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Welcome back. it had been 11 years since jack jesse's death. his wife, sandra, and her son, tom, were on trial for his murder. but can we find conspiracy tore 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 jury's hands, but the jesse family's fight for justice was far from over. with the conclusion of our story, here's keith morrison. when the jury went into seclusion to deliberate, the jessee family thought justice was just hours away. but as the sun set on the court...

His friend snuck inside and stabbed jack jessee to death. >> we had walkie-talkies and he called me on the walkie-talkie when we were done. he had blood on place. there he went inside to clean himself up. >> the information he provided, if we could corroborate what he said, would blow the case wide open. >> t.j. garrick was questioned and denied everything. he said he wasn't in the car and he didn't kill jack jesse. police let him go. investigators focused on building their case against tom and sandra by documenting money transfers, phone calls, air travel. >> so when you add all that together...

And two, the caller stated that the person had used a backdoor or a window to enter the residence that night. that was significant in that this person had specific details unknown to the general public about the murder of jack jessee. >> reporter: most of the tipster's information was frustratingly vague, like a riddle, yet another game to be played. there were two killers, though 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 heat...

Or was he headed toward another dead end? here again is keith morrison. >> reporter: after two years of relentless police work, tom dove's investigation of the murder of jack jessee had generated enough evidence to fill this mail cart. all apparently for naught. the suspect and his key to cracking the case had skipped the state, and detective dove's jurisdiction. >> we were so close. >> reporter: the jessee family sensed dove had been beaten and sandra jessee had won. had gotten away with murder. >> i put his pictures away. i couldn't -- it's tough. because he was so -- he was so fantastic. >>...

The orange county homicide division -- >> uh-huh. >> called scott, they want to talk to him about me. >> about you? >> yeah. >> what are you on right now? >> i'm on my cell phone. >> are you comfortable or no? >> no. >> that little mousetrap ball was making its way through the maze. after a few days of the game, sandra, tom, and brett began to wonder if they were getting played. suspected their phones were tapped. maybe even their houses bugged. >> i want to talk for a couple of seconds -- >> okay. >> no, i'd rather pick you and up go back to the church or something church? >> well, just somew...