Ernie Scherer interrogation excerpts | Forensic Files

just go yeah just go in there okay if you see it right there for me I I would hope to you would understand
that I've been you know honest with you and and I would just appreciate you know
the same thing from you and then we can we can go on the important thing about finding out who killed your parents you
know what I mean Friday I left Las Vegas uh around 12:30 I want to say in the afternoon um there will be credit card
transactions and phone records of me driving from Las Vegas back to Brea California
I got to my home I want to say around 5:00 in the evening I was exhausted I was waking up the next day to play
bridge with my grandfather I had to be at his house at 7:00 a.m. which meant I had to wake up at like 5:30 so I got
inside I crashed on the sofa fell asleep just me I turned on TV fell asleep I was
dead tired woke up a couple hours later brushed my teeth took a shower watched a
movie and went to bed woke up at 5:30 I was at my grandfather's at 7:00 there will be phone records that I was in my
house at 6:00 a.m. cuz I turned my phone on at 6 so I was at my house you can you'll be able to track me to my house
until 5:00 p.m. on Friday night and then you'll be able to track that I was at my
house at 6:00 a.m. 13 hours later on Saturday morning you said you get inside your house um nobody's home throw on the
TV crash on the couch for a little bit you recall how long you were asleep for uh I probably woke up around 8 and then
uh watched a movie and and went to bed brushed my teeth and went to bed you know don't get mad at me not at all
you're hiding something and and I don't think it's the fact that you're hiding that you went and killed your dad maybe
it's you were somewhere else you weren't supposed to be I'm I'm really I'm I'm asking you I'm just asking you but if if
just I'm you know I've been doing this a long time and I'm just wondering if you
we're doing something else and you don't want to tell us about it question I'm not trying to hide anything it's just
like when you throw down the poker hand even though you played it good Poker Face either you have a royal flesh or
you don't or whatever you see what I'm saying absolutely cuz the cards speak for themselves absolutely all right so
we've all talked about it in my family and everybody understands my alibi is not real strong do you know anybody that
had any involvement in your parents murder no go look around go look at cases on TV high-profile every usually
somebody that's killed as Somebody by somebody they know what makes them hard to solve is somebody they don't know
just those random like guy gets shot on the street and he's dead you never the chance of solving those are zero
but this one's a little more intimate I think somebody you know that's what our belief is but I mean could be I mean
there's a lot of anger directed at your parents thank you thanks for your time thank you thanks for doing it thank you
and thank you for doing your job guys you know appreciate it

Scherer is questioned by investigators on March 18, 2008, following the murder of his parents.

Brief Summary

A suspect discusses their alibi in a parents' murder investigation, revealing family dynamics and potential hidden truths.

Key points

The Alibi. The speaker discusses their alibi and the timeline of events surrounding a murder investigation.
Intimate Murders. The conversation shifts to the nature of intimate murders and the likelihood of knowing the perpetrator.

Episode highlights

The AlibiThe speaker discusses their alibi and the timeline of events surrounding a murder investigation.“My alibi is not real strong.”2:02Feb 9, 2014

Episode quotes

I would just appreciate you know the same thing from you.

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