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
detectives back in northern california had begun to uncover details of a double life which appeared to be, shall we say, prodigious. it seemed like at every turn there was another woman that this guy had some involvement with. just coming out of the woodwork? there was quite a few of them. he said he was recently single. like pamela, for example, who responded to ernie s ad in march of 2008 on the dating section of craigslist in las vegas. she met him for drinks. ernie s personality was very nice, very 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. that in the weeks after the murder, ernie s craig list
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