Returning now to mystery on the mississippi. Curtis lovelace had seen plenty of Interrogation Videos during his career as a former prosecutor. In the summer of 2014, for the first time in his life, curtis was the one in the hot seat. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law. You are a lawyer and the Number 1 rule is you dont talk to the police without having a lawyer present. But you talk. I wanted to answer their questions. I thought they wanted to know the truth. She indicated she did not feel well. On the valentines morning, cory was nursing that bad cold. I walked back upstairs with her. She climbed into bed. He described leaving The House then coming home, only to find his wife dead in their bedroom. She was cold and stiff and i recall her hands being something like that. Other details surrounding the death seem to elude curtis. I dont remember anything significant. You said you went to bed together . Yeah. I believ
then put a pillow over her nose and mouth and suffocate her? no. there were no bad arguments before. it s exactly what i have told detective bared in 2006, and what i told detective gibson in 2014, and what i am telling you now. that is what happened. she was sick, i came home, i found her that morning, and she was dead in bed. it was clear that detective strategy had not yielded what he wanted, a confession. i have a problem with you not remembering all these things. the lawyer school of talking his way out of trouble had not work either. even after he agreed, curtis said, to take eli tech to test. in a short time, he was swapping on his buttoned down shirt and leather loafers, for a very different courthouse look. jailhouse black and white stripes. coming up, are his kids the key
and suffocate her? no. no, i there there were no bad arguments the night before. um, it s it s exactly what what i ve told detective baird in 2006 and what i told detective gibson in 2014 and what i m telling you now. that that is what happened. she was sick and i came home and i found her that morning. and she was dead in bed. reporter: it was clear the detective s strategy hadn t yielded what he wanted, a confession. i have a problem with you not remembering all of these things. reporter: the lawyer s goal of talking his way out of trouble hadn t exactly worked, either. even after he agreed, curtis says, to take a lie detector test. in a short time, he was swapping out his buttoned-down shirt and leather loafer for a very different courthouse look. jailhouse black and white stripes. coming up are his kids