In this episode of Crime Watch Daily Updates: Curtis Lovelace was a model citizen in Quincy, Illinois. He previously worked as an assistant state’s attorney, doted over his four children, played Division 1 football in college, and even spent time serving on the local school board. But that would all come crashing down.
While the rest of the world knows February 14th as Valentine’s Day, that fateful day in 2006 would be marked by tragedy for the Lovelace family. That morning, Curtis dropped three of his children off at school and returned home to shower while his wife Cory stayed in bed with flu-like symptoms. When he got home and walked into his bedroom, he found Cory dead.
Cory was a beautiful blonde with a big smile, but she also reportedly suffered from alcoholism and an eating disorder. The autopsy found Cory had a fatty and enlarged liver, but the pathologist also noticed some marks in Cory’s lip that matched some suffocation cases. Her death was initially listed as “undetermined.”
Curtis remarried, got divorced, then married again, and his life seemed to be moving on until everything changed on August 27th, 2014.
Police arrested Curtis on suspicion of first-degree murder for the death of Cory.
Detectives reopened the case, and prosecutors alleged Cory had been suffocated to death at least 10 hours before Curtis called police.
Curtis went to trial in 2016, but the jury could not agree on a verdict, so the judge declared a mistrial. He was tried again in 2017 and found not guilty.
After his acquittal, Curtis sued Quincy Police and Adams County on behalf of himself and his children, saying he was wrongly accused, and his kids were unlawfully detained to get them to “falsely implicate their father in their mother’s death.”
In July 2022, he won $4.5 million in the civil lawsuit. Since the trial, he moved away from Quincy to start over.
Let’s look back at the case of a mother’s unfortunate death and her husband who had to leave his own hometown to begin anew.
He guilty. He studied this.He knew exactly how to get away with it and he got away with it but he's obviously guilty he did it.
Couldn’t prove it, but I’m not convinced he’s not guilty.
He was a horrible father and his judgment is horrible.
I think he fooled you all
An overzealous cop becomes a prosecutor, and wants to be governor.
A jury today is terrifying. Up into the '70s and '80s, you better have rock-solid evidence. But today, just being arrested is the only evidence some need. People have low intelligence today. Look at who gets elected.
Look at how things were up thru the 80s and 90s. People didn't tattle on each other for petty things. Today, they can't wait to dial 911 and often make up a crime. We live in a petty and jealous, more righteous than society.
That squeaky toy would drive me insane!
Thabks to Jimmy John's, Curt was able to finally post bail to help prepare for his second trial. Adams County is crooked as Hell.
That Detective should be booted by the Force !
This is the worst Abuse of Power I have Ever seen …
Thankfully he is not $4.5 million Dollar Richer
Not sure if this man’s guilt or innocence, but what I AM sure about, is that the police dept. committed what SHOULD BE a crime if it isn’t already, and that amounts to that detective “doctor shopping” until he convinced someone to say what he wanted to hear. If a citizen did that, it would be a crime. Police ARE NOT ABOVE THE LAW, and must be held accountable for their actions…!! Otherwise corruption runs rampant!
He should have been found guilty just because of all the people he has screwed over the years.
Jury members need to think of the evidence and what a person does for a living has nothing to do with them being guilty or not guilty
She indeed kill herself by being alkoholic
Shouldn't drink tonic water if you have a bad liver due to the quinine in the tonic. I thought everyone knew this lol.
I used to love watching this when you didn’t talk so much into a mic. I liked seeing photos, the people and places. Now I don’t even watch this anymore. 😢
He did it.
Is there a second part?
8 years later, no life insurance policy, no money on the line, I'm assuming no evidence of an affair, hunting for a pathologist to give you a specific answer, hiding the opinions of 3 other pathologists, no other witnesses other than the detective that's clearly railroading this guy… This is why people lose faith in the justice system. The fact that this made it to trial at all STINKS TO HIGH HEAVEN 😬
He is evil psychopath.
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That one woman VOICE!
Hi Betty kilder got sick of her drinking and drugging This time he gets away with murder
When investigators and prosecutors so blatantly and sadistically persecute an innocent citizen like in this case, there should be criminal or at the very least severe professional consequences for them to face as a result of their extremely irresponsible and costly wild goose chases that could result in the destruction of an innocent person’s entire life. Thank goodness he won that civil suit even though monetary damages can’t resolve the emotional trauma that he and his children and loved ones have gone through as a result of this idiocy.
Ana as usual you look beautiful. Keep up the good work.
Uggh!!! True Crime Daiky used to be such a great show. Now it's this podcast crap I hate! What happened?? This sucks!
Abrupt ending.
Where’s the rest of the story?
Prosecutor charged in same small town that family feud family member was also charged for murder
Any amount of money no matter how large the sun will never take away the guilt of a murderer. It's sickening watching anyone get away with any crime and especially murder. Disgusting.
It sounds like she drank herself to death.
Our justice system does not depend upon a defendant "proving his innocence". The accused is assumed to be "innocent until proven guilty". The burden of proof rests on the prosecution, not the defendant. The testimony of the hysterical second wife should NOT have been admissible during the second trial and the judge was wrong to allow it. A bad relationship with a second wife ending in a nasty divorce and all the "bad blood" and resentment remaining has NO BEARING on the facts of the first case (which occurred before the divorce) and whether there was a murder or not.
Horrible men; his parents and friends are surely sickened by this monster!
His 2nd wife Erica what am embarrassment of a person just ridiculous fake crying and acting on the stand, she’s clearly a complete head case likely wanted money or something if she got him convicted, truly disgusting person she was quite happy to lie and send an innocent man to prison for life
Huge miscarriage of justice here not that he was convicted but that he was blamed for a homicide that never was, the detective that pushed this based on a mark on the woman’s lip and her arms position is a complete moron who should be charged with malicious prosecution he had homicide decided in his head so he shopped around with Z5 different experts before he got his desired answer just fit his already conceived bias he will be a terrible detective based on this case alone he’s shown he doesn’t have the skills or temperament to do the Job. I hope Curtis and his family are living in peace and prosperity
O how the tables turn when they do
The 3rd wife should consider herself lucky instead of defending him, love is blind still holds true, Naive
How the third wife acting like she knows what happened like she was there. I dislike foolish women like this. You're probably married to a murderer, but she'll defend him to the death. I don't believe that lady just died,she was so sick with so-called flu like symptoms but didn't take her to the doctor. Yes right he probably told the kids to lie.
Not all DA’s are ethical or competent. Most are bucking for a Judge robe. Every case he handled is suspect. Imho.
When you tell us the end of the story before you tell us the beginning of the story why would we sit through a video when we know the end of the story?
Does the accusing cop, Det Gibson, have any relationship to anyone? Like the 2nd wife? Or history with Curtis?
That 2nd wife is a piece of work! HE must have been in a bad way to fall into her arms.
Maybe he's a Democrat, they don't treat them well in them parts.