then six months later came another 911 call from erie manufacturing. four dead, shot execution style. given serrano s stormy relationship with his partners, homicide detectives asked him to give a taped statement the day after the killings. i have no idea where it happened, when it happened, how it happened. serrano talked to police willingly. sharing details of a business partnership gone awry. we never had any problems until we started making serious money. even speculating on how the murders went down. there were many people involved, i mean there are four people in there. one guy is going to go over there and kill four people? serrano told police he was in atlanta, 500 miles away from erie manufacturing on the day of the murders. holed up in his motel room, door locked, drapes pulled suffering from a migraine. and an airport hotel security camera seemed to bear his story out. here he is on tape at an atlanta la quinta inn, in the lobby, around noon on the day of the m
there were allegations that nelson serrano had stolen a quarter of a million dollars. after threatening lawsuits and one shouting match too many, the founding partners, dosso and gonsalves, fired serrano and his son and then they changed the locks to the office. but serrano didn t leave quietly. within weeks of being ousted, he tried to force his way back into the building. partner george gonsalves called the cops. 911 emergency. do you need police, fire or ambulance? someone s breaking a door down. is it someone you know or a former employee or what? yes, former employee. okay, what is his name? nelson serrano. reporter: then six months later, december 3, 1997, came another 911 call from erie manufacturing. four dead, shot execution style. given serrano s stormy relationship with his partners, homicide detectives asked him to give a taped statement the day