that was there was no autopsy. would that mean to you? undetermined could mean a lot of things. in this particular autopsy, there were things listed as suspicious are traumatic. for instance, the report mentioned that abrasion on corey s face, just under her nose. something the arriving officer had observe that day. the pathologist also noted the cut, that she called a laceration on the inside of her upper lip. the detective kept scrolling, and then saw something that just stopped him cold. an electrifying image. the police photos of the dead wife and mother, as she lay in her bed. what jumped out at? you most definitely that her arms were in an unnaturally race position. the hands in a natural way. her hands defied gravity. not supported? no. just kind of out there like a statue? yes. using police photos from the scene, we created this graphic representation of corey s bedroom. you can see cory s arms frozen
did she ever get out of bed. yes, i think she did. reporter: if jurors believed them, it blew apart the prosecution s timeline that cory was murdered the night before. they said the same thing that they had told baird in 2006 and detective gibson in 2014. reporter: and the defense had its sights on detective gibson. they claimed in 2013, he was an over-eager, newly promoted detective, primarily assigned to work crimes against seniors. this was his first murder case. he transferred from k9 officer to elder service officer. and around the same time he went to a one week course on being a lead detective in a homicide case. and he embarked on this investigation that led to my indictment. reporter: finally, the defense s medical expert concluded there was only one plausible explanation for cory s death. she had a history of drinking and falling and that caused that abrasion and cut. the bottom line: she was an
after graduation, they decide to buy a home in quincy. they wanted to be in the neighborhood, and they want to be close by. it just made it all the better. i found in the, house in the mood. back virtually over the fence? two houses up, and one over. curtis s ambition he became a prosecutor in the adams county state attorney s office, and dabbled in the school board politics. winning a seat, and serving as president. he even found time to teach a business class in quincy university. in between the professional milestones, beloved laces started a family. first, a girl. then, three boys. cory juggle that part of their lives. i was cory as a mother? fantastic. she was a great mom. there was nothing she can do for those kids. cory s days were filled with diapers, play dates and tantrums. but, even then, this great mom never forgot how to be a good daughter. in early 2006, her dad, john,
this little houses in quincy, to one person in particular, that made curtis really stand out. to continue coverage, in the court is lovelace. right now, the defense is presenting its closing arguments in the case. big dreams on a mighty river can carry you far, or they can drag you under. this is the very strange journey of curtis lovelace, all american, to criminal defender. let s roll back the years to high school, and to the woman who had become the focus of so much speculation. cory didrikson. cory and i went to high school together. we didn t run in the same crowd, we had some mutual friends, and we didn t date in high school. back then, curtis was more focused on football than dating. it wasn t until he went off to the university of illinois, roughly 200 miles away, and became a star athlete that he
this woman. that was frustrating. she does find a disease of the liver which can be associated with sudden death. unusual for a young woman to die of unknown causes. but, it does happen. without more to go on, the detective close the case. cory s mother still in shock, could barely bring himself to read the autopsy. cory was drinking, we don t deny that. she was billy mick, and i did try to talk to curtis about that. he told me that it was all okay, and it was going to be fine. now, as shimon cori, marty knew her suffering would only deepen. her husband john was dying. we had a visitation for cory, and jon sat next to me, it was like he was saying goodbye to friends, to. he didn t come home from the hospital. both those losses, one right