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>> and the first words out of my mouth were, hi, mike, i'm here about brett. and his face went completely flush. and he said, i knew you were going to find me sooner or later. >> what story did he tell you? >> that schrauben, for whatever reason, had confided in him and told him specific details of the murder of jack jessee, including his involvement. that was a huge, huge quantum leap for us in putting this case to rest. >> reporter: now the time had come to spring the trap. brett schrauben was arrested and soon thereafter sandra jessee herself was in handcuffs. finally to be held accountable...

To some people? >> maybe to some people. >> reporter: so murray and dove cobbled together a legal long shot. they flew to phoenix, presented their evidence to a state attorney general, pleaded for an arizona wiretap warrant. and they got it. the game was back on. if they could make it work. >> we were going to try to set a trap for three people and keep track of those three people, and i wasn't sure if it was going to work or not. >> if it didn't? >> in the back of my mind, i gave it probably a 30% chance of success. >> but you're giving yourself a 70% chance of being a goat at the end of the ...

Mama's boy jack raised as his own. under the direction of the mastermind herself, jack's wife, sandra. so with that new perspective on the case, dove revisited sandra's old interview. the hours of mostly useless chatter. >> how many times did you listen to that interview? >> at least ten times. >> reporter: and then it jumped out at him. right about here on the tape. sandra is going through slips of paper in her day planner. she looks at one and says -- >> this is my son's friend. >> reporter: listen to it again. >> this is my son's friend. >> reporter: "this is my son's friend." one phrase in...

>> i hope that she rots in hell. i just really do. i'm glad it wasn't the death penalty. i want her to stay there and suffer with all the other miserable people that go to prison. >> what's it feel like to get justice finally? >> oh, it feels good. it feels good, but not complete. not complete. lost a guy. the nicest guy i ever met. >> and for tom dove, he's now retired from the sheriff's department, and at his going away party, his fellow detectives gave him this. it honors his commitment to the jessee case. >> it means more to me than any other plaque or award i've ever received in my life. ...

Takes a toll on them physically and mentally. >> that's what you worry about? >> uh-huh, exactly what i worry about. >> reporter: because she knew if he didn't solve the jessee case, he might die trying. >> he's like a dog with a bone. he's going to take it and he's going to do it until it gets done. >> reporter: dove was not alone, mind you. there was a prosecutor too who shared his dogged conviction. a man named michael purchaseky who wanted sandra jessee and her group just as badly as dove. >> this case seemed to be full of obstacles. >> it would have been probably forgivable just to let it...