She hadnt answered her phone call, she had answered her Text Messages. Valentines day the started with roses entered in a different shade of red. Everything stopped. I was in shock. She was a wife, mother, missionary. Denise sounds like a saint, but something had been happening behind closed doors. There is nothing more important to me than you in this relationship. Was it love . Or hate . One shot to the head. What was the motive for valentines day murder . We had a note that she had written. She was speaking from the grave and away . That note was powerful. It happened on the least likely day imaginable, a day devoted to love and affection. Valentines 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. Is it going on right now . My world had just been shattered. There Perfect World broken by an act so evil, it tore a family apart. The worst day of my life. And, put an entire town on edge. Be extra
As Denises Family reeled from their unimaginable loss, this quiet central Illinois Community was just starting to grapple with the fallout of a murder on valentines day. Did you feel like, we have a mystery on her hands. Weve got to solve this. You, we knew we had something bad and it was going to take a lot of work to get to the point where we knew who done it. Coming up, a possible clue. Nathan remembers seeing a suspicious car near his house not long before the murder. This is kind of weird. I pulled in the driveway. I immediately go through the front door and flipped the outside lights on. The car leaves. Was the killer in that car . When dateline continues. R . When dateline continues. Helps me get the full benefits of magnesium. Qunol, the brand i trust. This is remington. Hes a member of the family, for sure
as denise s family reeled from their unimaginable loss, this quiet central illinois community was just starting to grapple with the fallout of a murder on valentine s day. did you feel like, we have a mystery on her hands. we ve got to solve this. you, we knew we had something bad and it was going to take a lot of work to get to the point where we knew who done it. coming up, a possible clue. nathan remembers seeing a suspicious car near his house not long before the murder. this is kind of weird. i pulled in the driveway. i immediately go through the front door and flipped the outside lights on. the car leaves. was the killer in that car? when dateline continues. r? when dateline continues. helps me get the full benefits of magnesium. qunol, the brand i trust. this is remington. .he s a member of the family, for sure.
i immediately go through the front door and flip the outside lights on. the car leaves. reporter: then a few days before the murder, he said it happened again. similar situation, but this time into the neighbor s driveway. reporter: that time, nathan called police, and spoke with an officer. he said they probably were people that were out his phrase was, casing the neighborhood. reporter: people in peoria, illinois, were spooked. could a brazen burglar willing to kill be on the loose? it caused a lot of stress in the neighborhoods. i mean the local school down the street they locked it down that day. this is a very quiet neighborhood, this stuff doesn t happen in this neighborhood. if you come down here during the day, the kids are out riding their bikes in the side streets. people were in the park walking around. it s not like a high crime area where there s gunshots all the time, things like that. so you know, it was enough to scare everybody. reporter: it was a b
did you feel like we have a mystery on our hands. we ve got to solve this. yeah, we knew we had we knew we had something bad. and we knew that it was gonna take a lot of work to get to the point where we knew who done it. a possible clue? nathan remembers seeing a suspicious car near his house not long before the murder. this is kind of weird, pulling in the driveway i normally go through in by the front door and turn the outside lights on. was the killer in that car? when dateline continues. and active probiotics. make the most of this holiday season by supporting your gut health.