gauger told officers he was asleep when his parents were murdered. despite this, gauger was interrogated for 21 hours by the police. officers lied to gauger and told him that they had found evidence against him. "they told me that they had found bloody clothes in my bedroom; they found a bloody knife in my pocket," he said. after showing gauger gruesome photographs of his parents, gauger broke down and confessed. though gauger had no memory of the crime, he believed what police had told him. "i thought i must have done it in a blackout," he said. though he had given a confession, there was no physical evidence held against him in court. gauger was found guilty of the double murder, and was sentenced to death.