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I'm craig melvin. convicted drug dealer jimmy keene was on a mission. his goal in the psychiatric prison to get suspected serial killer to reveal the murder of jessica and then if successful jimmy would be released from a prison sentence but jimmy would not be prepared for the horrific story that hall was about to share. here again is lester holt with "the inside man." by fall of 1998 after several months in missouri's toughest federal prison, jimmy keene could have won a popularity contest. he charmed everyone just as beaumont knew he would. he even won over some convicts with his lending l...

Time behind bars for the criminally insane. getting inrs was the easy part. getting out alive e would be mu harder. here is lester holt with "the inside man." two enemies who didn't trust each other faced off across a ie table. one of them in handcuffs was a clever con named jimmy keene. the other, a hard charging prosecutor. >> in court, he called me the john gotti of kankakee. >> the prisoner was worried sick. larry beaumont, the prosecutor, that convicted keene and put him behind bars suddenly wanted to talk, a top secret meeting, no less. what more could he do to jimmy? >> he was the last ...

Offer, keene's target would be a suspected serial killer, a mysterious man in a van. coming up, every picture tells a story. >> when i put the picture down, he flinched, raised his arm up, refused to look at the picture. >> when "the inside man" continues. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (vo) ♪ sleep this amazing? that's a zzzquil pure zzzs sleep. our liquid has a unique botanical blend,

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. ...