march of 2008 on the dating section of craigslist in las vegas. she met him for drinks. bernie s personality was very, nice friendly. the two made plans to have dinner, july 14th, 2008. but about two in the afternoon, said pamela, ernie called to cancel. saying that he needed to go home, that his parents house was broken into and burglarized and they were both murdered in the weeks after the murder, bernese craigslist contest contacts resumed. and he got lots of responses. that surprise you? it surprised me that he was able to form the level of intimacy very rapidly with so many different women that he did. kimberly olson was one of them. kimberly formed a very intimate relationship with ernest scherer, met him in september 2008, six months after his
some say it s what they were born to do. it s what they live to do. trinet serves small and medium sized businesses. so they can do more of what matters. welcome back. benefits. payroll. compliance. trinet. people matter. ernest scherer we re charged with killing his parents. the evidence against him was largely circumstantial except for a small slip of paper discovered after the crime scene that could be the key to blowing the case wide open. here s keith morrison with the conclusion of the player. it was september 2010, just months before ernie shearer iii was the trial go on trial for the murder of his parents.
injury. no can do, she said. active crime scene and all he became demanding and even condescending very, very quickly. that surprised me. why did he want to get in the house so badly? he wanted the will. he told you that? he did. his parents will, which investigators found in a desk drawer. and we ll indicated that they re fairly significant to state would be divided equally between their two children, catherine and earnest, and that they would receive their inheritance at the age of 30. did you determine how old ernest was? i did. ernest scherer iii the third would turn 30 in july. and his parents were killed in march. bernie s father had a couple million invested in real estate, though at the time of his death the value of the state was certainly shrinking right along with housing prices. still, was it even remotely possible ernie would kill his
tanking. so father ernest asked son ernie to go to a bank, refinance, back his lone. and bernie couldn t. he was frantic trying to refinance his home. and at the time they were killed, he had missed a mortgage payment to his parents for the first time. so, this is approaching some sort of crisis? that s what we felt, yes. so, motive? well, maybe. investigators told ernie they wanted to talk. and he agreed to come down to the station, where he explained that their suspicions were groundless. ernie had an alibi. credit card transactions and phone records california. the murder, said or any, he was at home in southern california, hours and hours away from his parents. he had driven from las vegas that afternoon, stop for gas and a bite to eat at mcdonald s in nevada. and yes, there were credit card records to prove it. he arrived home around five p m,
she, to vegas, and he to meet her in places like aruba, mexico. and when they, ernie told adrienne, he loved her. it was very exciting. for any travel to adrienne s home base in north carolina, several times, and got to know her family, her mother lynn. who is charming. and he was very comfortable with us and us with him. we talked about marriage. we were looking at engagement rings. they actually talked about children. we would love her, but he really wanted a boy. so, it was wonderful. not perfect, of course. what is? brittani s mother, the devout mormon, did not approve of his replaying, apparently. even though bernie s father loved poker in fact, they often played together. he really seemed to like his father and respect his father. they seemed to be close. so, why didn t they want to meet her? it was, frankly, a little hard to understand. the way he explained to me,