trial? i did i did a battery defense criminal case were not a law, school other than that it s my first criminal case. christmas taking a huge gamble, on the other, hand he was broke, he did have a lot of options. corey died of massive bruises. in his opening remarks, they said the state hadn t presented any evidence of murder for a reason. there was no. murder all the medical evidence prove she died as a result of an acute sudden onset of alcoholism. one of the defenses key goals was to debunk the damaging testimony of his. acts that he had violently attacked her and ripped her shirt. once we finish, talking and i take my notes. one of the first defense witnesses was major larry hole in of the illinois national guard. i asked her if she wanted to make a sworn statement in writing she said yes she would erica had filed a domestic charge, with the guard since curtis at the time was still
bought a home in quincy. they wanted to be in the neighborhood. they wanted to be close by. it just made it all the better. so we found them a house, and they move back. fortunately over the fence. three houses up in one over. yes. curtis s ambitions drove the young couple. he became a prosecutor in the state attorney s office, and dabbled in school board politics. winning a seat, and serving as president. he even found time to teach a business law classic quincy university. in between the professional milestones, the love laces started a family, first a girl lindsay, then three boys. cory juggle that part of their lives. how was she is a mother? she was a young mom . fantastic. she was a great. mom nothing she ever did for those kids. corey s days were filled with diapers, play dates and tantrums. even then this great mom never forgot how to be a good daughter. in early 2006, her dad was
against the woman s mouth. and then, seeing the marks around the mouth, and inside the mouth, all suggest, that suffocation occurred. suffocation. and abrasion. an accepted timeline that no longer fit. turner was convinced that cory had not died a natural death. she concluded, someone had used an object, like maybe a pillow, to suffocate the woman. left it under her arms, and removed it many hours later. the manner of death would be homicide. for the detective, corey s death came down to two competing narratives, from two compelling witnesses. one relied on science to s rely on murder one relied on memory to describe an ailing mother just before she passed away. in the, and the detective believed the science. he believed that a crime head indeed committed. but now he had a little problem back at the quincy police department. there were two officers who
it was during college break. the former classmates bumped and each other in quincy, and quickly became an item. cory wasted no time spreading her good news. i ll never forget the, day i was playing tennis with a friend of mine, inquiry came over, and met us, and that s when she told us. that kurt was it. she went to high school with the new couple surprised? not really. they seemed a great fit together. and she was very much smitten. it wasn t long before corey was also telling her mother, she found the one. she comes home, and were sitting there, and she said i ve met the man i m going to marry, whoa. and she kept her promise. in 1991, just after college, corey and kurt married. he studied law, she s more worked a small job to support them. both after graduation they
scientist and what we know about the development of rigor mortise. would a jury belief? science, or the words from two of corey s own sons? cory s brother, a dentist, found himself struggling over the conflicting facts. science is my living, you know. it s, i have to believe in, that but i also have to believe in the family at the same time. so i m completely. torn i ve never seen a more difficult case, more closely. there seems to be no middle. ground there is none. parkinson urged the jury to focus on the science in one image. cory in her bed, her body in rio mortise. he said it proves she died hours before it is claimed. it proved he was lying. it proved he argued that curtis killed her. coming up, the defense gets in turn and christine is feeling optimistic. i knew in my heart he was coming. home until. christine came in and they explain to her what was about