so that is where dog handler lisa higgins sent jack. a german shepherd from west virginia. >> jack went in and performed his trained final response which is a passive sit in the area he was most concerned with. >> reporter: investigators brought in a backhoe. and the 7-11 ranch slowly gave up its secrets. jake millison was no longer missing. his remains were found wrapped in a trash bag. >> i think at that point, we felt tapped out. i felt tapped out. and reliving it right now. i'm reliving that aspect of it as well. do you mind if we take a break? >> reporter: jake's friends had long accepted the truth that they would never see him alive again. so when they got the word, it was no shock. >> it is closure, but it sucks. >> now it was time to get some convictions. find out the truth. find out who was involved. >> reporter: if this feels to you as if it should be the end of the story of what happened to jake millison, listen to this. no one was arrested that day. the news spread quickly around gunnison. >> we learn had deb had confessed a