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80 bloody lies 11 wisconsin it took homicide investigators Bill lambert and earl Schenck about eight hours to drive from Omaha to Juneau, Wisconsin, to confront the unfamiliar teenagers whose own DNa put them at the scene of the Stock murders. lambert and Schenck convinced themselves the creepy teenagers had to be acquaintances of Matt livers and Nick Sampson. at the Dodge county Detention center, Fester openly wondered why the pair of Nebraska cops traveled to Wisconsin to interview him. He confessed that he and Jessica reid had stolen the red truck belonging to ryan Krenz on the easter weekend. Fester recalled they drove through illinois, iowa, Oklahoma, and maybe Texas and louisiana. along the way, they broke into houses and cars to scrounge money for gas and food. But Fester insisted he did not remember passing through Nebraska. lambert and Schenck inquired if Fester had any family or friends in Nebraska. Fester paused for a brief moment. Then he suddenly claimed he once met a guy named Thomas about a year ago at a local house party in Wisconsin hosted by Fester’s friend, Jonathan Wendel. Fester claimed this Thomas character was also a fellow pot smoker, so they chatted a lot at the party and exchanged phone numbers. The two Nebraska investigators were intrigued. Schenck remembered that one of Nick Sampson’s best friends in Murdock was named Tom Todd. Schenck let Fester go on and talk freely about this Thomas character, presuming he must be talking about Tom Todd, but Fester was of no help. He was unable to provide the police with any more details regarding this supposed mystery friend from Nebraska. Fester admitted he did not even know this Thomas’s address or last name. “Thomas was not the pot smoker i thought he would be,” Fester shrugged. He claimed his 80 wisConsin 81 Trac phone contained his contact information for Thomas. However, during the interview being recorded that phone was out of minutes and remained inside Jessica reid’s bedroom at a. J. Wilson’s apartment, Fester recalled.1· · · as far as their escapades with the stolen Krenz truck, Fester admitted he and reid had burglarized a house somewhere in iowa. Fester also confessed to breaking into another house during their trip, but he did not know where that was. investigator lambert sensed the other house was the Stock farmhouse. Fester described how one house was older while the other house appeared newer. The older house Fester and reid vandalized was on a dirt road, but the newer house had brown siding and was along a gravel road, Fester pointed out. The tan house was smaller, Fester clarified. “Like one floor,” Fester remembered , “but you could go upstairs.” Lambert presented Fester with five photos of the Stocks’ farmhouse. “Yes, that’s one of the houses we broke into,” Fester declared. “i remember that siding.” Fester figured the intrusion occurred around midnight. He remembered the sky being pitch-black. after they found all the doors locked, Jessica pried off a window screen in the backyard to gain entry, Fester confessed. at that point in the interview, lambert displayed a photo of the window screen resting against the farmhouse. “That’s the one,” Fester confirmed. Inside the house, Fester recalled he heard snoring from upstairs as he lurked around the first level in total darkness. The investigators questioned if Fester remembered the location of the staircase. “Yeah, you go through a pantry-like room into the kitchen and then through the kitchen and turn right and go upstairs.” However, Fester maintained he stayed in the kitchen and living room the entire time, and never once ventured upstairs. He denied stealing anything from the home, but couldn’t speak for Jessica. “i didn’t see her the entire time we were in the house,” Fester mumbled. He shrugged and said that he didn’t know how long he and reid stayed in the farmhouse. He said he remembered they left through a back door. In a firm and commanding tone, Investigator Schenck spoke up. Fester had just admitted to burglarizing a house in cass county, Nebraska, he advised. Fester reacted with total surprise. He had no idea he and Jessica had ever passed through Nebraska, he replied. Schenck demanded that Fester reveal who else joined them at the farmhouse, but Fester denied anyone else was there. “No, just me and Jessica,” Fester answered. Schenck grew upset. [18.118.31.247] Project MUSE (2024-04-19 17:06...

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