Returning now to mystery on the mississippi. Curtis lovelace had seen plenty of Interrogation Videos during his career as a former prosecutor. In the summer of 2014, for the first time in his life, curtis was the one in the hot seat. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law. You are a lawyer and the Number 1 rule is you dont talk to the police without having a lawyer present. But you talk. I wanted to answer their questions. I thought they wanted to know the truth. She indicated she did not feel well. On the valentines morning, cory was nursing that bad cold. I walked back upstairs with her. She climbed into bed. He described leaving The House then coming home, only to find his wife dead in their bedroom. She was cold and stiff and i recall her hands being something like that. Other details surrounding the death seem to elude curtis. I dont remember anything significant. You said you went to bed together . Yeah. I believ
Crimefighting prosecutor. In be you are pillar of the community. I did what i thought was right. Then one day, the law was at his door. His wife was dead in bed. I remember crying and not believing it. Spinouts sudden. Suspicious. No evidence of a crime. Any signs of a struggle . No. Years past. He is extremely charming. We had the most amazing time. A new Detective Dusts of the old case. What jumped out at you . My first thought is we missed something. The manner of death would be homicide. What really happened in the bedroom . I wanted to answer all their questions. A young Mothers Death was a mystery but was it a murder . Tell me what happened to her to my face. Dont give me excuses. A long meandering lifeline feeding industry, towns, it runs through the heart of america. A long meandering lifeline feeding industry, towns, and imaginations. The Mississippi River gave us Tom Sawyer and huckleberry finn. Samuel clemens, mark twain, Grew Up in hannibal, missouri. Just across the river
i viewed this material and reviewed it with the eye of a scientist and and what we know about the development of rigor mortis. reporter: what would a jury believe, science, or the words from two of cory s own sons? cory s brother, a dentist, found himself struggling over the conflicting facts. science is my living you know, it s i have to believe in that, but i also have to, you know, believe in the family at the same time. so i m completely torn. reporter: i ve never seen a more difficult case, more closely argued. and there doesn t seem to be middle ground to there s there s none. reporter: parkinson urged the jury to focus on the science and one image. cory in her bed, her body in rigor mortis. he said it proved she d died hours before curtis claimed. it proved he was lying. it proved, he argued, that curtis killed her. coming up the defense gets its turn and christine is feeling optimistic. i knew in my heart he was coming home. until christine c
the stand and said science is where the truth lies. she concluded the most reasonable explanation for cory s arms appearing to levitate is that cory was dead up to 12 hours before police arrived on the scene. i viewed this material and reviewed it with the eye of a scientist and what we know about the development of rigor mortis. reporter: what would a jury believe, science, or the words from two of cory s own sons? cory s brother, a dentist, found himself struggling over the conflicting facts. science is my living, you know. i have to believe in that but i also have to, you know, believe in the family at the same time. so i m completely torn. i ve never seen a more difficult case more closely argued. and there doesn t team to be middle ground. there s none. reporter: parkinson urged the jury to focus on the science and one image. cory in her bed, her body in rigor mortis. he said it proved she d died
scientist and what we know about the development of rigor mortise. would a jury belief? science, or the words from two of corey s own sons? cory s brother, a dentist, found himself struggling over the conflicting facts. science is my living, you know. it s, i have to believe in, that but i also have to believe in the family at the same time. so i m completely. torn i ve never seen a more difficult case, more closely. there seems to be no middle. ground there is none. parkinson urged the jury to focus on the science in one image. cory in her bed, her body in rio mortise. he said it proves she died hours before it is claimed. it proved he was lying. it proved he argued that curtis killed her. coming up, the defense gets in turn and christine is feeling optimistic. i knew in my heart he was coming. home until. christine came in and they explain to her what was about