her good heart, her ability to reach out and help people. >> which she'd also been doing professionally for decades as an accounting teacher, said this colleague at cal state east bay. >> she not only wanted to help the students with the particular subject area and the class, she also wanted to help the students with their career and their life. >> so who was responsible? who knew? not a suspect in sight. >> i instantly got my phone out and sent him a text message. >> the minute adrian solomon heard what happened, she reached out for her ernie. they decided to meet in san francisco for dinner that very night. >> even though we weren't in a relationship anymore, we'd been friends for a long time. i felt good that i was able to be there for him. he got really upset during dinner. i was just there to be a listening board for him. >> and that was that. until a few days later when ernie phoned again very upset.