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>> but that was not the worst of it. not even close. by march of 2008, when the murders happened, real estate in california is huffing and puffing on its face to the bottom. and six months before that, ernie the son wanted to buy a house in the city of brea in southern california, but couldn't get a loan. banks were not quite so sanguine anymore about the security of a poker players income. so, he borrowed the money from ernest the father, 616,000. but then real estate started tanking. so father ernest asked son ernie to go to a bank, refinance, pay back his loan. and bernie could not. >> he was frantic trying to refinance his home. >> and at the time they were killed, he had missed a mortgage payment to his parents for the first time. >> so, this is approaching some sort of crisis? >> that's what we felt, yes. >> so, motive? well, maybe. investigators told ernie they wanted to talk. and he agreed to come down to the station, where he explained