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Nichols, for example, who responded to ernie's ad in march 2008 in the dating section of craigslist in las vegas. she met him for drinks. >> ernie's 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, ernie's craigslist conquest resumed. >> he did it in las vegas. he did it in new orleans. >> he did it everywhere he...

Murdered. >> it was surreal. >> ernest sheerer jr. and his wife murdered. found dead in their own house, which was coincidentally in an upscale country club right across the san francisco bay from adrian's hotel. now, of course, the house was a crime scene where even the seasoned lead detective scott was horrified by what he saw. >> it was probably the most gruesome brutal homicide scene i had err seen. >> it was march 2008 when the call came in. a country club employee had seen what it looked like a body through the sheerer's window. detective kirsten tucker was one of the first on the scene....

Regenerated the optic nerve in mice. >> one step up. >> and so in march 2008, almost three years to the day after his son was arrested, sutton and his girlfriend, kathy, were on the cold rain swept streets of boston on his way to an appointment. >> so there's a chin rest in front of you. >> a doctor evaluated one of sutton's eye and even though the nerve was destroyed the eye could work. >> my son is in jail. >> they listened to the awful story of how he lost his eyesight. >> they explained working on optic nerve regeneration and john took in and for the first time since the shooting he found ...

I won't take no for an answer. >> reporter: some of the best hospitals in the country, sutton had been told there was simply nothing to be done. he would be blind for life. the bullets had permanently destroyed his optic nerve. john had heard about a landmark break through at harvard affiliated research institute in boston where a renowned researcher had regenerated the optic nerve in mice using stem cell therapy and drugs, human trials would be next. so in march 2008, almost three years to the day after his son was arrested, sutton and his girlfriend kathy were on the cold, rain swept streets...

>> not even close. i won't take no for an answer. >> reporter: some of the best hospitals in the country, sutton had been told there was simply nothing to be done. he would be blind for life. the bullets had permanently destroyed his optic nerve. john had heard about a landmark break through at harvard affiliated research institute in boston where a renowned researcher had regenerated the optic nerve in mice using stem cell therapy and drugs, human trials would be next. so in march 2008, almost three years to the day after his son was arrested, sutton and his girlfriend kathy were on the cold,...