not only possible, they said, but probable. more likely, they figured, then a stranger breaking into the house during the 20-minute denise was out. it s inconceivable to think that somebody breaks into the out of that exact same times, rummage through the house, finds a glut loaded up hides behind the door to execute her. it just can t happen. something else that didn t make sense, they said, was that denise s car was not in her driveway. after the murder they found her silver ford here in this nearby park. nathan had told police he only knew if 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 a park. they believe nathan was lying to them, and that he had used that key to move the car. another suspicious finding? a black hoods reset sweatshirt on the floor of nathan in denise s bedroom. investigator said it seem to
yeah. what were you thinking? i didn t know what to think. i try to run up there to go to the house and they were like, no you can t going. i m like well, i just want to know, i just want to know what happened to my daughter. is she in there? where is she? they eventually took me downtown and then one of the policeman came in and told me that she had been shot. the worst day of my life. now she had to tell her husband, denise father s. fell apart, cried. i guess it s every parent s worst nightmare. they have a child taken from them. as denise s family reeled from their unimaginable loss, this quiet central illinois community was just starting to grapple with the fall of a murder on valentine s day. did you feel like we have a mystery on our hands? we ve got to solve this? yeah, we knew we had something bad. and we knew that it was going to take a lot of work to get to the point where we knew who done it. coming up a possible clue. and then pulled into our drivew
presents mean. despite having studied in the states for four years, aina seemed incapable of understanding english at times. which first graded prosecutors. in fact, you are proficient in both written and spoke in english, is that correct? yes. still, the prosecution thought she was an important witness. i think it was significant for the jury to see aina. we could give him the text messages, the emails, in the phone calls in the jury would hear all of that. the state showed the jury texts between nathan and aina, the day the murder. they started in the morning with mutual halos. at 8:37 am, nathan texted aina. i know there is a lot to do today. i pray there is enough time to do everything. at the lectures and meeting, take care of yourself. then, after nathan arrived home mid afternoon she texted him and he replied i can t now.
this was his valentine s day present. or hate? one shot to the head. what was the motive for a valentine s day murder? we had a note that she had written. she was speaking from the grave. that note was powerful. it happened on the least likely day imaginable. a day devoted to love and affection. valentine s day. and it happened to the last people on earth you would expect. a religious family dedicated to god and making the world a better place. we had a break-in. is it going on right now? i don t know. the garage door is open. there is glass from the back
with nathan, all of a sudden perfectly speaking english girl starts in, i don t understand that. or i m not going to answer that question. it turned into more of a cold stare, and no emotion whatsoever. you describe it like a staring contest? we throughout their crime scene pictures of denise laying dead, autopsy pictures to get a reaction. she had no emotion. i called her out on it. i said these people take you into their home, right back from the idea, you live with them. that doesn t bother you? and she just looked at me, stone cold. i cried enough over the weekend. detectives asked her about something they learned as they traced nathan s movements today at the murder. remember, one of the places he said he visited was this day spa, where he body valentine s day gift certificate for denise. when detective stopped there, they discovered nathan had been bringing another woman to the spa. it was not other than aina.