A Case With The Most INSANE Twist You've Ever Heard | Documentary

9-1-1 what's the address to your emergency I'm sorry I can't understand you what's the address are you out in a boat is he is he awake he's in the water for hours at some point before this 9-1-1 call a tragic accident occurred Lori eisenberg's husband Larry disappeared into the freezing water however as investigators searched tirelessly for the missing man they were shocked by a dark secret that came bubbling up to the surface prior to this horrific ordeal 68 year old Larry and 66 year old Lori live their lives together as prominent members of the cougar

Gulch community of Coeur d'Alene Idaho Larry and Lori each had several children from previous relationships and those close to the couple reported that they never argued and were always complimenting each other this detail makes what happens next all the more heartbreaking on the morning of February 13 2018 Larry and Lori set off for a sunrise boat ride on Lake Coeur d'Alene but before departing Larry sent his daughter a photo of the sunrise Larry also messaged one of his good friends that morning and mentioned not feeling well enough to fish however the couple still went ahead

with their plans then just a few hours later the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office received that frantic 9-1-1 call at 10 25 a.m are you out in a boat what yes Lori's voice sounds panicked when someone is in fighter flight mode respiration increases and mucous membranes dry up this dryness includes the vocal cords which can affect the sound of someone's voice then Lori gave the operator more information about what had happened to her husband stood up fast one he's dead the cover thing and went to the front of the boat he turned towards he did say

something like something about the electric motor anything the majority of the chilling body cam footage in this case has never been seen before the footage has been analyzed by a qualified team including a licensed attorney and former criminal prosecutor and a former licensed professional counselor officers arrived at the closest Shoreline just after 11 A.M and sent a rescue fire boat to retrieve Lori and bring her back to shore for medical attention deputies pressed Lori for any information she held regarding Larry's last known location hey Lori my name is Deputy Baum and I'm with the sheriff's

office I'm just going to try to ask you some questions so we can kind of figure out where to go from here okay can you tell me uh how did you get the bloody nose can you tell me about how far you were when uh when he fell in closer to this side okay closer to this this side okay did you see any houses or big trees or landmarks okay it's okay he said he didn't feel good and he was doing things weird and then he went up to the motor and the motor was broken

it was the other motor okay why are you doing that look at me in his face just looked okay it looked awful and then it just started to fall and I I tried to get the door open and get to him and grab them I fell okay okay Lori stated that she didn't call 9-1-1 until one and a half to two hours after Larry fell overboard because she said she couldn't find a phone during that time the distraught wife also claimed that Larry broke the ignition switch just before the incident which meant that she had

to manually get the motor running again then Laurie said she zoomed around the area looking for Larry but chose not to drive the boat back to shore out of fear that she'd lose track of the location so instead she repeatedly honked the boat's horn in hopes of finding help it wasn't until she retrieved a blanket to stay warm that she finally found Larry's cell phone and called 9-1-1 however she said the phone fell into the lake after making that call during this interaction the officer noted that Lori's emotions regarding the help of law enforcement appeared

to be genuine desperate and appreciative after leaving Lori with the Medics again the officer pulled aside another deputy and informed him that although this appeared to be a tragic accident they still needed to investigate any possible Foul Play cases like this even if they're suspicious the officer understands the importance of building Rapport as he would be more likely to get information from someone if they feel they can trust him officers also discussed the difficulty of finding Larry in the water based on the clothes he'd been wearing and their belief that he was likely already dead

because especially after this long but over two hours we're in recovery anyways she's right there oh man I think she knows at this point I think so too but just in case finally medical personnel assisted Lori to an awaiting ambulance for further observation next officers had the eisenberg's boat towed to a nearby boat launch for evaluation upon boarding The Vessel detectives immediately noticed blood spatter in several areas presumably from Lori's nosebleed despite Lori's claims about the ignition switch breaking just before Larry fell into the water officers located the kill switch and lanyard on the floor

investigators found this odd because the kill switch and lanyard must be attached to the ignition in order for the motor to run furthermore the ignition key had clearly been bent suggesting that there may have been some kind of struggle deputies also found various other keys and Lori's purse which contained a near empty Naked juice bottle the items were all seized as evidence and the boat was then transported to a nearby parking Bay for storage the truck that Larry and Lori had used to tow the boat was also examined while they didn't find anything particularly out

of the ordinary one officer noted Laurie's misplaced cell phone in addition to an unknown spilled liquid in the cup holder and a bottle of allergy medication with the active ingredient diphenhydramine in the center console while this type of over-the-counter antihistamine is commonly used to treat allergies fevers and cold it's also known to cause drowsiness now stick a pen in that little detail because it will be very important later unfortunately Lori's lack of accurate knowledge regarding Larry's last known location resulted in a bass search area therefore it was decided that the rescue diver should be dismissed

from the scene and a sonar team should be utilized instead Search and Rescue helicopters also flew back and forth over the expansive Lake in hopes of spotting Larry but to no avail later that same day sonar Rescue Team spent three and a half hours on The Frigid Lakes searching for Larry until it was too dark to see however at this point the effort was being treated as a recovery Mission rather than rescue as surviving in such harsh conditions would have been nearly impossible meanwhile an officer met with Lori at the hospital where she'd been treated

for the nosebleed in an effort to establish a more defined search area by showing her a map of the lake what we're trying to gather is the best location that we can um as far as where you guys were where you think and it's Larry right okay initially Lori's left hand is relaxed and open on her leg as the detective mentions her husband's name she clasps her hands which could be an adapter Behavior to help herself feel better however it wouldn't be abnormal for someone in a situation like this to feel stress especially if they

genuinely couldn't remember the exact location that their spouse fell into the water the deputy also asked Lori for more information regarding how Larry fell into the water and what exactly had happened with the boat's motor so let's fast forward up to the point where he starts having his medical issue kind of explain that part to me he had said something about you know I'm sort of waking up and he said something about the resort I think he said there's the resort and then he stood up and he sort of matter of fact I think it

broke the key he sort of leaned on that key sort of odd the way he did it when asked about the bent ignition key Lori appeared confused as though she was trying to come up with an explanation next Lori explained how she initially attempted to search for her husband in the water but he still didn't seem to have her story straight around and then I realized it was true because I didn't remember that I sort of stopped and said stop it stopped and thinking back on it now I think I may have been turned around

I was trying to think about this it seems to me we were closer to that I now know the east side where it's more trees and less houses because there weren't a lot of houses I don't think that there were a lot of houses right there but they were sort of far away and I wasn't looking far away sure I have no idea how long because I didn't have my phone with me and his phone is usually in his pockets so I assumed his phone was gone and then how long did it feel I mean

obviously a minute could feel like a lifetime in those situations but could have been a half hour 45 minutes okay when the detective asks how long it felt like Lori rubs her hands on her legs and then clasps her hands these are both adapter signs that indicate she's likely feeling stressed by this question you didn't find anything today so our son our team is out there right now okay so essentially what happens when we have a big search area like this our sonar team has to find him first before the diet team so I'm a

member of our dive team okay so I will go get Larry but we can't search an area like that because of the depth as divers we can't go that deep for more than about six minutes at a time Lori is rubbing her hands together as she asked if they found anything another sign of stress okay so they're in our impound lot as well as your cell phone and the car keys which were in the truck um because this is a criminal investigation at this point we have to keep those until we clear it up and

say okay no foul play that's our job to make sure that gets done correctly yes five days later on February 18th detectives called Lori and asked her to accompany the sonar team on the lake as their efforts to locate Larry had still been unsuccessful while she agreed Lori couldn't recall any specific landmarks and seemed to offer minimal help to the Searchers this lack of information struck investigators as odd but even more strange was her behavior throughout the search Lori would joke around and laugh before suddenly breaking down into tears for no reason the officer also

noticed that she would abruptly stop crying to continue conversations but of course everyone Grieves differently so Lori wasn't considered a suspect in Larry's disappearance emotions are very complex after someone loses a loved one they may feel guilty for smiling or laughing because they believe that because of their loss they shouldn't be happy grief often Ebbs and flows and there may be happy moments followed by very sad ones however later that day the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office received two separate calls concerning suspicious activity at Larry and Lori's residence a remote cabin 20 minutes Southwest of town

which they had once called our Paradise the callers both neighbors of the Eisenberg said that Laurie was acting out of character and appeared to have family members helping move all their belongings out of the house which Laurie told them she planned to sell immediately furthermore the neighbors reported unusual sounds coming from the home at night that they had never heard before Larry's disappearance while nothing ever came of these supposed strange noises the reports certainly piqued the interest of investigators then on February 21st a shocking Revelation was made that sent the case in a whole new

Direction the North Idaho Housing Coalition where Lori had proudly worked for years announced that she would no longer be employed due to possible fraudulent activity as it turns out the Coalition accountant noticed some irregularities and ordered an internal audit citing the initial theft value to be around five hundred thousand dollars this news came as a major shock to those who knew Lori because she had no prior criminal record and according to law enforcement seemed like the most normal person you could encounter sensing that something wasn't quite right to Larry's children requested to speak with investigators

about their concerns I don't know why they'd rearrange it to take the boat out in the winter it's icier just trying to park the camper today that's why I'm soaking wet it was just a mess and a disaster and Glory's always cold I just I don't understand why they'd be out on the lake in the first place this isn't when they'd be fishing then Larry's son described Lori's strange behavior in the past few days since his father's disappearance the second or third sentence out of her mouth today when I saw her for the first time

coming over to help was how we're going to start divvying everything up and it's just I'm gone maybe it's just my grief because I've never dealt with grief but it literally it just doesn't feel right it's important to trust your intuition and gut feelings it's possible that Larry's son has picked up on some subtle body language cues from Lori that are sending alarm bells ringing in his own head he's likely spent a decent amount of time with Lori prior to this incident so he has a good idea of what her typical or Baseline behavior is

he may recognize that she's acting different from her Baseline and he may suspect that her altered behavior isn't just a result of grief well and I can tell you what she told me to kind of makes some of it makes sense um and you tell me if it's far off if you've heard something different essentially she told me that they got out to the lake they wanted to see the sunrise he took a picture of the sunrise and sent it to his daughter and was that you and you received that and she said about 6

41 in the morning the officer tried to explain Laurie's side of the story but Larry's children still weren't buying it they often would go boating just wow but and I don't know why they were out there getting so cold apparently they were sick we didn't know they were sick it's just something isn't sitting right next the detective explained how the sonar teams were working to find Larry as far as they the search goes they'll check the high probability area and then if that yields the results after a while because they'll make passes this way then

they make passes this way then they do diagonal passes because if you imagine the way a sonar is it's like shining a flashlight and they're looking for Shadows that would reflect a person at the end of their conversation the detective reaffirmed his theory that Lori had nothing to do with Larry's Disappearance in my personal opinion it's not serious enough to where I would think that some sort of homicide would occur from it and again that is a personal opinion that is not a a professional statement of the Sheriff's Office after Larry's family had left the

detectives summarized their conversation with another officer I went and spoke with the wife yesterday because after seeing the stuff in the boat and they're like yeah and then speaking with her it's an accident and well when you looked at the boat it was where I mean with the blood no fishing gear the key was bent almost looked like a struggle and you're like that's just too much to go nah but I just said hey explain it to me she answered every question without me asking the question she answered my questions still the next day a

search warrant was issued for the Eisenberg home relating to Lori's fraud accusations the search of Larry and Lori's home revealed several disturbing pieces of evidence including black latex gloves and paper towels with what appeared to be dried blood on them a Ziploc bag containing an unknown white powder and more suspected dried blood on a concrete floor outside the residence the lead detective working the case interviewed Laurie right away at her home and confronted her with their findings she claimed the blood they found on the gloves and paper towels was her own but insisted that she

had no knowledge of the other presumed blood stains forensic testing later revealed that the reddish marks on the concrete floor had actually been caused by a wood stain that had dripped while staining boards but that wasn't enough to keep Lori off the hook on February 27th Lori was arrested without incident on 40 counts of forgery and one count of Grand Theft Laurie's bail was set at 75 000 and was posted the following day by one of her daughters but a horrifying Discovery was still right around the corner on March 1st 16 days after Larry banished

into the icy water a man's body was discovered floating face down near the shoreline of Lake cordeline roughly three miles from where Laurie said Larry went overboard the property owner told dispatch that the body hadn't been there when they last checked two days before officers also didn't see any signs of suspicious trauma on the body and based on the victim's clothing they felt confident that they had finally located Larry authorities then moved the body out of the water for further examination the following day an autopsy confirmed the body is Larry but that's not all the

medical examiner found toxicological testing revealed lethal levels of diphenhydramine an antihistamine with sedative properties in Larry's system while overdoses of this drug are rare experts agree that this drug is fast acting and can be fatal when too much is ingested in a short period moreover the medical examiner's finding suggested that Larry had likely died before entering the water as there were no signs of drowning or a stroke as Laurie has claimed as well his body appeared to have ceased metabolic activity before entering the water authorities chose not to release the autopsy results immediately but in

an earlier statement given to police Laurie mentioned that her husband took numerous pills each day and was often forgetful when it came to taking the correct dosage it's possible that Laurie was being honest about Larry's forgetfulness with his pills an alternative theory is that she was providing this information in advance just in case his body was recovered and the drugs were found in a system Laurie also claimed that Larry had recently been feeling sick with flu-like symptoms but no one else seemed to recall Larry being under the weather when speaking directly to him the only

time Larry mentioned being sick was in the text he had sent to his friend the morning he disappeared now that's assuming the message had actually come from Larry of course a few days later deputies interviewed Laurie's son regarding some suspicious phone activity and unlike Larry's children he was very supportive of his mother despite not having Larry's cell phone an expert analyst identified that it had last pinged off a tower near Lori's son's home after Larry's disappearance which was odd given Lori said it had fallen into the lake on February 13th still her son denied ever

being in possession of the device saying I swear on my life on my children's life I have no knowledge of that phone I love Larry and I will do anything to help you guys when someone makes such an extreme statement such as swearing on their life the life of a family member or even referencing God this can sometimes be an indicator of deception they may be trying to convince you to believe them by attempting to dress up the LIE however it's important to not take a single indicator as proof that someone is lying you need

to look at the whole picture and multiple indicators not just one this type of language is also only a red flag if you get a baseline of how they speak normally if someone uses this type of language when discussing innocuous things it wouldn't be considered a red flag however if they only start adding this type of language during touchy topics it would be something to pay attention to then around late May Laurie missed two court dates related to the fraud case and was reported to be on the lamb as a result of five hundred thousand

dollar warrant was issued for her arrest with Bounty Hunter's hot on her Trail in the meantime investigators continued questioning those close to Larry and Laurie and before long cracks in their perfect relationship began to emerge for example One Source remarked that while they appeared Happy Together Larry had made several comments in recent months about Laurie's excessive spending habits specifically about how much she helped her children financially investigators also learned that Laurie had a history of betrayal as she had allegedly been unfaithful to her first husband with three different men one of which was Larry not

to mention her disloyalty to the Coalition board of directors who had treated her very well over the years detectives also uncovered handwritten changes to Larry's will that had reportedly been made by Laurie roughly a month before his passing the modifications left 80 percent of Larry's estate to Lori's children and only 20 to his own biological children money drugs and love are the three most common motives for murder and anyone with any of these motives in relation to the victim will be looked at closely with Lori still on the Run authorities released the autopsy results to

the public and labeled the case a full-fledged homicide investigation while medical professionals typically advise between a hundred and a thousand nanograms of diphenhydramine for adults the report stated that Larry's Body contained a staggering 7100 nanograms of the drug at the time of his death authorities even interviewed Larry's doctor to see if they'd noticed any signs of an imminent stroke or other medical anomalies still they reported he was the healthiest he'd been in his adult life the doctor also commented that diphenhydramine would not have been prescribed or suggested to Larry given his age based on all

the evidence gathered investigators theorized that Laurie had sent Larry's daughter the text message that morning before poisoning Larry by mixing the drug in the bottle of Naked Juice found aboard the boat although that assumption has not been publicly verified then after succumbing to the effect of the diphenhydramine toxicity he fell overboard just offshore from his recovery site they also believed that Lori intentionally used the trolling motor to drive the boat away from that location before calling 9-1-1 the remaining question was why neither possess life insurance so that was ruled out as a motive however detectives

learned that if Larry died Laurie would become the benefactor of their estate thus allowing her to pay the restitution required for her criminal theft they also discern from speaking with friends and family that at the time of his death Larry didn't know what Lori had been doing at the North Idaho Housing Coalition and that he would have been very upset upon finding out about her criminal Behavior her alleged motive of financial gain was potentially confirmed when a source close to the family believed to be one of Lori's children told investigators that when they asked her

why she had stolen the money from the North Idaho Housing Coalition she stated I did it for you guys because I'm trying to help you guys out what am I supposed to do when my daughters need help in her crying I did it for you guys here Lori is refusing to take responsibility for her own actions and instead is blaming her children it's possible that she felt judgment from her kids about what she did so she attempted to manipulate them into feeling Grateful by claiming that she only took it for them finally in July after

two months on the Run Lori turned herself into the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office it's believed she'd been staying with family in California during this time of course investigators were eager to speak with Lori regarding the suspected murder of her husband but they had to wait until the fraud case was settled in court six months later Lori entered a guilty plea to three counts of wire fraud and one count of federal program theft she was sentenced to five years in federal prison following an extensive investigation Lori's four daughters also entered guilty pleas for single counts of

conspiracy to commit Federal program theft they were each sentenced to house arrest and probation with over fifty thousand dollars to be paid in fines following her sentencing Lori was interviewed about Larry's suspicious death and detectives started by giving her a rundown of the story they had so far as the way had a stroke and then fell in the water is that fairly accurate as far as the course of events there is a significant delay in Lori responding to the detective's question behavioral pauses can be indicators of deception but it does depend on the context of

the question some questions require thought while other questions should lead to a fairly quick response Laurie has likely talked about what happened that day multiple times by this point so if her story was true this should have been a fairly easy question to answer then detectives got right down to the hard questions so the end result is quite frankly did you kill Larry or didn't you kill Larry and that's what we got about the facts in the court one way or another prior to the detective asking if she killed Larry Lori's body was still however

as soon as he mentioned the possibility that she was involved in Larry's death her foot started tapping which is likely an anchor Point movement signaling her anxiety when someone is sitting in a chair their body is anchored to the floor in three areas buttocks back and feet if there's movement in any of these areas after a question is asked it could indicate that the person is feeling stressed they also asked her directly about the results of Larry's autopsy so then we come to the park where Larry is autopsied in a new toxicology and there is

a large large quantity of diphenhydramine AKA Benadryl AKA I really want me to cough medicine is pretty much a Benadryl situation any ideas yeah despite her denial of any involvement in her husband's death detectives continued to press her about other incriminating pieces of evidence there's a lot of things within your phone records there's a lot of things with your Facebook records you've got searches about depth charts can you explain that after shutting down the interview Lori expressed confusion over the information being spread by local newspapers in an effort to keep the interview going detectives asked

Laurie again if she could explain the suspicious activity they uncovered from her phone's internet history during a trip she and Larry had taken to Florida shortly before his death uh you're researching accidents and so forth and then on the 28th you had left to go south Lori then remained silent as the detectives returned to discussing Larry's cause of death he would have definitely based on everything with here in his by your own words he strived to be healthy that he would have contacted somebody Lori for all intents and purposes it looks like you might have

had something to do with Larry's death everybody that I talked to talks of how much of a picture-perfect relationship you guys say how much you guys loved each other um and so Lori appears to be close to tears as the detectives say that others reported Lori and Larry loved each other starts picking at her pants likely an adapter reaction to reduce her stress nevertheless her motive was crystal clear to detectives what is there Larry Or Glory for me points to a concern of Larry finding out and in a lack of a better work taking care

of that problem before we did finally in February 2020 two years after Larry's death Lori was subsequently charged with first degree murder she entered an Alfred plea to second-degree murder one year later meaning she believed herself Innocent but felt confident that there was sufficient evidence for a jury to convict her if she stood trial so in May 2021 67 year old Lori appeared in court for sentencing prosecutors laid out the evidence to show that Lori had premeditated the murder of her husband to avoid further consequences of her embezzlement scheme still she refused to admit any

wrongdoing and painted a very different picture of that morning's events for the court a bizarre story she hadn't yet told investigators according to Lori she had intended to take the diphenhydramine herself but unbeknownst to her Larry consumed it while she was asleep on the boat unfortunately for Lori the judge didn't buy her story and as a result she was sentenced to life in prison with 30 years fixed