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>> in november of 2007, the man who shot david jackson to death was found guilty of the crime and sent to prison for the rest of his life. but a couple of days after he was sentenced, wolfe sent out word that he was ready to tell the rest of the story. sure, he said, he was the trigger man and yes, his father-in-law was determined to get rid of david permanently. but to set their trap, to lure david to the kill site, the motel, they needed bait. and that bait, said wolfe, was barbara. barbara wh...

Mean, there was an empty lot there, and thats where he buried him. >> he did not spare the detail, said nancy. >> and he did tell me he poured some corrosive, and i think it was lye, is what he said over the body. >> and sure enough, i mean, that was consistent with the investigation. >> along with that story came what sounded like a motive. david disappeared, remember, as he was preparing for a visit from his 5-year-old son, john. >> they decided that david needed to be gotten rid of, because t...

>> im sure he told me -- >> and then, checkmate. another ex-wife told police virtually the same story. >> he told me hed shot him in the head. and he -- he told me that he had a silencer on the gun. >> now she, too, was called to the stand. that was enough. it will jury was out less than an hour. the verdict was guilty. at the sentencing, life in prison, david jacksons family confronted michael wolfe. not just to condemn him, but to ask a question because there was still a piece missing. somethi...

To reveal everything, including the accomplice he said led david straight into the ambush. here again is keith morrison. >> in november of 2007, the man who shot david jackson to death was found guilty of the crime and sent to prison for the rest of his life. but a couple of days after he was sentenced, wolfe sent out word that he was ready to tell the rest of the story. sure, he said, he was the trigger man and yes, his father-in-law was determined to get rid of david permanently. but to set th...

Meet mr. britton when mr. britton was ten minutes down the road? i mean, david is not a stupid child at 24. why would mr. britton want to see him in a motel? >> tell them what you know, they demanded. there would be no justice, they told wolfe, unless everyone involved was held accountable. outside the courtroom, davids brother encountered the states attorney and said -- >> hes going to tell you, and he said, hes not going to tell me anything. i saw it in his eyes, hell tell you. and then we got...

While later, hes all spruced up, ready to go out, hes got a smile on his face, hes combing his hair, hes putting on his cologne and david jackson left the apartment at that point. that was the last that any of his friends saw him at that point. >> what really happened in the motel? wolfe said he hid in the bathroom when david arrived. >> barbara answered and he was glad to see her. he said, they walked in, sat down on the edge of the bed, and barbara had a stun gun. and barbara hit david with th...

Bones, almost as an order. >> wolfe came back to florida. >> he said he went out there in the middle of the night, collected what he could find, put them in a trash bag, and went back to barbara brittons familys house and put the bones out for the trash in a plastic bag. >> michael wolfes story seemed to tell it all and to cast barbara britton in a leading role. and once she heard that story, detective velasquez was convinced, barbara, determined to keep david away from their son, was a full par...

>> that was the motive. >> but was wolfs confession to an ex-wife a true story or just alcohol-fueled bravado? there was no way to know, for sure. but it was enough to at least bring about the rest. in october 2004 of michael wolfe, now living in ohio. but an arrest does not a conviction make. and as michael wolfe cooled his heels in an ohio jail, he professed his innocence to anyone who would listen, including the local police, to whom wolfe sent a letter in which he claimed all he knew of a cr...

>> barbara answered and he was glad to see her. he said, they walked in, sat down on the edge of the bed, and barbara had a stun gun and barbara hit david with the stun gun >> but the stun gun malfunctioned. so wolfe stepped out of the bathroom with his gun. >> he said, so i had the gun wrapped in a towel, and he showed me like this, i picked the gun up and fired one shot, and about that time, harry britton came into the room and said, hes not dead yet, hes still breathing, shoot him again, so h...

An ex-wife a true story or just alcohol-fueled bravado? there was no way to know, for sure. but it was enough to at least bring about the rest. in october 2004 of michael wolfe, now living in ohio. but an arrest does not a conviction make. and as michael wolfe cooled his heels in an ohio jail, he professed his innocence to anyone who would listen, including the local police, to whom wolfe sent a letter in which he claimed all he knew of a crime centered on a conversation with his ex-wife barbara...