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My partner and i just feel somethings wrong. but we dont know yet. >> wrong? well, of course it was. but the wrong the detective had in mind was not the grief or the loss or the vitriol thrown at the police. no. it was almost like a smell, the kind that sticks in your nose. something off. coming up -- one of the strangest things of all was the alleged killer himself. not your typical burglar. >> in his words he always wanted to be a cop. >> and this wasnt your typical burglary. >> i worked burgl...

So. enough for lynn to surprise the burglar, who stabbed her in the neck and grabbed some jewelry and ran into the arms of the police. the detective prowled around the crime scene. >> we see that theres the bedroom drawers were being opened, jewelry. things are thrown around. so it looked like a lot of things in disarray. >> reporter: looked like a standard daytime burglary gone horribly bad, of course, when lynn encountered the robber. but one thing stood out like -- well, like a bloody knife. ...

Would be. like the press. i mean, everybody else was upset with us, that we didnt do our job to protect someones life. because thats ultimately what were supposed to do. >> reporter: lynns husband, fred, even threatened to sue the long beach pd for not protecting his wife. and so detective birdsall knew hed take even more heat when the news leaked out that police had arrested an alleged accomplice of the suspected killer and then, just as quickly, released him. but thats exactly what birdsall di...

Pressing things to think about that. for whatever reason he put charlie on a plane just in time for the murder investigation. frank under arrest as the alleged middle man was spilling it all. telling police he took money from lynns husband, a lot of it and used a little of it to hire the killer, nick harvey. and then with a little polite arm twisting frank agreed to help set a trap for the suspected mastermind, fred schockner. but wait a minute did you promise him something in exchange? >> didnt...

>> and they agreed to meet 7:30 in the evening at a local restaurant. >> ill try to be there on time. >> okay 7:30, bud. okay, bye. >> less than two hours later frank wearing the same hidden camera detectives used to catch him walked into the restaurant to meet fred schockner. >> i set him up with the camera and audio and we got a table, couple tables away three of us to make sure he didnt run. >> so you had your eyeballs on him. >> yeah, we wanted to see everybodys reaction. and we had of cours...

Walked to the back. >> three cops waited outside the front door, two more cops pulled in the ally behind the house. and their to their surprise the prowler jumped over the backyard wall practically into their arms. they searched him, found jewelry in his pocket, a taser and a cellphone and a knife with blood on it. the cops out front waited for the woman to return. she didnt. ten seconds, 20 seconds. did a minute go by? they decided time to go in. they opened the door, looked through the house a...

Crying. hugged my family. >> when dateline continues. >> when dateline continues

>> and his attorneys going to tell him to shut up. >> reporter: just what birdsall and his partner were thinking. so they confronted nick again. now two days after lynns murder. >> you need to be fully truthful with my partner and i right now because its only going to, you know, benefit you to tell the truth. this is getting uglier and uglier. >> we went at him one last time. tell us your story. he reiterates almost exactly what he said before. >> reporter: which was that he killed lynn schockne...

Suspect him? >> exactly. >> reporter: they believed they simply couldnt tell charlie or the rest of the family what they were discovering. afraid that fred would find out and stop talking to them. so charlie stayed at home with his father. his uncle mark was allowed, even encouraged, to believe that fred was not involved, even as the detectives were getting the real story from the hit man, nick harvey. >> did you know who talked to cubano? >> yeah, we did. >> so doesnt that mean you now go out a...

2500. >> reporter: b.s., said the cops. he was hired to kill, and they knew it. because those phone records told a very different story than he did. and finally, nick harvey cracked. >> and i remember nick harveys words like, yeah, you guys are good. you got me. >> reporter: just like that? >> just like that. and then he cops out. >> reporter: yes, he said. frank jaramillo, the guy they called el cubano, hired him to kill lynn schockner. gave him $2,500 up front, promised $2,500 more when the jo...