It was Wednesday morning, about 10 a.m. when Leslie Jenning Prier's colleagues became

concerned she hadn't come to work.

I wonder what's emergency.

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

In 2001, Leslie Prier was living in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. when on a spring morning, the unthinkable happened.

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

This woman was strangled and she was beaten.

She was found in the shower with the water running.

Leslie's body was found in the upstairs bathroom.

My dad is like, your mom's been in an accident.

Suspicion fell where it usually does in cases like this.

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

I asked him, did you kill mom?

And he said no.

For the next two decades, Leslie Pryor'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.

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

Detectives started trailing him to confirm their suspicions.

Hey, it's up!

In your eyes, it's guilty and to prove it innocent.

I mean, your DNA was in the crime scene.

I'm Stephanie Ramos, and this is Blood and Water, a new series from ABC Audio in 2020.

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