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Physical evidence. It was the kind of evidence no detective likes but one detective lived for. Heres keith morrison. The game is called mousetrap. The little ball on its track, the tiny mice which unless every lever works in unison will not be caught, and how often things go wrong to allow the mice to get away. So awed that what really happened could so eerily mimic a childrens game. These are the people it happened to. The jessee clan of california. They vacationed together, shared birthdays, e...

Perfect bait. Hey, dude, its me. You need to [ bleep ] call me asap. Could they set the perfect trap . These people might literally get away with murder. Hello and welcome to dateline jack jesse was a doting granddad and the patriarch and by all appearances of a loving family. But when he was stabbed to death in his California Home police wondered if the jesse werent quite as happy as they seemed. The case went unsolved for years until an ace detective hatched a plan to catch jacks killers. Here...

Trap . These people might literally get away with murder. Hello and welcome to dateline jack jesse a doting grandkid and patriarch of by all appearances, a loving family. But when stabbed to death in his home, police wondered if the jessees werent as close as they seemed. The case went unsolved for years but those who loved jack never gave up hope, neither did the relentless detective determined to catch jacks killers. Heres keith morrison. Deadly conspiracy. Reporter the game is called mousetra...

But the matter of proving it is a different story. Until someone found the perfect bait. Dude, its me. You need to call me [bleep] asap. Could they set the perfect trap . These people might literally get away with murder. Deadly conspiracy. Hello, and welcome to dateline extra, im craig melvin. With jack jessee at the helm, his big and blended California Family seemed like one happy bunch. Then jack was found stabbed to death in his living room, and police wondered if the jessees werent as close...

Until someone found the perfect bait. Hey, dude, its me. You need to [ bleep ] call me asap. Could they set the perfect trap . These people might literally get away with murder. Deadly conspiracy. Hello and welcome to dateline extra. Im craig melvin. With doting grandfather jack jessee at the helm his big and blended California Family seemed like one happy bunch. Then jack was found stabbed to death in his living room and police wondered if the jessees werent as close as they seemed. The case we...

One branch of the family against the other. A game so twisted, mice so clever that crafting a trap to catch the plotters just might be impossible. To begin with, it was 1998. Shakespeare in love won the oscar. Monica lewinsky was freshly famous. It was a sweltering august night, hottest of the year, when cheryl deedham got a strange call from her dad, jack jessee. I was getting ready for bed and my phone rings and its my dad on the phone. What time was this . 9 20. Reporter he was worried about ...

These people might literally get away with murder. Hello, and welcome to dateline. Jack jessee was a grandmother and the helm of his big and blended California Family seemed like one happy bunch. Then jack was found stabbed to death in his living room and police wondered if the jessees werent as close as they seemed. They never gave up hope, neither did the relentless detective that hatched an unconventional plan to catch jacks killers. Heres Keith Morrison. Reporter the game is called mousetrap...

These people might literally get away with murder. Hello and welcome to dateline extra. Im craig melvin. Jack jessee was a doting grandfather jack jessee at the helm his big and blended California Family seemed like one happy bunch. Then jack was found stabbed to death in his living room and police wondered if the jessees werent as close as they seemed. The case went unsolved for years, until a determined detective hatched an unconventional plan to catch jacks killers. Heres keith morrison. Dead...

Little placentia, california, has a murder. >> 10:00 p.m. when i got the call. >> reporter: aaron wyatt was the sole homicide detective. >> what did the crime scene itself look like? >> it was pretty bloody. >>the kind of thing that might happen if it was a hope invasion, robbery, or something? >> or assault between people who knew each other. >> reporter: protocol told him look at the person who reported the crime, daughter cheryl. >> the daughter, we had to look at her as a potential suspect. ...

>> hey, dude, its me. you need to [ bleep ] call me asap. >> could they set the perfect trap? >> these people might literally get away with murder. >> "deadly conspiracy." with doting grandfather jack jessee at the helm his big and blended california family seemed like one happy bunch. then jack was found stabbed to death in his living room and police wondered if the jessees werent as close as they seemed. the case went unsolved for years until an ace detective hatched an unconventional plan to ...