Dateline NBC will spotlight the 2001 murder of 49-year-old Leslie Preer in an episode titled “The Perfect Spring Morning,” airing Friday, October 17, at 9 p.m.
The episode description reads: “Quiet Chevy Chase, Maryland, is shaken when wife and mother Leslie Preer is found murdered in her shower. The case goes cold until a surprising lead unmasks the killer.”
Leslie Preer was killed inside her Chevy Chase home in 2001, shocking neighbors in one of Montgomery County’s quietest and most affluent areas. At the time, suspicion centered on her husband, Carl “Sandy” Preer, after neighbors noticed unusual activity around the home and he failed a polygraph test. But investigators quickly discovered male DNA under Leslie’s fingernails that did not belong to him, leaving the case without clear answers…