And investigators needed help to get a confession. If anyone could pull it off, he would probably be the one to pull it off. If it worked, he could win his freedom. If it didnt, he could lose his life. They had your back. They had my back. Least you thought. Thats what i thought. Hello, and welcome to dateline. Jimmy keene was a smoothtalking convict serving a tenyear sentence when he was offered an unusual deal. If hed help prosecutors pry a confession from a suspected serial killer including a location of the victims body, he could walk away a free man. It was dangerous undercover work requiring jimmy to spend months behind bars of a federal prison for the criminally insane. Getting in was the easy part. Getting out alive would be much harder. Heres lester holt with the inside man. Two enemies who didnt trust each other faced off across a 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
I cant imagine sending my daughter off to school and never seeing her again. And investigators needed help to get a confession. If anybody could pull it off, you would probably be the one to pull it off. But this snitch was different. He was already a convicted felon. If anybody could pull it off, he would probably be the one to pull it off. If it worked, he could win his freedom. If it didnt, he could lose his life. They had your back. They had my back. Least you thought. Thats what i thought. Welcome to dateline. It was dangerous under cover work requiring jimmy to spend 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 didnt 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 beaumon
Seeing her again. And investigators needed help to get a confession. If anybody could pull it off, he would probably be the one to pull it off. If it worked, he could win his freedom. If it didnt, he could lose his life. They had your back. They had my back. Least you thought. Thats what i thought. In court he called me the john gotti of kankakee. The prisoner was worried sick. 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 person i expected to hear from. He was my biggest fear. But keenes fears went off the chart when the prosecutor, Larry Beaumont, slid an accordion file his direction. On top was a grisly photo of a dead girl. Flip the next page, another young dead mutilated girl. I am thinking whoa, wait a second. He is probably thinking at this point youre about to charge him with something else. Yeah, because you know, i had be rough on him in the initial prosecuti
I cant imagine sending my daughter off to school and never seeing her again. And investigators needed help to get a confession. If anybody could pull it off, he would probably be the one to pull it off. This snitch was different. He was already a convicted felon. If it worked, he could win his freedom. If it didnt, he could lose his life. They had your back. They had my back. Least you thought. Thats what i thought. Turns out they had not move everything. The inside man. Hello and welcome to dateline extra. Crime craig melvin. Larry beaumont was a relentless federal prosecutor who had just sent a smoothtalking drug dealer named jimmy keene to prison for ten years. Now beaumont was working another case, trying to get incriminating evidence against a man he believed to be a very dangerous criminal. So what did jimmy keene have to do with that investigation . Thats what jimmy wanted to know. Heres lester holt. Two enemies who didnt trust each other faced off across a table. One of them in
I cant 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 didnt, he could lose his life. They had your back. They had my back. Least you thought. Thats what i thought. Turned out they had not thought of everything. The inside man. Hello and welcome to dateline extra. Im craig melvin. Lar larry beau mont was a relentless prosecutor who had just sent a criminal to prison for 30 years. Now he was trying to get evidence on someone who believed to be a dangerous criminal. So what did jimmy king had to do with that investigation . Thats what jimmy wanted to know. Heres lester holt. Two enemies who did want trust each other faced off across the 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