First Comes Love, Then Comes Murder (Rebroadcast)

Murder in the Heartland explores real crimes across small town America, towns that might look a lot like your own, every week uncover shocking stories of murder and betrayal, from a suspicious hunting accident to a college student who disappears after her shift at the local bar. Here from investigators, witnesses, and family members as they share the chilling details behind each case. If you're interested in true crime with a small town twist, you might love this podcast.

Listen to Murder in the Heartland, wherever you get your podcasts. Walking through the house, it was clear that there was a struggle. Like she was running for her life.

“Rubby. Who on earth would want to do this to her mom?”

The stunning court case that just wrapped up. She was in the shower saw on the master bathroom. There was water running over her body when the police found her. You walked right up to Sandeans, it's her. Your wife is dead. And these screams, like screams, screams, who would find a murder, except a wonderful person?

The most violent ever got was I'd grab her and just say, you know, you got to snap out of her.

When you first heard that Leslie Prayer had been murdered in her home, what went through

your mind? Who and why? Who's DNA is this? And why is it in the house? Why is it under her fingernails? Who is this person? You got to do the right thing in there. You've got to, hang on in there.

“The only thing I thought of was that they have an affair,”

and then my mom tried to cut it off, and he murdered her. The unknown DNA, under her fingernails, and blood on the scene, we can't ignore that. And that really was the crux of the case. What? Was that your aha moment? It's Chubby Chase, Maryland. It's a really nice upscale quiet neighborhood.

It is a family community, well manicured lawns. It's a beautiful community. It really made no sense that there would be a crime like this in that area. The idea that that bubble could be punctured with something so brutal inside of somebody's house, shot people. A body of Leslie Prier was discovered inside her home on Drummond Avenue. There were signs of a struggle, but no forced entry. This woman was strangled, and she was beaten.

“People were stunned. They were afraid. I would have happened to their neighbor.”

If I were to describe in this case in three words, I would call it brutal, intimate, and cruel. Police are asking residents of this community to be on the alert to report anything suspicious that might lead to an arrest.

I knew someone knew something, so I just never gave up.

Who in the world would want to kill Leslie? She didn't deserve that. It was a beautiful Wednesday morning in May. Leslie Prier should have left her home and walked down this quiet street in Chubby Chase, Maryland to catch the bus and go to work. But on this day, for some reason, Leslie never showed up. Brett Reedy and I was operations manager, specialties, and Leslie Prier was one of my employees.

Leslie was supposed to be at work at 10. When she didn't show up at 10-15, I just assumed she had a doctor's appointment or something held her up in the bus or something like that. Then it was about 10-40, 10-45.

He said, "Don't it? Where the hell is Leslie?" Finally, he called her husband.

I said, "Sandy, Leslie's not here. Did she have an doctor's appointment?" He goes, "No. Very quickly." He goes, "That's not good. Now something's really wrong." And he was very, very concerned. I said, "Okay, look, she's only a mile and a half down the road. Why don't I just drive down there? I'll meet you there." So, you were born and raised in this area. You grew up here.

I had about probably six friends that lived on this street from elementary school. When I said to Sandy, "I'm going to go over there." The reason why I went over there was I'm so familiar with the area. You're thinking, "Sandy's on his way. What else is going through your mind?" Something's wrong. She must have been in an accident. Somewhere is an accident. She fell, a bus, a car, something has happened. Leslie Priers' husband Carl, who went by Sandy,

pulls up to the home, not long after bread arrived. As soon as the two men step inside the front door, there are signs, something's very wrong.

And her husband started calling out for Leslie and got nothing back.

“I looked to my right and there's a significant amount of blood.”

Sandy started walking around and he went upstairs. When he went upstairs, I noticed on the wall was an area that had been rubbed out. It looked like someone had cleaned it, or tried to clean it. I noticed something moved down the hall. That door was slowly opening. I was like, "Oh, no, you know, it was the dog." At that moment, the Priers' family dog, a black lab named Boomer,

comes up from the basement. I said to Sandy, "Look, you might want to check the basement. Sandy comes back up from the basement," says she's not there. We went into the kitchen. The back door was a jar a little bit. It wasn't fully closed. I started pointing out to them. Sandy, look at this. Look at this on the wall. Look at this blood all over the place. And he goes, "She must have fallen." My reaction probably was

a hell of a fall, so I decided to call 911. Hello, what's your emergency? I'm at Drummond, Debbie Chase. I work for a company and we didn't hear a call from employee. We just walked in the door. I was better and I, and there's blood

“in the foyer, and it looks like something possibly happened. Are you not in the house anymore?”

I'm in the greenhouse right now. The house has been looking around. Are you with the house?

I'm with the house, but yes. Always last time, any of the last time, the house has been saw

her was at 7.5 this morning. Do you have a car or anything? No, she was going to walk to the bus. Is there a lot of blood? But it looks like there's possibly just a couple of things knocked down. Can I ask you guys to step out of the house? Sure. Their house was in Chevy Chase, Maryland. You might describe it as the Beverly Hills

of Washington DC. It is a wealthy area. Restaurants, shops, big homes, some very prominent country clubs in the area. The house is located on a cul-de-sac, so not a lot of traffic. Just a really nice calm quiet neighborhood. It's kind of tucked away. It's like a little

“haven. It's a place where you would want to raise your family. How long have you lived here?”

40 years. 40 years. The same house on the same block. Yes. How did you first meet the prears? It was Leslie, I first met. What was your impression of Leslie? She was really pretty. And her prettyness was also her personality. She was lovely in every way. Leslie's husband, what by Sandy. He was very thoughtful and very kind. I really liked him. And he only had one child, one child, Lauren. How was life growing up in Maryland for the

mom and dad? They were the best of the best. We had dinner together every night. My dad always

could breakfast on Saturday. And my mom and I would plant two lups in the front of the house. Lauren and I met in high school and became inseparable. Her parents were amazing. They were just super sweet. Very welcoming, very open. Who's in this photo? Well, that's me. Oh, I know. So we're talking and I was just my must have been 1977 when I was born. So we were a happy family for three of us. Lauren's father could be described as like the life of the party. Very, very involved in

Lauren's life and they had a really great relationship. He was a really great guy. Lauren's mom was one of a kind. She was just so warm and so sweet. She was gorgeous. I mean,

she just had these beautiful eyes. She was like a second mother to me, really. And she was just

very caring and loving and Lauren was definitely the apple of her eye. On May 2nd in 2001, Lauren Preer is 23 years old, living in our own apartment not far from her parent's home. Walk us through what happened that morning. My mom and I talked on the phone every single day, every morning. That was our routine. I called my mom and her office and her friend gal was like, oh, she's not any at, but I was told to tell you that if you called to call your father

the question now is, where is Leslie Preer? They pulled her guns and these screams like

screams and was horrifying. It's terrifying. It's haunting. Okay, so we got speed. Interview with Brett Reedy. All right, I'm going to play this for you and then the hot pepper. Oh, one of which emergency? I met Drummond every chase. It looks like there's possibly, you know, get Drummond a thing knocked down. Wow. I'm shaking. My voice is definitely, I'm shaking. That call is haunting.

After Leslie Preer's boss, Brett Reedy, calls 911 on the morning she failed to show for work.

He and Leslie's husband, Sandy, due as they were instructed and weighed outside for police to arrive.

It's five, ten minutes went by and when they showed up, Sandy kind of greeted them and they pulled their guns and Sandy goes, "Whoa, you guys mean business." Like, kind of a joking way.

“The other was a lot. I think my gut was somebody hurts somebody and tried to clean it up.”

Sandy's reaction was, she must have fallen down. Sandy was somewhat, I believe, and denial of what was probably in front of him. Brett was of the opinion that something bad had happened and that it wasn't just an accident. If Leslie's hurt and she's going to the hospital, why would it be cleaned up already? I'd asked him directly. I said, "Sandy, you are upstairs, awfully quick. Did you check everywhere?" And as soon as I said that, what's his hand was head and he goes, "Oh, I forgot to check the bathroom."

That's when they ultimately found Leslie. She was in the shower saw on the master bathroom.

There was water running over her body when the police found her. The police came back out and the policeman was wearing gloves and he was taking them off and I knew right then. And he walked right up to Sandy and said, "Sir, your wife is dead."

“I remember arriving at that scene at some point later on in that day. It was still a crime scene. Police were still there.”

At 11.45 a.m. police found Mrs. Preyard dead upstairs. There were signs of a struggle, but no forest entry. In addition, police report no previous problems in this quiet community. This was an unusual place to be responding to a homicide. This happened in a residential community of very nice homes. It really made no sense that there would be a crime like this in that area. Leslie and Sandy prayers daughter Lauren only knows that her father wants to speak with her.

She has no idea what's happened to her mother. At this point, it's just Sandy and Leslie residing in the house. Yes, Lauren lived in apartment in Silver Springs which is just a few miles away. It looked out the window and I saw a police car pull up and I saw my dad and a police officer got out of the car and I said, "Oh God, what the hell's happening?" My dad was like talk. He was just talking, but everything was in slow motion. He's like Lauren. Your mom has been in an accident.

“I think we'll see in like a bus accident or she got on a car or a guino. I wasn't thinking”

the work or that. And then he goes, um, she's no longer with us anymore. I was like, "What?" And so I ran into my bedroom and he screamed, like screamed, like in the way here on the poor movies. I get deep down into your stomach scream. And I said, "Urst, hell." It shook the office. I had to make that phone call. Red calls the office. He said, "You're not going to believe this window, but Leslie's dead,

and he couldn't tell me any more because he didn't know any more." I saw a number of police cars, I saw an ambulance. I was just shocked. Who would want to murder such a wonderful person? Investigators began canvassing the neighborhood searching for answers and they're looking to see if any similar crimes had occurred in the area. They looked at any other burglaries in the area,

any other crimes were related. Nothing like this had ever happened in that area. A murder like this.

Not a murder like this. There were a couple of assaults on women throughout the county that a lot of people did think were related, but the police department did their due diligence and compared all the cases and they determined not they're not related. At the time, a lot of women were very fearful of what was going on. That there was a killer out there that in their quiet neighborhood had come into this house and killed a woman. And as detectives start digging into

“the case, a crucial detail comes into question. It was hard to pinpoint Leslie's actual”

time of death. She may have been dead for longer than just the hour or two that we believe she was there. There was a theory that Leslie could have been killed the night before. Yes. So investigators bring Leslie's husband in for questioning. They want to know exactly what the couple had been up to the night before. It was Wednesday morning about 10 a.m. when Leslie Jenning Priors' colleagues became concerned. She hadn't come to work at 11.45 a.m. police found Mrs. Prior dead upstairs.

The autopsy has been completed. The cause of death is 1/4 trauma. Beyond that, police are being tight-lived about what they know. Reporting from Chevy Chase, I'm Brad Bell, ABC 7 News. Brad Bell, take one. It was obvious that a struggle had taken place

on the first floor. Leslie Prior was choked. And the belief was that her head was slammed

“into the floor of the foyer of her home. Was there a question about the time of death and why?”

When Leslie's body was put in that shower, the heat, the humidity and the hot water over her body can change the rates of decomposition. None of that was ever able to be pinpointed to a direct time of death. It's literally a horror story. We went back and there was still new and all all over the hallway, blood in the kitchen, all the way of the stairs, through the bedroom, and I stopped at their bed. I couldn't do it. I couldn't go in the bathroom. I couldn't do it.

Walking through the house, it was clear that there was a struggle. Like she was running for her life. Who running? Who on earth would want to do this cheer along? I couldn't think of one person.

The neighborhood canvas was really crucial. A lot of the neighbors were pretty observant.

One neighbor mentioned that he woke up in the middle of the night and he saw that there were lights all on in the prayer household and the shades were drawn, but he could tell that all the lights were on. And he thought that was very strange. Then another neighbor reported to police that something unusual happened that morning. When Leslie's husband Sandy left for work, he was standing in his doorway appearing to say goodbye to someone in the house. But then,

he also made a point to greet that neighbor. Something she said he never did. She told detectives, it was almost like he wanted her to notice and leave that morning. He began to think,

“does that play into someone trying to cover up the Velpa timeline and things like that?”

If you're a woman, more than 50% of the time the person who's responsible for taking your life, he's your enemy partner. So, it's a logical place for any investigator to begin. Kate's day is May 4, 2001, and we're talking with called Priya. Leslie's husband is interviewed by police just two days after her murder. Because they're not positive when Leslie was killed. They want to nail down what Sandy was doing, the night before

Leslie was found dead. Tuesday, I had my spend of the regular day, I went to work and got up. It was taking some computer stuff to the dump. Got there before 8 o'clock, took everything off, then left, and I think I went to a couple stores. After the stop at the dump, Sandy Priya says he went to three different stores before finding the battery charger he was looking for. He didn't get home until about 9 p.m. Tuesday night.

All of that was just a little bit suspicious. It seemed like he was trying to create an alibi for himself. I don't recall anything out of the norm on Tuesday. Okay. And when you arrived home,

do you have any idea when she cared about it? No, I could guess, but I don't know for a fact. You indicated that sometimes during the night you recall her being dead. Then, Sandy says something that catches the detectives attention. He admits that his marriage had been under tremendous strain. Both he and Leslie were feeling pressure at work. They were struggling to keep up with their bills, and Sandy says that Leslie was drinking.

She pretty much just had a glass of wine since she got it. Just one? No. No minute.

“Is this important? I'm sorry. She would have a lot. She would have a lot. And in all honesty,”

it's one of the reasons why I kind of come over late, because I just feel like I was kind of this gives it hard to deal with. Leslie was an absolute love beauty when she did drink. Were these a source of arguments between oyster? Sure. Definitely. At that point, they started to realize more details are coming out, and it's conflicting with how he originally presented things. Since from the subject, how would she add? The sign was

always the personality. You could tell immediately. Happy argument of death.

Argumentative? Not happy. She'll just chill out. You know, every little amount out of a mobile on everything. Just be a band, be a band. Just keep coming at you. Just keep coming

“at you. It was a fun. Sandy tells detectives there was one time when an argument escalated.”

The most violent ever got was I'd grab her and just, you know, you got to snap out of. Like grabbing her by her shoulders. But I did that one time and you know, really hit the wall. I'm nothing smashing her anything, hit the wall. She's burst in tears and I'm thinking, "God, what am I doing?" So I'm pretty much controlled myself to where I was not going to go.

Did either of you ever discuss the voice of separation? We never seriously discussed it because

we'd love each other to deal with. They were times where I'd say, "I'm screw you. I'm divorcing you." To me, that's not a discussion. It's not when we sit down like this and talk about seriously getting a divorce. After almost two hours of questioning, the interview wraps up. But it's clear, Sandy Prier has done little to ease the detectives' suspicions or eliminate himself as a suspect. Well, I shouldn't have been totally candid with this about this.

You're not holding anything back. No holding any information. Lastly, I had a arguments and we had some pretty nasty ones at the time. But there's nothing that I am consciously thinking now that I'm holding back. The holding back were not detectives are determined to get more out of Sandy Prier and they strap him to a lie detector. The police think that he killed his wife.

Then, two months into the investigation. There's some surprising news. Could there be a new suspect emerging? Detectives look at a lot of theories. They interviewed a lot of people.

They looked at all of the relationships. Whoever this person was, they had never been arrested for

“anything who is this person. What would make someone want to kill Leslie?”

Three decades ago, a young woman named Angie Dodge is found brutally murdered in her bedroom in Idaho Falls. It was the probably the worst case I've ever seen. It is the one that sticks with me. Please, zero in on a suspect, and put a man behind bars. I don't know what the hell you guys want. Do you think we'd be waste in our time? In waste in your time, if we didn't think you're involved? But as the years passed,

doubts emerge about whether the real killer was ever caught. That's when Angie's own mother embarks on a decades-long mission to uncover the truth. 23 years, I've been trying to put this puzzle together. And the setters missing. I've always been told the truth will come out. You can't hide the truth. Listen to the snare. The new series from ABC Audio Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favorite podcast app, and add free on Amazon Music.

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His first reaction was okay, I know where this is going because usually when there's a death

of married woman, the husband is the suspect. He volunteered to take a polygraph test. Sandy told us he failed a lie detector test. He was very open about it. I thought, well, I wouldn't be. Is that common for someone who is innocent to fail a polygraph test? It happens, but I wouldn't say it's common. Polygraphs are tricky. They're not admissible in court. It's not just police who found Sandy suspicious. There were people who knew the

prayers that were asking could Leslie's husband have killed her. When you first heard that Leslie

prayer had been murdered in her home, what went through your mind? Why? Who and why? And it all

unfortunately started coming back to Sandy. What did the neighbors make of hearing that Sandy had been interviewed? Sandy was considered a suspect. I was really shocked because that no time did I ever think he was guilty at no time. But I do know that a number of neighbors felt that he was guilty. I talked to the police quite often for the next couple of weeks. I'm with Mr. Brett Readie, reference a death investigation on Trumman Avenue. They thought he did it. One of the reasons

was that the corner believed this happened in the early hours, but they couldn't really determine it because it was not an exact science. On May 24th, just over three weeks after his wife's death, Sandy prayer meets with investigators again. This time, a conversation takes a different turn.

“Answeration at all. Have you the race down or any of the stuff that was on there? The past few weeks? Is it still there?”

You guys, I don't need to show me this respect, but I've been cooperate with you since day one and I think I've answered enough questions. I don't understand. My attorney said not to answer any more questions. And again, I don't need to show any different stuff to you guys at all. Sandy volunteered to give them whatever they needed. They took his watch to see if there was any blood traces in it. They took his glasses. They took pictures of his hands and his face

and tried to see if there were any scratches or anything on his body. And he was totally cooperative with all of that stuff in the beginning. And it got to a point where they had kept interrogating him. He's got to do the right thing now. You've got to.

“I think I am. I know him. And I've just had it with him. You've got the wrong guy.”

I told you everything exactly how it happened. And I don't have anything else to say. We can prove that you have told us to do the same thing. We have physical evidence that shows Leslie was dead before seven o'clock in the morning. You can back go blind. People lie. Do you still remember anything else to say? That made the detectives even more suspicious of him.

But two months later, test results on forensic evidence collected at the scene reveal a clue left behind that doesn't fit with the theory that Sandy preer killed his wife Leslie.

which was a sign that she tried to fight off her attacker. That DNA was not a match to Leslie

preer's husband. Whoever this person that left blood and their DNA on the scene was, they had never

been arrested for anything that would have put them in the system. The police said we would like to take swabs of all the males in the office to eliminate you all. Well, my first thought was they probably want to eliminate me, only because I was there. And it's fine.

“At that point, they were eliminated as suspects. So who's DNA is this and why is it in the house?”

Why is it under her fingernails? Who is this person?

A little over a year after her mother's murder, Lauren Preer meets with detectives

for an update on the case. What they tell her, this is an easy for her to hear. And it's frustrating for us because my gut feeling is that your dad had something like this. I've just been a cop to many years and I've worked to many cases. It is so bizarre to think that this could be somewhere else. Detectives spend the next two hours telling Lauren Preer that they believe her father killed her mother

and how they think it unfolded. My theory on this, as it were, something happened after he duckled that night. They had some sort of real parchment. I mean, he was pissed out, stressed out, had a

“little long day and let me duck out of control and what happened happened. I think your dad just lost.”

How is it possible? First thing needed to let you down for an evidence of another person being there.

But that's like to me that's like been the desired thing. I mean, another thing that I can think of is someone else was there when Sandy arrived home late at night. There was some interaction between Sandy and that person and then that person fled up. It's mental if I haven't had a flare. He thought that could happen. He wasn't like at the end of the time again at all. I mean, he wouldn't have been finally hearing the, like,

gone desert or I can tell you that much. I can't imagine my father like, I just can't imagine him like, actually, like murdering on his dad or things, like while she died in his hand, that just totally seemed a thought. I knew my dad loved my mom so much. I mean, I had my moment or a question. Could he really go that far? I'm like, no, my dad loved my mom loved a door to her. There's no way in hell that

my dad looked my mom and the eyes and strangled her. That's impossible. If Sandy prayer didn't kill his wife and who did detectives need a new strategy and that unknown blood

“found at the scene, just might give them one. I knew she was slaughtered by him. The only thing I”

could thought of was that they haven't affair. I had this, like, perfect world before this all happened. Perfect. I mean, everything was great. I became a different person in my world changed completely. In the aftermath of her mother's murder, Lauren Prier is grappling, not just with her immense loss, but also the lack of answers, as time goes on with the identity of the killer remaining a

mystery. I'm sure those were very difficult years for you without your mom, without your best friend. It was almost impossible. I said, Lauren, someday, somehow. This is going to be resolved. There weren't any new leads or information coming in. 2010, another group of coal case detectives picked up on it and they still focused on Sandy quite a bit. So he was the strongest suspect to spite his DNA not being found at the scene.

hired someone to kill her? Lauren Prier had her own suspicions about a neighbor living in the area. She said he'd made comments about her mother Leslie's good books and even invited Leslie to walk their dogs together in the neighborhood.

“I knew that she was slaughtered by him. He was a very handsome. The only thing I could”

thought of was that they have an affair and then my mom tried to cut it off and he murdered her. He thought it was neighbor and he had gotten away with it. Yes, a hundred percent. She mentioned him numerous times and in 2010 detectives did speak to that individual and got his DNA and he was also eliminated. They swapped him and it was negative. That drive you nuts going right back to zero and not having anyone. I thought I was going to

die without knowing. I really truly thought that. In 2017, Lauren's father Sandy passes away after an illness, dying under a cloud of suspicion that

never fully cleared. My mom's family, leave tea killed her. Not all of them. Some of my

uncles and some of my cousins were like, there's no way. And so they were out of touch with them.

“I mean, I think my dad died of a broken heart. The case remains cold in the years it followed.”

It makes you paranoid in a way to think that there is somebody that could commit this brutal crime and then just be walking free. And the decades just went on and on and I used start to kind of wonder this is never going to be solved. It bothered us a lot. I mean, every time we would get together, we would talk about it. For many years after this happened, when we got together around the proverbial water cooler,

someone would always come up with one other revelation or one other, oh, maybe this happened.

And we just couldn't put it together. I would check with my sources in the police department periodically. I would say, hey, what was up with that drum end case? And they never had anything new to tell them. They said it remained a mystery. Finally, one day on my phone, Terricol. In 2022, Detective Terra Augustan joins Allison DuPoy in the Montgomery County Police Cold Case Unit, where every box on these shelves represents an unsolved mystery.

“Ever since I joined the police department, I think my career goal was to get into the”

cold case unit because these are all major crimes. And I like the challenge of trying to look at everything with fresh eyes and not take the same viewpoints that the previous investigators had. And when it's successful, it's a huge satisfaction that you're able to do something for the families and give closure. And her first assignment, the Leslie Prior case. It was one of many boxes that are sitting on our shelves. And when Terricol joined our unit, she just picked

right up on it. I just dug right in and I dragged her along. And she was like, we're calling about your mom, Leslie Prior. And I said, what? You were so in 2022, you reached out to Lauren and you tell her we're on this. It was very very emotional for Lauren. She was just so grateful that somebody was was looking at this and thinking about her mom again. Were you concerned at all that

you were raising her hopes? It's always a concern. You want to temper expectations. We have some

ideas of things that we can do now that had never been done before. But it's a very long process. So we had to really urge her to be patient with us. She's like, Lauren, this is going to take a long time. I said I understand. No problem. I said take your time. What was your initial thought when you looked through the case in 2022? The main thing was the unknown DNA under her fingernails and blood on the scene. You can't ignore

that. And that really was the crux of the case. We had been using the forensic genetic genealogy to some success at that point. And that was I think probably the biggest technological advance in the DNA that we've had in a while. In forensic genetic genealogy, DNA from the crime scene is compared to DNA that has been entered into public databases a powerful way to find relatives, close to or distant of the unknown

suspect. So DNA from Leslie Priors' fingernails is sent to a private lab. And this genealogy technique didn't exist in 2009. It wasn't around. Not even in 2010. Or do you both have training in genetic genealogy? We've taken courses for training for that,

What results are you now looking at?

“We had some pretty low matches that we were working with at first because they were”

US-based. There was a lot of public information on the family trees. So there were some very high matches that were coming back to outside of the country. Low matches have less shared DNA with the suspect, making it more difficult to trace back the family line to identify them. It had been about a year and a half of working on these low matches and I just wanted to

explore these higher matches. When the detectives finally delve into the overseas matches,

they find a person in of all places, Romania, who shares enough DNA to be a promising lead. Suggesting their suspect could be an American with Romanian ancestry. So this high match and that's an awesome shared match. What did you think? This is it. That was really where we needed to go. This was the one that was overseas. So it was like another level of a challenge, but it was really worth trying because

otherwise we were just spinning our wheels and we weren't getting any closer. So you would make a family tree basically showing any possibility of ants and uncles, first cousins. Was that your aha moment? I remember what I said.

“Ali, come over here and look at this. I think I really have a break.”

Oh, this is serious. What she finds? A name. Closer to home than Lauren could have ever expected. I said are you sure? She said yes. It's him. He almost got away with it. I mean, your DNA was from the time family.

This is one of the crimes homicides murders that I never forgot about.

It was horrifying. It's terrifying. It's haunting. Only two people know what happened that day. You know, he and Leslie and Leslie can't speak for herself. Based on all of this evidence, what do you think happened to Leslie that morning when she was killed? That DNA could have matched to somebody else in that family. She didn't have any specific evidence to point to he's the killer, but she just got a weird feeling

about him. I ended up meeting that house that night. I did not say that. I was afraid of something. She thought he might go after her. I heard someone. I want to know what's

now. I almost fainted. What goes to her world? I was in shock. I told her I'm still in shock.

This is a family photo from my 15th birthday. There's my beautiful mother. For Lauren Preer, sifting through memories of life before her mother's murder is bittersweet. It's one of the last trips I went on with my mom. A family destroyed. Her father, once a suspect, dying without knowing who killed Leslie Preer, inside their

“Maryland home on Drum and Davenu. I don't see how close I think. What memories come rushing back.”

They were the best parents that I missed them so much. We were just such a tight knit family and loved each other very much. Today Drum and Davenu is as idyllic as it was when Leslie Preer lived here with no hint to the tragedy that took place. And for decades, there were no answers to this murder mystery that rocked this community. Police are asking residents of this community to be on

the alert to report anything suspicious that might lead to an arrest. I remember clearly. I remember standing in front of that home. It troubled me that this woman's killer hadn't been found. But nearly a quarter century went by before we heard anything more about it. It's what made you think you could find the killer. We knew that there was DNA evidence and that is huge for coal cases. We can use genealogy to try to identify a suspect. By 2024, detectives

Augustine and DuPoi have spent a year and a half searching public genetic genealogy databases for any connections to that unknown male DNA found at the crime scene. There are most promising lead, a person in Romania who appears to be a distant relative of the killer. So it's just doing basic Google searches. I was able to find out a lot of information. And so I started going through a lot of old historical information about their family line

gray sites, obituaries, marriage documents, census records. So it's a little bit of like history

that kind of clicked in my head because I remember the name Gligore and I knew it was in the case file.

Gligore, Eugene Gligore is the name in the case file. Lauren Priors, high school boyfriend. The two were high school sweethearts who met up at the Chubby Chase High School. They shared a titan group of friends despite their two year age difference. Or he's a little younger than me, but we just were attracted to each other and started dating. So what was it about Eugene that he was doing to his extremely attractive. He was very charismatic.

He was the ladies man like he was and he all the girls loved him. But I got up. So we just

“became a thing. Well, what was he like during those years when he were together?”

Popular. Had a lot of friends. He was very outgoing, very sharp, individual. You know, very

witty, you always carry a conversation, whether you were a parent or any of it.

Eugene's mom was a consultant for the world bank and then left that job to raise her boys. And his dad was a tenure professor at the University of Maryland. He had one brother. He had a pretty, I would say, relaxed, easy-going personality. His parents' house was kind of like this central hangout spot. So, you know, we used to spend a lot of time over there, just kind of hanging out doing what kids do. Eugene Glee Gore lived just about a 10-minute walk from the prayer house.

In an upscale community called Kenwood, known for its luxury homes and cherry blossoms. This trail runs between their two neighborhoods.

“I did this car industry, walked down the bike path. My parents' house was like three houses up.”

I said, the friend group also often spent time at the prayer house. Lawrence parents her mom, in particular, just welcomed everybody with open arms and made sure that they were fed. So, I have a lot of very vivid memories of Eugene and Lauren and I at Lauren's parents' house. My mom was just open door, totally took him in. And he jumped in my parents' house and I wasn't even home yet. She loved him. She had ordered him.

Denner's barbecue's breakfast. Winner vacationed to go with all of us. And so, he was it's some point part of our family. So, here you are. This is a night of prom. Correct. That's me. That's Eugene. We had a great evening. We had fun. We stayed up on night and it was a beautiful evening. How serious was that relationship? There were couples and then there was Eugene and Lauren type of couple. They were on a different level. It was Eugene and Lauren.

Not just Eugene. It wasn't hang out with Lauren. It was, let's go have Eugene and Lauren. I mean, I loved him. Back then, I really did. He was gentle with me. We got to scuffle with any guys from a different school. There was an ancient altercation. He would be one of the last people you wanted to have your back. Not really a fighter. No, not a fighter at all. Eugene and Lauren dated throughout high school. And then continued

dating when Lauren went to college. After five years together, they broke up. And why did you guys break up? We were so young. We had been together for two long. We just had a talk. And we both kind of agreed. It's time to go our separate ways. Did you guys keep in touch after that? No. About two years after their breakup, Lauren's mother was killed.

Fast forward to 2024. When detectives determine that Eugene Glee Gore is a first cousin twice

removed from the genetic genealogy match in Romania. But for the police, that doesn't necessarily make him the killer. Why would he do this? There wasn't much to make him a suspicious person. Nothing raised flags to say, hey, this guy's a killer. But when detectives look back at the case file, something in there catches their eye. And it just one of those loose ends that was never tied up.

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War. Remember asking Lauren specifically, I was able to wear as Eugene and her saying to me that

“it was too much for him to handle. And I just remember to be so upset, just being, are you kidding me?”

That's the most selfish thing I've ever heard. It just rub me so wrong. Why the hell is Eugene not here? The detectives discover a traffic ticket. Glee War had received during that time and find out that a few days after the murder at the same time as the funeral, he took a long, unplanned road trip to see a friend in Portland, Oregon. Eugene decided he didn't want to go and instead took a cross-country trip all the sudden, deportland, Oregon. It made no sense.

As part of their investigation, detectives would later interview Eugene's brother, Andre, and learn that he and his parents did attend the funeral. Andre also knew the prayer family. I do. I can't really see that all the time. Do you mention that he was in town or at town?

“We got to eat without town and we thought that was a little bit peculiar because you know,”

you're a girlfriend, mother, and mother of a street. You don't care if I would definitely want to get out of here. I mean, you thought you could tell. So that's one of the main things that we're going to get to know. In the case file, detectives see that nine months after Leslie's murder in January 2002, a tip had come in about Eugene who had been living with his mother after his parents divorced. A lady that lived in the neighborhood where Eugene Glee Gore lived said,

"I know that he used to date the victim's daughter and he was getting in trouble in the neighborhood for noise complaints and just nuisance things where the police had come out there. And for some reason he stuck out to her and she said, "I just want to let you guys know, look at this guy." It was just a hunch. She didn't have any specific evidence to point to he's the killer, but she just got a weird feeling about him and wanted to call in and give his

information. So this neighbor calls it in, speaks with police. It's documented, but nothing happened.

No, no. They weren't able to locate him and it just one of those loose ends that was never tied up.

Eugene was not tested. He wasn't asked for his DNA. He wasn't interviewed. It just sort of went away. They didn't have probable cause that would connect him in any way to the crime. He was an old boyfriend and there was no indication that there had been an amosity between him and the mom. Another person with a hunch about Eugene at the time Lawrence father Sandy. He never liked him. He never liked him. Even though his dating him, he thought there was always

something off. And then after she was gone, he said, "You think Eugene could be a part of this?" He said, "Now, what are you talking about?"

“But what remains unclear to investigators? Why would Eugene Glee Gore commit a crime like this?”

As for Glee Gore's run-ins with the law, they don't see anything violent enough to suggest he'd be capable of murder. Eugene did have some police interactions throughout the years. There were a couple of incident reports

for thefts or burglaries where he was listed as a suspect, but he was never charged because

either there wasn't enough evidence or the family decided not to go forward with anything. At some point, he had been charged with marijuana possession. And he had two other contacts with the criminal justice system, but nothing that would have indicated he would have been involved in a violent crime. So these findings didn't really paint a picture of a brutal murder.

No, not at all. No. But then, detective stumble upon something worrying.

Now that kind of changes things to where he might be capable of actually killing someone.

“In the summer of 2024, 44-year-old Eugene Glee Gore has no idea that his life”

is under the microscope of detectives Augustine and to poy. What was Eugene Glee Gore doing with his life? He had kept jobs and was just kind of living under the radar life. In the years after high school, he worked in the restaurant industry in New York. At one point, as a maitrede at a Michelin-starred restaurant, then moved back to DC,

working in business development. He built a life for himself, married twice, divorce twice. He would host Super Bowl parties, he joined fantasy football leagues. Eugene's life was completely normal in all the tellings from the people who interact with him. I met Eugene Glee Gore in the summer of 2018.

We both were working at the real estate technology startup. Eugene did business development in sales. He was a very bubbly, friendly, gregarious person, you know, a classic sales person. Laughing, joking, he was a mentor and I learned a lot from him and I looked up to him and he was my go-choo person to ask for advice.

Everyone in his life knew he struggled with alcohol. He was also really open about his journey to become sober and attending a meeting. He had internalized a lot of self-help, best practices, so to speak.

“I remember him telling me, you know, having control over your thoughts as and being able to see them”

as they come in and not just impulsively react to them is the first step toward being able to have

control over your life. But detectives Augustine and DuPoi find something troubling in court records from 2021. So this is a petition for a protective order and this was from his second wife after they got divorced. She describes in here an incident where Eugene came to collect his belongings without telling her. She arrives. Eugene is an addict and has two guns. His behavior has been erratic and scary

for a couple of years often on. I'm scared to be in my home. He is unpredictable. Eugene repeatedly calls me a whore and yells into my face. He throws objects, punches walls, and I fear for my safety when he has these outbursts. I am seeking protection from this

verbal abuse and escalation. The petition for the protective order was ultimately denied by the court,

which said there was no reasonable grounds to believe abuse as defined by the statute occurred. Detectives would later speak to that ex-wife. He had a route. It was supposed to let me know and get my approval before coming over and he was keen and it was very scary and I ended up calling the police. And I ended up leaving that house that night I did not stay there. Okay, because I was afraid of him. Yeah. He was thinking I would be the only time that I was like, oh my god, this is very scary.

So she was frightened. Yeah. Yeah. She was afraid of something. She thought he might go after her. What stood out to you the most in this? It just showed a completely different side of him that hadn't been exposed before. And once I saw that, okay, well, there is a propensity for violence and now that kind of changes things to where, okay, he might be capable of actually killing someone. After detectives find that petition for protective order, signs are pointing in the direction.

Eugene Gleegore is their guy, but they need proof, especially since there are other males in the Gleegore line. His brother did dog sit for them occasionally. So, we knew his brother did have access to the house as well.

“When you were dog sitting for the careers, did you have to use their house?”

No, I don't remember if, blessedly, I think that I would give her back or whether. So, the duty was to somewhere. That DNA could match to another Gleegore, could have matched to Eugene's brother, it could have matched to somebody else in that family. And so, they needed Eugene's DNA to confirm their suspicions. We figured, okay, well, if Eugene's DNA doesn't come back a match, then

Andre's our next step. Now, the challenge collecting that DNA without Eugene's suspecting. And we got information that he was actually overseas and that he would be returning to the United

When Eugene Gleegore arrived here at Dullis Airport in Virginia,

“from an overseas trip, the June of 2024, he may have thought he was just another anonymous”

traveler passing through, but it turns out investigators were watching and waiting. They knew he was flying in, they knew he was going to be at Dullis, so he's coming off the plane and bam, there's some detectives there. They set up essentially a sting. They arranged for him to be pulled aside by customs for a special screening. They had arranged in the interview room

several bottles of water hoping that as he sat there, he would take one of them and they would have their DNA evidence. And that is when Eugene unknowingly takes the bait, drinks a bottle of water, and then leaves it there on the table. And after he leaves the room, detectives come in, take that bottle of water, and there they have his DNA. And then you get the call, and then my world was once again upside down.

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Finally, 23 years after the murder of Leslie Kreer,

there was a DNA match to the crime scene. DNA taken from a water bottle, Eugene Glee Gord drank from and left here at Delosier Port. Normally, these things take a lot more time, but the biology lab was great in getting us a quick answer, and so we obtained the sample on a Sunday and by Friday we had a report saying that it was a match. It's a pretty joyful moment to realize you've got your guy.

With Eugene's DNA confirmed, his brother Andre was officially eliminated as a suspect. As was Lawrence father, Sandy, who had died, still under that cloud of suspicion. So at this point, we didn't want to alert Lauren and ask her any questions about him, because we didn't want anybody to know that he was our suspect yet until we had him in the custody. He was actually living in Washington, DC at the time.

So officers were sitting outside of his apartment, waiting to see if they saw him leave, so they could arrest him outside, and he came outside to drink coffee and hang out on his tube. So what was his reaction? He was asking what it was about.

“Can you tell me what this is about? Yeah, you have a warrant for what?”

He acted like he had no idea. You got a warrant, my boss didn't tell you everything about it, guys, so I'll tell you, he'll give you a copy of it, so you didn't know anything about this war? Okay. I think it was completely surprised that the police wanted to catch him off guard. I don't think he had any idea they were going to be there. When did you call Lauren? So I called her as soon as we knew he was in custody. I said,

we have someone under arrest for your mom's murder. It's Eugene Glickler. And I almost fainted. What goes through the world? I was in shock. I told, I'm still in shock. Total shock. Just what? And then she goes, he's actually under arrest right now. Yeah, she's right there. You can take the cusp off and just take it as easy as you can. Hi, Jane. Hello. Hi, I am Detective Crosston. This is Detective Boy,

I'm here. I'm sorry, county. So when we talked to him, I'm sure you're wondering what this is all about.

questions. We were working on a case that came from Chevy Chase. And do you recall back in 2001,

“Leslie Preer? Yes, that she was murdered. Yes. Okay. So that's the case that we are investigating.”

You went to BCC with her daughter at the time? Correct. Correct. Okay. And what was your relationship with Lauren? A daughter. We had dated. Like, were you still in touch with Lauren when this stuff happened to her mom? No, we had broken up a couple years before. But once confronted with some evidence, he completely changed his attitude. We actually have a sample of your DNA. And it was compared to the crime scene DNA. And it matched. So we know that you were there at the time

when Leslie died. I never gave a sample of DNA. That's correct. We obtained a sample from a

discarded water bottle. And it was compared. So your DNA matches the crime scene DNA. What to say? I have no recollection. I have no memory. I don't know what to say. We tried to get any information from him. Any explanation of how or why this could have happened. Only two people know what happened that day. He and Leslie and Leslie can't speak for herself. I can tell you more about, you know, what we think happened.

I don't, I mean, but you think happened. I don't know. I can't verify. I don't know. I don't recall. I don't have any memory. I didn't do anything that you're talking about. So I don't know. And I don't feel like I can, I don't know how to answer and go into. I don't want to do a grip of day by self with questions. You guys are professionals. I'm not. I don't know. I really do think I need an attorney. Okay. That's fine. We're not going to ask you

any more questions. There's no tears coming out of your face. I'm very dry right now. You're dry. I'm very dry. It's like you're dry. You're dry. You're dry. I'm very dry because I'm just tired.

“It's great. I don't want to go on. You have to drink water so I could tear.”

I don't want you to tear. I just don't want you to say. I'm just trying to say that this team's a little put on. No. He was putting on a bit of a show being emotional and just acting like he doesn't understand how this could have happened. Your eyes looked guilty. You don't really need to think of it. Well, I mean, your DNA was in the time scene. That's why, like...

But I don't remember. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. We're trying to figure out as how your blood was at the scene that day. Could have been, you know, an interrupted burglary to something happen where you didn't expect anybody to be home. I have no idea. I don't remember and it'll recall. He just kept saying, "I don't remember. I don't remember. I don't remember." You keep saying you don't remember and you don't have any recollection.

But if somebody was not involved, it would be an adamant. I didn't... Oh, I didn't do it. I definitely

“didn't do it. Like, this is absolutely... That's why we wanted to talk to you.”

I don't know why your blood is there. Also, I don't know. Wow. The only person that knows is Leslie and she can't tell us. He was very much wanting to be the victim in the situation and it was very clear that we weren't buying it. I'm trying to give you an opportunity to be a little bit forthcoming before we... I mean, I feel very... I feel a little bit trapped here, like...

Well, you're under arrest, so you should be prepared. Did you think this moment would come? Yeah, I hoped it would. I didn't think it was going to be him. I thought it was a random person. And when you figure out the relationship to the family, it makes it even worse. Because he betrayed any kind of loyalty or relationship and trust that he had with the family. I have been a television reporter for a very

long time now. And this is one of the crimes, homicides, murders that I never forgot about over the

years. And so to ultimately here on that day that they had made the arrest was even for me stunning. This case remained open for 23 years. Until now, Montgomery County State's Attorney John MacArthur

first-degree murder. Like this copicetic Zen person who had been through AA and had all this advice and had taught me a lot. Murdered someone? I couldn't wrap my head around it. Like,

“it just, I think, brings a sense of confusion and betrayal. When you guys were together,”

did you ever feel unsafe at all around here? I had no point. And you were together for a number of years.

You have been never felt as though you were in any danger. Never. Never. Not once. It was a very violent.

It's so not what I ever knew of Eugene. We take a breath and then you gear up for helping to prepare for trial. And that's the next step because we, you know, we have him in custody, but we have to convince 12 people on a jury that he is a murderer. Investigators know Eugene Glygore is not going down without a fight. He was adamant that he was fighting it and that he was going to, you know,

“be out in a few months. And everything was going to be fine. But even before they get to trial,”

there's an unexpected twist. I just could not believe it. I was completely got smacked. With Eugene Glygore in custody, the state starts preparing its case. This is when they track down the people from his past who were closest to him, starting with his ex-wives. He has two ex-wives and both of them kind of reiterated that he was a completely different person when he would drink. When we met, I had no experience with addiction in my life. And so I didn't

recognize what it was. But within about two months, I was like something strong. But he was an alcoholic and he would drink and then pass out. And it was just a mess. It was really very, very sad. And that they often times feared for his own safety when he would drink because he would be very reckless. Was he like a danger to himself like saying he would harm himself or just

being impulsive going out drinking and driving or what kind of stuff? Second letter. No,

not different. He doesn't start taking two different directions. Where my bridge was making celery juice and his was hiding a bottle under an ancient counter while working kind of thing. But he did really get a lot of ideas struggling on hiding out. It got to a point with both of them that they ended up getting divorced because of his substance abuse issues. Detectors then interview Eugene's brother Andre, who is shocked. Detectors were the Andre feared his brother

may not only steal from him, but also interfere with his life. According to Detectives, Andre was living in a townhouse owned by their mother. And with Eugene's recent separation in 2021, Andre feared Eugene might do something to get him kicked out. Andre would tell police that he was so unsettled about his brother Eugene, he actually reached out to Lauren Prier. I reached out to somebody who I saw, who we had this character, that recent character,

I didn't really tell him and he had to do it with his brother. I just basically said, you know, just likes me, some days have took care of him, he tried to cross my interest in her life on crazy. The picture that was painted for us was that he tended to be manipulative in his relationships,

according to these people, and he would always try to make himself the victim and at the expense

of other people. In my mind, he would put one persona out there, but behind closed doors he was a

“different person. The case against him, I think was Rock Solid. He did this crime. That was not going”

to ever be the issue. The issue was going to be his first degree of secondary manslaughter.

to second degree murder, where you both surprised that he played guilty. I was. Now he's

saying that he's responsible for it, and that he's pleading guilty because he is in fact guilty. What was your reaction to that? Thank God. He didn't want to go to trial. No. That would have been a help. ConquerMO KC 15C R24870A, the man who was using the scene in Oregon, who you are. For you pleading guilty here today, freely and voluntarily. Yes, sir. Are you pleading guilty because you do believe that you're a guilty of second degree murder? Yes, sir. Did he look at you? No. Nothing.

He didn't look at anybody, but he knew I know his eyes. Did he say, "we're more full?" No. Nothing.

He sat there and just stared basically as stare down. Based on all of this evidence, what do

“you think happened to Leslie that morning when she was killed? I think that Eugene was breaking”

into the house thinking no one was home and he encountered Leslie and knowing that she would recognize him and he would get in trouble. I think that he just panicked and only thought about himself and made a selfish decision to kill Leslie in the heated moment just so he could get away. Knowing you're alone so well, what do you think her reaction was when she saw Eugene? I think she was probably in shock and I think she was like, you know, Lauren's not here,

what's going on? And then I think he got scared because he was in the house and she saw his face and knew exactly who he was and then he freaked out and she ran to her life. It took her into the shower thinking that the DNA was going to be gone but it wasn't. Not her fingernails and then there was blood in the house. It was horrifying. It's terrifying. It's haunting. Their ex-boyfriend killed your mother. Yes. Literally. And they found that somebody knew that

a dated was a problem with this insane and then he almost got away with it. He almost got away with it.

“I think the burning question right now that everyone wants to know is why? Like why did it have”

to result in murder? Do you think you'll get answers from him and sentencing? Have you once a talk? And just two weeks ago what Eugene Gleegor had to say in court. At this time, Mr. Gleegor, you do have the absolute right to address the court before I sent an issue in this matter. If there's anything that you would like to say to the court, now we're opportunity to do so. You're not on the inside, Wooden.

The day has finally come for Eugene Gleegor to be sentenced after pleading Gleegor to murdering Leslie Prear. But for those who knew her, there are still so many unanswered questions.

“I want to know why you were so violent to this woman. What's snapped in you?”

Many happy hours of fun today during the four months are about six neverty. They're all sincere to find and see justice done after 24 weeks. Before Gleegor's sentenced, Gleegor and Gleegor get the opportunity to speak directly to him. Well, thank you very much. Mr. Gleegor, if there's anything that you would like to say to the court, now is your opportunity to do so. For honor, I want to express my deepest regret to shame and remorse

with a devastating tragedy that I caused. And to help back up that remorse, Gleegor's defense submitted a pre-sentencing memorandum that included these photos of him smiling alongside Lauren, saying, after their break-up, there was no animosity between them, and he only had positive memories of Leslie Prier. I'm sorry it's taken me this long to take full responsibility.

I'm grateful the time has come and release the secret is over. I had many black outs leading

up to the evening of May 1st in the morning of May 2nd, 2001, but none that resulted in the most regretful and devastating event of my life. Although in court Gleegor said that most of the day

account from Gleegor, saying, "On May 1st 2001, Mr. Gleegor, remembered drinking both shots

“and mixed drinks. He stated that he vaguely remembered driving to work and stopping off at the”

pre-airhouse around 930 a.m. on May 2nd, 2001. He recalled a vague memory of going into the house, and he and Ms. Prier have in some sort of physical altercation. He does not recall placing her in the shower or trying to clean up the crime scene. "For Lauren and Leslie Stanley, I'm so sorry, you're so much misery in hardship." After Eugene Gleegor's statement, the judge sentenced him to 22 years in prison with five years

“of supervised probation. "Our Maryland Bureau Chief Brad Bell is joining us now live”

first tonight, and he's been covering this case since we learned that Leslie Prier's murder was identified." "Yeah, a lot of emotions at play in the court room. The family finally today able to stand around this picture and take a family portrait and say they are thankful

for some amazing detective work." "This is a history-making case. I want to thank the family.

There's no closure in these cases, but the sentence given by the judge was appropriate."

“"You heard him speak today? What do you think?" "John says no remorse." "I think it's the Eugene”

show in his mind, and I think it's the same thing over and over. I don't believe anything he says." "I can't believe it's over. It's been so long. Almost 25 years, I'm 48 years old. I thought I was going to die without knowing. And it's over. It's over. Look at it. Thank God." "We all had these questions of who did it for years, and now we finally have an answer and some kind of idea to allow us carry on with the lies."

With Glee Gornal behind bars, Lauren Frier finally has some answers, but their answers that came too late for her father Sandy. "How do you process that knowing that he passed a few years ago? It was so close to seeing the stay." "I have pictures of them and I guess better him. I talked to them and I said, "I wish you had been here." I said, "Daddy, thank you for being such a wonderful father." "And I'm so sorry that you didn't get to see justice, but you're getting

justice." She was smart, she was beautiful, she was so incredible, human being.

"Yeah, she was my angel." "We should point out tonight that Eugene Glee Gorn could be eligible for parole after serving just half of the 22 years. He's already filed a motion asking for the court to reconsider his sentence." David asked for Lauren Prier. She tells us there are no words to express her gratitude

to those two cold-case detectives who never gave up on bringing her mother's killer to justice.

That's our program for tonight. Thanks so much for watching. I'm Jebra Roberts. "And I've David Newer from all of us here at 2020 in ABC News. Good night."