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Story summary
- Detectives Tara Augustin and Alyson Dupouy reopened the cold case of Leslie Preer, murdered in 2001.
- They used genetic genealogy to link DNA from the crime scene to Eugene Gligor, a distant relative identified through public databases.
- DNA from a discarded water bottle confirmed Gligor's match to DNA found under Leslie's fingernails.
- He was arrested, extradited to Maryland, and initially denied involvement but later pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in May 2024.
- Gligor received a 22-year prison sentence on August 28, 2025, and has since filed a motion to reconsider his sentence.
