Curtis lovelace is accused of suffocating his first wife, cory, on valentine's day in 2006. A former assistant state's attorney and university of illinois football captain curtis lovelace has been acquitted in his second murder trial for the valentine's day 2006 death of his first wife. One of the main witnesses in this trial, lovelace's second wife erika gomez, will take the stand.
Curtis Lovelace walks with his wife, Christine, outside the courtroom
After a hung jury, a second trial in illinois cleared curtis lovelace, who was accused of murder eight years after the death of his first wife, cory by jeff truesdell published on march 10, 2017
According to court documents filed this week, by jon loevy and tara thompson with exoneration project, they say the state's efforts to prove lovelace physically abused and poisoned gomez are without merit.
Earlier this month, quincy native curtis lovelace was found not guilty after the second trial that accused him of killing his first wife, cory lovelace. Curtis served as a prosecutor and before that played football for the u of i. Last friday, lovelace was found not guilty in his second murder trial for the death of his first wife, cory lovelace. Curtis lovelace and cory, who were former quincy high school classmates
Curtis lovelace is former star football player at the university of illinois where he was the team captain. He was an adams county prosecutor from 2005 through 2012. Estranged second wife says curtis killed first wife; Estranged second wife talks to police;
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New cause of death determined; 8 years, 4 months ago by scott hardy. Allegedly called erika gomez cory during attacks. Prosecutors in the upcoming curtis lovelace murder trial have filed motions to admit, as evidence, claims that the former adams county prosecutor regularly beat his 2nd wife, erika gomez, calling her by his first wife's name while he did so, choked her once in 2012, and tried to poison her and her
Erika gomez, curtis lovelace's second wife, testified in his second trial cbs news one of the dramatic highlights of the second trial, that was not presented in the first trial, was the appearance Quincy — the trial for a former adams county prosecutor accused of killing his wife is set to start later this month. A former assistant state's attorney and university of illinois football captain curtis lovelace has been acquitted in his second murder trial for the valentine's day 2006 death of his first wife. The jury delivered its verdict a little over two hours after closing arguments.
Lovelace and members of his family burst into tears after the verdict was read.
The state's own experts say that cory lovelace was suffocated. lovelace is accused of murdering his first wife cory on valentine's day 2006. His first trial ended in a hung jury. Lovelace is due back in court january 31 for a motion hearing in cass county. Lovelace's second trial is scheduled to start february 27 in sangamon county.
Curtis lovelace's marriage to his wife cory was in shambles in the months leading up to her 2006 death, according to friends and former neighbors who testified friday in his murder trial. She did not testify in the first trial. Another chilling detail about cory lovelace's case featured on dateline is the explosive testimony of curtis lovelace's second wife. Some time after cory's death, curtis moved on and started a new life with his second wife, erika gomez, with whom he was about to get divorced.
During the trial, gomez accused curtis of poisoning, sexually abusing
Prosecutors had sought to call his second wife, whom he Hung jury sets stage for retrial of former golden boy curtis lovelace, charged with murder of wife cory prosecutors were barred from introducing testimony from curtis' second wife, erika The murder retrial of a former prosecutor and u of i football star resumes monday in springfield.curtis lovelace is accused of suffocating his first wife, cory, on valentine's day in 2006.one of A star football player at the university of illinois, curtis lovelace returned to his western illinois hometown with a law degree, later serving as a prosecutor who held lawbreakers accountable and as the local school board president.
Prosecutors had sought to call his second wife, whom he married in may 2008 in puerto rico and divorced in 8 years, 4 months ago by scott hardy. Allegedly called erika gomez cory during attacks. Prosecutors in the upcoming curtis lovelace murder trial have filed motions to admit, as evidence, claims that the former adams county prosecutor regularly beat his 2nd wife, erika gomez, calling her by his first wife's name while he did so, choked her once in 2012, and tried to poison her and her
Last friday, lovelace was found not guilty in his second murder trial for the death of his first wife, cory lovelace.
Curtis lovelace and cory, who were former quincy high school classmates (ap) — former illinois prosecutor and university of illinois football captain curtis lovelace was found not guilty friday in his second murder trial for the valentine's day 2006 death of his first wife. The jury deliberated for a little over two hours before acquitting lovelace in wife cory's death. (ap) — the latest on the trial of former illinois prosecutor curtis lovelace(all times local):
