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Suggestion. he wanted to have the autopsy reviewed by somebody else. basically, a review of the original autopsy. couldn t do a new autopsy because of the cremation. the chief okay the request to hire a new pathologist to review the old autopsy notes. the detective also had something else in mind to beef up his case. talk to anyone and everyone who knew cory. his first call was to her mom, marty. he told me that he wanted to meet but, not why. he said, can we set up a time? i said, scratch what i m doing. come now, because i was so nervous about what it was. everything old was about to be new again. new, and very unsettling. coming up, the thing that struck me first was the position of mrs. lovelace s arms. a different medical examiner reaches a different conclusion. the manner of death would be ....
Alcoholic and bulimic suffering from a liver disease, someone who unfortunately died of natural causes. she s not a normal 38-year-old woman. she has a significant disease of a major organ that is associated with sudden death and with liver failure. reporter: in the end, curtis decided not to take the stand. ten women and two men would decide lovelace s fate. the deliberations went on for two full days. then, christine got the call to come back to the courthouse. and i knew in my heart he was coming home. that was it. you were gonna prevail. he s coming home. yes. reporter: but once she arrived, bailiffs led her to a small law library. christine came in. and they explained to her for the first time what was about to happen, that the judge would declare a mistrial. curt was sitting across. he said, i m not gonna be able to come home tonight, and ....
Attorney found himself standing in a courtroom. this time as a defendant at his own arraignment. having to appear in a courtroom that i had served as a prosecutor, and dressed in in stripes and and having my my hands and my feet shackled. those were some really some low times. reporter: married just eight months wife number three s commitment for better or for worse was immediately put to the test. my husband, who is kind and caring and compassionate is charged with something so heinous that it makes no sense. reporter: if convicted, curt lovelace could spend the rest of his life in prison for 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. ....
Arrest, curtis was released to his wife and sons. they greeted me at the hancock county jail. and i came home to a dog that i had never met. and for the first time, got to be back in my house and back in my home. reporter: but it wouldn t be home sweet home for long. while curtis and mrs. lovelace number three waited for the next trial of the alleged murder of mrs. lovelace number one, the judge ruled that mrs. lovelace number two could testify against her former husband. and what a story she had to tell. coming up erika, out of disguise, and on the stand. he ripped my shirt. and then he let me go and he tried to grab me again and i kept on trying to fight him off. when dateline continues. when dateline continues [ doorbell rings ] oh! there s my little nephew. ....
reporter: curtis lovelace was the hometown hero. now his face was plastered on the front pages of quincy s newspaper as an accused murderer. we re relying on scientific the media, including our quincy nbc affiliate were all over the story, covering nearly every second of his fall from grace. he s accused of killing his first wife reporter: this former prosecutor would himself be prosecuted by ed parkinson. you can t get around rigor mortis in my opinion, and make sense of this case. and the timeline doesn t make sense with curtis lovelace. reporter: in january 2016, nearly a decade after cory lovelace s death, curtis arrived for the first day of his trial. he faced 20 to 60 years in prison upon conviction for 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. ....