TV Archive ok i'll admit. olay, face anything. >> reporter: while he found the crime scene odd for a burglary it was nathan's demeanor that struck him more. it challenged the very core of nathan's defense that denise was at the center of his life and he would never hurt her. Ionas vibrant, friendly campus offers endless ways to get involved, including performances, athletics, game nights, ministry organizations, and thriving Greek life. >> reporter: with his young daughter in the car, nathan backed into the neighbor's driveway across the street so he could watch the house as he called 911. while he was at those places, chase bank, starbucks, the day spa, a car wash, there was a problem. (vo) automatically sort your expenses and save over 40 hours a month. i mean, that note was powerful. >> reporter: after the young couple settled in their home town of peoria, illinois, denise went to work at an insurance company while nathan started a career in sales. it was hard to believe. UPDATE: Nathan Leuthold's father Bruce moved money from Nathan's children's bank account to alleged mistress Aina Dobilaite's after his wife's murder. >> you will rule me out based upon what? that would rob this family of everything. i mean, they're going to sleep every night not really sure who killed their neighbor. 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. and i went to her church activities and she came to mine. the glass is on the ground. three young children were without a mother and nathan said he'd lost the love of his life. >> 1700 hours of recorded telephone conversations involving nathan leuthold. Seminary campuses are also located in Chicago and Plymouth, Michigan, along with online Bible degrees and certificate options. finally i asked them, i said, where are we going? >> reporter: aina testified in both english and in lithuanian through a translator. and take no offense cause we have to cover every base. he originally said that he didn't wanna come back in the house, that the kids were afraid to come in. 1 1.Journal Star - UPDATE: Nathan Leuthold's father Bruce - Facebook; 2 2.Where Is Aina Dobilaite Now In 2022? Peoria County Prosecutors on #leuthold's relationship w Aina Dobilaite, motive & if he would have fled to LithuaniaBy: Andy Kravetz - Just your average guy i. Does this school fit your college needs? so, i sent her a text message, she'll get it when she gets there. >> reporter: nathan told police he took the two older children to school and went on a series of errands that day including going to a day spa to buy a gift certificate for denise. >> reporter: so they subpoenaed aina's school records. a camera might figure it out. tell me more. detectives jason leigh and shawn curry were among the first on the scene. nathan and denise leuthold had met 30 years earlier, back in the '80s when they were both students at a small baptist school in central illinois. >> reporter: and prosecutors had another piece of evidence they say proved an affair, a secret that shook the courtroom. >> that's correct. >> a couple weeks ago. a data plan for everyone. 418 following. - In charge of stock levels and weekly financial reports using Excel and our dedicated POS software. >> reporter: why were you so sure? >> reporter: while investigators combed the crime scene, nathan anxiously watched the police activity from the house across the street. >> reporter: and there it was, nathan's motive. neuriva. portray something that fits modern society. Aina Dobilaite is currently dealing with a murder case as her lover, Nathan Leuthold, killed his wife Denise Nathan Leuthold on 2013 Valentine's Day. >> reporter: nathan realized it had to have been denise. - Fixing technical issues that may occur during a busy shift and . >> reporter: like aina's text the day of the murder. shouldn't mean a change in standards. >> one shot to the head. so call now. i just thought, you know, nate, you got to be strong, man. >> 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. >> and we hope you will be. if you're age 50 to 85, you can get life insurance with options starting at just $9.95 a month. and i would suggest to you, respectfully, that's what i'd ask the verdict that you return. >> is that odd? we were studying it, trying our best, but it was definitely a shock. i wanted to just grab the phone and call her. i'm not sure what a normal burglary looks like. could a brazen burglar willing to kill be on the loose? >> reporter: to be with aina, to groom aina as your new wife. i've just left denise and nathan's house, heading to robinson park, which is just a few blocks away. >> no. >> reporter: nathan's lawyer was hugh toner, a former prosecutor turned defense attorney, who argued that the investigation was faulty. >> there would be no more cards, candy or flowers this valentine's day, no one can find denise. >> aina dobilaite. >> okay, so if you were at the park, the exact same park your wife's car was at, i need to figure out how your wife's car got there. someone he had mentored. More from Medium Bryan Ye in Better Humans How To Wake Up at 5 A.M. Every Day Reginald Ben-Halliday in Lessons from History. >> reporter: how important was david smith, the jailhouse snitch? their days were filled with shuttling kids to school and day care, and raising funds for their next overseas mission. You can compare up to 25 schools at a time. >> in the house? who's got the time to chase around down dirt, dust and hair? stop cleaning. my best friend from third grade. wants you to believe that he sees the door open and glass. Iona University is a Catholic school in Westchester County, New York, about 20 miles north of Manhattan. >> reporter: what they found floored him. try theraflu. >> reporter: but by the time nathan went on trial, she had changed her mind. >> early this morning -- not early, but it would have been before -- before i came back to the house. we've got to solve this. sure, why not? >> we had a -- started a foundation overseas called hope for tomorrow to combat suicide. . www.pjstar.com Money taken from Leuthold children's account went to cover Lithuanian student's legal bills >> reporter: nathan also told police he kept that gun in a plastic case. i wanted to hug her and i wanted to -- i wanted to just let out all the pain that was associated with knowing. >> there were certain preconceived notions of who did it, for lack of a better term, that never went anywhere. >> did he tell you the name of that someone else? they were giving her a chance to come here and get her college education here. starting with the fact that he happened to own the same type of gun used in denise's murder. everyone. >> reporter: she was speaking from the grave in a way. >> he told me that. coming up -- nathan's note to aina. 2020 - Present. >> reporter: norm ulrich jr. got to know nathan and denise well when his wife taught at their high school. >> david smith said that nathan was worried that a lady might have seen him while he was walking. >> yes. >> reporter: -- convicted? >> no. were a lot of people anxious for this try to start? College Life August 19, 2019. >> was your vehicle ever at robinson park today? >> we want to talk to the people closest to her first to try to figure out what makes her tick, what's her routine like. >> in your room, in that room in particular? >> reporter: it was a highly circumstantial case. i would. and saw each other at school and that's how it all started. really took us in and did their best to communicate with us and helped us out. Please remove a school before adding another. unfortunately, i found out about it from my father. his real valentine. >> everything stopped. >> reporter: according to the inmate, nathan said he ran a lot of errands on the day of the murder to create an alibi. and it was the oldest two at that point. there had to be another one. sure, why not? she was supporting him. i'm being quiet. >> reporter: some things seemed off to police, as well. >> no. >> reporter: but then detectives asked her about something they learned as they traced nathan's movements the day of the murder. >> i think a lot of people were anxious, especially the family. i was just in shock. >> he asked us, well, do you have any suspicions that your son-in-law was involved? she had studied music her whole life. trelegy is not for asthma. >> scissors. trelegy may increase your risk of thrush, pneumonia, and osteoporosis. >> reporter: police learned denise spent the morning at home with 4-year-old jenelle until she drove her to day care just after noon. her coat was still on. have good lectures and meeting. >> no, trust me, i do not have a preconceived idea, but when i'm painting a picture and trying to put the pieces together. >> so, i called, she didn't answer, no big deal. >> reporter: not only did he deny killing his wife, nathan told us there was a perfectly reasonable explanation for all those internet searches police uncovered. trelegy works 3 ways to open airways, keep them open and reduce inflammation for 24 hours of better breathing. >> typical scenario? a data plan for everyone. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. >> reporter: but according to the defense, the main weakness with the state's case was motive -- an affair with aina. that doesn't bother you?" After acquiring a second campus in Bronxville, N.Y., it became home to a new premier school of health sciences in partnership with NewYork-Presbyterian, one of the nations top hospitals. >> no. >> reporter: what's more, the inmate also testified why nathan wanted denise out of his life. do the math. curly hair and bouncy step. >> this is the problem i've got. but now police had a second key that they found in this trash can in the park. >> and what was his response? >> i really wasn't sure what the jury was going to come back with. toner argued there was absolutely no evidence to support the theory that nathan killed his wife so that he could be with the 20-year-old. i know that you want me dead. >> yeah. >> how did you tell the children that their mother had been killed? only for a limited time. >> we had tremendous friends and family here in the states. Iona is constantly evolving. >> reporter: beau ebenezer is a reporter with nbc's affiliate, w.e.e.k. >> reporter: but denise was not there to support nathan because, the state argued, he killed her. >> this was an incomplete investigation. my world had just been shattered. >> i worked at a store that sold high-def tvs and we had a lot of small ones that they could have just picked up, taken away, you know. >> yeah. >> they knew that he had been on trial for murdering their mother and that a jury had convicted him. she never shared that with her best friend, her superclose sister, her mother, her father. when "dateline" continues. i mean the local school down the street they locked it down that day. prosecutors said was nathan's motive for the murder, was about to take the stand. and it's yours free. maybe you should think again. >> i think it was significant for the jury to see aina. - Managing a team of 10 employees in a high paced environment, changing strategies as needed. start swiffering. >> reporter: now she had to tell her husband, denise's father. >> when the police first gave us the case, i watched his videotaped statement. it was a burglary. they were like you can't go in, i said i just want to know, what happened to my daughter, is she in there? >> reporter: prosecutors said it, must have been nathan the neighbor saw that day, because police found a black hooded sweatshirt on his bedroom floor. she came here for the education. y'know what? the local news media just put on the. and it seems only appropriate that you will likely end your life in a very different type of place, too. nathan pleaded not guilty. >> reporter: as denise's family reeled from their unimaginable loss, this quiet, central illinois community was just starting to grapple with the fallout of a murder on valentine's day. >> you're asking me what somebody else meant. >> reporter: during school vacations, aina would stay in peoria with the whole family. now i want to do all that i can to be that person. and just wants to do the lords work. who eventually came to the u.s. as a college student. coming up -- hard to imagine anyone doing something this evil if it's true. When Dobilaite came to the U.S., she attended college in Florida before coming to Peoria, where she spent some time at Illinois Central College before attending a school in Chicago. >> i mean, he described denise as the backbone of the family. and -- >> he told me he had presented some gifts, some valentine's day gifts to his wife. >> that's correct. she essentially spoke from the grave saying that you wanted to kill her, that you were humiliating her with a 20-year-old. >> reporter: that gap was crucial because it was during that time frame that police believe the murder happened. live, learn, and get luvs. that she does everything for the kids. >> this is the problem i've got. i wanted to get a good look at him. and then he knew that denise would be coming back. one was stolen away by someone who was seeking gain. and we knew that it was gonna take a lot of work to get to the point where we knew who done it. after the murder they found her silver ford here in this nearby park. it doesn't matter what day it was. >> this is kind of weird, pulling in the driveway i normally go through in by the front door and turn the outside lights on. Iona is also #1 among schools with their main campuses in Westchester for the highest return on investment both 30 and 40 years after graduation, and in the top six percent nationwide, according to Georgetown Universitys Center on Education and the Workforce. and at that point i begin to understand that someone had broken into the home. >> reporter: 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. >> reporter: being back in the states also gave nathan an opportunity to travel to churches, where he reported on his and denise's missionary work and raised more funds so they could soon return to lithuania. we took them upstairs to the bedroom. and we were doing research and looking at blog sites where, young people were desperate people were getting information about what they were thinking. this was a good idea. the cold and gray isolated illinois penitentiary. >> would you state your name? >> reporter: prosecutors accused nathan of coaching aina during jailhouse phone calls on how to cover up their relationship. >> i've been trying to ask myself the same question since i first pulled in the driveway. >> denise was very musical and she played the piano for the children and taught 'em songs and taught the little girls especially, bible stories. 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