what did you think about america? we did not get along. from the get-go? from the get-go. she arrived as a girlfriend, and that s just how it was. did i just think it was too quickly? yes. but adults make their own decisions. in fact, she was so unhealthy with her dad s girlfriend, he picked up and moved with her grandmother two doors down. she admired how he coached local kids in sports and devoted spare time to his community. eventually, they both served together in the national guard. you have an outstanding resume. yeah. this is an all american boy. i love the fact that he was on the school board, that was where my profession was leading. and i love that he worked with children. he was great. he seemed to be good with the children. they even bought a new place and time together, and move from the place cory had died. there was
marty lost a daughter and a husband. she purchased two burial plots at the local cemetery. even though cory s remains were cremated. that was a choice, curtis said, the entire family made together. but the decision to cremate would be one that would haunt this river town for years to come. coming up! she was different, then anyone i had ever dated before. maybe in some ways, the difference intrigued me. curtis moves on! much too fast for some. she arrived as a girlfriend, did i think it was too quickly? yes. when dateline continues! when dateline continues so we offer a complete exam and x-rays free to new patients without insurance - everyday. plus, patients get 20% off their treatment plan. we re on your corner and in your corner every step of the way. because your anything is our everything. aspen dental. anything to make you smile.
out something she found disturbing. he s rarely honest except for when he s been drinking. and he was upset about something, and i asked him what he was upset about and he stated something about. she was writhing underneath me and then he said, oh, the black cat. reporter: as strange as that story sounded, the prosecutor took it to mean this. curtis wasn t talking about a cat, but about cory s last minutes of life, as she struggled while curtis smothered her. erika had a story to tell. there s one particular quote that came out and he says, i could hear her writhing beneath me. yes. that was evidence. she gave and it sounds as though he s talking about killing his wife at that moment. that s what we thought it sounded like, and she testified to that under oath on the stand that i could feel her writhing beneath me. and that s pretty much what would ve happened if suffocation was occurring. reporter: the prosecution
understand what s going on with with lyndsay, christine, because she has told the story that she, like her brothers, remembers seeing her mom alive, but then she backs away from it and says, i think i can t remember really. i don t know what s in lyndsay s head and in her heart. one day she was happy and then everything changed. reporter: the prosecution still had to explain why the two oldest boys were adamant their mom was alive that morning. parkinson told jurors there was a two-day gap between cory s death and the first police interviews with the kids. ample time he suggested, for the boys to be influenced by their dad. i think the children were confused as to which day. after all reporter: how about coached? do you think that he told them a story? he had custody of the children from the moment of her discovery until thursday afternoon. so from tuesday till thursday afternoon, i don t know what was said. reporter: dr. jane turner, the pathologist detective gibso
but in the summer of 2014 for the first time in his life, curtis was the one in the hot seat. you re a lawyer, and you know the number one rule is don t talk to the police. but you talk. i wanted to answer all the questions. i thought they wanted to know the truth. reporter: on that valentine s morning, curtis said cory was still nursing that bad cold or flu. i walked back upstairs with her and she climbed into bed. reporter: he described leaving the house, then coming home only to find his wife dead in their bedroom. she was cold and and stiff. i just recall her hands being out or something like that. reporter: and yet many other