S7, Ep14. Update 2021. His parents declined to comment and quickly left the building after the verdict, but not before one member of his family reached over and hugged Diane Newton, Denise Leutholds mother. He said: Thats would be great! Police officer Linthicum testify at Nathans trial about his demeanour after they found his wife dead: As Im speaking to him, he never showed any sort of emotion or asked any question to as what was going on. Deadly Valentine: With Craig Melvin, Kate Snow, Andrea Canning. Leuthold is using his children to escape the interview. Early lives Nathan Leopold. According to prosecutors, Nathan Leuthold killed his wife as a Valentine's Day treat for his Lithuanian . Nathan Leuthold: My parents called me: You want us to pick her up? I said: Denise should be there any minutes, she must have been late. As a teenager it was very clear that she had given her life to the Lord and wanted to serve him, she was always the one volunteering, helping the church right alongside of her mother and she was very gifted in music and then, as we started branching out in the ministry, Aina was the one who took care of the music. Nathan Leuthold: I pulled over I pulled over to take a phone call. Yes, the attorney said, Nathan Leuthold was arrogant and, at times, stone faced but that doesnt mean he didnt care and it didnt mean the police shouldnt look elsewhere. It wasnt the first time we have done that, so it was one of many we had worked with, so it was very natural. and now back to dateli"dat." >> reporter: nathan leuthold was on trial for murdering his wife on valentine's day, 2013. a scenario impossible to have predicted for a man devoted to god, who appeared to have been happily married to his high school sweetheart for 17 years. It came out during the trial that Nathan Leutholds family had paid her legal fees and had told her not to talk to police. Both parties later denied the claim. You can binge the entire series early and ad-free right now by subscribing to Wondery+ in Apple Podcasts or the Wondery App. But detectives testified that the house looked too neat after an alleged burglary. Around 3.00 p.m., Aina Dobilaite wrote a message to Nathan Leuthold, he replayed: I cant now, police checked, it looks like the house was robbed, she wrote back:Interesting, smiley face. Leuthold filed a post-trial motion which the trial court denied. Nathan Leuthold: There was a church, I was there that was already established and that church really took us in and and and did her best to communicate with us and helped us out and there was a particular uh woman in the church we worked with, that was Ainas mother. Nathan Leuthold and Aina Dobilaite deny having a romantic relationship. That decision was foreshadowed by laughter in the jury room just minutes before. Judges Vicki Wright, Robert Carter and William Holdridge said, in plain language, that one assertion there wasn't enough evidence just wasn't true. Here's everything we know right now. Another glimpse of how manipulative Leuthold is. I wont grovel. 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)). Nathan Leuthold: You are ruling me out based upon what? 1. Nathan Leuthold: We didnt know any Lithuanians at the time, we didnt know the language, we were studying it, trying our best but it was definitely a shock. It was rare to see him do anything emotional. They also said Leuthold didnt act right when he was told about his wifes death. Most of the claims dealt with specific legal issues such as statements made by prosecutors or whether a statement made by Leuthold should have been barred for trial. Hoos blasted that, saying the state had far and away proved its case. You defraud me, and you dont seem to care. I hope your year is going well so far. Detective: I know but I mean the thing is were talking about things that day, once you start piecing things together were trying to figure things out. After his trial, Nathan Leuthold spoke to Dateline NBC correspondent Andrea Canning about what preceded his 911 phone call:My parents called me: You want us to pick her up?, I said: Denise should be there any minutes, she must have been late. 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. 217-558-2200 | 800-546-0844 TDD. Nathan Leuthold: I had chosen to testify prior to trial but as the State continue to take things out of context and continue to throw as much mud as they could on the wall hoping that some of it would stick, they had moved beyond what I felt were the facts of the case, I wasnt going to give them anymore fuel or anymore fodder to use or to misconstrue. The Good Soldier vejk is a novel with an unusually rich array of characters. 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I refuse to play to your perfectionism in that, too. Thats why he did give the children Valentines Day cards before school because he was going to murder their mother a few hours later, Hoos said. Nathan Leuthold, 39, of Peoria, Ill., called police to his home on Feb. 14, 2013, saying he was the victim of a home invasion. I cant leave them all that long. In September 2014, Nathan Leuthold was found guilty of his wife's murder and sentenced to 80 years in prison. Shelbey S Roberts. Hosted by Ash Kelley and Alaina Urquhart from the hit show Morbid. Neither Lyons nor any of the attorneys said having cameras or reporters covering the trial on social media affected how they conducted their cases. When he speaks about Denise he says her mother not my wife Denise not my wife Denise not my wife not Denise, a signal of a poor relationship between him and his wife. Therefore, from a de facto innocent we expect a reliable denial and we dont expect to find in his language characteristic indicators of the statements of those who do not speak the truth. Medina Township residents raise concerns over Peorias potential annexation of two properties, Auditor Jessica Thomas will continue receiving a salary from Peoria County, for now at least, Judge orders Peoria County to continue funding auditor's office past November, Peoria County breaks ground on new Health and Human Services building, Democrats retain control of Peoria County Board, and other local takeaways from Tuesday's midterm election. She came here for education, 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. Leuthold, trying to act as a victim of a misunderstanding, get verycontentious. You are now the manager of this memorial. Did it looks like a normal burglary? A child prodigy, Leopold claimed to have spoken his first words at the age of four months. . Nathan Leuthold, 39, didnt move or show any emotion, maintaining the stoic face hes had for much of the six-day trial, where hes listened to prosecutors outline how he laid in wait and executed his wife, Denise, about 12:30 p.m. Feb. 14, 2013. Nathan Andrew Leuthold killed his wife Denise, 39, on Valentine's day 2013. Nathan Leuthold: I looked at Denises 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 favoured her mother and so I said thats what I want. He shows to be on guard. News personality. He started placing himself strongly into the sentence but thensuppressedwhatever he was going to say. During the nearly six days of the trial, jurors listened to about 40 witnesses and nearly two hours of closing arguments. When officers arrived at the scene, they found Denise Leuthold - Nathan's wife - dead . Ive never been good enough. He is also trying to take control of the interview and shows an unexpected verbal aggressiveness. Nathan Leuthold and his wife, Denise, met a Lithuanian student while on a missionary trip to Eastern Europe, when the girl turned 18 the husband and wife team sponsored her immigration to the United States. Not now. I didnt kill my wife Denise, followed by I told the truth or by Im telling the truth while addressing the denial I didnt kill my wife Denise, it is more than 99% likely to be true. This web page contains short write-ups on the persons the novel refers to; from Napolon . Note how he speaks about Aina:As a teenager it was very clear that she had given her life to the Lord and wanted to serve him, note the use of Divinity to clear her image. He only gave information to the 911 operator in order to support a possible break-in. She hadnt answered her phone calls, she hadnt answered her text messages, I said: Just wait a few minutes, let me get Jenelle at the day care then Ill let, you know, and I finally got the day care, they said: She still hasnt come, she hasnt called, I said: Well, Im right by the house, Im right by the house and see if she is there, and soon as I got pulled into the driveway the garage door was open. Testimony from detectives said the former missionary didnt act right when he was told about his wifes death and that the scene seemed too neat and orderly for a burglary. Nathan Leuthold: There were officers with all kinds of weapons pointed at me, at the point when I was there in the ground on my knees with my hands behind my head and they were checking my pockets, down the road, towards me was my sister bringing her children to school that day and there I am in the middle of the street, they handcuffed me, they put me in the car, at that point I didnt know where we were going and finally I asked them, I said: Where are we going? Detective: Do you know why anybody wanna broke in there? About a fingerprint that was found on a jewerly box from which three things were stolen that police could not identifyNathan Leuthold said: Thats not my mother in laws, not my father in laws, not my wifes, not my daughters who clean that jewelry box every week for her grandma not my fingerprint. Nathan is a narcissist, he gives us a glimpse of his personality disorder when he says thateven she didntknow he existed he thought she was the cutest girl in the world. In addition to the many who directly form part of the plot, a large number of fictional and real people (and animals) are mentioned; either through the narrative, vejk's anecdotes, or indirectly through words and expressions. where you failed to tell us that you were there prior to going home earlier that day. The wall of truth is an impenetrable psychological barrier that often leads innocent people to few words, as they have no need to persuade anyone of anything. Leuthold was accused of shooting his wife in her parents Peoria home so he could pursue an affair with a 21-year-old Lithuanian woman. 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Luethold was convicted in July and sentenced in September. . When 90-year-old Laurence Pilgeram drops dead on the sidewalk outside his condo, you might think that's the end of his story. What person would take his childrens funds to hire an attorney to silence his lover from talking to the police, he said, referring to Aina Dobilaite, the Lithuanian woman. He and his wife sponsored her to study in the U.S. Leuthold has denied he shot his wife. Leuthold, 41, was convicted and then sentenced to 80 years in prison for the Feb. 14, 2013, death of his wife, Denise. Failure To Serve Respondent's . NOTICE: This order was filed under Supreme Court Rule 23 and may not be cited as precedent by any party except in the limited circumstances allowed under Rule 23 (e) (1). You will end your life in a cold and gray and isolated Illinois penitentiary where you will be more of a number than a name, Lyons told him. A relative read a statement on behalf of Denises parents, saying the family is disgusted by their son-in-law and his actions. There is nothing more important to me than you in this relationship. Whats going on? Weve had to wrestle with Nathans hypocrisy in claiming to be a man of God.. States Attorney Jerry Brady said the murder was Leutholds well-planned Valentines Day present to his mistress. PEORIA - A former Baptist missionary has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of his wife on Valentine's Day last year. Asked about what happened after his interview with detectives Nathan Leuthold said: I was exhausted, I was emotionally spent, I spent the next several hours with my mother and my sister and at some point I fall asleep, my sister just trying to confort me. Does he want to know what the police know? The Lithuanian woman rejected having an intimate involvement with Nathan Leuthold, a Christian Baptist preacher who met her when she was six years old. 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