we needed brett schrauben. >> so what was the story? ed and amazing story. >> reporter: schrauben described the whole affair on tape, laid it out in all its chilling tale. anatomy of a murder. the conspiracy was launched, he said, with a phone call from tom. >> he told me he'd offer $50,000 to kill his dad. >> reporter: he met with sandra in a parking lot. she gave him a $5,000 deposit. >> she wanted jack dead and she wanted it done at the house and to look like a robbery. she told me she would leave for x amount of time and that's when it would need to be done. >> reporter: schrauben said he hired his good friend, a local drifter, to be the getaway driver. and on the afternoon of august 13th, 1998, while sandra was out having her nails done, schrauben claimed he and his friend drove to the jessee house to murder jack. >> i was already having a cold feet on the way there. by the time i was walking down the street i was really having cold feet. i got in the house, i'm standing in the garage now. i put on a rubber glove. and reach inside t