geico. >>> my name is ernie merchant, i am a former romantic partner of raymond moody's. us charges related to a drug bust, and his sentence was much less severe than raymond moody's. >> the first time i saw ray moody, he had been in prison for about 17 years. it was definitely clear that we were interested in each other. >> raymond moody and ernie merchant form a very deep bond. >> he was unfailingly kind, the most impeccable manners. there was never a time when he was anything but a very nice person. >> this is the late 1990s, and inmates have no access to the internet. so for his entire relationship with raymond moody, ernie says that he had no idea the nature of raymond moody's crimes. >> he told me that he was in for a series of robberies. i was not aware of ray's sex offender status until the very end of my stay, right before i left prison. i think he felt that he needed to let me know the truth. ray gave me his file that listed his crimes and what he had done. i was stunned, horrified. particularly because as a child, i was a molested child. >> it was a horrible mom