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Jul 19, 2021
10:16:34pm

Kid_A All-American

My Economics TA at BYU

after BYU he went on to become a professional poker player. Ended up killing his parents to collect his inheritance to pay off some debt. There was a 48 Hours episode about him.

Professional poker player convicted of brutally beating and stabbing his parents to death to collect $1m inheritance

Ernest Scherer III, from Oakland, California, was convicted of two counts of first degree murder, committing multiple murders for financial gain and possession of a deadly weapon.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1371294/Professional-poker-player-convicted-brutally-beating-stabbing-parents-death-collect-1m-inheritance.html

The Country Club Murders

Did skyrocketing debt push a former high roller to savagely kill his parents?

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/poker-pro-suspected-in-double-murder/

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Time

POLL: Do you personally know someone who has murdered someone else?

jvquarterback

7/19/21 7:01pm

Yea to manslaughter. Family friend hit and killed an old man due to morning sun

4thand19

7/19/21 7:06pm

That’s horrible, but I sure hope he doesn’t think of it as murder.

mvtoro

7/19/21 7:32pm

Yes - I served In Afghanistan for 2 years.

panacablue

7/19/21 7:08pm

Any baptisms?

Malathion

7/19/21 7:15pm

No, but we referred a lot to the spiritual missionaries.

panacablue

7/19/21 7:22pm

I know Chad Daybell. Does that count?

ReyOso

7/19/21 7:09pm

Yes it does!

7/19/21 7:13pm

*allegedly

mvtoro

7/19/21 7:34pm

Ann Perry was convicted. Joined the church later.

ReyOso

7/19/21 7:36pm

Why wouldn’t it?

Unibro

7/19/21 8:00pm

Hasn't been convicted yet. If that makes any difference.

Y-Zag

7/19/21 8:01pm

I’ve deposed a couple of murderers. I remember one was so personable until

Jay Rick

7/19/21 7:09pm

Sheesh. Just when you're trying to get to know him better. Some people, smh.

garyfan

7/19/21 7:12pm

Well I don’t blame him. Ann Landers says it’s horribly rude to ask a gentleman about his murders on first meeting.

mvtoro

7/19/21 7:35pm

Former home teachee, after they moved out of the ward

Indy Coug

7/19/21 7:11pm

Did you forget to teach him that murder was wrong?

7/19/21 7:14pm

Hey! Me too. Except he was still living in the ward when he killed someone and

gwalker

7/19/21 7:35pm

Domestic self-defense murder (she shot and killed husband)

cougfanz

7/19/21 7:12pm

A ward members son killed someone

BYU Fan

7/19/21 7:12pm

Didn't know him well, but there was a guy who hung out and played pool a lot in

cougaman

7/19/21 7:13pm

Had an impulsive 12 year old on the child psychiatric unit from an LDS family

OU Cougar

7/19/21 7:18pm

A man I ministered to and had in my home is now in prison for murder.

The Dark Knight

7/19/21 7:18pm

kid in my scout troop beat a guy to death with a tire iron a few years after we left scouts

byujag

7/19/21 7:20pm

Ron Lafferty.

7/19/21 7:20pm

His brother was in my ward in California. I think he want there to escape the name recognition.

DrBYU

7/19/21 7:27pm

He killed when I was on my mission. Police has reason to suspect my mother was on his hit list because she opposed him

7/19/21 7:43pm

I knew Allen and Brenda, not the brothers or anyone else in the family

AF Cougar

7/20/21 8:23am

I know one of his brothers (not sure if same brother). He lived in Oregon for a

cougaman

7/19/21 7:56pm

I think so

hpcougar

7/19/21 7:20pm

No, but I know 2 people who were murdered.

jdub

7/19/21 7:22pm

We baptized a guy convicted of murder in my mission.

jaromp

7/19/21 7:24pm

Same! It was about 30 years before we met him and he had paid his time

BigT801

7/19/21 7:26pm

This guy did too, he still had to follow all the rules and attend church for a year with his family though first

jaromp

7/19/21 7:38pm

Yeah, very similar situation!

BigT801

7/19/21 8:26pm

We did too but it required 1st Presidency approval

OU Cougar

7/19/21 7:35pm

Yeah, I think these situations always require approval from the 1st Presidency

jaromp

7/19/21 7:41pm

My cousin. Allegedly.

Homercles

7/19/21 7:24pm

I’ve done several psychiatric forensic cases.

valleus

7/19/21 7:25pm

I represented a number of people who have murdered other people.

Y-Zag

7/19/21 7:25pm

He shot the dad of one of my little brothers best friends. Super sad situation.

Adwight

7/19/21 7:31pm

In addition to Ron Lafferty above, this kid and his cohorts are responsible for roughly 90 deaths by drug overdose.

7/19/21 7:34pm

former youth sunday school teacher of mine- chopped up bodies

7/19/21 7:36pm

RE: former youth sunday school teacher of mine- chopped up bodies

Backcountry

7/19/21 7:50pm

13 year old kid in my deacon's quorum shot a girl in the face and killed her.

backprop

7/19/21 7:53pm

Taught a lady in Albania with 3 sons. 1 in Jail for drugs. 1 in Jail for murdering the third son with an AK-47 right

mvtoro

7/19/21 7:56pm

I think this one is the best story in the thread

bruincoug

7/19/21 8:01pm

I got to a new area in Brazil and we went to a family they had been teaching

A_blue_car

7/19/21 8:03pm

I taught a family in Albania involved in a blood feud (“Gjakmarrja/Hakmarrja”) The dad couldn’t leave the protection of

mvtoro

7/19/21 8:52pm

Ahh Eastern Europe missions. The best. I was in Bulgaria. Lots of similar stuff.

Adwight

7/19/21 11:06pm

Albanian mafia was pretty intense, but this was totally different than the mafia stuff. Ancient code of Albanians from

mvtoro

7/19/21 11:21pm

DUI Manslaughter

fan_byu

7/19/21 8:07pm

Yes. An ex home teacher. Weird guy. Came around a couple of times asking for money. He later killed a guy and posed as

Zenoch

7/19/21 8:08pm

My old computer lab partner in Middle school.

pegushin

7/19/21 8:14pm

Yes-my neighbor growing up killed his wife

Gunhog

7/19/21 8:54pm

One of my brother's teenage friends (and also in our ward at the time)

Pro Logic

7/19/21 9:02pm

Well, that wasn't very . . .

85fan

7/19/21 9:09pm

I think so.

85fan

7/19/21 9:08pm

I used to work out on East Center Street in Provo

cougarstrong

7/19/21 9:21pm

2 guys. One was brother's age and killed a lady not long after HS. My best friend's little sister witnessed it at about

Soupie

7/19/21 9:47pm

Son of co-worker killed his grandma's boyfriend then himself. Only met him once

timpjynx

7/19/21 10:14pm

Oh, and my step dad. Won't talk much about it (them) though. Rough life. Been

timpjynx

7/19/21 10:17pm

My Economics TA at BYU

Kid_A

7/19/21 10:16pm

This gets my vote for best poll ever and with very surprising results

DrBYU

7/19/21 11:03pm

Former elementary classmate joined a gang and killed someone in a drive-by.

thecthdox

7/19/21 11:44pm

Lifted weights all summer in high school with guy who is in life without parole for murdering his ex-girlfriend

Sandstone Cougar

7/20/21 12:08am

Beau Heaps. We grew up on the mean streets of Orem

CocaColaRecovery

7/20/21 9:11am

This was him. What a messed up family

OU Cougar

Mar 2, 4:19pm

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