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What was the nature of your trap, of your mousetrap? >> we believed that if we did something to get these people uptight, if we were able to rattle the tree, if we were able to put some fear into them that maybe the police were on to them, that they would talk about the murder of jack jessee. >> so what was the little piece of cheese you put into that trap? >> we nailed a simple copy of >> we mailed a simple copy of the newspaper article when jack jessee was murdered anonymously to sandra jessee, tom aehlert, and brett schrauben. the significance of that was they didn't know we knew about bret...

Jessee. despite the fact there was no forensic evidence, his case went to trial. in february 2013, aehlert's jury found him not guilty. at despite the fact there was no forensic evidence, his case went to trial. in february 2013, aehlert's jury found him not guilty. would a jury believe tom's story. as jury deliberated and the family waited, there was no euphoria. they knew from bitter experience that anything could happen. >> it's a lot harder this time not knowing what's going to happen. >> on the second day, they got word the jury had a verdict. >> my stomach's in knots. >> i'm shaking. >> ...

Within minutes of each other. one of those calls was to a target store, one was to a pager, one was to a boarding house. he called that last number, asked if anybody there knew a guy named schreiber. and the landlady said, nope. but there was one a tenant named schrauben, she said, could that be the man the detective was looking for? >> brett schrauben. >> reporter: jack tracked him down to a distant suburb in the mojave desert. right there parked in the drive way was a 1999 pickup truck and a sea-doo, just what the anonymous bartender said. >> there was a huge break for us. we now have the na...

>> yes. >> in the deliberation room. >> these members of the jury told us 11 voted for conviction. but there was one lone juror who felt some level of compassion for sandra. >> she related to the sandra jessee concern that jack jessee's illness would eat up their nest egg. >> i felt like she was enjoying the control she had. >> there was nothing. nothing we could do or say. >> people were getting so heated and there was so much anger that she started to shut down even more. >> and that scene played out for three and a half days until the judge said enough and declared a mistrial. >> i was in t...

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 -- >> church? >> well, just somewhere outside. >> oh, okay. >> away from your place and my place. >> okay. >> not on the cell phone. >> okay. >> when would you have time? >> now. >> reporter: so they started meeting in shopping centers. >> we decided to put surveillance teams on each of the individuals, sandra, jessee, ...