nathan and denise leuthold had met 30 years earlier, back in the 80s, when they were both students at a small baptist school in central illinois. even at that young age, nathan knew there was something to this sparkling little girl. >> i was in third grade and she was in fourth grade at the time. i doubt she even knew i existed. even then, i thought she was the cutest girl in school. >> what was it you blikd her so much? >> it was the curly hair and the bouncy krurs ae y curls and the lucky girl. >> it was in high school that nate an and denise got to know each other better. they didn't date as most teens do because they both came from religious families. >> our parents didn't really believe in dating. we were just good friends. i went to her church activities and she came to mine and we saw each other in school. that's how it started. she was my first girlfriend. my only girlfriend. >> norma got to know his wife well. nathan was a basketball player then. denise, a cheerleader. >> they were inseparable. they would just goof around with each other. in a long, maybe puppy lovish way. an

of recorded telephone conversations involving nathan leuthold. do the math. hing 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 were lovers? >> in fact, for all the searches through nathan's and aina's cell phones, toner discovered something he says is especially telling. >> how many people, particularly young people, are going to have 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. that's what nathan is. and i would suggest to you respectfully, that's what i'd ask the verdict that you return. >> though nathan leuthold did not take the stand, he would have plenty to say about the evidence and his innocence,