Poker Player and Murderer Possibly The Same

A thirty-year-old poker pro was arrested in Las Vegas Monday for the murder of his father and mother in their home in early March of last year.  Ernest Scherer III was arrested for the brutal killing of his Father and Mother in a San Francisco bedroom community of Pleasanton, California.  A person that worked for the Country Club Administration discovered the bodies several days later in the Country Club community.  A phone call from the daughter who lived in Utah alerted them to a possible problem, as she could not get her parents on the phone.

There is some information on a possible motive for the murder.  Scherer III was deep in debt and not doing well in the poker world.  Since turning pro in 2002 he had won $339,000 according to tournament records.  He had a wife and a child that lived in Southern California.  His Father was pressing his son for the return of a $616,000 loan he made to buy his son a home in Brea, California.  This tragic situation was brought on by the mounting debts from gaming, credit card debts and the pressure to repay the home loan.  When told of his Father and Mothers death, the young Scherer seemed more interested in the will his Father and Mother had made.  His hope was supposedly that he would get 1.5 Million dollars from the will.  The Father, who was 60, was an active real estate investor and the Mother (57) was an Accounting lecturer.  This well off couple was enjoying their life that was shortened in a violent way on March 7th.  Their bodies were found in their 4000 square foot three level home in this country club community.   The Elder Scherer was active in the Republican Party and had been recalled from the school board (San Ramon School Board) in 1990.

The violent attack on the Father and the Mother leaves one wondering what set it off, as the Father was brutally beaten and the cut with some kind of a sharp instrument.  They were killed after being out to dinner and coming home, getting dressed for bed.

The long investigation of the murder must have recently uncovered evidence of the possible murders by the son.  After all the murders took place in March of last year and the arrest took place a long eleven months later.

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