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A relationship with a significant other and not have a picture of their significant other? did they find any photos, anything where it would indicate that nathan and aina were involved in that way? no. >> without a motive and without hard evidence nathan pulled the trigger, toner said all the prosecution had were lies, misinterpretations and omissions. >> not guilty. thats what nathan is, and i would suggest to you respectfully, thats what id ask the verdict that you return. >> though nathan leu...

Was nathans motive for the murder, was about to take the stand. the star witness at the biggest trial in town. >> please state your name. >> aina dobilaite. >> coming up -- nathans note to aina. >> theirs nothing more important to me than you and this relationship. >> and a note to him from the woman hes accused of murdering. >> she was speaking from the grave in a way. >> absolutely. >> when "dateline" continues.

>> despite having studied in the states for four years, aina seemed incapable of understanding english at times, which frustrated the prosecutors. >> and, in fact, you are proficient in both written and spoken english, isnt that correct? >> translator: yes. >> still, the prosecution thought she was an important witness. >> i think it was significant for the jury to see aina. we could get in the text messages, we could get in the emails, we could get in the phone calls and the jurys going to hear...

Hours of taped phone calls nathan made from jail over his 16 months there. >> 1,700 hours of recorded telephone conversations involving nathan leuthold. do the math. at 40 hours a week, youre approaching darn close to almost an entire work year. listening to telephone conversations involving nathan. where in any one of those things do you have any indication at all that nathan and aina are lovers? >> in fact, for all of the searches through nathans and ainas cell phones, toner discovered somethi...

Proved an affair, a secret that shook the courtroom. it challenged the very core of nathans defense, that denise was at the center of his life and he would never hurt her. it was a gut-wrenching note written by denise discovered tucked in her day planner. >> in a murder case, you dont have the victim. you never get to hear the victims story. that person is dead. and here we had a note that she had written that laid the whole thing out. >> the highly personal, very painful note was obviously aime...

Leuthold family, she moved in with nathan, denise, and denises parents well she attended a community college in peoria. >> it wasnt the first time weve done that. so aina was one of many we worked with. it was very natural. >> we had sponsored other lithuania students before to come here. it didnt really seem strange to us thats what they were doing. >> they were making a difference in this girls life? >> theyre giving her a chance to come here, get a college education here. >> six months before...

Academic withdrawal. >> they subpoenaed ainas school records. >> the records we got said her dismissal had something to do with inappropriate relationships with her sponsor, including staying off campus overnight with just them. >> that sponsor, of course, was nathan. police learned more about their relationship when they pulled nathan and ainas phone records. >> what did you find on her phone? >> the communicated a lot more than nathan lead on. it didnt look like a typical sponsor relationship....

Witness who claimed that nathan had confessed the whole crime to him? the defense argued david smith was a jailhouse snitch, a convicted felon who had gotten a deal for his testimony. he was not even worth cross-examining. >> do you really believe that david smith is the type of person that nathan is going to confide in? and then seek counsel from? >> but according to the defense, the main weakness with the states case was motive, an affair with aina. toner argued there was absolutely no evidenc...

>> nathan leuthold visited you in hotels off campus on at least five occasions, correct? [ speaking foreign language ] >> i cant remember how many times. >> during those visits, you went to a hotel with nathan and just the two of you were present part of the time, correct? [ speaking foreign language ] >> translator: im not sure if every time we were at the hotel we were together alone. >> did you spend the night with mr. leuthold? >> aina was called as a witness for the prosecution, which grant...

Am a better person with you next to me. my life has a deeper meaning and purpose because you are my world and everything and that will never change. >> with words like that, prosecutors didnt believe ainas denials of an affair. they made her read aloud another note. >> i let you down and im sorry. you deserve someone who who respects you and puts the relationship first, and from now on, i want to do all that i can to be that person. there is nothing more important to me than you and this relatio...