Infamous Murderers - Steven Sherer

STEVEN SHERER:

Steven Sherer, convicted in 2000 of the first degree murder of his wife Jami

Sherer who disappeared ten years before. Sherer was convicted in a no body

case by compelling circumstantial evidence.

Sentenced to 60 years in prison in Washington State, the Judge in the case

stated "he wanted to send Sherer away for a long time because he feared

for society and for women should Sherer ever walk free again."

Sherer was no stranger to Law Enforcement and was labeled a habitual

offender:

1980's Convicted for a string of thefts and traffic violations.

1987 Convicted of choking and assaulting a police officer in a drunken rage.

Abusive, controlling and alcoholic, Sherer made Jami Sherer's life a misery.

Sherer was also the last person to see Jami Sherer alive.

After his conviction for Jami Sherer's death, Steven Sherer hatched a plot

behind his prison cell bars to kill Jami's mother Judy Hagel along with his

and Jami's young son by burning her house. The person he chose as his

arsonist instead chose to talk to police.

Sherer: Found guilty of a crime I did not commit!

APPEALS:

Sherer's appeals to date had been denied. However, in February 2008,

a Federal Judge in Seattle Federal Court scheduled a hearing to explore

the issue of why some evidence reportedly uncovered by a tracking dog

after Jami Sherer disappeared wasn't introduced at trial. Sherer and his

lawyer believe it's powerful evidence, enough to prove his innocence.

Since Sherer is also serving time for the attempted murder of Judy Hagel

and his own son any reversal of his murder conviction won't get

him out of jail. However, it would remove his third strike which he

hopes would enable him to be a free man one day.

Author Ann Rule profiled this case in her book "Empty Promises"