48 HOURS: "Death on Valentine's Day" was Saturday night's #1 non-sports broadcast with viewers and adults 24-54, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for March 18. 48 HOURS (10:34-11:34PM) delivered 4.07 million viewers and a 1.1/04 in adults 25-54, the demographic that matters most to those who advertise in news.
Saturday's broadcast featured Maureen Maher and 48 HOURS' investigation into the death of a Quincy, Ill., mother and the case against her husband, a former prosecutor. Curtis Lovelace was a former Big Ten football star, who seemed to have everything - a good job, a beautiful wife and four children. But then, on Valentine's Day 2006, after dropping three of their four children off at school, Curtis found his wife Cory dead in their bed.
The cause of death was initially labeled "undetermined," and the investigation was stalled for eight years until a newly promoted detective took a fresh look at the file. Clues in the case file led him to believe Cory Lovelace was suffocated. In 2014, eight years after Cory's death, Curtis Lovelace was arrested and charged with her murder. The first trial ended with a hung jury. A year later, in a second trial, Lovelace was found not guilty.
In his first television interview, Lovelace talked with Maher about finding his wife dead that day, the two trials since and his life today.
48 HOURS: "Death on Valentine's Day" is produced by Alec Sirken, Josh Gelman and Chris O'Connell. Mike Vele is the producer-editor. David Spungen, Jud Johnston, Kevin Dean and Michelle Harris are the editors. Anthony Batson is the senior broadcast producer. Susan Zirinsky is the senior executive producer.
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