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
prosecutors thought they had enough evidence to prove their case. remember diane parrish who said she saw a man in a black hooded sweatshirt walking toward denise s house the day of the murder? she was the closest thing police had to an eyewitness. the whole thing struck me as wrong. i told my husband to slow down. i wanted to get a good look at him. i was worried he saw us pulling out of our driveway, and if he knew we were gone, he would rob us. she didn t recognize him in the day, but later, when she looked at a police photo lineup, she quickly pointed to this man. it turned out to be nathan leuthold. did you think it was possible when you looked at the lineup that maybe you had seen nathan in the neighborhood and subconsciously you were choosing that photo because you had already seen him before? no. why are you so sure? because of the look on his