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To my dad's funeral every day. it really was. you're 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 case had gone extremely well. >> except once again that little ball came off the track. >> what happened? >> coming up -- >> i thought i...

Sold jack's house here in 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, tox...

So what did they tell you when you came up with that idea? you're crazy? >> i think their first idea was i'm really starting to lose it now. i'm wanting to dig through someone's trash. >> so faithfully once a week he got up at daybreak and made the hour-long journey to schrauben's home. where a truck would bring it to this nearby parking lot. >> we would have the truck dump the trash in a somehow of a pile here regardless of the size. >> right on the tarmac. >> right on the tarmac, scatter everything out. open every bag. get down on our hands and knees and slowly sift through every piece of pa...

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. it really was. you're 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 case had g...

Be near her son tom. and soon her daughter followed, too. and they all lived within a couple blocks of each other with homes sandra helped purchase with jack's insurance money and savings. >> when everything was said and done, she got about $700,000. >> >> and as the months slipped past, leads failed to connect, and the investigation hit one dead end after another, and wyatt was promoted out of homicide. the case bounced from the p.d. to the orange county sheriff's department where before long it became a case to avoid. killer. until five years after his brother's murder when david jessee met ...