. >> narrator: with his mother waiting down the hall tyler edmonds is making a critical decision, telling sheriff's deputies he's responsible for killing his brother-in-law just west of starkville, mississippi. >> i was just holding the gun. i heard it go off, and i looked at him, and saw it actually hit him. >> narrator: but tyler will later insist the confession is false, a misguided effort to protect the person he calls the real killer, his half-sister kristi fulgham, the victim's wife. >> i believe the confession. >> narrator: to tyler's mother sharon clay, though, the police acted unethically. >> they had obviously done this behind my back and that was a violation of my rights as tyler's parent. >> he said, we just need to talk to him for a minute. well, 45 minutes later, i start looking for tyler. and that's when i got to the door where they had interrogated him and taped the confession. >> tyler, don't sign anything. >> i signed another one of those papers that i -- >> without me? >> will y'all step outside? we'll call you when we're finished. >> i mean, are y'all doing the stateme