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Blood and Water

Introducing 'Blood and Water'

4/15/20262 min

In 2001, Leslie Preer was found brutally murdered, her body left in the shower of her home in the wealthy suburbs of Washington, D.C.  Investigators initially set their sights on Leslie’s husband as the prime suspect — until bombshell DNA evidence revealed the presence of an "unknown male" at the scene. 

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First 90 seconds

  1. Speaker 00:00

    [suspenseful music] It was Wednesday morning, about 10:00 AM, when Leslie Jennings Preyer's colleagues became concerned she hadn't come to work.

  2. Speaker 10:09

    911, what's your emergency?

  3. Speaker 20:10

    We just walked in the door, her husband and I, and there's blood in the foyer.

  4. Stephanie Ramos· Host0:15

    In 2001, Leslie Preyer was living in the suburbs of Washington, DC, when on a spring morning, the unthinkable happened.

  5. Speaker 00:24

    There were signs of a struggle, but no forced entry.

  6. Speaker 4· Soundbite0:27

    This woman was strangled, and she was beaten.

  7. Speaker 5· Soundbite0:29

    She was found in the shower with the water running.

  8. Stephanie Ramos· Host0:32

    Leslie's body was found in the upstairs bathroom.

  9. Speaker 5· Soundbite0:36

    My dad was like, "Your mom's been in an accident."

  10. Stephanie Ramos· Host0:40

    Suspicion fell where it usually does in cases like this.

  11. Speaker 6· Soundbite0:44

    Her husband told us that he had failed the lie detector test.

  12. Speaker 5· Soundbite0:48

    I asked him, "Did you kill Mom?" And he said, "No."

  13. Stephanie Ramos· Host0:53

    For the next two decades, Leslie Preyer's case remained unsolved, and the shocking truth about the real killer stayed hidden until very recently, when new technology allowed investigators to do what had once been impossible.

  14. Speaker 11:13

    And what they're looking at is this: DNA.

  15. Speaker 01:16

    Detectives started trailing him to confirm their suspicions.

  16. Speaker 7· Soundbite1:20

    Hands up.

  17. Speaker 21:20

    In your eyes, it's guilty until proven innocent.

  18. Speaker 8· Soundbite1:24

    But, honey, your DNA was in the crime scene.

  19. Stephanie Ramos· Host1:26

    I'm Stephanie Ramos, and this is

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