reporter: christine was still trying to find her husband. she didn t know he had been transferred to a different jail. eventually, he called. he told me everything would be okay. and that we were gonna have to to fight some things. reporter: christine was a wreck. her husband was in jail and she was dumbfounded as to why the police had taken the boys out of school and then interviewed them without parental permission. she felt better about this though the two oldest boys backed their dad s story they had seen their mom cory alive valentine s day morning, just like curtis said. they saw their mother alive that day. the and that s that s the gist of their story. yes, i saw her alive that morning yes. when dad took us to school. uh-huh. so there it was valentine s day. so therefore she couldn t have been dead upstairs and right. dying and rigor mortis setting in. right. because we saw her alive. uh-huh yes. reporter: the boys sister lyndsay,
it was the fact of no one had honestly asked me, sincerely, what had happened that day. and i had never taken time to actually think about it. i reporter: well, detective gibson did, a couple of years before, when he took your statement, right? but it again, i didn t know why he was askin me. i didn t know what was going on. and i gave the story i always gave. so when i had to sit there and think about it, i had to be honest with myself. and it wasn t the answer i wanted. i wish i could say i really do wish i could say, yes, i remember her, or, no, i know i didn t see her. reporter: but you cannot say that? but i cannot say that. reporter: and this is not you getting back at your dad who you re very sideways with, at this point? no, because it hurts my reporter: he needs that story and you re not gonna give it to him? no, because it hurts my brothers, too for me not to honestly say, yes, i saw her. but i m gonna say what i can remember, which is nothing. it
Only that i had to make, but we had to make as a family. and i didn t know whether i could put them through another year of what we had already gone through. that s when one of curtis s lawyers turned to christine. he said this can all end right now if curt agrees to take this deal. he said it would keep him from dying in prison. but he d have to admit his culpability, responsibility in cory s death. that s the condition, right? correct. and that he wouldn t have to spend probably any more than 13 years in prison. the two said no thanks to the state s offer and geared up for a second trial. but that forced them to face another dire reality: they were totally broke, unable to afford another lawyer. what are we going to do? i mean, at that point, it there didn t appear to be any option. this could be a moment for christine to say, i m out of here. i didn t sign on to be some tammy wynette for this guy, standin by her man. i m gone. yeah. and who who could who
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 humpingy doshry. it turns out that train was hurdleing 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 information. in the autopsy there were things listed as suspicious findin findings. my first thought is we missed something here. when dateline continues. l . ( ) stop dancing around the pain that s keeping you awake.
what s going on? i didn t know. i remember hearing murder. i remember hearing him use the word life. i was not aware there was an investigation. you were totally blindsided? i was totally blindsided. back at the pie shop, an increasingly anxious christine got a phone call. it was someone from a local tv station. he said i m holding a piece of paper in my hand. it s an indictment for the first degree murder of corey lovelace. i said what? corey wasn t murdered.