Vince Sterla
Appearances
Dateline NBC
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
Yeah, happy to be here. Thanks for having me.
Dateline NBC
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
They seem like a really lovely couple. I mean, I know we say that a lot, but in their case, it's certainly true. They met in college. They met 50 years ago. They started dabbling in real estate, just kept making good investments over and over and over again, apparently. Their estate overall is worth maybe $10 million, $10 plus.
Dateline NBC
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
Yeah, three years apart. The oldest one, Aaron, married Danny Serafini, who was an interesting character. Left-handed reliever, journeyman, pitched at a variety of baseball teams in the major leagues. And then he eventually retired. He kind of aged out. They settled in an area called Sparks, which is adjacent to Reno.
Dateline NBC
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
And he bought a bar there, called it the Bullpen, since he was a bullpen pitcher. Yeah. And, you know, I don't know how successful the bar was.
Dateline NBC
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
So there was a 911 call. Someone was on the line, but sort of moaning, breathing, and they could hear a television in the background. Oh, wow. And that's it. EMTs went out there, and it took them a while to find the house, just because it was a cell call. And they went up into the family room, the TV's on, and they found Gary slumped to the side, dead. He'd been shot in the head.
Dateline NBC
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
They saw there was a blood trail and they followed the blood trail into a bathroom and there they found Wendy. There was an EMT checked on Wendy, thought she was dead. And then she moaned and said, oh, my gosh, she's alive. That's awful. And then she was medevaced to a trauma center in Reno. Police investigators do not believe she's going to make it.
Dateline NBC
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
And weeks go by and then she comes out of a coma. And she's questioned. She has no memory of what happened, though.
Dateline NBC
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
Yes. They looked at the family security system. And what had happened that day is that Gary and Wendy had Aaron and the grandchildren over to go boating. And there's footage of that. Then While they're away, a person comes walking up their road and then into their driveway. And this person's wearing a hoodie, wearing a surgical mask, and presumably goes inside the house through the garage door.
Dateline NBC
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
And then— Scary. Yes. Erin leaves with the kids. And after she leaves, there's a recording of five gunshots. And then a couple of minutes later, you see this person with the hoodie on, the mask, leave the same way they came in.
Dateline NBC
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
No, not at all. Not at that point.
Dateline NBC
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
She's doing very well. She's gone through rehab. She's learned how to ride a bike again.
Dateline NBC
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
Yes. Apparently, Wendy... Was found dead, I think it was 23 months or so after the shooting. The death is ruled to be a suicide. Wow, that's so sad. Yeah, yeah, very much so.
Dateline NBC
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
There was no public disclosures as far as in terms of how the investigation was progressing. It got handed down from like one prosecutor to the next. And the latest prosecutor really chewed away at it, as did the lead detective.
Dateline NBC
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
I believe they were on, they were looking at him hard. early on, at least judging from the preliminary hearing. Danny Serafini was having financial problems. Investigators said that he burned through all of his money that he got from Major League Baseball years earlier.
Dateline NBC
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
And so it seems like he always had to go hat in hand to his in-laws to ask for money to help keep the bar going, to help keep his kids in school, to help pay his mortgage, and finally got tired of it and wanted his inheritance earlier than was due. There was a detective that testified
Dateline NBC
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
Two, possibly three people said that Danny would get so angry talking about his in-laws, he would say that I would like to kill them or find someone to kill them.
Dateline NBC
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
Yes. And this woman named Samantha Scott. Oh. And we're wondering, well, who's Samantha Scott? And it turns out it was kind of a friend of Aaron and Danny Serafini.
Dateline NBC
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
The reason why she was arrested, as it turns out, is that as police were going through and pulling all the surveillance camera from basically residences all around the West Shore, they kept seeing a particular car that would pop up, a brown Subaru with a dent on the back left fender. And that's exactly the kind of car that Samantha Scott had.
Dateline NBC
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
And so they went to her and looked at her and found out her cell phone was pinging in that area. This is around hours of the murder.
Dateline NBC
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
Samantha Scott definitely is going to be the most important witness in this case because there's no evidence of Danny being there that day other than Samantha Scott's testimony. That's what she does testify to.
Dateline NBC
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
Yeah, no, it's interesting at the preliminary hearing. So they showed the video of this person walking into the house and out. And the defense was saying that video proves it's not Serafini because the person looks smaller and lighter. You know, Danny's a pretty buff guy, big shoulders. They claim that that video proves it's not him. That's not Danny.
Dateline NBC
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
And their contention is, why kill the golden goose? Aaron's parents were giving them all the money they wanted, so why put an end to that?
Dateline NBC
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
Absolutely.
Dateline NBC
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
That's what we understand, that Aaron will testify on behalf of her husband.
Dateline NBC
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
Oh, yeah, there will be a lot of updates. It's going to go on for a while.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
Yeah, happy to be here. Thanks for having me.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
They seem like a really lovely couple. I mean, I know we say that a lot, but in their case, it's certainly true. They met in college. They met 50 years ago. They started dabbling in real estate, just kept making good investments over and over and over again, apparently. Their estate overall is worth maybe $10 million, $10 plus.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
Yeah, three years apart. The oldest one, Aaron, married Danny Serafini, who was an interesting character. Left-handed reliever, journeyman, pitched at a variety of baseball teams in the major leagues. And then he eventually retired. He kind of aged out. They settled in an area called Sparks, which is adjacent to Reno.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
And he bought a bar there, called it the Bullpen, since he was a bullpen pitcher. Yeah. And, you know, I don't know how successful the bar was.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
So there was a 911 call. Someone was on the line, but sort of moaning, breathing, and they could hear a television in the background. Oh, wow. And that's it. EMTs went out there, and it took them a while to find the house, just because it was a cell call. And they went up into the family room, the TV's on, and they found Gary slumped to the side, dead. He'd been shot in the head.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
They saw there was a blood trail and they followed the blood trail into a bathroom and there they found Wendy. There was an EMT checked on Wendy, thought she was dead. And then she moaned and said, oh, my gosh, she's alive. That's awful. And then she was medevaced to a trauma center in Reno. Police investigators do not believe she's going to make it.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
And weeks go by and then she comes out of a coma. And she's questioned. She has no memory of what happened, though.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
Yes. They looked at the family security system. And what had happened that day is that Gary and Wendy had Aaron and the grandchildren over to go boating. And there's footage of that. Then While they're away, a person comes walking up their road and then into their driveway. And this person's wearing a hoodie, wearing a surgical mask, and presumably goes inside the house through the garage door.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
And then— Scary. Yes. Erin leaves with the kids. And after she leaves, there's a recording of five gunshots. And then a couple of minutes later, you see this person with the hoodie on, the mask, leave the same way they came in.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
No, not at all. Not at that point.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
She's doing very well. She's gone through rehab. She's learned how to ride a bike again.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
Yes. Apparently, Wendy... Was found dead, I think it was 23 months or so after the shooting. The death is ruled to be a suicide. Wow, that's so sad. Yeah, yeah, very much so.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
There was no public disclosures as far as in terms of how the investigation was progressing. It got handed down from like one prosecutor to the next. And the latest prosecutor really chewed away at it, as did the lead detective.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
I believe they were on, they were looking at him hard. early on, at least judging from the preliminary hearing. Danny Serafini was having financial problems. Investigators said that he burned through all of his money that he got from Major League Baseball years earlier.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
And so it seems like he always had to go hat in hand to his in-laws to ask for money to help keep the bar going, to help keep his kids in school, to help pay his mortgage, and finally got tired of it and wanted his inheritance earlier than was due. There was a detective that testified
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
Two, possibly three people said that Danny would get so angry talking about his in-laws, he would say that I would like to kill them or find someone to kill them.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
Yes. And this woman named Samantha Scott. Oh. And we're wondering, well, who's Samantha Scott? And it turns out it was kind of a friend of Aaron and Danny Serafini.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
The reason why she was arrested, as it turns out, is that as police were going through and pulling all the surveillance camera from basically residences all around the West Shore, they kept seeing a particular car that would pop up, a brown Subaru with a dent on the back left fender. And that's exactly the kind of car that Samantha Scott had.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
And so they went to her and looked at her and found out her cell phone was pinging in that area. This is around hours of the murder.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
Samantha Scott definitely is going to be the most important witness in this case because there's no evidence of Danny being there that day other than Samantha Scott's testimony. That's what she does testify to.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
Yeah, no, it's interesting at the preliminary hearing. So they showed the video of this person walking into the house and out. And the defense was saying that video proves it's not Serafini because the person looks smaller and lighter. You know, Danny's a pretty buff guy, big shoulders. They claim that that video proves it's not him. That's not Danny.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
And their contention is, why kill the golden goose? Aaron's parents were giving them all the money they wanted, so why put an end to that?
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
Absolutely.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
That's what we understand, that Aaron will testify on behalf of her husband.
Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Former MLB pitcher on trial for murder. New evidence in Karen Read. Plus, testifying anonymously.
Oh, yeah, there will be a lot of updates. It's going to go on for a while.