and there sitting across from you is randy sneed. you knew him? >> since i was 12 or 13.on a first name basis with him. i've known him for so long. >> why don't you tell me, robert what took place that night. >> i was at my house. >> at first robert swore that he was innocent. six hours later he had confessed to murder. murder. later that day, officer snead allowed robert to call his mother. i said, "robert, what did you say?" he said, "since they wanted to hear that, i told them fine." later that day officer sneed allowed robert to call his mother. >> i said robert, what did you say? he said since they wanted to hear that i told them fine. >> what did it feel like when you heard that from your son? >> i felt like i was going to have a heart attack and die. >> around the neighborhood people who had known robert for years could not believe it. >> he was always polite and memorable. i knew robert was a follower. i still could not believe that robert was involved. >> yet the boy said it himself. >> why would he confess to something he didn't do? >> robbers mother could not a