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Him in the car and killed jack jessee. despite the fact there was no forensic evidence to indicate he was involved, his case went to trial. in february 2013, a jury found him not guilty. his defense attorney believes he'd been set up to take the fall as part of the conspiracy. that friend is now a free man. as far as sandra, her case went to court one month after her son turned state's evidence. but the question was would the jury believe the story? and while they waited there was no euphoria, they knew anything could happen. >> it's a lot harder this time. >> on the second day they got word, ...

Mouth were, hi, mike, i'm here about bret. 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. >> now the time had come to spring the trap. bret schrauben was arrested and soon thereafter sandra jessee herself was in handcuffs. finally to be held accountable for jack jessee's murder. >> that was wonderfu...

Dead end? here again is keith morrison. >> 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. >> the jessee family sensed dove had been beaten and sandra jessee had won, had gotten away with murder. >> i put his pictures away. it was tough because he was so -- he was so fantastic. >> put his pictures away? >> i had to. it was just too much. >> coul...

To arizona. >> if anything ever happens to me, he says, it's her. >> not the only time jack said such a thing, it turns out. >> he actually told me i wouldn't be surprised if the bitch killed me. he said that. >> so dove picked through all the original files hoping he might come across something that had been overlooked. and buried inside he found this. a simple two-page report, apparently unread by any detective. remember the guy who walked into the bar, the one who told a story about the jessee murder? well, years later when the case had gone cold, the bartender decided to call the cops. an ...

String of homicide detectives, the jack jessee murder case had become a game to avoid, and 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. >> 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. >> so to get his head in the game, dove met with the people closest to jack like his brothe...