boxes. the young woman, candid about her marriage was supportive of the account. korea died minutes as she had seen her kids off to school. not minutes earlier. if he had been disappointed in her answer, he wouldn t show it. but he had another question that did catch her off-guard. would you be shocked to see your dad. all i ask is that you not discuss what was going on and what i asked you today. i don t know. and especially when he said don t tell your father was here. so what does that mean? i went back to where i was living, and sat there and thought what it was going on? and slowly hit me. she realized the detective, for whatever reason, suspected that her father had something to do with her mother s sudden death. even so, she kept her promise and did not tell her father about the visit. in the meantime, detective gibson was waiting to hear from dr. jane turner. the existing medical detective
benefit of the doubt. but on a warm oregon s morning, that benefit would evaporate along with the peaceful feelings of a lazy summer day. christine lovelace had been a friend up in her new shop, baking pies all morning. curtis was meant to stop by with lunch. i just knew that he was gonna be there. and i kind of had the notion that he was going to bring me fry chicken that day. but lunch came and went. and no curtis? and no curtis. a few blocks away, curtis had just stepped out of his law office. he was in fact, on his way to the pie shop. as i was walking to my car, there was a gentleman in a suit. waiting for me. it was detective gibson. and he was armed with an indictment from the grand jury. he was there to arrest curtis for the murder of cory lovelace. and he said wet? the only thing he said was my wife died in 2006. what did you think of that? it was not the reaction i was expecting at all. then again, curtis lovelace
she was all sick and i was like, i ll stay home with you and she wouldn t let me stay home. reporter: the two older boys, unlike their sister, stuck to the story they told police. did she ever get out of bed. yes, i think she did. reporter: if jurors believed them, it blew apart the prosecution s timeline that cory was murdered the night before. they said the same thing that they had told baird in 2006 and detective gibson in 2014. reporter: and the defense had its sights on detective gibson. they claimed in 2013, he was an over-eager, newly promoted detective, primarily assigned to work crimes against seniors. this was his first murder case. he transferred from k9 officer to elder service officer. and around the same time he went to a one week course on being a lead detective in a homicide case. and he embarked on this investigation that led to my indictment. reporter: finally, the
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.
it was the fact of no one had honestly asked me, sincerely, what had happened that day. and i had never taken time to actually think about it. i reporter: well, detective gibson did, a couple of years before, when he took your statement, right? but it again, i didn t know why he was askin me. i didn t know what was going on. and i gave the story i always gave. so when i had to sit there and think about it, i had to be honest with myself. and it wasn t the answer i wanted. i wish i could say i really do wish i could say, yes, i remember her, or, no, i know i didn t see her. reporter: but you cannot say that? but i cannot say that. reporter: and this is not you getting back at your dad who you re very sideways with at this point? no, because it hurts my reporter: he needs that story and you re not gonna give it to him? no, because it hurts my brothers, too for me not to honestly say, yes, i saw her. but i m gonna say what i can remember, which is nothing. it