mouth were, hi, mike, i'm here about bret. and his face went completely flush, and he said, i knew you were going to find me sooner or later. >> what story did he tell you? >> that schrauben for whatever reason had confided in him and told him specific details of the murder of jack jessee, including his involvement. that was a huge, huge quantum leap for us in putting this case to rest. >> now the time had come to spring the trap. bret schrauben was arrested and soon thereafter sandra jessee herself was in handcuffs. finally to be held accountable for jack jessee's murder. >> that was wonderful. best three-day weekend i had. >> oh, me too. >> that was a pretty good day. >> didn't last. for one thing, tom was not arrested. insufficient evidence, said the prosecutor. and then as he rolled out the case against the others, that little ball came off the track again. this time it happened at sandra's preliminary hearing.