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>> he was a family man, who didnt seem to have an enemy in the world. right up until, the night he was murdered. >> there was evidence of a violent struggle between jack and his killer. >> someone was keeping secrets and police thought they knew who. >> her -- was just scary. >> they thought they knew the motive to. but -- >> a matter of proving it was a different story. >> until someone found the perfect bag. >> hey, dude its me. you need to call me asap. >> could they set the perfect...

different story. >> until someone found the perfect bag. >> hey, dude its me. you need to call me asap. >> could they set the perfect trap? >> these people might literally get away with murder. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello, and welcome to dateline. jack jessee, who was a doting granddad and the patriarch of a large blended and by all appearances, loving family. but when he was stabbed to death in the southern california home, police wondered if the jessee werent quite as happy as the scene. th...

didnt seem to have an enemy in the world. right up until, the night he was murdered. >> there was evidence of a violent struggle between jack and his killer. >> someone was keeping secrets and police thought they knew who. >> her -- was just scary. >> they thought they knew the motive to. but -- >> a matter of proving it was a different story. >> until someone found the perfect bag. >> hey, dude its me. you need to call me asap. >> could they set the perfect trap? >> these people might...

Of the state. he would be gone before the wiretap ruling took effect. and in arizona 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. >> the killers? they slip the track. game over! >> but the detective is not giving up. his team builds a new and better mouse trap. and guess who takes the bait. >> coming up -- >> hi dude its me you need to call me asap. >> when dateline continues. n dateline con...

Here, six years later, was the day planner for 1998, the year jack jessee was murdered. crucial evidence tossed in schraubens garbage. >> a treasure we didnt expect to find, but what that day planner did was connected all the people back in 1998 that were associated with brett schrauben. >> what did you think? >> this is too good to be true, i thought, good things were going to happen. somebodys back on our side again. >> reporter: with this evidence, dove was able to get a judge to approve a wi...

Day planner for 1998, the year jack jessee was murdered. crucial evidence tossed in schraubens garbage. >> a treasure we didnt expect to find, but what that day planner did was connected all the people back in 1998 that were associated with brett schrauben >> what did you think? >> this is too good to be true, i thought, good things were going to happen. somebodys back on our side again. >> reporter: with this evidence, dove was able to get a judge to approve a wiretap on brett schraubens phone....

Case upside down. he found rental listings in arizona. brett schrauben was moving out of the state, would be gone before the wiretap ruling took effect. 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 built a new and better mousetrap. and guess who took the bait? coming ...

Trash, hed been lucky so far, maybe hed find something more. and, indeed, he did. and it turned the case upside down. he found rental listings in arizona. brett schrauben was moving out of the state, would be gone before the wiretap ruling took effect. 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 detecti...

Phone. then as dove waited for his wiretap to go into effect, he continued to go through the trash, hed been lucky so far, maybe hed find something more. indeed he did and it turned the case upside down. he found rental listings in arizona. brett slaub was moving out of the state, would be gone before the wiretap ruling took effect. 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 wi...

Wiretap to go into effect, he continued to go through schraubens trash. maybe hed find something more. hed been lucky before. and, indeed, he did. and it turned the case upside down. he found rental listings in arizona. bret schrauben was moving out of the state, would be gone before the wiretap ruling took effect. 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. >> the kille...