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>> despite having studied in the states for four years, aina seemed incapable of understanding english at times, which frustrated the prosecutors. don't take ingrezza if you're allergic to any of its ingredients. we decided to see for ourselves how long that drive would take. >> when she testified, you could hear a pin drop in that courtroom. talk to your eczema specialist about dupixent, the calming scent of lavender by downy infusions calm. >> why did you decide not to take the stand during the trial? >> and what they found floored them. Missionaries Nathan and Denise Leuthold, along with their three young children were back home in Peoria, Illinois after years of overseas work in Lithuania. nothing -- >> but about money? >> describe his demeanor. one gop senator broke with leadership falling short of ten boats needed. at the same place. so we are just good friends. >> my wife, my best friend from third grade, the mother of the three most important children in the world to me. 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. seth, 12, julia, ten and jenelle, were for. more almond breeze, please! i've never been good enough. you never get to hear the victim's story. >> the harshest statement has been that i killed my wife. Supposedly she came home and walked in on the robbery. He staged the break-in . Never done enough. and it guides you. why would a burglar even go through a jump juror, pans? 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Moreover, Denise was killed with a Glock 40, the same gun Nathan owned which had gone missing after the murder. so aina was one of many we worked with. 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. >> the police believe it was staged, that it just looked too kind of perfect, the way that everything was placed, and what was taken. >> nathan's lawyer was hugh toner, a former prosecutor turned defense attorney, who argued that the investigation was faulty. Denises body was found two days later, close to where Michael had been arrested. we've got to solve? they began to take a hard look at nathan's whereabouts that day. let's get it together. the gradual is open. Nathan picked her up after class. >> she framed it as it's his money, and it's denise's money. The couple sponsored her move to the United States when she turned eighteen and held a student visa. i intentionally did it on valentine's day as a gift? yep, that's it. it was not other than aina. or i'm not going to answer that question. 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. >> because of the look on his face. If I havent pleased you in seventeen years, nothing I do now will please you. >> i think he tried to paint, this image of a wonderful person, when in reality he was nothing more than a cold-blooded killer. 'cause we are. >> denise seemed to confirm that she believed her husband was having an affair. you're saying you're just checking on her, making sure she's doing good in school. plans for the long term, and plans for a long weekend. he plans to invest in infrastructure, education, health care, and more. at that point, i didn't know where we were going. let's get you to the exhale you didn't know you were waiting for. >> jodi and jerry were the prosecutors who tried the case. Marriages sometimes don't work out and most reasonable couples opt for a divorce. those are the only three that were valuable? >> then aina mentioned some of the sparked her curiosity. that said a lot to the detectives. Together they built their family on faith, but in a flash, one of them was dead and the other was under suspicion. This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Code). perfectly speaking english girl starts in, i don't understand that. >> 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. i wasn't going to give them any more fuel or any more fodder to use or to miss construe. and then we prayed. >> nathan said that he had been at the gun range. Add this show to your Watchlist . >> about 3:00, the defendant returns home. 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. during expedia travel week, save 20% or more on thousands of hotels. >> were you and nathan ever lovers? During the search a black hooded sweatshirt was recovered from the bedroom, where they also found Denises purse, wallet, and three hundred dollars cash in a dresser drawer. >> i've never seen nathan in unemotional status far is crying, or in panic, or anything like that. Did Someone Try to Make Gregg Smarts Murder Look Like a Robbery? For a day that ended so tragically, it started with roses. to work at an insurance company. a light maker. concern for the family. 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. >> from a purely selfish perspective, it's my life. >> the part you're referring to says, i know you want me dead. it makes me sick how i could do something like that. we are looking at a travel time of seven minutes and 55 seconds. >> it's not typical us for us burglary results in a murder. Peoria County Assistant State's Attorney Jodi Hoos and State's Attorney Jerry Brady speak with reporters at the conclusion of the Leuthold trial. insurance claims verified they were stolen and paid the claim on those items. while how it works is not fully understood, ingrezza is thought to reduce that signaling. Her glasses were a few feet away. >> a laptop, digital camera, and jewelry had been stolen. >> not only possible, they said, but probable. She admitted to being with Nathan when practice shooting. Heres what we know! academic withdrawal. here's what's happening. >> without headlights on. viking. >> without a motive and without hard evidence nathan pulled the trigger, toner said all the prosecution had were lies, misinterpretations and omissions. >> in your room, in that room in particular. The Far North Peoria man stood across the street while the officer searched his house. that guy is getting out of town. >> okay, so if you are at the park, at the exact same park your wife's car was at, i need to figure out how your wives car got there. The couple was worried the man, whom they didnt know at the time, might burglarize their home as he had seen them leaving. take care of yourself. to learn more, text thrive to 444555, or visit thrivent.com. and that's always what we miss the most. the family wanted to find out exactly what happened. Smith asked Nathan Leuthold to write a list of things that were stolen from the house. that was obviously deceased, in the house. Just received the shocking news that Nathan Leuthold has been arrested for the murder of his wife. because they both came from religious families. denise, nathan and their three kids. Quick Facts Denise celebrated 48th birthday on January 31. if i had to defend my family, i would. i'm not sure what a normal burglary looks like. it looks like the house was robbed. >> right before we did our vows, denise had peppered a song talking about everything that she had wanted was in me. They are in their late 30s and have three young children. i said these people take you into their home, right back from the idea, you live with them. He had taken her back to his residence after abducting her and raped her there. That's what happened on February 14, 2013, when Minister Nathan Leuthold killed his wife, Denise, in what was suspected as a Valentine's day gift for his 20-year-old Mistress from Lithuania, Aina. >> we had a -- started a foundation overseas called hope for tomorrow to combat suicide. Nathan and Denise Leuthold had known each other since grade school. Its been a journey, but I guess our family really decided early on that were going to do what we had to do to honor Denise and make sure her death wasnt in vain, he said. i know there is a lot to do today. the insurance bills are through the roof. The 39-year-old Peoria man showed little emotion as Peoria Circuit Judge Kevin Lyons handed down the sentence. i spent the next several hours with my mother, my sister, and at some point i fell asleep. Nathan used the inmate witnesses phone cards to call his parents, then they would call others for him. I have been without pride. he wouldn't kill anybody. >> i was always very happy being a wife and mother. >> maybe it wasn't a burglary at all. >> but he wasn't there when that was -- the procedure was being done? Limited Stock to Ship. You are the only person who thinks I am a bad mother. when in reality, you know, bad things happen to good people all the time. >> did you ask, are we having a sexual relationship with nathan? We had no clue of all the double life he was leading. he said nathan seemed quiet, stoic. >> he owned and she was shot with. Dela p Facebook Dela p Twitter Kopiera url. noooo noooo noooo quick, the quicker picker upper! >> questions about denise is car lead to questions about nathan's car, and something he said caught the detectives attention. i wont grovel. >> model i don't know it's a 40. i noticed him, when we were in the living room alone together, and it was complete silence. >> coming up -- a possible clue. >> they were making a difference in this girl's life? I suppose it will confirm my worthlessness to you when I write that I am not brave enough to do that job for you. >> the i said danny should've been there there. everywhere. i hope you're ready. >> that's correct. my sister trying to comfort me. >> and they started at the very beginning. >> you can't lock? and sometimes the hardest thing about homework is finding a place to do it. >> rule you out? she even lived with them for a while in peoria. did they find any photos, anything where it would indicate that nathan and aina were involved in that way? >> >> when "dateline" continues. >> david smith was a fellow inmate of nathan's at the county. to share her life with. it didn't really seem strange to us that's what they were doing. This took place about 45 minutes from where I live. it seems like there was something going on. Bowers took the jury through the one-story ranch home. coming up -- there would be no more calls, candies or flowers this valentine's day. 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. coming up, this is strange. The slaying and arrest bring an abrupt end to the couple's 15 years of frequent missionary work in Lithuania. he said he remembered seeing a suspicious car in the neighborhood late at night. >> in december 2011, aina leapt that florida school. It took the jury about 90 minutes to convict Nathan Leuthold for the murder of his wife Denise. How long are you going to do this to me? >> during those visits, you went to a hotel with nathan and just the two of you were present part of the time, correct? on >> nathan remember seeing a suspicious car near his house not long before the murder. >> when dateline continues. and see what kind of person she was that. the glass was on the ground. Nathan and Denise Leuthold are missionaries to Lithuania. He occasionally wrote in his yellow legal pad. trust me, i do not have a preconceived idea in my head, but when i'm painting the picture and i'm trying to put the pieces together, okay, as a homicide investigator, i have to either rule you in or rule you out. She traveled to Europe with Nathan in 2011 and 2012. >> translator: yes. 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. >> this was an incomplete investigation. >> it appeared to us that somebody was in a hurry, took it off, threw it down. well, obviously nobody knows that except nathan, and it's consistent with our evidence. >> it wasn't just that nathan stop to take a short phone call, it was who was on the other end of the line that piqued their interest. Many items in the home, including the kitchen table, the family room and at least two large jars of change, were left undisturbed. even at that young age, nathan knew there was something to the sparkling little girl. so, the children had their valentine sack that denise had prepared sitting at the table for them. plans for the long term, and plans for a long weekend. Very involved circumstantial evidence., The depth of that circumstantial information could have been shocking to Denise Leutholds parents, Doug and Diane Newton. >> prosecutors said nathan also showed no emotion during his police interview, even when a detective told him denise was dead. >> didn't seem like had denise possibly startled a burglar? >> that there were certain preconceived notions of who did it, for lack of a better term. She also leaves her in-laws, Bruce and Catherine Leuthold of Mapleton. On cross examination, defense attorney Hugh Toner asked several questions of the officer, attempting to show Nathan Leuthold was sitting back and allowing the police to do their job. tell your doctor about new or worsening eye problems, such as eye pain or vision changes, or a parasitic infection. >> what else you got? Nathan Leuthold, she said, was scruffy, and wearing a black hooded sweatshirt. started going through the house. parents nathan says it felt good to be home. ooh, that's a low price. detectives worked around the clock to solve the crime, and, as they did, they began to get the idea that not everything was as it seemed. >> a teenager, very clear she had given her life to the lord and wanted to serve him. ontinues control? >> what's the relationship between you and nathan? >> the jurors, of course, never heard any of that because nathan never took the stand. 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. here. I don't know them, is there a place to get more information on the family (a missions card even)? The rest was all circumstantial. For a day that ended so tragically, it started with roses. it felt a little awkward, but i could see him just staring into space, almost. oh man let's get you to this moment. Nathan and Denise Leuthold had known each other since grade school. 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. Officers recovered fleece gloves about fifty feet from the vehicle next to a picnic table. >> i was surprised when he was the first one that she dated and they ended up getting married. at that point, i began to put things together that someone had broken into the home. and we knew that it was going to take a lot of work to get to the point where we knew who done it. -i'm down. >> well, he said that -- he said that she was overbearing, and that he had got to the point where he had wanted to move on with his life, and he had met someone else and stuff like that. 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. i was a translator. He had taken her back to his residence after abducting her and raped her there. >> between learning about aina and all the evidence they collected, police had enough to arrest nathan. #1 prescribed for td. They are in their late 30s and have three young children. >> but police never did find the murder weapon. injuries are unknown. to my family right now? >> aina was the one helping us with children at church. Leuthold stands durning the reading of his guilty verdict. political school lock down that day, that step doesn't happen in this neighborhood. Peoria Public Radio's Tanya Koonce reports the missionary was found guilty of first degree murder. >> no, no, no, i don't. >> what was suspicious about what was taken? >> but their was something else that was even more troubling. and live a life rich in meaning, and gratitude. i'm like well, i just want to know, i just want to know what happened to my daughter. was >> that a sick feeling when you see all those? How Did These Brothers End Up Wrongfully Convicted of Murder? Together they built their family on faith, but in a flash, one of them was dead and the other was under suspicion. talk to your eczema specialist about dupixent, a breakthrough eczema treatment. that would have left him under six minutes to ransack the house and shoot denise. she must of been. For dinner, we had Lithuanian food. i just heard on the radio. >> he asked us, well, do you have any suspicions that your son-in-law was involved? Haunting. it's irresistibly delicious. they were on in the road, but they turned it off. >> without headlights? shift the focus more on you. -woosah. but the garage door is open. in fact, he argued that there was no evidence that nathan had done anything wrong at all. >> they knew that he had been on trial for murdering their mother, and that a jury had convicted him. you're gonna need it. By 2007, the couple had two kids, Noah and Adam. >> when she was 16, she became a babysitter for nathan and denise's three children. bounty, the quicker picker upper. In this episode, we will look into a fairly recent case about the Valentine's Day Monster: Nathan Leuthold. You want to humiliate me by running around with a 20 year old? Burial will be in Maple Ridge Cemetery in Mapleton. >> we, the jury, find the defendant, nathan leuthold, guilty of first-degree murder. don't drive, operate heavy machinery, or do other dangerous activities until you know how ingrezza affects you. that's a big undertaking -- >> right. Nathan said he went to a car place and a Starbucks Coffee so to assist in his alibi. my son, is he okay? >> but denise also became very devoted to the church. remember, one of the places he said he visited was this day spa, where he body valentine's day gift certificate for denise. >> i shot the 40 when i was there. It was from a woman who pulled up beside Michaels car at a stoplight around 6:30 PM that evening. He lives in Englewood, Florida, with his wife and children. Nathan had denied the accusations and said that they were victims of a home-invasion. Linthicum also testified he thought what he found inside didnt fit the pattern of a burglary, noting electronics in the family room werent missing and kitchen drawers were placed, not dumped, on the floor. >> i observed some kitchen cabinets open, and some kitchen drawers on the floor. daycare. Together they built their family on faith, but in a flash, one of them was dead and the other was under suspicion. >> there was one that mentioned the chin, and he asked her if she was wet. November 24, 2017 8:00 PM 43 mins. Peoria Public Radios Tanya Koonce reports the missionary was found guilty of first degree murder. >> there is something else troubling police. >> after the young couple settled in their hometown of peoria, illinois, denise went. that would rob this family of everything. 24 Feb 2023 18:27:52 Prosecutors argued Nathan Leuthold killed his wife to be with his lover, a 21-year-old Lithuanian woman whom he and Denise Leuthold sponsored to study in the United States. i'm cologuard. >> long enough they said for nathan to wash his hands to get the gun shot residue off then leave to start his afternoon errands before picking up janelle from daycare. >> he told me that. The frantic search for Denise ended in tragedy when Michael was arrested later in the night. >> everything stopped. securing the inside of the house. learn how you could pay as little as $0 at ingrezza.com pain? for kids like us, and all the amazing things we're gonna learn. it means that i could go back to being the father to the children. >> we had tremendous friends and family here in the states. she came here for education. other serious side effects include potential heart rhythm problems and abnormal movements. mother and child in vehicle. They then took her under their wing and housed her until she grew up. When I told my husband he said why didn't he just walk away from the family.disappear unless he has a girlfriend somewhere? 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. it was enough to scare everybody. 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