>> when "dateline" continues. i'm flo from progressive, and i couldn't help but overhear super fun beach day, everybody. based on court testimony, the murder occurred at around 12:30 p.m. after that, prosecutors said nathan would have had to drive denise's car to the park, get in his own car, and then drive to starbucks where he was seen on surveillance video at 12:45 p.m. >> and he would have had to have done all that without leaving any blood smears, getting any blood on him. >> as i'm speaking to him, he never showed any sort of emotion or asked any questions of me as to what was going on. i worked for him. as she grew, up a relationship with the family grew as well. so why not hook community centers up with wifi? On the personal front, Nathan has been married to Tanya Lee since 2018. >> describe his demeanor. >> after many years of working, overseas as missionaries, the leuthold would return to peoria, illinois. There were no defensive wounds. Diane Parrish, who lives about a block from the Leutholds home, told jurors she remembered him because she thought it odd a person would be walking on the road at that time. >> was this just the bad dream that wouldn't end? ADD TO CART. there is nothing more important to me than you and this relationship. considered to be this amazing mom, does this religious work, why would you have any enemies? taking the kids to school, shopping, running errands. denise, nathan and their three kids. >> help me get back to my kids tonight. my tears soaked their faces, and their tiers soaked my face. >> that's correct. late >> turns out no one had been able to reach denise for a while. I hope this is a witch hunt, but I understand there has to be some evidence. and at that point, i just decided the best thing was to not enter the house. I wish I could hate you. >> no. >> she essentially spoke from the grave, saying that you, wanted to kill her, that you were humiliating her with a 20-year-old. well, an internet connection's a good start. >> nathan's parents told me nathan and three children have been moved to a safe house just to protect them. >> for a day that ended so tragically, it began in a happy way. Please pray for this family. i was calling my dad and dad said well we are on our way. >> it's just absolutely a despicable act. what would make him commit such a crime? >> the thing that i never wanted to face was the hurt that i was going to cause. sorry. we'll see over all the time? RAIDER. >> this was his valentine's day present to aina. The Lithuanian woman rejected having an intimate involvement with Nathan Leuthold, a Christian Baptist preacher who met her when she was six years old. and right away, the older boy said, well, everybody makes mistakes. -woosah. allstate click or call to switch today. hide my skin? i'm not stupid. Bowers took the jury through the one-story ranch home. during expedia travel week, save 20% or more on thousands of hotels. Nathan Mcdonald had pled guilty to murder in the second degree on Aug. 21. Her coat was only half on and a bullet was found tangled in her hair, as were keys. All rights reserved. On Friday, he was sentenced to over 30 years and seven months in prison, and the first degree murder charge was dropped. 3:00 P.M. Nathan called 911 to report a burglary at their residence. frontline. five minutes into, i knew he did it, i knew he was guilty. things like that, scissors. there was something in the road it's okay. when was this? >> i think aina was a big bombshell. there was a junk drawer that was perfectly lane on the floor. Nathan's Lithuanian love interest would lead him to murder his wife on Valentine's Day as a gift to his new lover. ; Kenneth Allen was sentenced to death (commuted to life) for the murders of Chicago police officers William Bosak and Roger van Schaik. On the morning of Thursday, February 14, 2013, Nathan Leuthold (above left), a Baptist missionary, presented roses to his wife Denise (right) as a Valentine's Day gift. everything begins anew. and with the right guidance, you can get the financial clarity you need. not a single tear was shed. Maybe you think I dont feel bad enough. there's interest you accrue, and interests you pursue. >> detectives asked nathan the uncomfortable questions they ask anyone who espouse has been murdered -- >> this is kind of a personal question, and take no offense because we have to cover every base. A Peoria County judge put the children under the guardianship of their maternal . but the garage door is open. >> but was it down there for? >> right, exactly. Peoria County States Attorney Jerry Brady says Leutholds behavior was outrageously hypocritical before and after his wifes killing. Complete strangers compliment me on them, so I will not join you in your obsession with perfection. >> one neighbor says with two small kids at home, she's feeling panicked and even a little paranoid. >> they were inseparable. Nathan Leuthold allegedly owned a similar weapon, which was missing. >> by the fall of 2010, nathan and denise we're living back in the states. ingrezza is thought to reduce that signaling. it didn't look like a typical sponsor relationship. >> the defense attorney said the state was making more of those spa visits than was really there. my world had just been shattered. How Did a Former Software Developer Help the Lavender Doe Case? in my experience as a police officer and investigator, when a burglary occurs, the kitchen is not a common place that a burglar would look for items. Oh my. >> early this morning. Among the 911 calls that were made, one of them really stood out. >> he told me that. it's simple. >> a pulled over to make a phone call. >> yes. I will post any updates I get. a 39-year-old mother of three, shot to death in her home. >> another problem with the investigation, the defense pointed out, was that while the state made a big deal about the gunshot residue on nathan's sweatshirt, they never tested his hands for the substance. Denise, a high schooler, met Nathan at a community college where she had been taking a few courses. to share her life with. >> but police never did find the murder weapon. it looked like the house have been broken into. Leuthold himself spoke, saying he didn't have the words to console all those affected by his wifes murder. this may be important in the future because just as all of your communication with the attorney is private, communication with your clergy is also private. Nathan and Denise Leuthold had known each other since grade school. take her for waxing treatments. >> and we both answered no, but as soon as i said no i'm like, well, wait a minute, you know, then i of course started having suspicions. >> well, you know, i honestly think he planned it out. and then, furthermore, to have her car the street at the park, right, where you failed to tell us that you are there prior to going home earlier that day. >> it was a shock. [ echoing ] some of us were born for this. ooh, that's a low price. to no one surprise, the couple got engaged a year later. Nathan and Denise had met for the first time as teenagers. >> it was a highly circumstantial case. How long? Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. and now it's prime time. seth, 12, julia, ten and jenelle, were for. JavaScript is disabled. >> coming up -- nathan's note to aina. 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Nathan hid in the closet and waited for Denise to come home, wearing black clothes including a hoodie, then changed his clothes thinking someone caught him walking in to the house prior to the murder. what's more, an expert testified it had gun shot residue on the right cuff. >> he knew full-well when he called the police what they were going to find. and we just hugged. that would rob this family of everything. >> for what? we're living with denise is. >> but by the time nathan went on trial, she had changed her mine. those are the only three that were valuable? >> it's not typical us for us burglary results in a murder. Moreover, Denise was killed with a Glock 40, the same gun Nathan owned which had gone missing after the murder. Terms. >> they devoted their lives to others. he lived for him for years, you've known the family, and she was fine. at 40 hours a week, you're approaching darn close to almost an entire work year. For a day that ended so tragically, it started with roses. Lyons described Leuthold's actions with his mistress surrounding his wife's murder as 'gut-wrenching' and . i hope you're ready. In the note, which is nearly two sides of a single notebook-sized piece of paper, Denise Leuthold fires salvo after salvo at her husband, saying he thought she was a bad mother to their three children and didnt love her after 17 years of marriage. This episode doesn't appear to be available from any streaming services. that never went anywhere. >> without the headlights on? some plus sales? Nathan and Denise Leuthold had known each other since grade school. >> we throughout their crime scene pictures of denise laying dead, autopsy pictures to get a reaction. Aina initially plead the fifth, but then received immunity to speak in court of her relationship with Denise and Nathan. injuries are unknown. >> prosecutors played the interview for the jurors, hoping they would see what they saw. Also surviving are her parents of Peoria; three children, Seth Leuthold, Julia Leuthold and Jenelle Leuthold, all at home; one sister, Deanna (Clint) Bachmann of Detroit Lake, Minn; her grandparents, Geraldine Sailors, Alice Newton, both of Sterling, Robert and Betty Rauch of Ocala, Fla., and Lillian Smith of Pekin; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. her desire from the beginning was to go back to help her own country and the church there. while nathan started a career in jails sales. here. i'll get jenelle from daycare and let you know. >> there is no broken case at the house. talk to your eczema specialist about dupixent, the calming scent of lavender by downy infusions calm. >> coming up, hard to imagine anyone doing something this evil, if it's true. it was very natural. >> that gap was crucial. if i haven't pleased you in 17 years, nothing i do now will please you. we've got you. PEORIA -- On one day last April, Nathan Leuthold's father took $2,500 out of his son's account and put into the bank account of Aina Dobilaite to cover a PEORIA - Denise L. Leuthold, 39, of Peoria passed away Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, at her residence.Born Feb. 3, 1974, in Dade County, Fla., to Douglas P. and Diane E . her body was found in an iowa cornfield with multiple stab wounds. Peoria Public Radios Tanya Koonce reports the missionary was found guilty of first degree murder. He was arrested on March 6, 2013 around 8.15 a.m. On September 2014, a jury found Nathan Leuthold guilty, he was sentenced to an 80-year term in the Illinois Department of Corrections for first degree murder in violation of section 9-1 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(1) (West 2012)). >> with words like that, prosecutors didn't believe aina's denials of an affair. >> we were sponsoring, her yes. >> when they went into deliberations, i was, like, 99% sure that they had to come back with a guilty verdict, but there's that 1% you're thinking, oh, no, what if someone, you know, -- >> i really wasn't sure what the jury was going to come back with. >> what's more, the inmate also testified why nathan wanted denise out of his life. We will be taking up a love offering Sunday to give towards the fund they've set up for their three young children. what's a low price? clean dishwasher. nathan leuthold, missionary and father of three, a native son of peoria, was now on his way to jail to await trail for the murder of his wife. he also wanted to say that the police never looked past him to catch the real intruder in what was a real burglary. exactly 17 months after the murder. Nathan picked her up after class. and i saw that denise really, favored her mother. i pray there is enough time to do everything. As Officer Scott Bowers was testifying, pictures of the woman lying in the hallway were shown on a large screen. things like that just don't happen in peoria. there's no car in the garage. >> well, first he told me that he was thinking about some poisoning, with some type of incident or potassium. >> the more we start looking at the house, it didn't seem like a real burglary. that was obviously deceased, in the house. fine. She was 39. But now this. >> prosecutors said nathan also showed no emotion during his police interview, even when a detective told him denise was dead. three weeks after denise had been killed, they pulled her. Denise Leuthold was shot with a .40-caliber Glock handgun. and we knew they would be together. one was stolen away by someone who was seeking gain. >> no. and he is also -- was kind of like my mentor, and here in america, he was the only person with whom i could talk in lithuanian. Just received the shocking news that Nathan Leuthold has been arrested for the murder of his wife. That could have been difficult for the three Leuthold children. >> the records we got said her dismissal had something to do with inappropriate relationships with her sponsor, including staying off campus overnight with just them. nathan had told police he only knew of one key, the key that was found at the crime scene, but now police had a second key that they found in this trash can in the park. then, after nathan arrived home midafternoon, aina texted him, and he replied, i can't now, police checked. listening to telephone conversations involving nathan. she had no emotion. Nathan was sentenced to eighty years. >> i felt bad for my husband because he told someone that he always thought that we had the perfect family, the perfect. now it was time for the defense to fight back. my world had just been shattered. and see what kind of person she was that. >> between learning about aina and all the evidence they collected, police had enough to arrest nathan. and to think that he could actually, you know, just shoot, her in the head -- >> and this is a man who has devoted his life to being a good person. >> i mean, nothing was coming to the forefront. Michael was convicted of the kidnapping, rape, and murder of 21-year-old Denise Amber Lee in 2009. >> denise seemed to confirm that she believed her husband was having an affair. This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code). i think it was very hard for denise to leave her family, to leave everything she had known. >> in december 2011, aina leapt that florida school. at thrivent, we believe money is a tool, not a goal. Pamela Smart Speaks Out on Her Worst Mistake, Lester Holt Speaks with Juvenile Lifers, Lester Holt Explores Inmate Labor at Angola Prison, Malcolm Scott "Wrote Thousands of Letters" to Prove Innocence. on for the maestros of the creamiest-ever, must-have smoothies. whom i could talk in lithuanian. he said nathan told him he researched ways to kill denise on his laptop. >> later, nathan took the children and went to stay at a church mission house a nearby town. in fact, he argued that there was no evidence that nathan had done anything wrong at all. 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