the murder of his wife, cory. as if that weren t enough stress, his daughter, lyndsay, was about to drop a bombshell. coming up a daughter s difficult decision. i don t know what s in lyndsay s head and in her heart. one day she was happy then everything changed. and a mother recounts what she says was curtis bizarre behavior the day her daughter died. i open the door and he hands me larson. and says? oh, and by the way, cory s dead. when dateline continues. the more that we can strengthen and re-harden that tooth surface, the whiter their patients teeth are going to be. dentists are going to really want to recommend pronamel strong and bright. it s going to give their patients whiter teeth. recommend pronamel strong and bright. zooka had digestive problems and wouldn t eat., then i fed him freshpet.
first-degree murder. he pleaded not guilty. cameras were not allowed in the courtroom. it s clear to me it didn t matter what i did. as far as the prosecution was concerned. 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. 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
he pleaded not guilty. cameras were not allowed in the courtroom. it s clear to me it didn t matter what i did. as far as the prosecution was concerned. 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 an
headquarters. 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. now, he was telling detective
stress, his daughter lyndsay was about to drop a bombshell. coming up a daughter s difficult decision. i don t know what s in lyndsay s head and in her heart. one day she was happy then everything changed. and a mother recounts what she says was curtis bizarre behavior the day her daughter died. i open the door and he hands me larson. and says? oh, and by the way, cory s dead. when dateline continues. with uncontrolled