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Attorney and she refused to meet with us again. >> same thing happened with sandra's kids, jack's stepchildren, while jack's blood relations basically begged to solve the case. so what happened to that big happy family in the video? a mirage, perhaps? in fact, living with sandra, said jack's daughter shari and cheryl, was like a fairytale. >> it's too late now. >> the kind writtener by the brothers grim. >> she was just mean to me. she wanted me completely gone. she did everything she could to try to get rid of me. >> but when it came to her own children, they said, sandra was indulgent, eeril...

Years after the murder, the mother and son team went on trial for the murder of jack jessee. >> going to court was like going to my dad's funeral every day. i mean, it really was. >> being around people that you know killed your dad, it was a ridiculous feeling. you can't even put it into words. just soul-wrenching. >> schrauben testified against them. in court it was argued sandra had a variety of motives for killing jack. she wanted his money before medical bills ate up their savings. and she couldn't bear being away from her son tom. >> do you think the case had gone well? >> i thought the ...

California, moved to arizona to be near her son tom, and soon her daughter followed too. 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 k...

Sandra announced she had now helped as much as she could. she was done. >> i was referred to her attorney and she refused to meet with us again. >> reporter: same thing happened with sandra's kids, jack's stepchildren. while jack's blood relations practically begged to help solve the case. so what happened to that big happy family in the video? a mirage, perhaps? in fact, living with sandra, said jack's daughter cheree and cheryl, was a fairy tale, the kind britain by the brothers grimm. >> she was mean to me. she wanted me completely gone. she did everything she could to try and get rid of me...

>> i was referred to her attorney and she refused to meet with us again. >> reporter: same thing happened with sandra's kids, jack's stepchildren. while jack's blood relations practically begged to help solve the case. so what happened to that big happy family in the video? a mare raj, perhaps? in fact, living with sandra, said jack's daughter cher re and cheryl, was a fairy tale, the kind britain by the brothers grimm. >> she was mean to me. she wanted me completely gone. she did everything she could to try and get rid of me. >> reporter: when it came to her own children, they said, sandra wa...