MoCo Cold Case Cracked After 23 Years- Leslie Preer

[Anonymous]

He was still living at home. Note divorce papers accuse perps mother of letting him run wild. Priors for burglary, and signs of violence.( brother, etc., also questioning for assault on his adjoining bikepath). He drove to Portland day of funeral and later feigned ignorance of the murder when encountering daughter by chance.
MOCO blew it by not interviewing; he was likely interrupted in a burglary attempt. Colleagues describe him as a self absorbed pretender.

[Anonymous]

I’m surprised he did not move overseas.

[Anonymous]

Ok - I was sure his mother is Maryellen Madden because they look A LOT alike. But she is his mother's transgender partner https://law.duke.edu/news/madden-72-reflects-changes-transgender-community

[Anonymous]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/trash-solves-cold-cases-murder-suspects-b2572125.html

Looks like Eugene Gligor is scheduled for trial in January 2025. Anyone local planning to attend?

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Anonymous wrote:I want to know why they thought to grab his DNA 20+ years after the fact and not sooner. Did he blab to someone, who then spoke to police?

His brother was in fear of him, he may have spoken with police and given a DNA family tree sample. Once there was a match they were watching him and grabbed his water bottle at Dulles.

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Anonymous wrote:Is this the murderer’s father? Geez.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_D._Gligor

This is his mother (and step-mother):
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/29/fashion/weddings/judith-graves-maryellen-madden.html

Well then.

Note that everyone in the suspect’s family is CS ++. Also interesting that he doesn’t seem to have received a college degree despite his super smarty mom AND dad

What does that mean?

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Anonymous wrote:Is this the murderer’s father? Geez.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_D._Gligor

This is his mother (and step-mother):
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/29/fashion/weddings/judith-graves-maryellen-madden.html

Well then.

Note that everyone in the suspect’s family is CS ++. Also interesting that he doesn’t seem to have received a college degree despite his super smarty mom AND dad

What does that mean?

Computer Science ++?
Both parents had academic credentials with technical degrees, elite schools, and prestigious careers. It doesn’t make a lot of sense that he floundered so much unless something else was going on.

[Anonymous]

He pleaded guilty to 2nd degree murder and faces 30 years in prison. Good job to the investigators for cracking the case open and basically denying him a plausible defense.

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/maryland-man-pleads-guilty-to-2001-cold-case-murder-of-chevy-chase-mom

https://wjla.com/news/local/montgomery-county-cold-case-chevy-chase-eugene-gligor-plea-deal-leslie-preer-murder-killing-dna-bloood-lab-genetics-crime-investigation-water-bottle-solved-decades-old-sentence-jail-court

[Anonymous]

Wow - surprised he plead guilty. Must've done it

[Anonymous]

He faces up to 30 years in prison- he also got almost 30 yrs of walking free, in his prime of life. It feels unjust.

[Anonymous]

I’m glad her family gets resolution.

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Anonymous wrote:So many questions! Did he give a blood sample back then?

I need more details to come out.

Sounds like they triangulated him via broader family DNA.

And this is why, I keep telling everyone over and over, your DNA is already out there. Everyone thinks their personal privacy is at risk by doing a test. That ship has long sailed.

You don't need to even do a DNA test with a private company , or anywhere, at all ever(!) ...any relative at all, 5th 6th cousin even, will identify you very quickly. I located my entire biological family with a random 4th cousin's DNA. All 121 close relatives, my parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and yes, siblings.

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Anonymous wrote:Any photos of this guy? From now or from when the murder took place? Where has he been living/working?

There’s a photo in here. He’s been in Brooklyn at least some of the time.
https://nypost.com/2024/06/19/us-news/cold-case-murder-of-leslie-preer-cracked-after-police-arrest-daughters-ex-police/#

In the photo he’s wearing a shirt with a Stealth Monitoring logo. Kind of creepy if he’s been working for a security camera company.

There’s a LinkedIn account for him that has him working there. Really unusual that someone committed a violent crime and then lived a fairly “upstanding” life for the next twenty plus years. I wonder if this has been weighing on him all these years, or if he’s blacked it out, or if he’s a sociopath and just doesn’t care. It’s so awful and weird. Possible he had a drug problem at the time, I guess. The robbery gone wrong seems the most plausible motive. Since they dated he probably knew where the valuables in the house were.

Which fits in with the theft supposition. She walked in on it and he killed her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The police received a tip on the killer early on and never investigated him.

I think they did, but there wasn't much evidence.

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Anonymous wrote:I want to know why they thought to grab his DNA 20+ years after the fact and not sooner. Did he blab to someone, who then spoke to police?

Forensic genealogy.

Yes, but why did he become a suspect now?