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Complicated. 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 with tom and tom's mother sandra. it was a catch-22. so time to get creative. >> it had been my experience when i had worked in the narcotics section of the sheriff's department that often people throw away valuable evidence. >> repor...

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 with tom and tom's mother sandra. it was a catch-22. so time to get creative. >> it had been my experience when i had worked in the narcotics section of the sheriff's department that often people throw away valuable evidence. >> reporter: dove ask...

Jack's killer? here's keith morrison. >> reporter: after five years and a string of homicide connects, the jack gemsy murder case had become a game to avoid. then one day the whole impossible business was handed off to tom dove. >> i can't tell you how many times that i thought, just move on. give up. move on. >> reporter: there was no hope of any new evidence, of course, like fingerprints or dna. there was just the infuriating puzzle which had become more difficult with each passing year. >> after i reviewed the case, i had no feeling for the family, no feeling for jack jessee. >> reporter: s...

>> 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...

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 with tom and tom's mother sandra. it was a catch-22. so time to get creative. >> it had been my experience when i had worked in the na...