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So on august 3rd, 1998, federal marshals escorted jimmy into the psychiatric prison. >> once they stepped out the door, i was on my own. >> jimmys cover story was that he was a convicted weapons runner whose 40-year sentence pushed him over the edge and landed him in the psych prison. a psych prison filled with killers. his one inside contact, the chief psychiatrist, couldnt protect him, nor could his outside lifeline, a female fbi agent who visited as his girlfriend to monitor his progress. >> ...

Psychiatric prison. >> once they stepped out the door, i was on my own. >> jimmys cover story was that he was a convicted weapons runner whose 40 year sentence pushed him over the edge and landed him in the psych prison. a psych prison filled with killers. his one inside contact, the chief psychiatrist, couldnt protect him, nor could his outside lifeline, a female fbi agent who visited as his girlfriend to monitor his progress. >> i did have a hot line to her, too, if i got caught in a dangerous...

>> were you pacing the floors waiting for updates during this? >> i dont know if i paced the floors, but i was eager to get updates. i had information they were starting to trust him, they were talking, that kind of thing. >> but beaumont had absolutely no idea a breakthrough moment arrived. it was a saturday night. keene and hall were in the prisons tv room, watching "americas most wanted" again. >> here comes a big prisoner, big muscular, buff guy. he walked to the tv, turned the channel. hall...

The info, pulled the rug out from under me. >> while jimmy was wondering where they were, beaumont was looking for him, too. >> we were like where could he be? he is in prison for gods sakes. >> they lost you. >> they lost me. >> but had they also lost their best chance at finding the body of tricia reitler? >> coming up. >> i try not to dwell on that at all because it eats at me, and its -- its very hard to deal with that he was close. >> what were you thinking telling larry hall youre out of h...

>> i cant imagine sending my daughter off to school and never seeing her again. >> and investigators needed help to get a confession. >> but this snitch was different. he was already a convicted felon. >> if it worked, he could win his freedom. if it didnt, he could lose his life. >> they had your back. >> they had my back. >> least you thought. >> thats what i thought. >> turned out they had not thought of everything. "the inside man." hello and welcome to dateline extra. im craig melvin. lar l...

Nobody knew. >> jimmy realized he had a one time only opportunity to fix the mess he made for himself and get out while his dad was still alive. >> as soon as we were done with the visit, i called my lawyer, said tell beaumont im going to take him up on his offer. >> the mission was on. so on august 3rd, 1998, federal marshals escorted jimmy into the psychiatric prison. >> once they stepped out the door, i was on my own. >> jimmys cover story was that he was a convicted weapons runner whose 40 y...

>> why would you have been so close. >> yeah. >> and then give it up like you did. >> i try not to dwell on that at all because it eats at me and its very hard to deal with that he was that close. >> jessie roachs parents find small consolation in that jessie was the victim that tripped up hall. >> if something good could possibly come out of losing jessie, its the fact that he is in prison and he will never get released. >> hall, 49, remains in federal prison with no possibility of parole.it in...

Sentence. i knew he didnt expect ten years in that case. >> your father was in the courtroom. >> right. i knew i let him down, probably one of the biggest ways you could let somebody down. >> keenes future was bleak. he faced ten years away from his glamorous life, the fast women, the fancy cars, the big bucks. in 1998 just when all hope seemed lost, his old nemesis, beaumont, came to him with an offer of freedom, attached to that accordion file he slid across the table. in return, keene would h...

Arrived. it was a saturday night. keene and hall were in the prisons tv room, watching "americas most wanted" again. >> here comes a big prisoner, big muscular, buff guy. he walked to the tv, turned the channel. hall looks at me, quietly mumbles under his breath, hey, thats not right, i was watching that. i thought this is a prime opportunity for me. >> jimmy, a martial arts expert who continued working out in prison was ready for this moment. he got up and changed the channel back. >> he jumped...

>> i cant imagine sending my daughter off to school and never seeing her again. >> and investigators needed help to get a confession. >> you wanted to plant a snitch? >> yeah, exactly. >> but this snitch was different. he was already a convicted hood. >> if anybody could pull it off, he would probably be the one to pull it off. >> if it worked, he could win his freedom. if it didnt, he could lose his life. >> they had your back. >> they had my back. >> least you thought. >> thats what i thought....