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So on august 3rd, 1998, federal marshals escorted jimmy into the psychiatric prison. >> once they stepped out the door, i was on my own. >> jimmy's cover story was that he was a convicted weapons runner whose 40-year sentence pushed him over the edge and landed him in the psych prison. a psych prison filled with killers. his one inside contact, the chief psychiatrist, couldn't protect him, nor could his outside lifeline, a female fbi agent who visited as his girlfriend to monitor his progress. >> i did have a hot line to her, too, so if i got caught in a dangerous situation, i could get a hold...

Psychiatric prison. >> once they stepped out the door, i was on my own. >> jimmy's cover story was that he was a convicted weapons runner whose 40 year sentence pushed him over the edge and landed him in the psych prison. a psych prison filled with killers. his one inside contact, the chief psychiatrist, couldn't protect him, nor could his outside lifeline, a female fbi agent who visited as his girlfriend to monitor his progress. >> i did have a hot line to her, too, if i got caught in a dangerous situation, i could get a hold of her. the deal was, they would have me out in 24 hours. >> they h...

>> were you pacing the floors waiting for updates during this? >> i don't know if i paced the floors, but i was eager to get updates. i had information they were starting to trust him, they were talking, that kind of thing. >> but beaumont had absolutely no idea a breakthrough moment arrived. it was a saturday night. keene and hall were in the prison's tv room, watching "america's most wanted" again. >> here comes a big prisoner, big muscular, buff guy. he walked to the tv, turned the channel. hall looks at me, quietly mumbles under his breath, hey, that's not right, i was watching that. i tho...

The info, pulled the rug out from under me. >> while jimmy was wondering where they were, beaumont was looking for him, too. >> we were like where could he be? he is in prison for god's sakes. >> they lost you. >> they lost me. >> but had they also lost their best chance at finding the body of tricia reitler? >> coming up. >> i try not to dwell on that at all because it eats at me, and it's -- it's very hard to deal with that he was close. >> what were you thinking telling larry hall you're out of here? >> when the inside man continues. here >> when the inside man continues. to meet someone. t...

>> i can't imagine sending my daughter off to school and never seeing her again. >> and investigators needed help to get a confession. >> but this snitch was different. he was already a convicted felon. >> if it worked, he could win his freedom. if it didn't, he could lose his life. >> they had your back. >> they had my back. >> least you thought. >> that's what i thought. >> turned out they had not thought of everything. "the inside man." hello and welcome to dateline extra. i'm craig melvin. lar larry beau mont was a relentless prosecutor who had just sent a criminal to prison for 30 years. ...