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
life. this was just a bad dream that wouldn t? and it kept going on, and on, and on. this just won t and until exactly. nathan is convicted. the trial was big news in town, after all, the defendant was a missionary accused of killing their wife in their home in an upscale neighborhood. things like that just don t happen in peoria. nathan pleaded not guilty. he insisted he would not have done anything to harm his beloved wife. every time there is a difficulty in life, the first person i would talk to would-be denise. and there are several times. there are several times in the first few days after her death, trying to figure out what to do with the children next, i want to grab the phone and call her. she was my support. but need denise was not there to support nathan, because, the state argued, he killed her.
there was a time, the first two thing i would talk to would be denise. and there were several times within the first few days, after her death, trying to figure out what to do with the children next. i just want to grab the phone and call her. she was my support. but denise was not there to support nathan. because the state, argued, he killed her. you have eyewitness identification, dna, gunshot residue, motive? and they all point to one person. and he sitting right across from you. nathan s trial began on july 14th. exactly 17 months after the murder. reporter, bo ebenezer, covered the trial for nbc s w. ike in pizzeria. we re a lot of people anxious for this trial to start? i think a lot of people are anxious, especially the family, the family wanted to find out what really happened.