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Efforts in the stru. the stru. ♪ curtis lovelace was the hometown hero. now his face was plastered on the front page as a murder. the media including our quincy affiliate were all over the story, covering every moment off the fall from grace. er the former prosecutor would himself be prosecuted by ed parkenson. >> you can't get around rigger mortise in my opinion and the timeline doesn't make sense. >> in january 2016inaryly nearl decade after cory's death, he arrived for trial. he faced it years in prison.

Would you agree with that characterization? >> it's up to them to decide who is lying. >> after seven days of testimony, his trial had come to an end. the jury began deliberations. remember the first panel was dead locked 6-6. >> let me ask you this. have you reached a unanimous verdict? but this go around the jury was out about two hours. >> we the jury find the defendant not guilty. >> 11 years after cory's death, two and a half years after curtis's arrest and two jury trials later not guilty. two-hour verdict, murder trial. what does that tell you? >> that way were convinced curt was innoce...

>> she's told the story that she, like her brothers remembered seeing the mom alive and then backs away and says i can't remember really. >> i don't know what's in her head and heart. one day she was happy and then everything changed. >> the prosecution still had to explain why the two oldest boys were adamant their mom was alive that morning. parkenson told jurors there was a two-day gap between the death and interview of the kids. >> i think the children were confused to which day. >> do you think he told them a story? >> he had can custody of the children from the moment of her discovery un...

. curtis lovelace was a local celebrity. or at least so infamous that he couldn't get a fair trial in his home town. a judge agreed. so trial number two was moved from quincy to springfield, illinois. about two hours away. >> all rise. >> the defense is going to come up here and try to portray the defendant as a pillar of the community. that's a facade. >> he would join ed parkenson for the prosecution. this time cameras were allowed and the trial started in march 2017. >> our houses were 15 feet apart from each other. >> neighbors testified they often heard arguing from the home. this woman...