it's irresistibly delicious. >> it was very close to the same feeling i had when i heard that my wife had been shot. Denise and Nathan Leuthold were married eighteen years with three children, ages 4, 10 and 12. nathan pleaded not guilty. Use tab to navigate through the menu items. noooo noooo noooo quick, the quicker picker upper! don't take ingrezza if you're allergic to any of its ingredients. talk to your eczema specialist about dupixent, a breakthrough eczema treatment. By, Why some Peoria transplants are sinking their roots into the city, Peoria County Sheriff's office investigating West Peoria homicide, Performing arts pavilion project seeking new partners, location, Watkins set to become Peoria County Sheriff after primary election victory, Peoria treasure hunters unearthing history, one artifact at a time. now back to "dateline." Nathan and Denise Leuthold had known each other since grade school. 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Nathan had denied the accusations and said that they were victims of a home-invasion. >> why did aina say after the robbery, "interesting" smiley face? 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? The 39-year-old Peoria man showed little emotion as Peoria Circuit Judge Kevin Lyons handed down the sentence. Aina did not go to Denises funeral. >> you want to humiliate me by running around with a 20-year-old? well, obviously nobody knows that except nathan, and it's consistent with our evidence. ingrezza may cause serious side effects, including sleepiness. she's been shot in the house, i need to figure out how that car got to robinson park. to learn more, text thrive to 444555, or visit thrivent.com. Her funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Cornerstone Baptist Church, 18040 Unsicker Road, Groveland. one was stolen away by someone who was seeking gain. proved an affair, a secret that shook the courtroom. she baby sat for them in the 20th, and they were sponsoring her as a student in the u.s.. what was that call about? at thrivent, we believe money is a tool, not a goal. >> a lot of things about mavens guns that didn't add up for police. >> we didn't know. yet >> nathan waited with his daughter at the neighbor's house, repeatedly calling family members to see if anyone had heard from denise. Together they built their family on faith, but in a flash, one of them was dead and the other was under suspicion. coming up, this is strange. At first Nathan thought of using poison with insulin or potassium. I don't know them, is there a place to get more information on the family (a missions card even)? denise, nathan and their three kids. >> without a motive and without hard evidence nathan pulled the trigger, toner said all the prosecution had were lies, misinterpretations and omissions. Heres what we know! >> she was really good with the kids. 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. in 2002, the fan really went back to lithuania, which became their second home on and off for the next eight years. at first denise's mother couldn't quite grasp it. i cried enough over the weekend. Nathan Leuthold, 39, of Peoria, Ill., called police to his home on Feb. 14, 2013, saying he was the victim of a home invasion. they have a primary, one which is a glock. >> i had to watches. >> she essentially spoke from the grave, saying that you, wanted to kill her, that you were humiliating her with a 20-year-old. >> the weapon appear to be a 40 caliber handgun. The couple got her from her country when she was just six years old. >> nathan gave it actives a clue, though. >> somebody -- some student named ana, alana, something like that. did it look like a normal burglary? we'll get through this. The Far North Peoria man stood across the street while the officer searched his house. -[ chuckles ] -i doubt that exists. Nathan and his wife Denise were very active in their Lithuanian oriented church, and before they had children, would often travel the world doing missionary work. >> and i'm natalie morales. no one can find denise. 843 1.1k 3.8k 1. >> but police never did find the murder weapon. 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 wasn't jealous. i was emotionally spent. she came here for education. this goes back several months before the murder. everything begins anew. because they both came from religious families. just a loving puppy love way. Follow him on Twitter @andykravetz for live courtroom updates. and at that point i called the police, called 9-1-1. >> well do you know what -- >> 12 gauge shotgun. >> he said he received a phone call from lithuanian exchange student. >> like aina's text the day of the murder. but eventually, with spring comes rebirth. Peoria County Assistant State's Attorney Jodi Hoos and State's Attorney Jerry Brady speak with reporters at the conclusion of the Leuthold trial. >> well, you know, i honestly think he planned it out. >> i shot the 40 when i was there. mother and child in vehicle. >> here at the peoria county courthouse -- >> the trial was big news in town. The police shared a lot of their information with us the night before he was arrested. >> i can't leave them all that long. i think she tried to minimize the relationship. >> he seemed scared. Haunting. -it's a bundle! >> we kept going over the robbery, like how it would've happened, and it didn't really make sense. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. saying how shameful it was that nathan had killed denise in her own home. >> she was speaking from the grave in a way. Nathan came home from work that afternoon and found that Denise was missing. They have been on furlough and Denise was murdered in Peoria last week. no. >> a massage. >> what were you thinking? i can get you a new one tomorrow. >> by the fall of 2010, nathan and denise we're living back in the states. >> what's the problem? ", i understand it to mean that's interesting, as in that's odd. The 39-year-old Peoria man showed little emotion as Peoria Circuit Judge Kevin Lyons handed down the sentence. >> and that answer has never changed, has it? nathan leuthold, missionary and father of three, a native son of peoria, was now on his way to jail to await trail for the murder of his wife. i went looking at my four-year-old daughter, who is the image of her mother. She was 39. 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. and finally, i asked them, i said, where are we going? what's a low price? the state argued he was in love with another woman. there is nothing more important to me than you and this relationship. Their life seemed to be going great after renting a house in North Port, Florida. one pill, once-daily. >> nathan finally did leave the police station late that night. You are the only person who thinks I am a bad mother. what would make him commit such a crime? denise leuthold, mother and missionary, brutally shot and killed in her parents home where she and her family had been living. 1997-2023 OfficialUSA.com. >> i think nathan was being tested by god about his faith. He had taken her back to his residence after abducting her and raped her there. Aina initially plead the fifth, but then received immunity to speak in court of her relationship with Denise and Nathan. i have a lot of guilt. he practically lived at our house. Nathan and Denise Leuthold had known each other since grade school. >> nathan is convicted. The Lithuanian woman rejected having an intimate involvement with Nathan Leuthold, a Christian Baptist preacher who met her when she was six years old. 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. 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. Well, happy waiting.. When Denise walked in to the house they exchanged words and he shot her in the head on the left side. >> to say that i killed my wife goes beyond what i ever fathomed hearing from anyone. >> they quickly determined she had been killed by a single. >> and then pulled into our driveway. they started at 6:30 a.m. with mutually hellos. [ suspenseful music ] it's okay. >> we were able to account for him up until about 11:30 in the morning and then there was a gap him leaving the starbucks around, 11:30 and shows up at the same starbucks about 12:45 p.m. in between there we couldn't account for him. some meds for mental health can cause abnormal dopamine signaling in the brain. they have a child taken from them. >> but denise also became very devoted to the church. i'm not sure what takes a sicker person, the person to actually do that or the person who suggests that. They are currently home on furlough and are staying with Denise's parents. just right in the front door here. lighting the way. Shipping Available. >> were a lot of people anxious for this trial to start? >> now she had to tell her husband, denise father's. For dinner, we had Lithuanian food. A former Baptist missionary serving 80 years in prison for killing his wife has had parental rights revoked. they didn't know if they are being targeted for anything. Nathan Leuthold Girlfriend. >> to be with aina, to groom aina as your new wife. unfortunately, i found out about it through my father. >> no. he's leaving. things like that just don't happen in peoria. you're living with this lady, married for a long time, you know her routine. While Denise enjoyed many things, her greatest joy was that of being a wife and mother. police >> yeah. 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Denise lived at the home with her husband, Nathan Leuthold, three children and parents. i think it was disbelief that he was being arrested. red light's going to add on a little bit of time. By 2007, the couple had two kids, Noah and Adam. he said he remembered seeing a suspicious car in the neighborhood late at night. Among the 911 calls that were made, one of them really stood out. is that feasible that if he was -- >> no. >> typical scenario, robberies happening in peoria. Why? >> not only possible, they said, but probable. so, the children had their valentine sack that denise had prepared sitting at the table for them. >> it was very devastating. Nathan Leuthold was sentenced to 80 years in prison Wednesday for killing his wife Denise on Valentine's Day last year. here's what's happening. >> why did you decide not to take the stand during the trial? my world had just been shattered. >> you would respond with, oh, my, what happened? she did everything that made the kids lives spin. 24 Feb 2023 18:27:52 and with the right guidance, you can get the financial clarity you need. she even lived with them for a while in peoria. >> later, nathan took the children and went to stay at a church mission house a nearby town. life, and he just -- you really don't expect something like that to happen to you. parents nathan says it felt good to be home. >> for what? >> it seems only appropriate that you will likely end your life in a very different type of place, too. daycare. on >> nathan remember seeing a suspicious car near his house not long before the murder. who would ever want to hurt them? >> you're asking me what somebody else sent. [ echoing ] some of us were born for this. >> when dateline continues. He had taken her back to his residence after abducting her and raped her there. >> the only firearm that could generate those marks would be a glock. but there she was standing, just smiling. >> how many people, particularly young people, are going to have, a relationship with a significant other and not have a picture of their significant other? remember, one of the places he said he visited was this day spa, where he body valentine's day gift certificate for denise. >> exactly. the children will be robbed of just one parent, not of both. thank you. she never called a counselling hotline. he also wanted to say that the police never looked past him to catch the real intruder in what was a real burglary. >> i did. >> shooting off his gun at the gun range. Episode 30: Welcome to Pushing Up Lilies, I'm your host Julie Mattson. >> nathan was very quiet, almost in a state of shock, maybe? Peoria County States Attorney Jerry Brady says Leutholds behavior was outrageously hypocritical before and after his wifes killing. >> in the weeks after denise is. their days were filled with shuttling kids to school and daycare, and raising funds for their next overseas mission. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. Together they built their family on faith, but in a flash, one of them was dead and the other was under suspicion.For a day that ended so tragically, it started with roses. Lyons described Leuthold's actions with his mistress surrounding his wife's murder as 'gut-wrenching' and . >> the state's theory, nathan put his plan into action when denise left the house to take their daughter to daycare. >> what's the relationship between you and nathan? take care of yourself. and we knew that it was going to take a lot of work to get to the point where we knew who done it. >> they were inseparable. 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