after two years of work, they had generated enough evidence to fill this mail cart. all apparently for naught. the suspect and his key to cracking the case had skipped the state, and detective dove s jurisdiction. we were so close. reporter: the jessee family sensed dove had been beaten and sandra jessee had won. had gotten away with murder. i put his pictures away. i couldn t it s tough. because he was so he was so fantastic. put his pictures away? i had to. it just was too much. couldn t look at them? i couldn t look at them. reporter: at the dove home, tom s wife patty began to worry about her husband s health. he tends to hold things in. you can t hold in that kind of frustration and emotion without starting to affect you. with that kind of stress, it takes a toll on them physically and mentally. that s what you worry about? uh-huh, exactly what i worry about. reporter: because she knew if he didn t solve the jessee case, he might die trying. he s li
here again is keith morrison. reporter: after two years of relentless police work, tom dove s investigation of the murder of jack jessee had generated enough evidence to fill this mail cart. all apparently for naught. the suspect and his key to cracking the case had skipped the state, and detective dove s jurisdiction. we were so close. reporter: the jessee family sensed dove had been beaten and sandra jessee had won. had gotten away with murder. i put his pictures away. i couldn t it s tough. because he was so he was so fantastic. put his pictures away? i had to. it just was too much. couldn t look at them? i couldn t look at them. reporter: at the dove home, tom s wife patty began to worry about her husband s health. he tends to hold things in. you can t hold in that kind of it starting to affect you. with that kind of stress, it takes a toll on them physically and mentally. that s what you worry about? uh-huh, exactly what i worry about. reporter: becau
an elaborate trap requiring the help of nearly 100 officers across two states. could the detective pull it off? or was he headed toward another dead end? here again is keith morrison. reporter: after two years of relentless police work, tom dove s investigation of the murder of jack jessee had generated enough evidence to fill this mail cart. all apparently for naught. the suspect and his key to cracking the case had skipped the state, and detective dove s jurisdiction. we were so close. reporter: the jessee family sensed dove had been beaten and sandra jessee had won. had gotten away with murder. i put his pictures away. i couldn t it s tough. because he was so he was so fantastic. put his pictures away? i had to. it just was too much. couldn t look at them? i couldn t look at them. reporter: at the dove home, tom s wife patty began to worry about her husband s health. he tends to hold things in. you can t hold in that kind of frustration and emotion without st
or was he headed toward another dead end? here again is keith morrison. reporter: after two years of relentless police work, tom dove s investigation of the murder of jack jessee had generated enough evidence to fill this mail cart. all apparently for naught. the suspect and his key to cracking the case had skipped the state, and detective dove s jurisdiction. we were so close. reporter: the jessee family sensed dove had been beaten and sandra jessee had won. had gotten away with murder. i put his pictures away. i couldn t it s tough. because he was so he was so fantastic. put his pictures away? i had to. it just was too much. couldn t look at them? i couldn t look at them. reporter: at the dove home, tom s wife patty began to worry about her husband s health. he tends to hold things in. you can t hold in that kind of frustration and emotion without it starting to affect you.
reporter: after two years of relentless police work, tom dove s investigation of the murder of jack jessee had generated enough evidence to fill this mail cart. all apparently for naught. the suspect and his key to cracking the case had skipped the state, and detective dove s jurisdiction. we were so close. reporter: the jessee family sensed dove had been beaten and sandra jessee had won. had gotten away with murder. i put his pictures away. i couldn t it s tough. because he was so he was so