. >> detective gurule was stunned. travis wanted to cut a deal?ure he meant it. >> i told him, i think you are full of it. i don't think you are going to do this. i think you are going to back out. and i think you are spineless. and i think it is all about you. it's a game. i said, i think you are going to pull out. he says, no i won't. i said, travis, you do what you are say you are going to do, i will be the first one to shake your hand. >> gurule knew that fort collins authorities would buy in. so, all he needed now with the crossed t's and dotted eyes were legal formalities. >> i left the jail, went out to my car and thought to myself, did i just hear this right? or am i dreaming? i even played the recording back to myself. and i thought, wow. >> people just don't do that sort of thing. >> right. he's confessing to a murder without a body and without seeing the case. i've talked to my commanders and they said, never the history of this police department has that ever happened. ever. >> finally, after frustrating months of knuckle biting, tensi