>> okay, i -- i dont't have the answer. take her for waxing treatments. i knew immediately something was wrong with him. >> and your husband, dr. parrish, thought that it was a black man? Our work ranges from facilitation . >> reporter: it happened on the least likely day imaginable a day devoted to love and affection valentine's day. >> reporter: but, there was no broken case at the house. >> this is just absolutely a despicable act. >> things just weren't adding up. she was my first girlfriend and my only girlfriend. >> and in fact, you are proficient in both written and spoken english, isn't that correct? use this valuable guide to record your important information and give helpful direction about your final wishes to your loved ones. >> reporter: she was 20-year-old aina dobilaite, the young exchange student who had been close to the family for years. >> they moved in with us for six months, sold all their possessions, tried to save up money. smith testified that nathan told him he planned the murder specifically for valentine's day. >> reporter: for the state, it was a satisfying ending to a case they had to painstakingly stitch together. she essentially spoke from the grave saying that you wanted to kill her, that you were humiliating her with a 20-year-old. love them, hate their laundry, protection. that's why we have to figure out where she was at and --. >> reporter: what's more, a fingerprint had been found on a, >> reporter: but what really upset nathan was how the state depicted his relationship with aina, someone he had known since she was a little girl. if you're age 50 to 85, you can get life insurance with options starting at just $9.95 a month. >> reporter: three weeks after denise leuthold was shot to death, her husband nathan was arrested for her murder. >> reporter: between learning about aina and all the evidence they collected, police had enough to arrest nathan. "dateline." electrocution in the bathtub, how to silence a gun. Iona University is a Catholic school in Westchester County, New York, about 20 miles north of Manhattan. we took them upstairs to the bedroom. electronics, blu-ray players, none of those things were touched. >> this was his valentine's day present to aina. power. lysol laundry sanitizer kills 99.9% of bacteria. he last fired that gun in oklahoma. >> i can see that the window pane was broken. that she does everything for the kids. a data plan for everyone. Graduate students have more than 25 programs to choose from within the three schools as well. >> i think it was significant for the jury to see aina. everyone. >> a couple weeks ago. after they had eaten and after i spent time begging the lord for wisdom and strength, to know what to say. >> reporter: this led to questions about nathan's car and something he said caught the detective's attention. and she had no emotion. >> yeah. me either. >> ever the time there was a difficulty in life, the first person i would talk to would be denise. >> reporter: but he became worried once he got home and saw denise's car wasn't in the driveway and it looked like the house had been broken into. >> describe his demeanor. and that is despicable. >> he denied it. $9.95? who eventually came to the u.s. as a college student. tell your doctor about new or worsening eye problems, such as eye pain or vision changes, or a parasitic infection. >> yeah she denied it. >> yeah. nathan and denise leuthold had met 30 years earlier, back in the '80s when they were both students at a small baptist school in central illinois. i didn't want them to find out the way i found out. >> she probably was. while he was at those places, chase bank, starbucks, the day spa, a car wash, there was a problem. Aina Dobilaite, of Peoria, IL, was named to the President's List at Illinois Central College for the Spring 2012 semester. no. (danny) every day you're nearly fried to a crisp, professionally! >> no. Iona is constantly evolving. >> is it going on right now? that's how you put a customer at ease. >> reporter: the state's theory -- nathan put his plan into action when denise left the house to take their daughter to day care. i knew he was guilty. just keep praying. >> reporter: that gap was crucial because it was during that time frame that police believe the murder happened. but that day, something happened that was completely out of character for denise. and she just looked at me, stone cold, and said, "i cried enough over the weekend." >> in the bathtub. he just loves to help people out. >> in the elevator. >> reporter: some things seemed off to police, as well. okay? and we appreciate, you know, you cooperating, believe me. there was no other way. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. in junior high i began to see her character and see what kind of person she was that way. >> it's not a coincidence that we're missing a .40 caliber glock handgun, and there's evidence that leads us to believe that your wife was probably shot with a .40 caliber handgun. 715 North Avenue, New Rochelle, NY, 10801. if it wasn't a burglary, what was it? >> i think nathan was being tested by god about his faith. were you having a sexual relationship with nathan. >> the timing just really gets to the point where it's almost not realistic. i think it was very hard for denise to leave her family, to leave everything she'd known and. i need to figure out how that car got to robinson park. here is what is happening. and it seems only appropriate that you will likely end your life in a very different type of place, too. and he asked her if she was wet and i didn't find that appropriate for the relationship they were leading on. >> i wasn't surprised when he was the first one that she dated and they ended up getting married. the softest ultra tissue. >> 1700 hours of recorded telephone conversations involving nathan leuthold. >> reporter: but police never did find the murder weapon. * In cases where salary data at the specific major level is unavailable, a general salary for the major category is displayed. his lawyer, hugh toner, said that would have been nearly impossible. maybe you should think again. remember diane parrish, who said she saw a man in a black hooded sweatshirt walking towards denise's house on the day of the murder? unfortunately, i found out about it from my father. she was supporting him. what's more, an expert testified it had gunshot residue on the right cuff. >> yeah, we knew we had we knew we had something bad. have a skincare routine. he insisted he would have never done anything to harm his beloved wife. the garage door is open. well happy waiting." the star witness at the biggest trial in town. >> you want to rule me in based upon -- >> no, no, no. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. >> just that they communicated a lot more than nathan let on. but -- >> you have a preconceived idea. >> yeah. people were in the park walking around. and that our marriage was gonna be the kind that she had always hoped for and had dreamed for as a little child. the police believe it was staged. * These are the average scores of applications admitted >> when she testified, you could hear a pin drop in that courtroom. and then we prayed. >> and i looked at denise's mom at the time and i saw what she was as a woman, as a wife, as a mother, and i saw that denise really favored her mother and so i said, that's what i want. did you think it was possible when you're looking at this photo lineup maybe you'd seen nathan in the neighborhood and subconsciously you were choosing that photo because you'd already seen him before? >> he'd been leading a double life. >> there's no doubt in my mind that nathan was arrested because they needed somebody in jail. in 2002, the family went back to lithuania, which became their second home on and off for the next eight years. for the man they'd known since he was a young boy, who lived with them and now, they believe, lied to them. she had studied music her whole life. >> reporter: nathan's trial began on july 14, exactly 17 months after the murder. she hadn't answered her text messages. and just -- it didn't really make sense. >> that's correct. and we were doing research and looking at blog sites where, young people were desperate people were getting information about what they were thinking. any time right from your computer all the amazing services of the post office only cheaper get our special tv offer a 4-week trial plus postage and a digital scale go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again! In addition, Ionas recent campus acquisition in Bronxville, N.Y., just three miles from Ionas New Rochelle campus, paves the way for the establishment of the New York-Presbyterian Iona School of Health Sciences as well as additional athletic fields and performance spaces for student activities. we retraced what investigators said were nathan's steps that day. >> it was a short phone call. police learned more about their relationship when they pulled nathan and aina's phone records. from students, alumni, staff and others. Undergraduate data are based on the 2021 school year. curly hair and bouncy step. >> if you come down here during the day, the kids are out riding their bikes in the side streets. i mean, we're not accountants, but we know when it doesn't add up. it's what you do. Did you know that 94 percent of Iona graduates are employed full-time or enrolled in graduate school within six months of graduation? >> reporter: what was suspicious about what was taken? only activia is packed with billions of our live and active probiotics. >> rule you out? $$9.95? >> i've never seen nathan in an emotional state as far as crying or in panic or anything like that. >> no. Iona was ranked #1 in Westchester County, N.Y., and in the top 10 percent in the country by PayScale. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> aina dobilaite. how long are you going to do this to me? it felt a little awkward, but i could just see him just staring into space almost. it was a gut wrenching note written by denise discovered tucked in her day planner. and we know that we loved her. ok i'll admit. it means that i could go back to being the father to the children. >> when they went into deliberations i was like 99% sure that they had to come back with a guilty verdict. we don't know. (vo) automatically sort your expenses and save over 40 hours a month. The victim's parents provided Aina with her own . she was fine. >> everything stopped. this is where police say the cars were switched. >> reporter: later nathan took the children and went to stay at a church mission house in a nearby town. Click here to submit your review. nathan had told police he only knew of one key, the key that was found at the crime scene. >> what was the mood of the neighborhood? i just took it as he was just really stressed out and, "what's happening to my family right now? Peoria County Prosecutors on #leuthold's relationship w Aina Dobilaite, motive & if he would have fled to LithuaniaBy: Andy Kravetz - Just your average guy i. so if he's spending the money, she should be all right with it. Iona is also #1 among schools with their main campuses in Westchester for the highest return on investment both 30 and 40 years after graduation, and in the top six percent nationwide, according to Georgetown Universitys Center on Education and the Workforce. >> he's taking this woman in her early 20s, an exchange student, to the spa? that is our broadcast for a friday night and pfor this week. More on Aina Dobilaite's legal situation. >> be extra cautious, lock your doors, lock your windows. >> i think he was trying to allude to the fact that the burglar must have got into it and taken it. make the most of this holiday season by supporting your gut health. >> did you outright ask her, "were you having a sexual relationship" -- >> yeah. and you know, this is kinda weird, pulled in the driveway. his attorney called a neighbor to the stand who'd also seen strange activity. >> reporter: why did you decide not to take the stand during the trial? you know her routine. and there was a particular woman in the church we worked with and that was aina's mother. they were on in the road but when they turned in, they turned them off. olay, face anything. where in any one of those things do you have any indication at all that nathan and aina were lovers? your acceptance is guaranteed. the police figured whoever drove it there must have been involved in denise's murder. and then as we started branching out in the ministry, aina was the one that took care of the music. >> okay, what else you got? >> with just them two. >> what model? hey, did anyone else hear weird voices while they were in the corn? >> i -- i had -- two watches, a couple hundred dollar watches, nothing -- >> what about money? 'cos i know what it means to walk along the lonely street of dreams here i go again on my--- you realize your vows are a whitesnake song? we were studying it, trying our best, but it was definitely a shock. radio that at your house somebody was shot. >> reporter: so it turns out on the day of the murder, nathan was at the same park where denise's car was later found. 1 Presentation. we'll get through this. nathan leuthold missionary and father of three, a native son of peoria, was now on his way to jail to await trial for the murder of his wife. >> he was there to drive me and to pay for it. awesome. >> reporter: aina dobilaite, his motive for murder. >> absolutely. >> reporter: did you straight up ask him did you have anything to do with your wife's death? and it was the oldest two at that point. they would just, you know, goof around with each other, you know just in a loving, you know, maybe puppy-lovish way. denise leuthold, mother and missionary, brutally shot and. and, had significantly less itch. and to say that i had an affair is absurd. >> reporter: and there it was, nathan's motive. on the floor. let me get jenelle out of day care, and then i'll let you know. that was easy! lysol. oil changed or something fixed, what not, i ask her for the keys and she gives me the key. we sat down on the bed. she was the closest thing police had to an eyewitness. >> the police were not the first people to tell me. >> is there anything of extreme value? >> reporter: so they subpoenaed aina's school records. >> it's inconceivable to think that somebody breaks into the house the exact same time, runs through the house, finds a lock, pries it open, loads it up, hides behind the door, to execute her. Why prosecutors offered immunity? the defense argued david smith was a jailhouse snitch, a convicted felon who had gotten a deal for his testimony. >> while searching the house, they discovered a female down that was obviously deceased in the house. there are no health questions to answer and there are no medical exams to take. >> reporter: but denise was not there to support nathan because, the state argued, he killed her. which granted her immunity to encourage her to talk. >> reporter: when she was 16, she became a babysitter for nathan and denise's three children. and so that everything would look fine. any boyfriends, anything like that? i think they did a great job. in the u.s. they could also celebrate holidays american-style as they did on valentine's day, 2013. The state's attorney labeled the murder "a Valentine's Day present" from the Leuthold to Dobilaite. >> reporter: and when he cross-examined diane parrish, who identified nathan as the man in the sweatshirt the day of the murder, she admitted her husband had a different recollection. It was hard for Harper to believe his friend was. Just & Green Partners. their 20-year-old lithuanian sponsor student. >> my parents called me, "do you want us to pick her up?" >> we're going to try to get video of her, maybe we'll see somebody following her. >> this is the problem i've got. As of July 2014, Aina had known defendant for : at least 13 or 14 years. $9.95? the leutholds' friend, norm ulrich, couldn't comprehend the news. i wasn't going to give them any more fuel or any more fodder to use or to misconstrue. >> did he tell you the name of that someone else? >> reporter: and prosecutors had another piece of evidence they say proved an affair, a secret that shook the courtroom. >> reporter: but something else was even more troubling. College Life August 19, 2019. Please remove a school before adding another. Hockey pla. have good lectures and meeting. >> i asked This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code). really took us in and did their best to communicate with us and helped us out. could be signs that your digestive system isn't working at its best? three weeks after denise had been killed, they pulled her. robberies happening in peoria? say hello to neuriva, a new brain supplement with clinically proven ingredients that fuel five indicators of brain performance. in 1998 he finally seized the opportunity when another young couple at their church began their own missionary work in lithuania. >> how did you tell the children that their mother had been killed? >> yes. chapstick. i intentionally did it on valentine's day as a gift? i wanted to just grab the phone and call her. and then i have my primary one, which is a glock. Why prosecutors offered immunity? i said, "well, i'll run by the house and see if she's there.". she's been shot in the house. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Charges? why did aina say after the robbery, "interesting" smiley face? >> headlights? she was my support. her desire from the very beginning was to go back to help her own country and the churches there, how to use music for the lord. >> this is because really nathan wanted to do it? Dobilaite originally traveled to the United States to pursue college in Florida before traveling to Peoria to attend Illinois Central College until switching to a school in Chicago. >> reporter: the state showed the jury texts between nathan and aina from the day of the murder. sounds good to me, but at my age, i need the security of knowing it won't get cancelled as i get older. >> reporter: denise seemed to confirm that her husband was having an affair. >> did you start to think that someone may have targeted denise? >> how many people, particularly young people, are going to have a relationship with a significant other and not have a picture of their significant other? >> i got a shotgun. (dramatic music) and you're saving money, because you bundled home and auto. coming up -- >> he was the only person with whom i could talk in lithuanian. another suspicious finding? >> do you have any personal problems with anybody? >> reporter: as denise's parents, were wondering the same thing, they also began to ask other questions. i am now arriving at robinson park. >> by the fall of 2010, nathan and denise we're living back in the states. >> reporter: nathan waited with his daughter at the neighbor's house, repeatedly calling family members to see if anyone had heard from denise. this was a good idea. pay your lips some attention. >> reporter: neighbors were anxious, and detectives were puzzled. 819. >> okay, so if you were at the park, the exact same park your wife's car was at, i need to figure out how your wife's car got there. . >> reporter: he's potentially thinking up all these different ways to kill his wife. >> but something had been happening behind closed doors. 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