like that could have happened to someone i know. reporter: not her ernie, thankfully, but ernie s parents, ernest and his wife charlene, murdered, found dead in their own house, which was coincidentally in an upscale country club right across the san francisco bay from adrienne s hotel. and now, of course, the house was a crime scene where even the seasoned lead detective was horrified by what he saw. it was probably the most gruesome, brutal homicide scene i had ever seen. reporter: march 14, 2008, the call came in, a country club employee had seen what looked like a body through the scherers window. kristen tucker was one of the first on the scene. as i approached the front door of the home, i could smell the odor of decay and blood from quite a distance away. reporter: and inside was like a war zone, blood everywhere and
nichols, for example, who responded to ernie s ad in march 2008 in the dating section of craigslist in las vegas. she met him for drinks. ernie s personality was very nice, friendly. reporter: the two made plans to have dinner march 14, 2008. but about 2:00 in the afternoon, said pamela, ernie called to cancel. saying he needed to go home, that his parents house was broken into and burglarized and they were both murdered. reporter: but in the weeks after the murder, ernie s craigslist conquest resumed. he did it in las vegas. he did it in new orleans. he did it everywhere he went and he got lots of responses. does 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 olsen was one of them. she formed a very intimate relationship with ernie scherer, met him in september 2008, six months after his parents murder. she was at a casino in mesquite, nevada.
ernie s personality was very nice, friendly. the two made plans to have dinner, march 14, 2008. about 2:00 in the afternoon, said pamela, wery called to cancel. saying that he needed to go home. that his parents house was broken into and burglaryized and they were both murdered. in the weeks after the murder, ernie s craig s list conquest resumed. he did it in las vegas. he did it in new orleans. he did it everywhere he went, and he got lots of responses. that surprising? it surprised me that he was able to form the level of intimate si very rapidly with so many different women that he did. kimberly olson was one of them. kimberly formed a very intimate relationship with ernie sheerer. met him in september 2008, six months after his parents murder. she was at a casino in mesquite, nevada. he came over and said he
own house, which was coincidentally in an upscale country club right across the san francisco bay from adrienne s hotel. and now, of course, the house was a crime scene where even the seasoned lead detective was horrified by what he saw. it was probably the most gruesome, brutal homicide scene i have ever seen. reporter: march 14, 2008, the call came in, a country club employee had seen what looked like a body through the scherers window. detective kristen tucker was one of the first on the scene. as i approached the front door of the home, i could smell the odor of decay and blood from quite a distance away. reporter: and inside was like a war zone, blood everywhere and the battered bodies of two people who had clearly fought for their lives. the bodies had suffered extensive, extensive injuries. reporter: it wasn t just the odor that told investigators the bodies had been here for a while. there was a week s worth of newspapers that had been collected.
craigslist in las vegas. she met him for drinks. ernie s personality was very nice, friendly. reporter: the two made plans to have dinner march 14, 2008. but about 2:00 in the afternoon, said pamela, ernie called to cancel. saying he needed to go home, that his parents house was broken into and burglarized and they were both murdered. reporter: but in the weeks after the murder, ernie s craigslist conquest resumed. he did it in las vegas. he did it in new orleans. he did it everywhere he went and he got lots of responses. does that surprise you? it surprised me that he was