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Anonymous tip years earlier. >> 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. f...

The person had used a back door 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 he bought a truck and a sea-doo. bu...

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. >>...

Welcome back. after years of relentless police work, brett schrauben and sandra jessee were arrested for the murder of jack jessee. brett was in jail awaiting trial. but in a devastating blow for jack's loved ones, the judge released sandra, citing a lack of evidence. then detectives got a lucky break. someone had a story to tell. and it would send this case into overdrive. once again, keith morrison. >> reporter: sitting in a cell, month after month, can do a lot to alter a person's take on the world. even more so if the inmate is looking at a possible life sentence. and that's when brett sch...

It had been 11 years since jack jessee's death. his wife sandra and her son tom were on trial for his murder. but confessed conspirator brett schrauben 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 jessee 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 courthouse, ...