It was pretty impressive, all things considered, the investigation, that is, into the murders

of Wayne and Charmin stock.

The people of Murdoch, Nebraska had been deeply shaken, and quite understandably so, if the

stocks weren't safe in the sanctity of their own bedroom,

then who in Murdoch was safe?

And so when the Cass County Sheriff's Office announced,

just two weeks after the murders,

that one of the most shocking crimes in this part of Nebraska in decades had been solved, well, you can hardly blame them

for calling in the press and taking a victory lap. I think there's some relief at the same time,

some hurt. And of course, just about everyone was shocked that the culprits would turn out to be

who they were.

But there it was.

Wayne and Charmin Sock's own nephew, 28-year-old Matt Livers,

that actually told the whole ugly story, confessed to shotgunning his own aunt and uncle.

I was already fired up, and yes, I have a

urge to sell.

And if his 21-year-old cousin, Nick Sampson,

had managed to resist the confessional urge,

well, that wouldn't be unexpected, would it?

But Matt had fingered him, and that was that. And now that itch in the back uncertainty,

the fear that vicious killers were on the loose had been put to rest. Meanwhile, said Cass County Sheriff

Bill Bruegerman, they could get on with the legal stuff, buttoned up the case.

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