started with roses and ended in a different shade of red. everything stopped. i was just in shock. we knew that there was somebody bad out there doing something. she was a wife, a mother, a missionary. to me, it sounds like a saint. she probably was. but something had been happening behind closed doors. there is nothing more important to me than you and this relationship. was it love? 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 do
you will have eyewitness identification, dna, gunshot residue, motive, and they all point to one person. he is sitting right across me. nathan s trial began on july 14th, exactly 17 months after the murder. reporter bo ebenezer covered the trial for nbc s w. ike tv in peoria. or a lot of people anxious for the trial to start? a lot of people were anxious, especially the family. the family wanted to find out what it really happened. jody hughes and jerry brady where the prosecutors who try the case. they said what really happened was a cold blooded execution. ladies and gentlemen burglars commit burglaries. killers execute with a style consistent with what the defendant did. to kill her the moment she walked through the door. the state s theory nathan put his plan into action