deputy dale sharp interviewed josh ryen just hours after he was rushed to the hospital. >> it wasn't he had at least one hatchet wound to his head. and he had had his throat slit. >> josh was unable to speak, so deputy sharp devised another method of communication. >> he would squeeze my hand for a yes and no squeeze for a no. >> i took his hand, and let him know that i was his friend the best i could. we talked about baseball. and got him comfortable with me. i would ask, do you remember anything? and i would get a hand squeeze. yes. can you remember anyone coming to your house? yes. we ended up with three mexican guys or maybe three white guys. i asked, were these three men there when things went crazy? and the answer was yes. >> based on this information, police released this bulletin two days after the murders. but by the time of the trial, josh ryen had changed his story. >> when josh was pressed to what he had seen, he is very specific. he only saw one person that had very bushy, fuzzy hair. >> did you see what that shadow by the bathroom was doing? >> no. >> how many shadows di

but by the time of the trial, josh ryen had changed his story. >> we knew josh was pressed to what hewas very specific. he only saw one person that had very bushy, fuzzy hair. >> did you see what that shadow by the bathroom was doing? >> no. >> how many shadows did you see? just one? >> victim interviews can change, especially with an 8-year-old boy, you don't know what he's seen, you don't know what he remembers. >> have you seen those before? >> based on my 30-plus years experience in law enforcement, the initial comments of eyewitnesss are usually the most accurate. there's a very strong possibility that josh was coached. >> norman hile now felt he had enough evidence to successfully fight for kevin's life. as he prepared his appeals, yet another witness came forward, fully 20 years after the crime. >> i hear on the tv set that they are going to put kevin cooper to death. and i went, are you kidding me? >> on the night of the murders, christine slonaker was eating at the canyon corral, a local country and western bar two miles from the ryen's home. >> as we were eating in through t