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>> he was a family man, who didn't seem to have an enemy in the world. right up until, the night he was murdered. >> there was evidence of a violent struggle between jack and his killer. >> someone was keeping secrets and police thought they knew who. >> her -- was just scary. >> they thought they knew the motive to. but -- >> a matter of proving it was a different story. >> until someone found the perfect bag. >> hey, dude it's me. you need to call me asap. >> could they set the perfect trap? >> these people might literally get away with murder. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello, and welcome to ...

different story. >> until someone found the perfect bag. >> hey, dude it's me. you need to call me asap. >> could they set the perfect trap? >> these people might literally get away with murder. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello, and welcome to dateline. jack jessee, who was a doting granddad and the patriarch of a large blended and by all appearances, loving family. but when he was stabbed to death in the southern california home, police wondered if the jessee weren't quite as happy as the scene. the case went unsolved for years. but those who love jack never gave up hope. neither did the relent...

didn't seem to have an enemy in the world. right up until, the night he was murdered. >> there was evidence of a violent struggle between jack and his killer. >> someone was keeping secrets and police thought they knew who. >> her -- was just scary. >> they thought they knew the motive to. but -- >> a matter of proving it was a different story. >> until someone found the perfect bag. >> hey, dude it's me. you need to call me asap. >> could they set the perfect trap? >> these people might literally get away with murder. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello, and welcome to dateline. jack jessee, who w...

Sputtered sandra leff. so jacks house here in california moved to arizona to be near her son tom, and soon her daughter followed to. and they all lived within a couple of blocks to each other in the home sandra helped percentage with sandra's insurance money and savings. >> when everything was said and done, she got close to $700,000. and, as the month slip back, leads failed to connect the investigation hit one dead after another. and why it was promoted out of homicide. the case bounce from the placentia pd to the orange county sheriff's department. way before long and became a case to avoid...

And they all lived within a couple of blocks of each other in homes sandra helped purchase with jack's insurance money and savings. >> when everything was said and done, she got close to $700,000. >> reporter: and as the months slipped past, leads failed to connect, the investigation hit one dead end after another. wyatt was promoted out of homicide. the case bounced from the placentia pd to the orange county's sheriff's department, where before long it became a case to avoid, toxic, an unsolvable career killer. so five years after his brother's murder, when david jessee met a detective named ...