long at the mall. >> five minutes one direction, five minutes in traffic, maybe i was on the road almost 15 minutes -- >> she was very, very specific about where she had gone, at what times, and why she had gone there. >> reporter: as for cheryl, she told detectives she'd do anything to find out what happened to her dad in those 15 minutes she was away from the house. >> her actions were very, very consistent with somebody who understands, the police are looking at me right now, i know i didn't do anything, i'm going to do everything i can and give full disclosure. >> the day after the jack jessee murder, a guy walked into a bar, sat down on the barstool, and told the bartender a story about how the murder happened, about who did it, about what the motive was. the whole story. but of course that was just a story in a bar. detective wyatt didn't hear anything about it. and as he continued to dig for clues he hit an unexpected wall.