at that point, i knew that she was dead. in that moment, he said, his thoughts turn to his four-year-old bar boy who is still in the house. i needed to get larson out of the house. what did you do? i grabbed larson. i believe he was in bed. i took him immediately over to his grandparents house. cory s mom, marty, answered the door. she remembers her son-in-law standing there with a young boy and saying something nonsensical about her daughter being dead. it was mid morning. there. he s there he is. i opened the door. he has me larson. he says, something about people are coming. or something. i often regretted not just put larson down and running over there. stop. she called her son, that is dental practice. i got a phone call for my mom. just out of the blue.
once christine found out they were there, she rushed to the station. what were the kids told? what d they think was going on? they actually thought that something had happened to me. i walked into the room and they got up and they all um were very scared and um they hugged me and i told them everything would be okay. we ll figure this out. reporter: detective gibson had rounded up the boys because he was looking for more information. i m looking into the death of your mom from 2006. okay? uh-mm. reporter: the detective started to question them about the last days of their mother s life. so you went into your mom s room. yeah. and she was in bed. year, we would wake up every morning and then i would go into the room and watch our show. do you know what time that was? no. reporter: larson the youngest son was not interviewed by police back in 2006 because he was only 4 years old.
i walked into the room and they got up and they all um were very scared and um they hugged me and i told them everything would be okay. we ll figure this out. reporter: detective gibson had rounded up the boys because he was looking for more information. i m looking into the death of your mom from 2006. okay? uh-mm. reporter: the detective started to question them about the last days of their mother s life. so you went into your mom s room. yeah. and she was in bed. year, we would wake up every morning and then i would go into the room and watch our show. do you know what time that was? no. reporter: larson the youngest son was not interviewed by police back in 2006 because he was only 4 years old. now he was telling detective gibson he wasn t sure if his mother was alive that morning. he said he only remembered getting out of bed and going to his mom s room. but she didn t answer him.
her name, and at that point, i knew that she was dead. in that moment, his thoughts turn to his four year old boy, larson, who was still in the house. i needed to get larson out of the house. what did you do? i grabbed larsson, i believe he was in bed, and i took immediately over to his grandparents house. cory s mom, marty, answer the door. she remembers or son-in-law standing there with a young boy, and saying something nonsensical about her daughter being dead. it was morning and, there he is, he opens the door. he has me larson, and he says that people are coming. i often wrote credit not putting larson down, and heading over there. i get a phone call from my
their only concern was that they needed to create a crime and they needed for me to look bad in order to do that. reporter: curtis didn t necessarily need prosecutors help to look bad. some of his own actions the day cory died were at the very at least unusual. including never calling 911. reporter: he called who? his boss. reporter: his wife is dead in the bed? yes. reporter: and he calls his boss? yeah. and said, my wife is dead. so his boss, said, well, would you like me to call the ambulance people? yes. would you do that? reporter: cory s mom, marty didriksen, who lived just a few houses away, testified that curtis broke the news of her daughter s death in what she thought was the most callous way. there was a knock at her door and curtis was standing there with 4-year-old larson. i open the door and he hands me larson. reporter: and says? oh, and by the way, cory s dead. and leaves. reporter: marty, i ve gotta say, i think that s very strange.