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To my dads funeral every day. it really was. youre around people that you know killed your dad. it was a ridiculous feeling. you cant even put it into words. just soul-wrenching. >> schrauben testified against them. in court it was argued sandra had a variety of motives for killing jack. she wanted his money before medical bills ate up their savings. and she couldnt bear being away from her son tom. >> do you think the case had gone well? >> i thought the case had gone extremely well. >> except ...

Sold jacks house here in california, moved to arizona to be near her son tom, and soon her daughter followed too. and they all lived within a couple of blocks of each other in homes sandra helped purchase with jacks insurance money and savings. >> when everything was said and done, she got close to $700,000. >> reporter: and as the months slipped past, leads failed to connect, the investigation hit one dead end after another. wyatt was promoted out of homicide. the case bounced from the placenti...

So what did they tell you when you came up with that idea? youre crazy? >> i think their first idea was im really starting to lose it now. im wanting to dig through someones trash. >> so faithfully once a week he got up at daybreak and made the hour-long journey to schraubens home. where a truck would bring it to this nearby parking lot. >> we would have the truck dump the trash in a somehow of a pile here regardless of the size. >> right on the tarmac. >> right on the tarmac, scatter everything...

Years after the murder, the mother and son team went on trial for the murder of jack jessee. >> going to court was like going to my dads funeral every day. it really was. youre around people that you know killed your dad. it was a ridiculous feeling. you cant even put it into words. just soul-wrenching. >> schrauben testified against them. in court it was argued sandra had a variety of motives for killing jack. she wanted his money before medical bills ate up their savings. and she couldnt bear ...

Be near her son tom. and soon her daughter followed, too. and they all lived within a couple blocks of each other with homes sandra helped purchase with jacks insurance money and savings. >> when everything was said and done, she got about $700,000. >> >> and as the months slipped past, leads failed to connect, and the investigation hit one dead end after another, and wyatt was promoted out of homicide. the case bounced from the p.d. to the orange county sheriffs department where before long it ...

Not small businesses or homeowners. the prop c plan is supported by the democratic party, teachers, and mental-health professionals. vote "yes" on c. big corporations pay for it, not you. welcome back. much had changed for the jessee clan in the years since jack jessee had been stabbed to death. his wife sandra moved to arizona to be near her son tom and his murder investigation once big news had gone cold. now there was a new detective on the case and as he began to dig, he uncovered what loo...

Welcome back. it had been 11 years since jack jessies death. his wife sandra and her son tom were on trial for his murder. but confessed conspirator brett had struck a deal with prosecutors. in exchange for his release he took the stand to detail how sandra and tom orchestrated the plot to kill jack. now the case was in the jurys hands. but the jessie familys fight for justice was far from over. with the conclusion of our story heres keith morrison. >> when the jury went into seclusion to delibe...

Trial for the murder of jack jesse. >> going to court was like going to my dads funeral every day. it really was. youre around people that you know killed your dad. it was a ridiculous feeling. you cant even put it into words. just soul-wrenching. >> schrauben testified against them. in court it was argued sandra had a variety of motives for killing jack. she wanted his money before medical bills ate up their savings. and she couldnt bear being away from her son tom. do you think the case had go...

Unknown to the general public about the murder of jack jesse. >> most of the tipsters information was vague like a riddle. yet another game to be played. there were two killers. 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 bought a truck and a sea-doo. but on the question of who was behind the plot the story named names. two of ...

>> we couldnt establish a pattern that was suspicious. >> then as wyatts investigation sputtered, sandra left. sold jacks house in california, moved to arizona to be near her son tom and soon her daughter followed too. and they all lived within a couple of blocks of each other in homes sandra helped purchase with jacks insurance money and savings. >> when everything was said and done, she got close to $700,000. >> and as the months slipped pass. the investigation hit one dead end after another. ...