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Played. there were two killers, though he gave no names. one had a knife, the other had the getaway car. both worked at a big box department store. the man who told the story in the bar that day had been the driver of the car and with the blood money, he had bought a truck and a sea-doo. but on the question of who was behind the plot, thats when the story named names, two of them. they were sandras son tom, the mamas boy jack raised as his own. under the direction of the mastermind herself, jack...

>> 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 morris...

And in arizona, a california warrant was worthless. >> this completely took all that work, and were talking probably six months of work, and just threw it out the window. >> reporter: the killers had slipped the trap. game over. but the detective was not giving up. his team builds a new and better mousetrap. and guess who took the bait? coming up -- >> hey, dude, its me. you need to [ bleep ] call me asap. >> when "dateline" continues. tis so the whole world looks different. the unbeatable str...

Strange incident as he was leaving one day. >> and all of a sudden the tire went flat. >> reporter: this is what flattened the tire. a homemade spike. >> the spike was constructed of a harvester sickle welded to a two-inch washer. further inspection of the area we found another one of these spikes. >> almost like a challenge to us. here i am. im doing this to you. now come find me. basically theyre coming after the cops. >> coming up, investigators may be able to fight back with new ammunition a...

Just look out. take care of the -- take care of my brothers family. primarily take care of my brothers family. take care of my family. look out for myself. look over your shoulder. >> reporter: the first thing eduardo did was hide the pickup truck. now with the truck out of sight would the killer or killers just find a different or better place for a bomb? >> once everybody was asleep all i could do was think and think and run things through my mind. >> its somebody sneaky and violent enough to ...

>> this is my sons friend. >> reporter: listen to it again. >> this is my sons friend. >> reporter: "this is my sons friend." one phrase in hours of material but it got doves mind racing. if the bartender was right that the killers were friends of sandras son, could that slip of paper hold the key to the case? dove tore through bags of evidence, and there it was. the day planner. seized five years earlier just after the murder. >> i went through that day planner for probably a day or more. went ...

Jacqui heinrich following this from our new york newsroom. >> reporter: it is somewhat unusual for police to release photos of minors who have not yet been charged with a crime, but there is considerable pressure to find and arrest the killers after she was stabbed to death ten days ago near campus. only one teens been charged, and police say they believe three middle schoolers are responsible. this is who police are looking for. his name is not being released because hes just 14 years old. poli...

Awful crazy thing for one reason, she said. she was deathly afraid of elisa. >> god, i didnt want to end up like him. >> was it possible an innocent young woman in the thrall of a con artist. she seemed so frightened, so emotionally, and yet, thought the detective -- >> i thought a little bit over the top. >> she was a little over the top? >> yeah. >> i know. >> you mean she was acting? putting it on? >> i believe so. >> after more than nine hours of questioning, sarah dutra was arrested and cha...

Spatter expert who is secretly a serial killer. >> soon hell be packed into a few neatly wrapped hefties and my own small corner of the world will be a neater, happier place. >> he was raised by a policeman to channel his sociopathic impulses to only kill other killers. so he is a bad guy but also a good guy. >> i kill reprehensible people. i mean, the idea of the show is that youre invited to identify with and maybe even root for a serial killer. >> thats right. >> he kills horrible people. if ...

It was not the news they wanted at all. a grim discovery that could lead to taras killer. than an intriguing clue. a previously overlooked witness statement about a stolen bracelet and ring. could it point to texas to a suspect? here again is keith morrison. >> >> reporter: in the end, bones and a few teeth were all they found. there was every reason to think tara was murdered, and then dumped in the woods. but murdered how? by whom? sharons attorney called her as soon as she heard the news. >> ...