i was very excited. they met in vegas a professional poker player. he s making good money at it. a former trapeze artist, he fell for it, but she did not gamble on this. i could smell the odor of decay, and blood. or this. at every turn there was another woman. married, with a child and women in multiple cities. what else is he capable of? capable of murder? he had an alibi. credit card transactions and phone records of me from las vegas. but could this little card holds the key? we just a shot in the dark? absolutely. we see a calculated killer? or was his lifestyle on trial? he made mistakes. that doesn t make him a monster. was there one more card up his sleeve? it goes back to him thinking, i ve bluffed some of the best. welcome to dateline. it was a perplexing double murder, with no witnesses and no physical evidence. the victims were a respected couple their son, it turned out, played poker for a living, and could
they made in vegas, a professional poker player. he said he s making good money mad at it. a former trap ease artist she fell for it. but she didn t gamble on this. i could smell the odor of decay and blood. or this at every turn there was another married, with a child, and women in multiple cities what else is he capable of? capable of murder? he had an alibi. credit card transactions and phone records of me from las vegas. but could this little card holds the key? we just a shot in the dark? absolutely. we see a calculated killer? or was his lifestyle on trial? he made mistakes. that doesn t make him a monster. was there one more card up his sleeve? it goes back to him thinking, i ve bluffed some of the best. welcome to dateline. it was a perplexing double murder, with no witnesses and no physical evidence. the victims were a respected couple their son, it turned out, played poker for a living, and could that lifestyle have had so
Credit Card Transactions and Phone Records of me driving from las vegas. But could this little card hold the key . That was just A Shot In The Dark. Absolutely. Was he a calculating killer or was his lifestyle on trial . He made mistakes, but that doesnt make him a monster. Was there one more card up his sleeve . It goes back to him thinking ive bluffed some of the best. The player. Hello and welcome to dateline extra. Im craig melvin. In this hour the story of a Double Murder that was shocking and puzzling. There were no witnesses and few clues. The victims, a respected couple. Their son, it turned out, played poker for a living. Could that lifestyle have had something to do with the crime . The case was a mystery until prosecutors looked again at bloodstained evidence originally gathered from the crime scene. Could that be the key . Heres keith morrison. Not perfect, of course. What is . Ernies mother, the devout mormon, did not approve of his poker playing, apparently. Even though e
look at him during the entire time i was in the, room during the entire testimony. was it enough for the jury? ernie s defense jumped to its task, arguing that the evidence the red chevy camera and the surveillance video, the dead cell phone around the time of the murders, asking his friends to buy a gun? all of that could have been simply coincidence, it could be explained away. and besides, said the defense, there was actual physical evidence to prove someone other than ernie committed the crime. that speck of unidentified dna and found one of those bloody shoe prints at the crime scene. the prosecution argued it was just a mistake of contamination. but did it point to the real killer? as for the so-called jackpot evidence, the cash purchase of the nike sneakers and baseball bat and glove? who knows who bought those said the defense, but it was not ernie. anyway, those nike sneakers were a size 12, but ernie wore a nine and a half or a ten.
surveillance video, the dead cell phone around the time of the murders, asking his friends to buy a gun all of that could have been simply coincidence. it could be explained away. and besides, said the defense, there was actual physical evidence to prove someone other than ernie committed the crime that speck of unidentified dna and found one of those bloody shoe prints at the crime scene. the prosecution argued it was just a mistake of contamination. as for the so-called jackpot evidence, the cash purchase of the nike sneakers and baseball bat and gloves who knows who brought those, said the defense. but it wasn t ernie. anyway, those nikki sneakers were size 12, in early war nine and a half or ten. so, he didn t do it, right? and at that point, the prosecution had only this. he s very proficient at misinformation and disinformation. and i think that he intentionally bought shoes