Police search son’s home, vehicles in connection to his father’s 2009 murder

As far as the listed coin collection. Indian bowls, Browning A5 shotgun, a ” sawed off shotgun” a silver belt buckle and what ever else Gene told you I may had taken I’d suggest you search his property as I remember seeing my Dad’s A5 and a Weatherby 300 on the bed in Genes house after giving me permission to view them 15 years ago, while we were still amicable towards each other. The Indian bowls were given to my Sister on 5/27/10 the day Gene surrendered the personal property he was unlawfully allowed to remove from my Dad’s estate prior to my Sister and I learning of his death. Maybe you should look elsewhere and consider the source of your misinformation…

I ask Newtimes to please advise Detective Greg Smith at SLO Sheriff’s regarding this post rebuttalbefore you delete it. I would have gladly sent him this in email but that option is unavailable of the SLO Sheriff’s website.

Re Unsolved Homicide of Jerry Greer
Templeton, CA 3/28/09
As a named “person of interest” by the SLO Sheriff’s Dept – I felt it was necessary to share my experience with the public as the only means of accountibility for the mistakes homicide investigators made which has resulted in their inability to solve my Father’s homicide. In order to grasp the complexity of this case the public needs to understand my Father’s siblings have held a contempt and hatred towards my Sister and I which stems from the manner in which my Mom divorced my Father when I was 3 years old. For example- while at the church following my Father’s funeral his eldest Brother Jim Greer said to me, “I cant wait until your Mother dies so I can piss on her grave”- after I nformed Jim my Sister was taking my Mom to help her go through my Father’s house the following morning. About the same time my Sister had a heated argument with other family members over possession of my Father’s photo albums. Gene has held the same contempt which may explain the reasons why he would try to deny distribution and fraud my Father’s estate, steal property and lie to homicide investigators in attempt to incriminate me to my Father’s homicide. I didn’t suspect Gene of murdering my Father until I identified a pattern of his continual lying in attempt to incriminate me and I had proof to disclose it. The record shows there is zero evidence I was involved in my Father’s homicide which stands as a testament to my innocence. My credibility is maintained in that I have never lied to anybody about anything related to my Father’s homicide including the content of this Facebook post. The tragic loss of my Father and being falsely accused of his murder has deeply troubled me. On 9/30/18 an hour after learning Detective Cole was soliticing a person I knew to wear a recording device in attempt to capture an admission to my Father homicide- I suffered a severe mental health break at the Creston Long Branch Saloon. I remember being on my knees, crying uncontrollably and pleading my innocence to complete strangers who likely knew nothing of my situation or could care less. I was asked to leave under threat the SLO Sheriff’s would be called and 15 minutes later was the cause of an alcohol related car crash that injured an elderly couple and myself. I sincerly apologize to Mr. and Mrs. Ryan for the hardship I caused them and not having the presence of mind to seek clinical intervention when I needed it most. In the time following the unjust search of my property- I suffered several mental health breaks- not because I was guilty but by the manner I was unjustly treated by the SLO Sheriff’s Dept- the alienation and stigma as result of the media pushing the false narrative I was connected to my Father’s homicide; all for the purpose of coercing a confession to a crime I didn’t commit. What troubles me still is the SLO Sheriff homicide investigators were listening to every phone conversation I had during that time and chose not to intervene. I believed SLO Sheriff’s would end my life in a felony stop after naming me an armed and dangerous suspect- as a final means to prove they were right. While in jail for my DUI- my bail was increased from 100k to 300k because I refused to confess to killing my Father, declaring me an ” escape risk” which also demonstrates the corrupt state of the SLO County ” justice” system and denial of my Constutional Rights of Due Process.
The circumstances as I know them follows:
On Saturday afternoon March 28, 2009 Gene Greer and his Son found my Father a victim of homicide in his rural Templeton, CA home. It was claimed Gene climbed in bed and embraced his older Brother after finding him shot to death multiple times in the head, neck and shoulder in an obvious bloodied crime scene. Gene’s actions compromised the integrity of the crime scene and may have destroyed evidence that would indicate he or someone else committed the murder. Gene claimed having an Alibi witness defense and for those reasons- SLO Sheriff homicide investigators did not consider him a likely suspect. Worth noting is nobody from the Greer family nor the SLO Sheriff’s Dept contacted my Sister and I to inform us of our Father’s homicide. I learned something was wrong via text from a concerned co-worker Monday morning about 30 hours later; by that time SLO Sheriff homicide investigators had concluded their crime scene evidence collection, interviewed family members and allowed Gene to remove everything of value from my Father’s house without any record of property taken nor consent, while knowing my Sister and I were sole beneficiaries- which violated SLO Sheriff Dept policy to inform next of kin and their mission statement to protect property. I asked Gene why nobody informed us of my Father’s murder and he said,” We were going to let the authorities contact you and your Sister.” Within months I realized Gene was lying to homicide investigators about my relationship with my Father- which explains the profound bias I’ve experienced by SLO Sheriff homicide investigators from the beggining. By 2011 SLO Sheriff Detectives began accusing me of killing my Father without any evidence to back their claims. I realized homicide investigators were clueless and so firm in their beliefs there was nothing I could say or do to prove my innocence but let the investigation run its course.To date the theory that someone other than Gene Greer killed my Father remains unfounded.The untold truth is SLO Sheriff homicide investigators failed to properly identify Gene as the Primary Suspect while knowing he was the sole person in my Father’s crime scene after forensic tests confirmed no other suspects could be identified. Rather than fully investigating Gene’s involvement to the homicide by searching his property for the direct and circumstantial evidence relative to the homicide – SLO Sheriff homicide investigators fully endorsed the theory I was responsible which was founded on the lies of Gene Greer and have spent the last 14 years investigating an innocent person trying to justify their mistakes. Did homicide investigators fail to consider the possibility that Gene could have committed the murder by leaving and returning to his residence undetected by his witness or his witness was willing to lie to protect him? Gene resides less than 2 miles from my Father’s house and the murder could’ve easily been accomplished in less than 30 minutes. If homicide could so easily be accommodated by use of Alibi witness in SLO County- our justice system is severly compromised.The strength of an Alibi witness is solely dependent on the subjective credibility of the witness and the”defendant doesn’t have the burden to prove an alibi- they can simply claim the defense to raise a reasonable doubt about whether they could have been the person who committed the crime.” The failure to identify Gene Greer the primary suspect and search his estate in a timely manner is a dereliction of duty to the pursuit of justice and the single most damning error SLO Sheriff homicide investigators made to my Father’s homicide investigation. The first fundamental error SLO Sheriff homicide investigators made was believing Gene Greer was innocent and relying on him to provide truthful information. SLO Sheriff homicide investigators should have observed Gene’s dishonesty after he was caught lying to SLO County Superior Court in his attempts to deny distribution and fraud my Father’s estate while acting as executor. Gene put in court records he would not distribute my Fathers estate because my Sister and I had “unclean hands” which implied we were responsible for the homicide. After losing that claim, Gene contested my Father’s Will by claiming my Father never paid him for 14 acres in a property swap they made in 1978. None of which was true and Gene was removed as executor by the court. Gene’s nefarious behavior demonstrated his dishonesty, motive of financial gain and intention to place blame for the homicide. An unbiased and objective homicide investigator should have questioned Gene’s culpability to the homicide when he continued his misinformation campaign intended to incriminate me- while knowing he was the sole person proven in the crime scene by forensic testing and no evidence ever existed that would involve me in any way to my Father’s homicide. Gene’s record of dishonesty is well documented in SLO County Superior Court record archive, littered throughout homicide investigators notes and the falsified search warrant the SLO Sheriff Dept gifted me- which exposed the true level of corruption and compromised state of my Fathers homicide investigation. It is reasonable and my opinion that if Gene were innocent he would have protected the crime scene in effort to preserve evidence in hopes of seeking justice for his beloved Brother’s homicide. In a process of elimination and a member of the Greer family- I know my Father’s health was of great concern and is the only logical reason the homicide occurred. I believe Gene’s disturbance of the crime scene was a planned and purposeful act which soiled his existing incriminating evidence and produced the desired effect of introducing the possibility that someone else committed the homicide – which was perpetuated by his lies that I was responsible. I believe compassion of my Father’s failing health was the predominate reason he was killed. Compassion is defined as” sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others.” It was known my Father had long term untreated colon cancer and diabetes by those closest to him. In 1998, my Father told me he had colon cancer and would refuse treatment fearing he wouldn’t be the same. In August 2008, my Father told me he thought he had a year left to live which is significant because a week after my Father’s homicide, following his funeral- Gene Greer told me,” At least he doesn’t have to suffer any longer.” and “There’s alot you don’t know.” I never knew my Father was suffering and didn’t comprehend the weight of Gene’s statements because at the time I didn’t suspect him of murdering my Father.
It was known that nobody was closer to my Father than Gene. My Grandmother held my Father back in school a year so they could be together and they saw or spoke to each other nearly everyday. Considering Gene’s nefarious and dishonest behavior after the homicide; one of the last to talk to my Father on Friday night and the one to find him a victim of homicide with his Son the next day- leads me to believe Gene murdered my Father out of compassion of his failing health and tried avoiding detection by returning to the crime scene- with a witness and displacing his existing incriminating evidence with his biological markers on my Father’s body and immediate area in such a manner intended to appear and acting as if he were a victim. Gene knew his Son could be used as a witness because Jack had been showing up consistently on Saturday’s to help him with his firewood business.The ability to murder his Brother at such close range and remain undetected presented a problem that was remedied by his disturbance of the crime scene and a witness was necessary to facilitate credibility to the staged act- which demonstrates the level of planning involved. While the theoretical possibility exists that someone else may have committed the murder based solely on the compromised integrity of the crime scene (by Gene’s actions), the probability is reduced to near zero because no evidence of another suspect exists or has yet to be found after more than 14 years of homicide investigation. The nefarious behavior of Gene Greer in totality exemplify selfishness, greed and dishonesty and such character traits would fundamentally attribute to the homicide and actions taken to avoid detection. I suspect the murder was a selfish act in that the unbearable pain of seeing his Brother’s quality of life deteriorate became the necessity to end it. I also suspect Gene’s manipulation of the homicide investigation began at the time of discovery and explains why my Sister and I were not notified of my Father’s murder by the SLO Sheriff Dept nor anyone from the Greer family. The benefit of doubt afforded Gene Greer is unprecedented. The excuse that Gene’s estate could not be searched due to having an Alibi witness, after it was known- he was the sole person in the crime scene is inexcusable. In stark contrast- the SLO Sheriff Dept had no problem violating my Rights of Due Process in their efforts to find incriminating evidence against me, when none existed. SLO Sheriff Detective Clint Cole began calling my friends and bugging their phones in 2018 and telling one,” We know he did it. We just can’t prove it.” Detective Cole conspired with Gene Greer in the manufacture of a fictional list of my Father’s property alleged stolen at the time of his murder (3/28/09)- 9 years earlier, as the only means to tie me to the homicide and attain a search warrant on the belief I was culpable. Any reasonable person could ask why wasn’t the alleged theft of my Father’s property disclosed to my Sister and I by the Greer family or the SLO Sheriff Dept at the time of discovery because the alleged stolen property belonged to us – and- Why would the Greer family and or SLO Sheriff Dept wait 9 years to report or act on such theft and jeopardize losing evidence that could have solved my Father’s homicide? The answer: it was all another lie by the SLO Sheriff’s Dept and Gene Greer in an egregious scheme so SLO Sheriff homicide investigators could search my estate when they had no evidence to base a legitimate search warrant. Unless Im missing something – I dont understand how such a blatantly falsified search warrant was approved by the Courts. I knew the search warrant was falsified and based on the lies of Gene Greer because my Father’s Browning A5 12 ga shotgun was listed stolen in the search warrant- which I saw in Gene’s house after he allowed me to view my Father’s firearms a week after the homicide; the warrant also listed several other items of property to be confiscated for unknown reasons, of which only Gene knew I lawfully inherited from my Father’s estate. The only theft of my Father’s property was by Gene Greer after the SLO Sheriff homicide investigators allowed him to remove everything of value from my Father’s house without any record of property taken- nor the consent of my Sister and I – before we had any knowledge of the homicide. The SLO Sheriff’s Dept search of my property on 8/16/18 was unjust because the falsified search warrant (and Det. Cole) failed to disclose any evidence that tied me to any such property theft- which is an element required to support Probable Cause. “In the case of a warrant search an affidavit or recorded testimony must support the warrant by indicating on what basis probable cause exists.” Although nothing confiscated from my estate held any evidential value relevant to my Father’s homicide- the search warrant of itself exposed the true corrupt and compromised state of my Father’s homicide investigation with the SLO Sheriff Dept conspiring with Gene Greer- the only known person in my Father’s crime scene- and relying on him to provide information intended to incriminate me- in the complete absence of supporting evidence. I believed I was being set-up by the law enforcement agency sworn to protect the rights of its citizens and indeed I was. I fully expected the SLO Sheriff Dept to plant evidence in effort to incriminate me after Detective Cole boasted having a water bottle with my DNA and several other lies regarding evidence while he tried interrogating me prior to his unjust search of my estate. SLO Sheriff homicide investigators were so beholden to their biased beliefs they even based their search of my property on the lies of Gene Greer when they had zero evidence to base a legitimate search warrant. 5 years ago- the day after the unjust search of my property failed to produce any evidence relative to my Father’s homicide- the SLO Sheriff’s Dept mislead the public by naming me a “person of interest” in the local news and internet; with intent to shame me- out of spite- apparently disappointed with the realization of my complete innocence and for the purpose of using me as scapegoat to avoid accountability for their mistakes. I suspect politics within the SLO Sheriff’s Dept contributed to the failure of homicide investigators ability to fully investigate Gene’s culpability to the homicide and the same politics were behind naming me a ” person of interest” for the purpose of blaming me and avoiding accountibility for their mistakes which allowed Gene Greer’s estate to go unsearched in the pursuit of justice. The record will show there is zero evidence I was involved in any way to my Father’s homicide and I live for the day the “work” of SLO Sheriff homicide investigators ever becomes discoverable. SLO Sheriff homicide detectives should not be allowed to violate the Rule of Law to satisfy their ego nor the ability to abuse their authority in any manner intended to deny citizens of their Constitutional Rights of Due Process. To name me a “person of interest” after 9 years of investigation and the unjust search of my property over 5 years ago proved there was zero evidence I was involved in my Father’s homicide- is another example of the corrupt and compromised state of my Father’s homicide investigation and reflects poorly on the honesty and integrity of the SLO Sheriffs Dept. I do commend the stellar efforts SLO Sheriff Dept displayed in attempt to find and coerce any incriminating evidence that would in anyway tie me to my Father’s homicide- I just wish homicide investigators had expressed that same passion and dedication to the pursuit of justice with Gene Greer- knowing from the start- the only incriminating evidence in my Father’s homicide still belongs to him. To be fair- I tried speaking with SLO Sheriff homicide investigators in confidence before airing my grievances publically- but SLO Sheriff homicide investigators are so bound by politics and biased in their beliefs- all they want to hear from me is a confession to a crime they are incapable of solving. Although the opportunity to search Gene Greer’s estate for the evidence required for prosecution of 1st degree murder was sadly lost 14 years ago due to the negligence of the SLO Sheriff’s Dept.- Gene will live with the conscious of mind knowing I exposed the truth and all his efforts to avoid detection and blame me for his actions only further incriminated himself and that’s how Gene Greer will be remembered.