yes, in my opinion. reporter: the mechanics of rigor more tis go like this upon death a human s muscles start to stiffen. to the detective, it looked like they were in an ad vans state of rigor, meaning she likely died many hours before this photo was taken. remember, curtis said he tucked his sickly wife in bed an hour before finding her dead. it didn t make sense, he went straight to his bosses with the old lovelace file. my first thought is we missed something here. reporter: the chief had been in charge in 2006 when everyone assumed corey had died natural debt. he says he never sue the photos the detective was holding before him. that s when i saw the pictures the first time. what did you think? i thought this is odd. this is not natural. the posture of the arms. definitely appeared to me that rigor mortis set in.
ring of more tis? yes, in my opinion. reporter: the mechanics of rigor more tis go like this upon death a human s muscles start to stiffen. to the detective, it looked like they were in an ad vans state of rigor, meaning she likely died many hours before this photo was taken. remember, curtis said he tucked his sickly wife in bed an hour before finding her dead. it didn t make sense, he went straight to his bosses with the old lovelace file. my first thought is we missed something here. reporter: the chief had been in charge in 2006 when everyone assumed corey had died natural debt. he says he never sue the photos the detective was holding before him. that s when i saw the pictures the first time. what did you think? i thought this is odd. this is not natural. the posture of the arms. definitely appeared to me
detective jeff baird s curiosity, now, adam gibson did. ring of more tis? yes, in my opinion. reporter: the mechanics of rigor more tis go like this upon death a human s muscles start to stiffen. to the detective, it looked like they were in an ad vans state of rigor, meaning she likely died many hours before this photo was taken. remember, curtis said he tucked his sickly bed in wife an hour before finding her dead. it didn t make sense, he went straight to his bosses with the old lovelace file. my first thought is we missed something here. reporter: the wheef had been in charge in 2006 when everyone assumed corey had died natural debt. he says he never sue the photos the detective was holding before him. that s when i saw the pictures the first time. what did you think? i thought this is odd. this is not natural. the posture of the arms. definitely appeared to me