his name was randy snead. he'd known robert and his mom for years. robert looked up to randy. him. so when officer snead -- now a detective with the albemarle county police, came looking for robert after the fire, sandy told him without hesitation where he could find her son. >> i said, "is robert in trouble?" and he said, "he's in serious trouble." >> reporter: but sandy had no idea just how serious -- or what was about to happen in that parking lot, where robert was hanging out with his friend. >> guns pointed at you, you're -- you're wondering what's going on. i mean, i was -- i was scared. i was shaking. >> why robert? because a police they had accomplices -- from their high school. and he was one of them. another one was pulled in that same night -- and interviewed by detective giles and his partner. >> at the end of the interview we both looked at each other and "this kid has no idea what we're talking about. he is clueless to what we're asking him." >> reporter: so the fugetts had lied when they fingered him. the kid was eventually released. but robert? robert had a far