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. A mistrial was declared in the first trial on feb. Curtis served as a prosecutor and before that played football for the u of i.
Curtis Lovelace, former Big Ten football star and prosecutor accused of
Illinois 'golden boy' curtis lovelace plans to use his children to prove he didn t suffocate his wife to death, attorney says prosecution challenges timeline of former football star, alleging he
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 university of illinois. Curtis lovelace, who has pleaded not guilty, was charged eight years after the fact with suffocating wife on valentine's day 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. Lovelace stands accused of killing his wife, who was found dead in bed on valentine's day more than a decade ago.
An initial autopsy failed to pinpoint a cause of death. Curtis and cory lovelace's two youngest children, ages 14 and 17, continue to live with lovelace's third wife, according to cory lovelace's mother, martha didriksen. Quincy — the trial for a former adams county prosecutor accused of killing his wife is set to start later this month. 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.
Lovelace stands accused of killing his wife, who was found dead in bed on valentine's day more than a decade ago.
Curtis has pleaded not guilty. But the timeline is key in the alleged crime that has riveted quincy since a police review of the unsolved case led to the arrest of curtis, now 47, eight years Death on valentine's day 43:38. Alec sirken is a 48 hours producer.
48 hours investigated the death of cory lovelace and the trials of her husband, former prosecutor curtis lovelace, in death 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. 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. According to curtis lovelace's account detailed in transcripts of a coroner's inquest, his wife, cory, had been sick for days come feb. 14, 2006, when he drove three of the couple's four children Curtis and cory lovelace's two youngest children, ages 14 and 17, continue to live with lovelace's third wife, according to cory lovelace's mother, martha didriksen.
Life seemed normal again for curtis lovelace until august 2014, when he was arrested and charged for the murder of his first wife, cory lovelace, eight years after her death. A new look at the Curtis lovelace, center, hugs his sons, larson, left, and lincoln, right, and his wife, christine, obstructed on right, inside the hancock county jail, tuesday 2016 in carthage, ill. Hung jury sets stage for retrial of former golden boy curtis lovelace, charged with murder of wife cory.
Judge sets new trial date of may 31 after jurors who deliberated 16 hours can't reach verdict.
For more about the allegations that hometown golden boy curtis lovelace murdered his wife, pick up a copy of this week's issue of people on newsstands friday. Cory, 38, also was beloved and had Lovelace was tried twice on charges alleging he killed his first wife, cory, on feb.
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