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>> reporter: the jack jessee investigation had been six years of dead ends, bad breaks, blind alleys. now on the trail of a suspect, tom dove was about to start a new game, one where he could write the rule book. but it would be very complicate. because doug wanted more than just a getaway driver, he wanted everyone connected to jack gemsy's murder. >> the only way we could tie them together in this conspiracy was to do a wiretap. >> reporter: but wiretaps are notoriously difficult to get. dove needed permission from a judge, and to get that, he needed to prove schrauben was still in contact w...

Jessee met a detective named tom dove who said he picked up the case -- >> i said, oh, really? well, that's great. let me ask you a question. yeah. what are you going to do? are you going to get the case for three, four, five months, a year, then move up? become a sergeant or something and move on? and tom dove says to me, listen, buddy, nobody likes me in my department. he says, i'm not going nowhere. he says, i got five years to put in your brother's case. he says, i retire and i'm out of here. he said, but i'll give it my all. i will give everything to this case that i have. i looked over a...

Sergeant or something and move on? and tom dove says to me, listen, buddy, nobody likes me in my department. he says i'm not going nowhere. he says, i got five years to put in your brother's case. he says then i retire and i'm out of here. he said, but i'll give it my all. i will give everything to this case that i have. i looked over at him and i said, you're the man. >> what david didn't know but clearly sensed was that detective tom dove was the real deal, a legendary lawman who seemed to have stepped out of his own prime time drama. >> there wasn't a whole lot to go on. there wasn't any ph...

>> reporter: the jack jessee investigation had been six years of dead ends, bad breaks, blind alleys. now on the trail of a suspect, tom dove was about to start a new game, one where he could write the rule book. but it would be very complicated. because doug wanted more than just a getaway driver, he wanted everyone connected to jack jessee's murder. >> the only way we could tie them together in this conspiracy was to do a wiretap. >> reporter: but wiretaps are notoriously difficult to get. dove needed permission from a judge, and to get that, he needed to prove schrauben was still in contact...

Search for evidence was about to take him in an unexpected direction. here's keith morris. >> reporter: the jack jessee investigation had been six years of dead ends, bad breaks, blind alleys. now on the trail of a suspect, tom dove was about to start a new game, one where he could write the rule book. but it would be very complicate. because doug wanted more than just a getaway driver, he wanted everyone connected to jack gemsy's murder. >> the only way we could tie them together in this conspiracy was to do a wiretap. >> reporter: but wiretaps are notoriously difficult to get. dove needed pe...