Bombshell twist in 2001 cold case murder as cops arrest suspect with shocking link to the victim’s family [Video]

15:43 EDT 19 Jun 2024, updated 17:14 EDT 19 Jun 2024

A long-dormant Maryland cold case murder has finally been cracked, but the discovery of the suspect has left the victim’s family reeling.

The accused killer had dated the victim’s daughter.

When Leslie Preer’s colleague arrived at her home in Chevy Chase one morning in 2001 because she hadn’t shown up to work that morning she found blood in the foyer and then her body in an upstairs bedroom, the Washington Post reported. 

She called the Montgomery police.

Investigators concluded her death was a homicide as the result of blunt force trauma inflicted during a struggle. 

However, because there were no leads, Preer’s case went cold for years. 

That was until DNA advances allowed evidence collected from the scene on June 9 to match with someone the victim’s daughter,  Lauren Preer, knew all too well. 

‘It’s been a hell of a day… ‘He was my ex-boyfriend!’ she told Fox 5 DC…