gold ring. a judge ruled that the county attorney actually missed the deadline to seek the death penalty. >> reporter: but why in heaven's name did he confess in first place? i really didn't. nick claimed, despite what the cops believed, he never talked to matt by phone or in person the week before the murders. for nick sampson's lawyer, the case was now as good as done. the two leaders held meetings, today focusing on north korea and trade, although the president said serious trade negotiations will wait until after july's japanese elections. >> reporter: oh, yes. i said, andy, should i be shaking? they're screaming at him. 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[knoking] memories. >> i said it's like looking for, a needle in a haystack. i'm craig melvin. >> oh, it was awesome. >> that's it for this edition of "dateline." stop chantix and get help right away if you have changes in behavior or thinking, aggression, hostility, depressed mood, suicidal thoughts or actions, seizures, new or worse heart or blood vessel problems, sleepwalking, or life-threatening allergic and skin reactions. on the signed were three tiny letters, aaj. haha, it happens. Stuti Gokhale. she mentioned homicide. A dark night in South Carolinas Low Country. >> her demeanor, her presence could easily have been that of a kindergarten teacher. i said, yeah. Matthew Livers and Nicholas Sampson were both arrested for the murders of Wayne and Sharmon Stock of Murdock, Neb. as i started up this stairs, there was some blast on the walls. or it isn't. wayne tried to get up and shot first in the knee. get to know geico and see how much you could save on homeowners and renters insurance. thinking was so bizarre, that gives you a mind-set of someone we were dealing with. never saw them before. coming up -- troubling accusations about one of the lead investigators. how, when, where and why, would somebody do this to such good people. >> you're not dumb as a brick. >> reporter: and? >> reporter: there, she'd said it. flonase. eventually, detectives got quite explicit, telling livers he was heading for death row unless he started giving them what they knew to be true. now, here was this investigator to ask mary to track down a ring the company likely shipped years ago. i've been just making things up to satisfy you guys. i'm just trying to come clean, i mean. psychiatric holding him together, it's going to work out, it's going to work out. >> yes. it's kind of unfair that safe drivers have to pay as much for insurance as not safe drivers! A man's ring helps investigators solve the crime. he was older. >> reporter: then who did? i'm craig melvin. >> reporter: those affidavits slipped to attorneys by a reporter contained details culled from the hours and hours of police interviews with greg fester and jessica reid. Multiple killers are quickly established due to a human imprint around the blood spatter. Consecutive life sentences handed down in Murdock murders let's be honest. right now, president trump is talking with prime minister shinzo abe during the business portion of his trip to japan. >> you've got some explaining to do, and i'm going to tell you right now, i am at the end of. before long, a new deal was reached. both fester and reid pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree. >> when "in the dead of night" continues. but winning isn't the issue. but i don't want to move. i was relieved, i guess, to know they had somebody. the minister called and said, you need to come home. i didn't kill anybody. >> right. >> now that the cat was out of the bag, livers began filling in more of the blanks, how the murder went down for example. a screen had been lifted, window forced open leading into the laundry room. >> reporter: did she? >> reporter: that's a real shocker for you. as were those two teens from wisconsin. he said, that's normal. Dateline the autumn moon in nebraska, that troubled year of 2006, watched over a crop of confusion. "It was, of course, total shock," said former pastor Jon Wacker. matt livers had confessed and indicated his cousin nick as an accompli accomplice. webut some of us turn outhose dreams into action the bookers. onmillionth order.r. and that ring that they found -- >> >> reporter: yeah. >> any specifics what you found on that order form, where it was sent? the neighborhood had everything a burglar wanted to find. >> they weren't there. i really don't know why. Even with an arrest, this case wasn't solved. or where their jaunts in the stolen truck had taken them. livers' own attorney had never been told by authorities that he'd recanted his confession. my name is tanya, i work in the network operations center for comcast. Dateline what we deliver by delivering. she made it up, she said, after detectives showed her a picture of the place and asked her if it looked familiar. >> since there's no statute of limitations on murder, the state reserves the right to refile the charges in the future. >> reporter: that's nick sampson, who looked kind of familiar. no, greg fester said, it was some friend he communicated with. i never killed anybody. >> greg blew a guy's head off. Federal Charges Filed Against CSI Director Dateline >> but the gun to her face and blew it away. continue s. it's either testing an array of advanced safety systems. bye dennis quaid! >> that must have been a shocker? they described disagreements sometimes as heated. in a conversation with authority figures under pressure, matt livers was prone to being led. how would it get there? >> i'd like to know the honest. with more of our story, here is keith morris. >> reporter: and so they may not have noticed so much the riddle that sprouted along with the corn. >> how long did that process take? is it that obvious? big news throughout the midwest. >> unless i move. >> you can talk about forgetting to write the report, but you don't forget to log in the evidence. >> you were there when he was. it is bad feeling to know your client's still in jail, you can't get him out. sleeps on the porch and we'll watch him until monday morning. Web233: The Murdaugh Murders (Dateline) On the evening of June 7, 2021, Alex Murdaugh, a member of one of the most powerful families in South Carolina, came home to a brutal scene: The bodies of his 21 year old son, Paul, and 52 year old wife, Maggie. >> and you're saying that me and greg did it? >> but it was -- >> there it was. >> hell. in cass county, nebraska, the first to the courthouse was accused killer jessica reid.