that was what s was frustrating. she did find a disease of the litter, which can be associated with sudden death. unusual for women to die of unknown causes, but it does happen. without more to go on, the detective close the case. cory s mother, marty, still in shock. could not bring herself to read the autopsy report. cory was drinking, we do not deny that. she was billy mick, and i did try to talk to curtis about that at one time. told him it was all okay, it was going to be fine. now, as she mourned cory, marty knew that her suffering would only deepen. her husband jon, was dying. we had a visitation for corey, and jon sat next to me and was like, he was saying goodbye to friends to. he didn t come home from the hospital after that. so both those losses, one right on top of the other. yes. within the span of the month,
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. their only concern was that they needed to create a crime and they needed for me to look bad in order to do that. reporter: curtis didn t necessarily need prosecutors help to look bad. some of his own actions the day cory died were at the very least unusual. including never calling 911. reporter: he called who? his boss. reporter: his wife is dead in the bed? yes. reporter: and he calls his boss? yeah. and said, my wife is dead. so his boss, said, well, would you like me to call the ambulance people? yes. would you do that? reporter: cory s mom, marty didriksen, who lived just a few houses away, testified that curtis broke the news of her daughter s death in what she thought was the most callous way. there was a knock at her door and curtis was standing there wit
At that point, i knew that she was dead. in that moment, he said, his thoughts turn to his four-year-old bar boy who is still in the house. i needed to get larson out of the house. what did you do? i grabbed larson. i believe he was in bed. i took him immediately over to his grandparents house. cory s mom, marty, answered the door. she remembers her son-in-law standing there with a young boy and saying something nonsensical about her daughter being dead. it was mid morning. there. he s there he is. i opened the door. he has me larson. he says, something about people are coming. or something. i often regretted not just put larson down and running over there. stop. she called her son, that is dental practice. i got a phone call for my mom. just out of the blue.
Autopsy reviewed by somebody else. have basically a review of the original autopsy done. do a new autopsy, because the body had been cremated. so the chief oked their quest to have a new doctor review the old notes. the detective also had something else to mind to beef up the case. talking to anyone anyone who known cory. the first call was to the mom, marty. he told her he wanted to meet, but not why. he said, are you there for the time i said scratch what i m doing this afternoon, you should just come now! because that was so nervous about what it was. everything old is about to be new again. new, and very unsettling. coming up! the thing that is struck me first was the position of mrs. lovelace s arms. a difficult man examiner reaches a different conclusion. the manner of death would be
Their only concern was that they needed to create a crime and they needed for me to look bad in order to do that. reporter: curtis didn t necessarily need prosecutors help to look bad. some of his own actions the day cory died were at the very at least unusual. including never calling 911. reporter: he called who? his boss. reporter: his wife is dead in the bed? yes. reporter: and he calls his boss? yeah. and said, my wife is dead. so his boss, said, well, would you like me to call the ambulance people? yes. would you do that? reporter: cory s mom, marty didriksen, who lived just a few houses away, testified that curtis broke the news of her daughter s death in what she thought was the most callous way. there was a knock at her door and curtis was standing there with 4-year-old larson. i open the door and he hands me larson. reporter: and says? oh, and by the way, cory s dead. and leaves. reporter: marty, i ve gotta say, i think that s very strange.