>> his friend often brought them home cooked meals. >> did you spend the night with mr. leuthold? You must log in or register to reply here. i think she tried to minimize the relationship. >> no. 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. Rochowitz concluded that the right cuff of the black sweatshirt was in close proximity to a firearm either when it was discharged or contacted a primer gunshot residue-related item. 'cause we are. ah ha. >> the jurors, of course, never heard any of that because nathan never took the stand. 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? we know she loves us. They then took her under their wing and housed her until she grew up. at that point, i didn't know where we were going. i said well, i'll run by the house and see if she's there. by then, they had a third child, jenelle. I really dont think there is anything that I have done or not done that would cause me to deserve this. >> ever the time there was a difficulty in life, the first person i would talk to would be denise, and there were several times within the first few days after her death, trying to. On Valentine's Day 2013, Denise Leuthold, wife of missionary Nathan Leuthold, mother of three young children, was found shot to death in Peoria, Illinois. The (Peoria) Journal Star reports the jury deliberated for about 90 minutes Monday before finding Nathan Leuthold guilty in the death of 39-year-old Denise Leuthold. that was obviously deceased, in the house. the gradual is open. -i'm down. >> and you want to rule me in based upon -- >> no, no, no, no, no, i'd rather rule you out so i can move on. >> the next day, nathan said he was struggling with the fact that his wife was gone. >> in a murder case, you don't have the victim. on the floor. she was like, no. Read More: Where are Denise Lees Sons Now? Leuthold himself spoke, saying he didn't have the words to console all those affected by his wifes murder. >> what else you got? >> we had helped women who had been in abusive relationships. why would i want her dead? his demeanor, his attitude, he tried to take over the conversation. >> how important was david smith, the jailhouse snitch? >> it's not typical us for us burglary results in a murder. this one just happens to be a lot worse. she was supporting him. and i have to tell her at some point. and the conviction in the death of molly tibbets, a farm worker was convicted of murder. burglars commit burglaries, killers execute in a style consistent with what the defendant did. He stated that he needed to be strong for his sons and that he just suppressed his feelings. For dinner, we had Lithuanian food. >> but their was something else that was even more troubling. 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Leuthold stands durning the reading of his guilty verdict. after the murder, they found her silver ford here in this nearby park. those are the only three that were valuable? how hardwood before someone departed open? They are currently home on furlough and are staying with Denise's parents. the children will be robbed of just one parent, not of both. it was enough to scare everybody. You want to humiliate me by running around with a 20 year old? It took the jury about 90 minutes to convict Nathan Leuthold for the murder of his wife Denise. my son, is he okay? we are looking at a travel time of seven minutes and 55 seconds. >> there's no doubt in my mind that nathan was arrested because they needed somebody in jail. i pray there is enough time to do everything. my husband said, no, your dad made bad choices. >> it's not a coincidence that we're missing a 40 caliber glock handgun, and there's evidence that leads us to believe your wife was probably shot with a 40 caliber handgun. She admitted staying with him again in another rented location in Chicago December 2012 but said she did not stay overnight. A former Baptist missionary convicted of shooting his wife to death on Valentine's Day last year has been sentenced to 80 years in prison. >> six minutes, 55 seconds. Just received the shocking news that Nathan Leuthold has been arrested for the murder of his wife. 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)). welcome back to the world. don't take ingrezza if you're allergic to any of its ingredients. 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. the budget would push federal spending to its highest sustained level since world war ii. i said these people take you into their home, right back from the idea, you live with them. then the police arrived. 39-year-old Nathan Luethold argued it was in his three kids' best interest that he legally remain their parent. Dela p Facebook Dela p Twitter Kopiera url. she didn't call. we're living with denise is. and it just grew into something special between the two of them. Nathan Leuthold Girlfriend. ahh. >> that sponsorship started in the fall of 2010, one aina came to the u.s. to study at a christian college in florida were nathan would occasionally visitor. >> i observed a vehicle parked within its headlights on for some extended period of time, five, ten minutes at least, which i considered to be somewhat unusual. so i suspect based on that response in all likelihood she had some knowledge of what was maybe going to take place. Denise was a Baptist missionary and her family had very close ties to the church, with Nathan having delivered a sermon at Crossroads back in October 2012 for revival month. He survives. The forensic pathologist that conducted the autopsy reported the gunshot wound entered the back left side of her head with no close range firing, with at least a distance of eighteen to twenty-four inches apart. Nathan Leuthold faces a single count of murder in connection with his wifes death. >> they were making a difference in this girl's life? >> it's not typical as far as a burglary that results in a murder. she had no emotion. Nathan told police he just returned from picking up his daughter, came home and saw the garaged door open and broken glass on one of the windows of the home. but i don't go looking for. >> dobilaite just a child at the time. 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. late >> turns out no one had been able to reach denise for a while. Marriages sometimes don't work out and most reasonable couples opt for a divorce. I am the same person that Ive always been. we have to figure out where she was at and -- >> we have to place the last time we can see her, and we can narrow the window down. but with that he calls the police. it's not like a high crime area where those gunshots all the time. but what did denise think about that? >> coming up, more questions for and about nathan. >> and what they found floored them. >> theirs nothing more important to me than you and this relationship. >> the police believe it was staged, that it just looked too kind of perfect, the way that everything was placed, and what was taken. we've got you. >> model i don't know it's a 40. at that point, i began to understand that someone had broken into the home. >> in your room, in that room in particular. >> that there were certain preconceived notions of who did it, for lack of a better term. i just kept looking at my daughter. when you help heal your skin from within, you can change how your skin looks and feels. proved an affair, a secret that shook the courtroom. >> neighbors were anxious, and. their days were filled with shuttling kids to school and daycare, and raising funds for their next overseas mission. >> exactly. 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. so when she entered that door, that shot was immediate. reporter beau ebenezer covered the trial for nbc's week-tv in peoria. When police arrived, the vehicle was not there. Leuthold, a missionary, says he will continue to pray on the matter. had denise leuthold been killed by an intruder, part of a burglary gone wrong, or had, someone close to her had been involved? he also wanted to say that the police never looked past him to catch the real intruder in what was a real burglary. >> so he's potentially thinking up all these different ways to kill his wife. Nathan Leuthold, missionary, was sentenced to 80 years in Peoria County for the murder of his wife, Denise. ahh, that's a low price. Apart from Adam and Noah, Nathan also has a daughter from a relationship he had sometime after Denises passing. he said nathan seemed quiet, stoic. you're not even in this one. when detective stopped there, they discovered nathan had been bringing another woman to the spa. . >> the highly personal, very painful note was obviously aimed at nathan. they're going to sleep every night, not really sure who killed their neighbor. death nathan was a basketball player, denise was a cheerleader. you never get to hear the victim's story. >> he said he received a phone call from lithuanian exchange student. where is she at? my son, is he okay? sometimes when she would answer a question or said something he didn't like, he kind of laughed and threw his hands up in the air in disappointment. >> nathan's parents told me nathan and three children have been moved to a safe house just to protect them. so while their possessions, try to save up money. there's interest you accrue, and interests you pursue. i'm not sure what takes a sicker person, the person to actually do that or the person who suggests that. just a loving puppy love way. They fell in love, and that soon led to marriage. she was married. i kept on explaining. Oh, yeah until I break. Leuthold's defense attorney Hugh Toner speaks with reporers at the conclusion of the trial. Nathan Lee had initially struggled to deal with Denises death and the ensuing civil lawsuit. >> i got a shotgun. so i said, that's why. as we started ramping up the questioning, getting more direct about her relationship with nathan, all of a sudden. >> but by the time nathan went on trial, she had changed her mine. everything begins anew. curly hair and bouncy step. >> glock specifically, which is the gun he owned. PublishedSeptember 10, 2014 at 7:43 PM CDT, WCBU | in the u.s., they could also celebrate holidays, american style, as they did on valentine's day, 2013. ingrezza is a prescription medicine used to treat adults with td movements in the face and body. >> so i called, she didn't answer. That, he likely will contend later in the trial, supports his clients assertion that someone else came into the house and killed his wife. >> and your husband, dr. parish, thought that it was a black man? -the house, the car, the rv. so we are just good friends. president biden formally unveiled his six trillion dollar budget friday. thank you, onstar. she was very gifted, and music, and as we started branching out the ministry, aina was the one that took care of music. >> what was it that you liked about her so much? Nathan Andrew Leuthold killed his wife Denise, 39, on Valentine's day 2013. seth, 12, julia, ten and jenelle, were for. >> she was speaking from the grave in a way. The trial is expected to continue for the rest of the week. >> please state your name. WCBU | it turned into more of a cold stare, and no emotion whatsoever. we retraced what investigators said were nathan's steps that day. with nathan and dennis leuthold had met earlier, back in the eighties when they were students at a small baptist school in central illinois. >> the part you're referring to says, i know you want me dead. Smith asked Nathan Leuthold to write a list of things that were stolen from the house. The Far North Peoria man stood across the street while the officer searched his house. >> a massage. you know, this is kind of weird, pulled in the driveway, i immediately go through into the front door, and it'll be outside lights on. >> describe the man you saw walking along this road? they collected surveillance video from the places he said he had been. >> when she testified, you could hear a pin drop in that courtroom. starting with the fact that he happened to own the same type of gun used in denise murder. assets you allocate, and ones you hold tight. cold and gray isolated in the penitentiary. >> to the -- i think you referred to her as ana? and that's how she came to be a part of our family. He is also a musician who had previously attended Jacksonville University and the University of . They all lived together with Denise's parents in their home located at 700 West Mossville Road in Peoria, Illinois Denise and Nathan were involved in missionary work, bringing them to travel across the globe. and here we had a note that she had written that laid the whole thing out. >> another suspicious finding, a black hooded sweatshirt on the floor of nathan and denise's bedroom. jamie, what are you doing? hide my skin? >> my vehicle was that robertson park today, yes. he wouldn't kill anybody. Powered by WordPress.com VIP. Nathan and Denise Leuthold had known each other since grade school. >> i asked him why out of the, box? at any time has a wife ever done anything behind your back, have you had any issues, any boyfriends, anything like that? >> if you come down during the day people are riding their bikes. >> it wasn't the first time we've done that. Nathan and Denise Leuthold had known each other since grade school. 2023 www.pjstar.com. >> bad choices that left denise's parents coming to terms with the notion that everything they knew to be true wasn't. was >> that a sick feeling when you see all those? and i was very careful when i looked at the photos so i would not make a mistake. where in any one of those things do you have any indication at all that nathan and aina are lovers? God help the family during this terrible time.so many questions please dear God wrap your arms around this dear family!!!! >> a lot of things about mavens guns that didn't add up for police. red light's going to add on a little bit of time. In Lithuania, they met a young child, Aina Dobilaite when she was about six years old. Another forensic scientist found gunshot residue to the right cuff of the black sweatshirt and was in close proximity to a firearm either when it was discharged or contact a primer gunshot residue-related item.. RAIDER. >> yeah, yeah. securing the inside of the house. that's what you said, isn't it? 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. >> i think he was trying to allude to the fact of the burglar must-have got into it and taking it. >> you can see how it would look bad, going to the spa, getting aina waxing treatments, the text messages that went back and forth. and it can seem like that's all people see. >> toner said there's also an, issue with the state's timeline. that said a lot to the detectives. to learn more, text thrive to 444555, or visit thrivent.com. >> correct. The 39-year-old Peoria man showed little emotion as Peoria Circuit Judge Kevin Lyons handed down the sentence. 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. >> from a purely selfish perspective, it's my life. >> a working mom, new at the office. Teresa Kotomskis Mother Found Ray Kotomski Naked and Unresponsive, Investigators Believe Heidt Family Crime Scene Was Staged, 911 Receives Disturbing Call From Linda Heidt Moments After Being Shot, We and our partners use cookies on this site to improve our service, perform analytics, personalize advertising, measure advertising performance, and remember website preferences. There were no defensive wounds. At the time, Denise had put her degree on hold to take care of the kids while Nathan worked three jobs. this past year has felt like a long, long norwegian winter. so why not hook community centers up with wifi? >> he was part of our family for 17 years, and, you know, he was like a son to us. how do i function now without her? >> which model? Nathan was sentenced to eighty years. [sfx: fire truck siren] onstar, we see them. >> still, prosecutors thought they had more than enough evidence to prove their case. in this second car, we're going to drive to starbucks. >> yes. whom i could talk in lithuanian. oh, yeah, until i break. >> they handcuffed me, and they put me in their car. >> no. >> did you want her dead? I cant imagine anything you could tell me that would hurt worse than what you were doing to me now every day. >> now she had to tell her husband, denise father's. A former missionary, Nathan Leuthold was often described to be a "good person," but that persona was ripped to shreds when he decided to kill his wife. Nathan and Denise Leuthold are missionaries to Lithuania. >> and there it was, nathan's motive. She went with Nathan and stayed together in a rented apartment in November 2012. What is that all about? I refuse to play to your perfectionism in that, too. One of the officers observed a female facedown with her head in a pool of blood and a spent shell casing and a live round next to her head. Nathan never asked questions or approached an officer before or after officers first entry in to the home. she never called police. and son-in-law. illuminating the way forward. >> this was his valentine's day present to aina. he went to his sister's home, where his children were sound asleep. when was this? >> the thing that i never wanted to face was the hurt that i was going to cause. i don't think there was a person in that courtroom that disbelieved what she was saying. they're gone. talk a little girls especially, bible. detectives were puzzled. aspercreme with max-strength* lidocaine. now back to "dateline." for the trial, english translations of what nathan said were read aloud. The Newtons say the kids are with family out of state for the trial, but they will share the information at each childs age appropriate level. 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