as she grew, up a relationship with the family grew as well. >> right, it just kept going on and on and on. to everybody, her story. bounty picks up messes quicker and each sheet is 2x more absorbent, so you can use less. >> his bottom line was this, the state never even came close to proving a sexual relationship, not even with the hundreds of, hours of taped phone calls nathan made from jail over his 16 months there. the worst day of my life. police asked you about that, correct? >> maybe it wasn't a burglary at all. Marriages sometimes don't work out and most reasonable couples opt for a divorce. >> tips started coming in right away. to work at an insurance company. there is glass from the back door where somebody row in. >> nathan's lawyer was hugh toner, a former prosecutor turned defense attorney, who argued that the investigation was faulty. Nathan Andrew Leuthold killed his wife Denise, 39, on Valentine's day 2013. denise leuthold, mother and missionary, brutally shot and killed in her parents home where she and her family had been living. it makes me sick how i could do something like that. >> and what about those haunting words written by denise in that note found in her day planner clearly aimed at nathan, how would he answer that? In this episode, we will look into a fairly recent case about the Valentine's Day Monster: Nathan Leuthold. >> a pulled over to make a phone call. Together they built their family on faith, but in a flash, one of them was dead and the other was under suspicion. it was very natural. he said nathan seemed quiet, stoic. >> you and your husband had had a discussion about the race of the person who was walking along the side of the road? Where to Watch we're taking you to jail for the murder of your wife. Nathan Leuthold was arrested and charged with first-degree murder of his wife, Denise who died after she was hit with a bullet on her head. after all, the defendant was a missionary accused of killing his wife in their home in an upscale neighborhood. some meds for mental health can cause abnormal dopamine signaling in the brain. we've got you. While Michael stated that both he and Denise were victims of a kidnapping, the reality was far different. The couple got her from her country when she was just six years old. we know we loved her. >> it seems only appropriate that you will likely end your life in a very different type of place, too. >> detectives jason lee and sean curry were among the first on the scene. parent. false positive and negative results may occur. Search the history of over 797 billion use finish dishwasher cleaner its dual-action formula tackles grease and limescale. it happened so often, the owner said, she thought they were a couple. >> he knew full-well when he called the police what they were going to find. if i haven't pleased you in 17 years, nothing i do now will please you. On the personal front, Nathan has been married to Tanya Lee since 2018. police >> yeah. the white house announced it will reimpose sanctions against belarus after its leader had a plane rerouted so he could have an opposition leader arrested. We will pray for the family. it's not as if i'm in there watching or whatever else, so you check the records, the waxing treatment was the same day i'm getting a haircut. >> everyone we talked to had nothing but good things to say about her. red light's going to add on a little bit of time. police drove there to talk to her. it didn't really seem strange to us that's what they were doing. And as soon as we hear those things, we were like, well, there were things that didnt make sense about the burglary. on the floor. i was a translator. >> when she was 16, she became a babysitter for nathan and denise's three children. Bowers took the jury through the one-story ranch home. >> when we got there, it looked like he interrupted a burglary. >> nathan then drove denise's car to that same park, prosecutors said, and hopped back in his own car and drove to starbucks, arriving at 12:45. >> rather rule me out based upon what. >> and this is "dateline." >> it's just absolutely a despicable act. overseas as missionaries, the leuthold would return to peoria, illinois. she was very gifted, and music, and as we started branching out the ministry, aina was the one that took care of music. [ echoing ] some of us were born for this. so they called this man to the stand, who said he could answer that precise question, because nathan told him everything. clean dishes. that's what you said, isn't it? >> 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. >> it's tedious and we appreciate you cooperating, believe me. Nathan said he went to a car place and a Starbucks Coffee so to assist in his alibi. >> it was a shock. she was so close with the, leuthold family, she moved in with nathan, denise, and denise's parents well she attended a community college in peoria. i guess it's every parent's worst nightmare. if it wasn't for her, people wouldn't be able to do his work. at thrivent, we believe money is a tool, not a goal. Deadly Valentine: With Craig Melvin, Kate Snow, Andrea Canning. Nathan Leuthold Girlfriend. >> my wife, my best friend from third grade, the mother of the three most important children in the world to me. >> then aina mentioned some of the sparked her curiosity. cut. >> she was speaking from the grave in a way. while how it works is not fully understood, ingrezza is thought to reduce that signaling. i spent the next several hours with my mother, my sister, and at some point i fell asleep. Aina spoke to Nathans parents daily after his arrest and her parents advised her not to speak to the police. at first, it looked like a possible burglary gone bad. so i center text. >> it was the curly here and the bouncy curls, and just the happy-go-lucky smile. there had to be a second key somewhere visible in the house in order for an intruder to easily find it and drive the car to the park. >> i'm trying to figure tommy sets of keys are out there because i'm trying to find a set of keys. Denise was a member of LaMarsh Baptist Church in Mapleton. Together they built their family on faith, but in a flash, one of them was dead and the other was under suspicion. we saw each other in school. mother and child in vehicle. >> you want to humiliate me by running around with a 20-year-old? >> you will have eyewitness identification, dna, gunshot residue, motive, and they all point to one person, and he's sitting right across from you. mother is unable to exit the vehicle. >> yeah, yeah. >> between learning about aina and all the evidence they collected, police had enough to arrest nathan. >> i was always very happy being a wife and mother. house. welcome back to the world. >> did you start to think someone may have targeted denise? then he knew that denise would be coming back, stood in the doorway, and as soon the door opened, denise tried to take her coat off and he shot her in the back of the head. and screening for colon cancer. 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. He survives. He parked his car at Robinson Park and walked thru the woods to get home. but it was definitely a shock. She admitted staying with him again in another rented location in Chicago December 2012 but said she did not stay overnight. how to silence that. Michael was convicted of the kidnapping, rape, and murder of 21-year-old Denise Amber Lee in 2009. >> i know there's one set of, keys, and whenever i have borrowed -- when i've driven the card to get something fixed on it, oil change, whatnot. for the trial, english translations of what nathan said were read aloud. >> in the weeks after denise is. That could have been difficult for the three Leuthold children. >> coming up, -- >> he was the only person with. >> the only firearm that could generate those marks would be a glock. >> none of that made any sense to the detectives. the gradual is open. your son's fine. starting with the fact that he happened to own the same type of gun used in denise murder. viking. that person is dead. >> he was very agitated. did they find any photos, anything where it would indicate that nathan and aina were involved in that way? None of these moments were with Denise. When 39-year-old Baptist minister Nathan Leuthold called 911 on February 14th 2013, he told police that his family had been the victims of a home invasion. hi. talk to your eczema specialist about dupixent, the calming scent of lavender by downy infusions calm. The note, found in a day planner in the couples bedroom, blasts Nathan Leuthold, 39, for running around with a 20-year-old and humiliating her. >> aina was called as a witness for the prosecution, which granted her immunity to encourage her to talk, but her testimony made it clear she was not eager to help the state. I have been without pride. >> i work at a store that sold high-def tvs, we had a lot of small ones they could've just picked up, taken away. 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. new workouts. >> bad choices that left denise's parents coming to terms with the notion that everything they knew to be true wasn't. it's during that timeframe police believe the murder happened. i didn't think -- >> i know, but i mean, thing is, we're talking about things that once you start piecing things together, we're trying to figure things out. i think they did a great job, but at the same time, it was a lot of circumstantial evidence. 2023 Cinemaholic Inc. All rights reserved. >> what went through your mind when you heard that one word, "guilty?" >> this won't end until -- >> exactly. Dr. Steven Hauter will officiate. You are the only person who thinks I am a bad mother. For dinner, we had Lithuanian food. Tanya Koonce / Peoria Public Radio. is that it? on the Internet. they have a primary, one which is a glock. >> how important was david smith, the jailhouse snitch? >> this is because really, nathan, wanted to do it? Was Matthew Podolaks Death a Result of His Depression? >> i think aina was a big bombshell. and nathan said he lost the love of his life. >> who could do this to a great young woman? She'd received a single but deadly gunshot wound to the head. >> yes. and just wants to do the lords work. This took place about 45 minutes from where I live. Le 14 fvrier 2013, lorsqu'il rentre de l'glise, il dcouvre que que. I have never been good enough or done enough for you I know you want me dead. >> when "dateline" continues. You are using an out of date browser. denise's parents believed their daughter had been killed by a stranger until their minister came to visit one day. late >> turns out no one had been able to reach denise for a while. i said well, i'll run by the house and see if she's there. academic withdrawal. i knew immediately something was wrong with him. the local news media just put it on the radio that at your house somebody was shot. i'll get jenelle from daycare and let you know. >> electrocution in the bathtub, how to silence a gun. We know that Nathan A Leuthold, Diane Newton, and two other persons also lived at this address, perhaps within a different time frame.Residents of 61615 pay approximately $930 a month for a 2-bedroom unit. there. i'm for people 45 plus at average risk for colon cancer, not high risk. a glass was on the ground. >> later, nathan took the children and went to stay at a church mission house a nearby town. continues except now you have uncontrollable body movements called tardive dyskinesia - td. I refuse to play to your perfectionism in that, too. While she made the call, it was routed to the neighboring Charlotte County, and the dispatcher failed to pass on this crucial information to patrolmen on the road. >> without headlights? prosecutors said he killed his wife so he could be with his true love, aina. >> aina was the one helping us with children at church. >> nathan said he was doing his best to hold it together so he could help them catch the killer. >> nathan's parents told me nathan and three children have been moved to a safe house just to protect them. Prosecutors allege the 39-year-old Leuthold shot his wife execution-style on Valentines Day to continue an affair with their 20-year-old Lithuanian sponsor student. my sister trying to comfort me. She admitted Nathans family was paying for her attorney but said she did not know the funds for her attorney came from an account that was set up for Nathans children. Nathan Leuthold decided to kill his wife as a Valentine's day gift for his new love. it was enough to scare everybody. to learn more, text thrive to 444555, or visit thrivent.com. or she says, there on the plate. >> though nathan leuthold did not take the stand, he would have plenty to say about the evidence and his innocence, particularly that chilling note left behind by his wife. >> we had tremendous friends and family here in the states. a light maker. This week we conclude our Valentine's Day Murders with a story about Nathan Leuthold, a 39 year old former Baptist Missionary, who shot his wife Denise Leuthold in the head on Valentine's Day 2013, to make room for his lover, a 20-year-old Lithuanian woman the . Very involved circumstantial evidence., The depth of that circumstantial information could have been shocking to Denise Leutholds parents, Doug and Diane Newton. i believe the children suspected something. there was multiple texts and calls every day. two guns had also been taken including a 40 caliber glut, the same caliber used to kill denise, had the intruder used that weapon to shooter? it challenged the very core of nathan's defense, that denise was at the center of his life and he would never hurt her. He had taken her back to his residence after abducting her and raped her there. >> i was in third grade and she was in fourth grade at the time. allstate click or call to switch today. 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. They had just recently returned to the Peoria area from Lithuania. >> still, the prosecution thought she was an important witness. >> okay. things like that, scissors. Together they built their family on faith, but in a flash, one of them was dead and the other was under suspicion. ooh, that's a low price. Nathan will murder his wife on Valentine's Day! and it can seem like that's all people see. >> this was his valentine's day present to aina. This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code). if she's late, if she broke down, if she had a flat tire, she would've called from, herself phone. >> the i said danny should've been there there. ingrezza may cause serious side effects, including sleepiness. at that point, i reached out for them. when in reality, you know, bad things happen to good people all the time. >> they idolized things nathan had told him during his interview at the police station the night of the murder, like the fact he owned three guns. By 2007, the couple had two kids, Noah and Adam. >> we had sponsored other lithuania students before to come here. The rest was all circumstantial. thank you. >> help me get back to my kids tonight. and it can seem like that's all people see. and then lay it? >> i didn't know what to think. Peoria County Circuit Judge Kevin Lyons sentenced Nathan Leuthold, 39, on Wednesday in the slaying of Denise Leuthold, 39, the (Peoria . >> she hadn't entered her phone calls. Leuthold himself spoke, saying he didn't have the words to console all those affected by his wifes murder. of relief [joyfully laughs] protection i just got vaccinated- i just got vaccinated! The couple sponsored her move to the United States when she turned eighteen and held a student visa. he regionally said he didn't want to come back in the house, that the kids were afraid to come in. >> do you know why anybody would want to break into that house? Fellow missionary: No doubts Nathan Leuthold is guilty of Murder by Journal Star. they have a child taken from them. It may not display this or other websites correctly. >> i observed some kitchen cabinets open, and some kitchen drawers on the floor. >> early this morning. >> police wanted to look more closely at the lithuanian student nathan had spoken to on the phone the day of the murder. >> the highly personal, very painful note was obviously aimed at nathan. husband over. >> nathan told police he kept that gun in a plastic case. Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). that's how it started. like a cluster. my son, is he okay? >> we didn't know. Later, after police swarmed the area, she called police and eventually picked Nathan Leuthold out of a photo lineup as the man she saw that day. 75%. >> she essentially spoke from the grave saying that you wanted to kill her, that you were humiliating her with a, 20-year-old. kick pain in the aspercreme >> i'm dara brown. >> it's not typical us for us burglary results in a murder. >> then a few days before the murder, he said it happen again. May the Lord give extra grace to them. PEORIA - Denise L. Leuthold, 39, of Peoria passed away Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, at her residence. while nathan started a career in jails sales. i will never forget the look on his face. where in any one of those things do you have any indication at all that nathan and aina are lovers? >> i got a shotgun. serious allergic reactions can occur including anaphylaxis, which is severe. I don't know them, is there a place to get more information on the family (a missions card even)? >> did you spend the night with mr. leuthold? daycare. Prosecutors have inferred it was his weapon that killed Denise Leuthold and allege he searched the Internet for information on how to silence a .40-caliber Glock. Denise Leuthold was shot with a .40-caliber Glock handgun. at the same place. >> they moved in with us for six months. >> another suspicious finding, a black hooded sweatshirt on the floor of nathan and denise's bedroom. it felt a little awkward, but i could see him just staring into space, almost. >> but he wanted to set the record straight with us, insisting he's innocent. if he is spending the money, she should be all right with it. >> 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. >> very erie. >> right before we did our vows, denise had peppered a song talking about everything that she had wanted was in me. >> i did. one pill, once-daily. an insurance cluster. I am not stupid, but I am not that brave. >> i think any time in a murder case when you don't have the handgun or the weapon, whatever it was, it's an uphill battle. I saw several post about this on Facebook. three weeks after denise had been killed, they pulled her. her gloves, anything. 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. was nathan's life also in danger? learn how you could pay as little as $0 at ingrezza.com pain? >> he's taking this woman and her early twenties, an exchange student, to the spa. but no sign of a gun. 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