Jacie Estes
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Candace Rough Surface
Nick Scherr. Scherr, a resident of Mobridge South Dakota is currently serving a 100 year prison sentence for the 1980 murder of Candace Rough Surface of Kenel South Dakota.
Scherr is now up for parole; there are people in SD who are saying it was 'just a youthful indiscretion'. smh I believe the story deserves attention because his parole hearing is coming up on May 13, 2014.
Stroh has said he told his wife before they were married that he had helped kill Rough Surface. Because of a bitter divorce, someone in his wife's family apparently decided to tell authorities, according to court records.
At a preliminary hearing, Stroh said his family was on vacation and had stopped for a few days in Mobridge when he, then 15, and his 16-year-old cousin, Scherr, met Rough Surface.
After the three left a party in Scherr's truck, the woman hit him, Stroh said. That angered Scherr, who stopped the pickup truck, dragged Rough Surface outside and raped her, Stroh said.
Stroh said he also raped the woman at the insistence of his cousin. He said they shot her, chained her body to the truck, dragged it to the river and dumped it.
At Tuesday's hearing, defense lawyer Reed Rasmussen of Aberdeen gave a brief account of what happened. He said the killing occurred after a night of drinking.
"She was shot and killed," Rasmussen said. "Mr. Stroh and Mr. Scherr transported the body to the river and put it in the river to hide it."
http://www.mndaily.com/1996/05/08/suspect-finally-pleadsguilty-after-16-years
Deny Parole for Nicholas A. Scherr #0000018139
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