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Down to a distant suburb in the mojave desert. parked in the drive way was a 1999 pickup truck and a sea-doo, just what the anonymous bartender said. >> there was a huge break for us. we now have the name of somebody thats involved in jack jessees murder. coming up -- >> often people throw away valuable evidence. >> detective dove finds treasure in trash. >> this is too good to be true. i thought good things were going to happen. somebodys back on our side again. >> when "deadly conspiracy" co...

To trial. in february 2013 as jury found him not guilty. would a jury believe toms story. as jury deliberated and the family waited, there was no euphoria. they knew from bitter experience that anything could happen. >> its a lot harder this time not knowing whats going to happen. >> on the second day, they got word the jury had a verdict. >> my stomachs in knots. >> im shaking. >> were just really very nervous at this moment. >> 13 years after jack jessees murder, sandra jessee was found guilty...

The bartender who called in the anonymous tip years earlier. >> and the first words out of my mouth were, hi, mike, im here about brett. and his face went completely flush. and he said, i knew you were going to find me sooner or later. >> what story did he tell you? >> that schrauben, for whatever reason, had confided in him and told him specific details of the murder of jack jessee, including his involvement. that was a huge, huge quantum leap for us in putting this case to rest. >> reporter: n...

Work, brett schrauben and sandra jessee were arrested for the murder of jack jessee. brett was in jail awaiting trial. but in a devastating blow for jacks loved ones, the judge released sandra citing a lack of evidence. then detectives got a lucky break. someone had a story to tell. and it would send this case into overdrive. once again, keith morris. >> reporter: sitting in a cell, month after month, can do a lot to alter a persons take on the world. even more so if the inmate is looking at a p...

To the jessee house to murder jack. >> i was already having a cold feeling on the way there. by the time i was walking down the street i was really having cold feet. i got in the house, im standing in the garage now. i put on a rubber glove. and reach inside the door and unlock the it and shut it. i was chicken. i couldnt do it. i called tom. i told tom, the doors locked. and he said he would call his mom and get back to me. >> reporter: and according to schrauben, tom called back within minutes...

Told us 11 voted for conviction. but there was one lone juror who felt some level of compassion for sandra. >> she related to the sandra jessee concern that jack jessees illness would eat up their nest egg. >> i felt like she was enjoying the control she had. >> there was nothing. nothing we could do or say. >> people were getting so heated and there was so much anger that she started to shut down even more. >> and that scene played out for three and a half days until the judge said enough and d...

In order to lower the trap and catch the mouse. and anywhere along the line there could be a snag. there could be something that we hadnt planned for that could throw this ball completely off the board. >> okay, so what was the plan? what was the nature of your trap, of your mousetrap? >> we believed that if we did something to get these people uptight, if we were able to rattle the tree, if we were able to put some fear into them that maybe the police were on to them. that they would talk about...

At comcast, its my job to develop, apps and tools that simplify your experience. my name is mike, im in product development at comcast. were working to make things simple, easy and awesome. welcome back. much had changed for the jessee clan in the years since jack jessee had been stabbed to death. his wife sandra had moved to arizona to be near her son, tom. jacks murder investigation, once big news in the little town of placentia, had gone cold. but now there was a new detective on the case a...

Sandras kids, jacks step children. while jacks blood relations practically begged to help solve the case. so what happened to that big happy family in the video? a mirage, perhaps? in fact, living with sandra said jacks daughters was like a fairy tale -- >> its too late now. >> -- the kind written by the brothers grimm. >> she was just mean to me. she wanted me completely gone. she did everything she could to get rid of me. >> when it came to her own children, she was indulgent. especially to he...

The crime, which was his daughter cheryl. >> the daughter, we had to look at her as a potential suspect. she was the one who found him. >> back at the station, wyatt interviewed all of cheryls relatives, including his wife sandra. who hadnt been missing at all. she had been out on a shopping trip. >> mrs. jessee came to the station with us said she wanted to help solve the murder of her husband. >> and she told him about life with jack, married 14 years, blended family, four kids between them. j...