Details of the Crime

David D. Smith, who was serving a 14-year prison sentence for drugs, said that Leuthold had told him what had actually happened on February 14, 2013. The accused said that he had waited in the closet until Denise came home. They exchanged a few hard words before he shot her in the head. Of course, Smith’s testimony wasn’t done out of selflessness. He took the stand in exchange for 10 years less his prison sentence.

Corroborating Details

On the other hand, while Smith testified in exchange for a lesser prison sentence, the details he gave were very much consistent to what happened that day. In fact, detectives took possession of Leuthold’s laptop and found that he had searched the Internet for ways to kill his wife and to silence his .40-caliber Glock. Smith mentioned all these as well, which came as quite a surprise to them.