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♪ ♪ ♪ >> i was very excited. >> they met in vegas a professional poker player. >> hes 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. >> ...

>> they made in vegas, a professional poker player. >> he said hes making good money mad at it. >> a former trap ease artist -- she fell for it. but she didnt 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 lit...

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 ...

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 ernies ad in march of 2008 on the dating section of craigslist in las vegas. she met him for drinks. >> ernies personal...

Her equilibrium gone, in a whirl of bad feeling. >> i was hurt and angry with him and myself and it was just unbelievable to think that those two years had been a sham. >> oh, yes. and in fact more than one sham, a whole quilt of shams. 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. >> coming out of the woodwork. >>...

>> he couldnt, of course, and she sat there half listening. equilibrium gone and a bad feeling. >> i was hurt and angry with him and myself and it was just unbelievable to think that those two years had been a sham. >> yes. and in fact more than one sham, a whole quilt of shams. detectives back in northern california had begun to uncover details of a double life which had been, shall we say, prodigious. >> it seemed like at every turn there was another woman this guy had some involvement with. >...

She met him in the lobby. >> then he tried to explain everything away. >> he couldnt, of course, and she sat there half listening. equilibrium gone and a bad feeling. >> i was hurt and angry with him and myself and it was just unbelievable to think that those two years had been a sham. >> yes. and in fact more than one sham, a whole quilt of shams. detectives back in northern california had begun to uncover details of a double life which had been, shall we say, prodigious. >> it seemed like at e...

She sat there half listening. equilibrium gone and a bad feeling. >> i was hurt and angry with him and myself and it was just unbelievable to think that those two years had been a sham. >> yes. and in fact more than one sham, a whole quilt of shams. detectives back in northern california had begun to uncover details of a double life which had been, shall we say, prodigious. >> it seemed like at every turn there was another woman this guy had some involvement with. >> it was coming out of the woo...

Nichols, for example, who responded to ernies ad in march 2008 in the dating section of craigslist in las vegas. she met him for drinks. >> ernies 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, ernies craigslist c...

Everything away. >> reporter: he couldnt, of course, and she sat there half listening. a whirl of bad feeling. >> i was hurt and angry with him and myself, and it was just -- it was unbelievable to think that those two years had been a sham. >> reporter: oh, yes. in fact, more than one sham. the whole quilt of shams. detectives back in northern california had begun to uncover details of a double life which appeared to be, shall we say -- >> it seemed like at every turn there was another woman th...