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The mississippi river gave tom sawyer and huckleberry finn and just across the river in quincy, illinois, lived another larger than life character. curtis lovelace a small town kid who wanted to be a star and for a time, he was. a football champion for the university of illinois. >> hes an all american? >> all american. >> this is what kids dream about? >> right. >> he was living that life. >> absolutely. it was looking like he would go to the nfl. that was kind of a dream of his. >> then he rea...

The river roared. the barges slid by. and corey lovelaces death slipped further into the past. her mom. >> id go sit in the cemetery by myself for a little while. of course, valentines now is nothing. i dont do valentines day. >> coreys husband, meanwhile, had married, divorced, remarried again. in all that time, no one questioned the why or how of coreys death. but all that changed one day when a man in a windowless room a few blocks off the mississippi

>> i dont know whats in lyndsays head and in her heart. one day she was happy then everything changed. >> and a mother recounts what she says was curtis bizarre behavior the day her daughter died. >> i open the door and he hands me larson. >> and says? >> "oh, and by the way, corys dead." >> when "dateline" continues. finally moved in. its a great old house. good bones, wraparound porch. the pipes are... making strange noises. ♪bagpipes♪ ♪bagpipes♪ ♪bagpipes♪ even the plumbers couldn...

>> now to continuing coverage in the curtis lovelace murder case. >> it was a heated day at the stand. >> right now, the defense is presenting its closing arguments in the case. >> big dreams on a mighty river can carry you far or they can drive you under. this is the very strange journey of curtis lovelace, all american to criminal defender. lets roll back the years to high school and to the woman that would become the focus of so much speculation. corey deidrichson. >> corey and i went to high...

I can do it. >> after years of turmoil, it seemed the lovelaces were in true form. christine adopted curtis sons as her own. everything was working. but darker souls wait for the train wreck just when things are looking all hunky dory. it turns out that train was hurdling down the track. >> coming up a new detective leads to new suspicion. >> what jumped out at you? >> most definitely that her arms where in an unnaturally raised position. >> and the start of a new ivestigation. >> in the autopsy...

Valentines cards. within minutes, he was back. only the home cluttered with clothes and toys was now filled with something else. silence. quiet enough to break a familys heart. >> coming up, what had happened in that house? >> as i got closer, i immediately knew that something was really, really wrong. >> so wrong, it would tear apart a family and puzzle police for years to come. >> every detective needs to keep in mind that there could be a bigger pick. >> when "dateline" continues. >> when "da...

Marty lost a husband and a daughter. even though coreys remains were cremated. that was a choice the entire family made together but the decision to cremate would be one that would haunt this river town for years to come. coming up -- >> she was different than anyone i had ever dated before, maybe in some ways that difference intrigued me. >> curtis moves on. much too fast for some. >> she arrived as the girlfriend. did i think it was too quickly? yes. >> when "dateline" continues.

"twisted in texas." >> after some anxious days in pittsburgh, meghan verikas got a call from investigators to come back to houston. soon after she arrived, they called again with a surprise. >> they said, "were outside. we need you to get in the car with us." >> this is like out of a movie? >> it is. they take me to some lot that looks like a junk yard, kinda. theres cars with bullet holes in them. >> just then, another car pulled up, and a man got out. meghan recognized valeries ex-husband mack...

>> and a detective has a question for curtis daughter. >> tuesday morning before you went to school, what do you remember? >> what did you think was happening? >> i didnt know. >> when "dateline" continues. >>s do we really need a sign to live, laugh, and love? -yes. -the answer is no. i can help new homeowners not become their parents.

The former prosecutor, had a crucial choice to make. either talk to the detective and try to clear this up right then and there, or listen to his lawyerly training and keep quiet. i have a problem with you not remembering all these things. did you know diarrhea is often caused by bad bacteria in food?