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Learn about the victim. and so she began with something easy. she found david jackson's mother, judy carlson. she found judy's son, actually, who called his mom. >> and he said, are you sitting? and i said, yes, and they said, they reopened david's case. >> the detective and the mother talked about david for hours. it wasn't a problem for judy, she loves talking about her boy, even now, to us. >> david was my first child. he was just -- loved everything and everyone. ♪ happy birthday to you >> david jackson was the eldest of judy's three children. and mark jackson idolized his older brother....

Johnny for three days. i got pictures of johnny in like the old western town and everything. >> and maybe it was something about the distance, said barbara. >> david and i became very good friends when i was out in arizona and we used to talk a lot. >> in fact, what she felt deep in her heart never did go away. >> i'll always love david. >> and then, it was june 25th, 1988, david's brother, mark, was flying into town to visit the family. david was to pick him up at the airport. but when mark arrived, he waited and waited. no david. and mark jackson had a terrible feeling. >> no matter what, he...

>> a bombshell revelation. was she really a bereaved ex -- >> i always loved david. >> -- or just maybe a black widow? >> barbara britton is in the middle. >> "buried clues." hello and welcome to "dateline extra." i'm craig melvin. the case sat cold for more than a decade, and then rookie detective donna velasquez got the file and turned up the heat. she'd been given the basics. 24-year-old divorced dad david jackson had vanished without a trace. digging into david's past, she uncovered a twisted tale of love gone bad and a chilling family secret. but to learn the full truth behind david's dis...

Increasingly complicated web of stories and relationships. david jackson was married to barbara britton, her father, harry, disliked david. barbara went on to become the fifth wife of a man named michael wolfe. they divorced and he later married two more times. >> that we needed to talk. >> but now, finally, one of wolf's ex-wives, a woman named nancy, was sitting with detective velasquez, telling police that she knew everything about what happened to david. >> can you tell me again? >> because i know how he was killed and what they did with him. >> how did she know? according to the ex, micha...

>> 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 who did not require persuasion. quite the contrary, said mr. wolfe. >> barbara britton is in the middl...