>> it was very close to the same feeling i had when i heard that my wife had been shot. we >> it was in high school that nathan and denise got to know each other better. i knew i didn't make a mistake. And now all of a sudden, you are taking me with you places. we've got you. false positive and negative results may occur. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. red light's going to add on a little bit of time. >> it's just absolutely a despicable act. after the murder, they found her silver ford here in this nearby park. we decided to see for ourselves how long that drive would take. ask your doctor about ingrezza. 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In this Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014 photo, Nathan Leuthold, 39, turns to the family of his slain wife, Denise, while making a statement in court in Peoria, Ill., shortly before being sentenced to 80 . >> not guilty. A bi-fold door was off its hinges near where police found 39-year-old Denise Leuthold. smith testified that nathan told him he planned the murder specifically for valentine's day. >> and a note to him from the woman he's accused of murdering. Im not going to try to please you anymore. it took me one minute and 15 seconds. This episode doesn't appear to be available from any streaming services. ooh, that's a low price. assets you allocate, and ones you hold tight. This week we cover the story of Nathan Leuthold and his wife Denise, who went to Lithuania on a missionary assignment and came back with a marital stowaway. it looked like the house have been broken into. securing the inside of the house. >> about 3:00, the defendant returns home. 'cause we are. >> i shot the 40 when i was there. nathan leuthold was on trial for murdering his wife on valentine's day 2013. a scenario impossible to have predicted for a man devoted to god, who appeared to have been happily married to his high school sweetheart for 17 years. >> the timing just really gets to the point where it's almost not realistic. to his wife. some meds for mental health can cause abnormal dopamine signaling in the brain. my freedom. it was very natural. [sfx: kids laughing] [sfx: bikes passing]. >> i know there's one set of, keys, and whenever i have borrowed -- when i've driven the card to get something fixed on it, oil change, whatnot. >> i've never seen nathan in unemotional status far is crying, or in panic, or anything like that. >> i don't know what to think. Supposedly she came home and walked in on the robbery. stories >> they grew particularly close to some of the children at their and their families. >> a pulled over to make a phone call. Prosecutors allege the 39-year-old Leuthold shot his wife execution-style on Valentine's Day to continue an . we had brought several list winnie and students tonight it seized over the years. A mother of three married to a missionary is found dead on Valentine's Day; the investigation into the murder reveals answers close to home. >> i am your spiritual adviser or clergy here in america because there is nobody else who speaks lithuanian. Peoria County Circuit Judge Kevin Lyons sentenced Nathan Leuthold, 39, on Wednesday in the execution-style murder of Denise Leuthold, 39, the (Peoria) Journal Star reported. huh. Together they built their family on faith, but in a flash, one For a day that ended so tragically, it started with roses. on the floor. Nathan Leuthold allegedly owned a similar weapon, which was missing. Nathan hid in the closet and waited for Denise to come home, wearing black clothes including a hoodie, then changed his clothes thinking someone caught him walking in to the house prior to the murder. >> by mid afternoon, when they need should have been done shopping and on her way to pick up julia, nathan said he tried reaching her but couldn't. take her for waxing treatments. >> and what about the state's, witness who claimed that nathan had confessed the whole crime to him? as you charge ahead. she was basically just being a wife and a mother. Nathan and Denise Leuthold had known each other since grade school. He occasionally wrote in his yellow legal pad. they have a primary, one which is a glock. in my experience as a police officer and investigator, when a burglary occurs, the kitchen is not a common place that a burglar would look for items. >> but, prosecutors said, there was no covering up letters nathan had sent aina, including this one read by an interpreter during a deposition. He quickly called 911, and there began the ordeal. Terms. thank you, onstar. >> ladies and gentlemen. to protect people. We will pray for the family. >> no. Denises vehicle was missing, and soon located at a park down the street from the residence at Robinson Park. Nathan and Denise Leuthold had known each other since grade school. >> you can't lock? He parked his car at Robinson Park and walked thru the woods to get home. was that a factor -- >> well, obviously it was a concern. >> what's the relationship between you and nathan? then he knew that denise would be coming back, stood in the doorway, and as soon the door opened, denise tried to take her coat off and he shot her in the back of the head. his friend, norm alrick, who had known the couple for decades, was stunned. I really dont think there is anything I have done or not done to deserve this. TV Archive She admitted Nathans family was paying for her attorney but said she did not know the funds for her attorney came from an account that was set up for Nathans children. take care of yourself. i need to figure out how that car got to robinson park. i'm cologuard. she never called a counselling hotline. things like that just don't happen in peoria. Apart from Adam and Noah, Nathan also has a daughter from a relationship he had sometime after Denise's passing. In the note, Denise accused Leuthold of wanting her dead. talk to your eczema specialist about dupixent, the calming scent of lavender by downy infusions calm. when she came home the, house had been ransacked like somebody had broken in through the back door. They shot her as she walked in the door. >> denise -- deadly valentine 3--'s had no idea what happened. >> and? pulling into the starbucks parking lot. What on earth could you possibly be thinking? Denise, a high schooler, met Nathan at a community college where she had been taking a few courses. That could have been difficult for the three Leuthold children. after questioning her husband, nathan, and combing the crime scene, detective started to see things differently. >> was that? we could get in the text messages, we could get in the emails, we could get in the phone calls and the jury's going to hear all that. >> for the state, it was a satisfying ending to a case they had to painstakingly stitch together. Nathan Leuthold was arrested and charged with first-degree murder of his wife, Denise who died after she was hit with a bullet on her head. he was a friend. >> people in peoria, illinois were spooked. proved an affair, a secret that shook the courtroom. Deadly Valentine: With Craig Melvin, Kate Snow, Andrea Canning. >> i asked him why out of the, box? denise had just gotten home when she was killed. we needed to make sure we locked down what she planned on doing that today. they started at 6:30 a.m. with mutually hellos. >> they moved in with us for six months. she loved her job, and really loved her handsome young boss. >> a, we've got a break. Denise L. Leuthold, 39, of Peoria passed away Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, at her residence. >> everything stopped. she didn't answer. >> a key to that car was found tangled in denise is hair, under her head. >> not only did he deny killing his wife, nathan told us there was a perfectly reasonable explanation for all the searches the police uncovered. seth, 12, julia, ten and jenelle, were for. >> rather rule me out based upon what. >> he told me that. plans for the long term, and plans for a long weekend. 3:00 P.M. Nathan called 911 to report a burglary at their residence. >> and what they found floored them. Yesterday afternoon Denise was home alone when a burgler broke into the house. and then seek counsel from? Oh my. Published February 20, 2015 at 3:44 PM CST. On the morning of Thursday, February 14, 2013, Nathan Leuthold (above left), a Baptist missionary, presented roses to his wife Denise (right) as a Valentine's Day gift. 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The missed 911 call led to him suing the Charlotte County Sheriffs Office for negligence, a lawsuit which he won. i'm like well, i just want to know, i just want to know what happened to my daughter. The 39-year-old Peoria man showed little emotion as Peoria Circuit Judge Kevin Lyons handed down the sentence. They fell in love, and that soon led to marriage. Two days before Denises death, Nathan called the police late at night to report a suspicious vehicle parked in the driveway across the street from their residence. >> no. See production, box office & company info. >> you don't have a key either. >> describe his demeanor. >> six minutes, 55 seconds. $42.00 *. 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She'd received a single but deadly gunshot wound to the head. >> without a motive and without hard evidence nathan pulled the trigger, toner said all the prosecution had were lies, misinterpretations and omissions. when you came to that realization, what is going through your mind? nathan said denise had her own list of things to do that day. and it guides you. >> tips started coming in right away. nathan had told police he only knew of one key, the key that was found at the crime scene, but now police had a second key that they found in this trash can in the park. with nathan and dennis leuthold had met earlier, back in the eighties when they were students at a small baptist school in central illinois. >> it was a highly circumstantial case. exploring the world in comfort once again. About Remove My Info. They are currently doing an autopsy. and see what kind of person she was that. political school lock down that day, that step doesn't happen in this neighborhood. >> that's how she came on your radar? diane parish who lived a few houses from nathan and denise remembered seeing a strange man on her street right around the time of her murder. it turned into more of a cold stare, and no emotion whatsoever. as she grew, up a relationship with the family grew as well. >> that sponsor, of course, was nathan. >> why were you so sure? The court will consider an appeal on the Leuthold case Friday at 11. and now it's prime time. Denise was a Baptist missionary and her family had very close ties to the church, with Nathan having delivered a sermon at Crossroads back in October 2012 for revival month. The 39-year-old Peoria man showed little emotion as Peoria Circuit Judge Kevin Lyons handed down the sentence. >> they subpoenaed aina's school records. Nathan was sentenced to eighty years. i knew immediately something was wrong with him. >> but he wanted to set the record straight with us, insisting he's innocent. The Far North Peoria man stood across the street while the officer searched his house. they collected surveillance video from the places he said he had been. friend norm visited. >> and we both answered no, but as soon as i said no i'm like, well, wait a minute, you know, then i of course started having suspicions. You act like you are somehow noble because you wont tell me why you are doing this. >> i can't leave them all that long. the budget would push federal spending to its highest sustained level since world war ii. They have been on furlough and Denise was murdered in Peoria last week. >> this is kind of weird. 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On Valentine's Day 2013, Denise Leuthold, wife of missionary Nathan Leuthold, mother of three young children, was found shot to death in Peoria, Illinois. at that point, i didn't know where we were going. in this second car, we're going to drive to starbucks. she had no emotion. three weeks after denise leuthold was shot to death, her husband nathan was arrested for her murder. >> 9-1-1. where is the emergency? Prosecutors allege the 39-year-old Leuthold shot his wife execution-style on Valentines Day to continue an affair with their 20-year-old Lithuanian sponsor student. While Michael stated that both he and Denise were victims of a kidnapping, the reality was far different. >> nathan has a very big heart for people. Tanya Koonce / Peoria Public Radio. >> what's more, the inmate also testified why nathan wanted denise out of his life. your son's fine. finish. but that day, something happened that was completely out of character for denise. hiding in that cubical to kill her the moment she walked through the door. now back to "dateline." >> things weren't adding up. Together they built their family on faith, but in a flash, one of them was dead and the other was under suspicion. >> and what about those haunting words written by denise in that note found in her day planner clearly aimed at nathan, how would he answer that? she had no way of getting around. Leutholds attorney, Hugh Toner, says he would not change anything about his defense. Ive tried to hate you because I thought it would make it easier. >> why did aina say after the robbery, "interesting" smiley face? i wont grovel. >> i observed some kitchen cabinets open, and some kitchen drawers on the floor. she was so close with the, leuthold family, she moved in with nathan, denise, and denise's parents well she attended a community college in peoria. . there is nothing more important to me than you and this relationship. never done enough. >> everything stopped. >> what did you find on her phone? at the last minute, he chose not to. >> without the headlights on? this one just happens to be a lot worse. your son's fine. She had heard what she thought was a girl screaming and later noticed a hand that was banging on the back window of Michaels car. Denise was a 1992 graduate of Faith Baptist Christian School in Pekin. I know that you want me dead. same with my boat. He had taken her back to his residence after abducting her and raped her there. >> but was it down there for? The police shared a lot of their information with us the night before he was arrested. toner argued there was absolutely no evidence to support the theory that nathan killed his wife so that he could be with a 20-year-old. >> he said he received a phone call from lithuanian exchange student. Denise Lees happy life with her husband and children came to an abrupt halt in January 2008 when she was abducted from her home by a stranger. >> when dateline continues. >> it was a shock. Nathan remarked the car is gone. she hadn't answered her text messages. Despite being married to his wife, Denis Nathan Leuthos, he had double affairs. But on Valentine's Day, 2013, husband . he didn't know but tried to insinuate burglar target. at thrivent, we believe money is a tool, not a goal. daycare. >> did you think it was possibly when you're looking at this photo lineup maybe you'd seen nathan in the neighborhood and subconsciously you were choosing that photo because you'd already seen him before? can you let me shop? i'm flo from progressive, and i couldn't help but overhear super fun beach day, everybody. Denise lived at the home with her husband, Nathan Leuthold, three children and parents. it's the first bill of the democratic-controlled congress to be thwarted by a filibuster. his lawyer, hugh toner, said that would have been nearly impossible. For a day that ended so tragically, it started with roses. >> i looked at denise's mom and i saw what she was as a woman, a wife, a mother. Bowers took the jury through the one-story ranch home. it was natural for denise to want to hire her, and we trusted her 100% with them. 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