Murder of Leslie Prier

Event in True Crime

Murder of Leslie Prier has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including 20/20. 3 people have made recorded remarks about it.

What people said

Lauren Prier believes Gligor panicked when her mother recognized him and that he put her in the shower to remove DNA.
“And then I think he got scared because he was in the house and she saw his face and knew exactly who he was”
20/20: First Comes Love, Then Comes Murder (Rebroadcast) (Jul 25, 2026) · Listen from 1:18:21
Lauren Prier said she believes her father died of a broken heart while still under suspicion.
“Some of my uncles and some of my cousins were like, there's no way. And so they were out of touch with him. I mean, I think my dad died of a broken heart”
20/20: First Comes Love, Then Comes Murder (Rebroadcast) (Jul 25, 2026) · Listen from 36:47
Lauren Prier insisted her father could never have killed her mother despite police suspicion.
“There's no way in hell that my dad looked my mom in the eyes and strangled her. That's impossible”
20/20: First Comes Love, Then Comes Murder (Rebroadcast) (Jul 25, 2026) · Listen from 33:47

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

Reedy recalled suspecting immediately that someone had hurt Leslie and tried to clean up, while Sandy seemed in denial.
“I think my gut was somebody hurt somebody and tried to clean it up. Sandy's reaction was, she must have fallen down”
20/20: First Comes Love, Then Comes Murder (Rebroadcast) (Jul 25, 2026) · Listen from 11:24

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.