Tara Augustin
Montgomery County Police cold case detective who reopened the Prier case
Tara Augustin (Montgomery County Police cold case detective who reopened the Prier case) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include Murder of Leslie Prier, DNA evidence, Order of protection.
In their words
Positions and remarks grouped by topic, each with the exact quote and where it was said.
Murder of Leslie Prier
Augustin said she does not believe Gligor's courtroom expressions of 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”
20/20: First Comes Love, Then Comes Murder (Rebroadcast) (Jul 25, 2026) · Listen from 1:23:21
Augustin said Gligor's relationship to the family made the crime worse because he betrayed their trust.
“he betrayed any kind of like loyalty or relationship and trust that he had with the family”
20/20: First Comes Love, Then Comes Murder (Rebroadcast) (Jul 25, 2026) · Listen from 1:11:10
Augustin believes Gligor broke into the house thinking it was empty and killed Leslie Prier in a panic when she recognized him.
“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”
20/20: First Comes Love, Then Comes Murder (Rebroadcast) (Jul 25, 2026) · Listen from 1:17:50
DNA evidence
Augustin said the lab returned the DNA match from the water bottle within a week.
“we obtained the sample on a Sunday, and by Friday, we had a report saying that it was a match”
20/20: First Comes Love, Then Comes Murder (Rebroadcast) (Jul 25, 2026) · Listen from 1:04:35
Order of protection
Augustin said the ex-wife's protective order petition revealed a propensity for violence that made Gligor a plausible killer.
“there is a propensity for violence, and now that kind of changes things to where, okay, he might be capable of actually killing someone”
20/20: First Comes Love, Then Comes Murder (Rebroadcast) (Jul 25, 2026) · Listen from 59:56
Appearances
First Comes Love, Then Comes Murder (Rebroadcast)20/20 · Jul 25, 2026 · 1 h 23 min
20/20 recounts the 2001 murder of Leslie Prier in Chevy Chase, Maryland, solved 23 years later when genetic genealogy and an airport DNA sting identified her daughter's ex-boyfriend.
Often appears with
- Deborah Roberts · 1 shared episode
- David Muir · 1 shared episode
- Alison Dupuy · 1 shared episode
- Lauren Prier · 1 shared episode
- Brett Reedy · 1 shared episode
- Brad Bell · 1 shared episode
- John McCarthy · 1 shared episode
- Linda · 1 shared episode