and kimberly olsen thought the whole world had gone crazy. >> he's a poker player and he had made his mistakes obviously with the women in his life. but that's a very far jump from being a poker player to murdering your parents. >> reporter: but back home in north carolina, when adrienne solomon heard about ernie's arrest -- did you believe he could have done such a thing? >> i believed he could have. and for me that was enough. >> reporter: a trial date set, even though the mystery dna at the crime scene was never identified, even though not one piece of direct evidence connected ernie to any murder weapon or those mysterious nike footprints. remember, they were consistent with a size 12, and ernie wore 9 1/2 or 10. and you knew one of the lines that was coming had to be -- a defense attorney couldn't resist it -- if those shoes don't fit, you must acquit. >> absolutely. >> and a jury might just look at that. >> and that went through my mind several times.