everybody. it was a big story in town. be extra cautious lock your doors, lock your windows, pay attention to strangers in your area. what was the mood of the neighborhood? very erie. beau ebenezer was a reporter in peoria. a lot of people really wanted to know what happened. they re going to sleep every night, not really sure who killed their neighbor. one neighbor says with two small kids at home, she s feeling panicked and even a little paranoid. tips started coming in right away. diane parrish, who lived a few houses from nathan and denise, remembered seeing a strange man on her street right around the time of her murder. describe the man you saw walking along this road? he had a black hoodie sweatshirt on with the hood pulled up, and his hands were in the pocket. i will never forget the look on that man s face. what was so odd about the look on his face?
a few days later, they ask nathan and the kids to come over to be with family. how was he with you the first time you saw him after denise was killed? he seemed very emotional. he originally said he didn t want to come back in the house, that the kids were afraid to come in. it was a lot to take in. denise was dead. three young children were without a mother. and nathan said he lost the love of his life. detectives worked around the clock to solve the crime, and as they did, they began to get the idea that not everything was as it seemed. coming up, this is strange. denise had just gotten home when she was killed. so, where was her car? some place else? she s been shot in the house, okay? i need to figure out how that car got to robinson park. when dateline continues.
showering. where the kids up? what time did they wake up? she gets them up at 6:45. nathan told police he took the two older children to school and went on a series of errands that day, including going to a spotty buy a gift certificate for denise. was it for? a massage. do you remember how much you spent? $74. police learned the spent the morning at home with four year old jenelle until she drover her to daycare in the afternoon. nathan said denise had her own list of things to do that day. she had gone to the mall, head of the errands to run. we re going to try and get video of her. we have to figure out where she was at and we have to place the last time we can see her, and we can narrow the window down. it s tedious and we appreciate you cooperating, believe me. by mid afternoon, when denise should have been done
students at a small baptist school in central illinois. even at that young age, nathan knew there was something to the sparkling little girl. i was in third grade and she was in fourth grade at the time. and i doubt she even knew i existed. but even then, i thought she was the cutest girl in school. what was it that you liked about her so much? it was the curly hair and the bouncy curls, and just the happy-go-lucky smile. in junior high, i began to see her character. and see what kind of person she was that way. it was in high school that nathan and denise got to know each other better. but they didn t date, as most teens do. because they both came from religious families. our parents didn t really believe in dating. so we are just good friends. i went to her church activities, she came to mine. we saw each other in school. that s how it started. she was my first girlfriend, and my only girlfriend. norm junior got to know nathan and denise when his wife taught at the high s
in a murder case you do not have the victim. you never get to hear the victims story. that person is dead. and here we had a note that she had written, spelling the whole thing out. the highly personal, very painful note was obviously aimed at nathan. police investigator read the note in court. i have tried to please you for 17 years and never succeeded. i have never been good enough, never done enough. i know that you want me dead. i am not stupid. denise seemed to conserve firm that she believed her husband was having an affair. while she did not name aina she mentioned a much younger women. you want to humiliate me with running around with a 20 year old, fine. i will not grovel. if i have not pleased to in 17 years, nothing i do now will please you. how long are you going to do this to me? oh yeah, until i break. that is what you said isn t it? well, happy waiting. it was very devastating. i was shocked that it had gone