complicated. because doug wanted more than just a getaway driver, he wanted everyone connected to jack gemsy s murder. the only way we could tie them together in this conspiracy was to do a wiretap. reporter: but wiretaps are notoriously difficult to get. dove needed permission from a judge, and to get that, he needed to prove schrauben was still in contact with tom and tom s mother sandra. it was a catch-22. so time to get creative. it had been my experience when i had worked in the narcotics section of the sheriff s department that often people throw away valuable evidence. reporter: dove asked his fellow detectives to help him because he decided to search schrauben s garbage. what did they he when you came up with that idea? i think their first idea was i m really starting to lose it now, i want to dig through somebody s trash. reporter: so faithfully, once a qek on week on gash rbage