1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:02,960 Speaker 1: Climb ahert I may see race breaking crime news now. 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:06,000 Speaker 1: When Leslie J. Prier, fifty and married mother of two, 3 00:00:06,559 --> 00:00:10,319 Speaker 1: doesn't show up for work, a coworker calls husband, Carl Priyer, 4 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 1: and the Maryland Police officers find dried blood, a October table, 5 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: and a moved rug. 6 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:18,759 Speaker 2: In the foyer. 7 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 1: Leslie's strangled body found in a shower on the second 8 00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:26,280 Speaker 1: floor of the home. Detectives find DNA evidence at home, 9 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 1: but it doesn't match the husband or anyone in their. 10 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 3: System, Nancy. The case went cold for more than two 11 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 3: decades before new analysis tools finally gave detectives a clue 12 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:40,839 Speaker 3: as to the identity of the killer. Leslie's daughter, Lauren's 13 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:44,800 Speaker 3: high school boyfriend, Eugene Gleigor. The teens were broken up 14 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:47,400 Speaker 3: at the time of the murder, but Lauren was surprised 15 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 3: Gleigor didn't attend her mom's funeral since they dated for 16 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:53,559 Speaker 3: five years. She says, never in a million years did 17 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:56,960 Speaker 3: she imagine he would hurt her mother. Gleigor's DNA was 18 00:00:56,960 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 3: found in multiple locations throughout the home, but the most 19 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 3: stamming under Leslie's fingernails. 20 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 1: Cops arrest Gleigor, who admits to the brutal murder. He 21 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 1: faces a max of thirty years behind bars on murder 22 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 1: II sentencing sec. August twenty eight. More crime and justice 23 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:19,839 Speaker 1: news after this Now with the latest crime and justice 24 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:22,040 Speaker 1: breaking news Crime a Lines by John Limley. 25 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 2: In New Orleans, a jail maindenance worker is under arrest, 26 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:30,680 Speaker 2: accused of helping ten inmates escape after allegedly being threatened 27 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:34,399 Speaker 2: at knife point. Twenty two year old Nicholas Grigsby told 28 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:38,400 Speaker 2: investigators he shut off water to a jail cell toilet, 29 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 2: exposing a hole in the wall the men used to 30 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 2: flee early on the morning of May sixteenth. One of 31 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 2: the inmates, he says, had stabbed him days earlier and 32 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 2: forced him to cooperate. Authorities call it one of the 33 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 2: largest jail breaks in recent US history. Graffiti found inside 34 00:01:56,640 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 2: the cell read too easy lol. Grigsby is being held 35 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 2: on one point one million dollar bond. Five inmates, including 36 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:10,080 Speaker 2: nineteen year old murder suspect Corey Boyd, are back in custody. 37 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 2: Sheriff Susan Hudson's as multiple failures, including a loan, guard 38 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 2: on duty and delayed response, made the escape possible. She's 39 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:23,920 Speaker 2: now suspended her re election campaign. Citing a need to 40 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 2: restore public trust. In a rare move, Kansas Parole Board 41 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 2: has rescinded its decision to release a man convicted of 42 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 2: killing a state trooper nearly five decades ago. Our correspondent 43 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 2: Sydney Sumner has the details. 44 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 3: The Kansas Prisoner Review Board has reversed its earlier decision 45 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 3: to grant parole to Jimmy k Nelns, now seventy eight, 46 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 3: who was convicted in nineteen seventy nine for the aggravated 47 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:54,360 Speaker 3: kidnapping and murder of Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Conroy O'Brien 48 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:58,240 Speaker 3: during a traffic stop on the Kansas Turnpike near Matfield Green. 49 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 3: Nelms was sentenced to two new life terms plus nine years, 50 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 3: but became eligible for parole under the more lenient laws 51 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:08,360 Speaker 3: of the time. The Board's initial decision to grant parole 52 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 3: in March sparked outrage from law enforcement groups and by 53 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 3: partisan political leaders, including Democratic Governor Laura Kelley and Republican 54 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 3: Attorney General Chris Kobok. Following a new hearing on May sixteenth, 55 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:24,799 Speaker 3: the board rescinded its decision, citing the overwhelming public outcry 56 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:29,079 Speaker 3: and concerns over public safety. The Kansas State Troopers Association 57 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 3: expressed relief, stating today justice was reaffirmed and we are grateful. 58 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 3: This case has reignited discussions about the parole process in Kansas, 59 00:03:38,880 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 3: particularly the twenty eleven restructuring that shifted board appointments from 60 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 3: gubernatorial to Department of Corrections control, a move critics argue 61 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 3: has reduced accountability. 62 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 2: The Nelm's case has prompted renewed calls to reform Kansas's 63 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 2: parole process. State lawmakers save changes to how board members 64 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 2: are appointed may be next Thanks John. 65 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 1: Family of Amy Wang twenty four, says she spends most 66 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 1: evenings at home in San Mateo, California, in gray pajamas. 67 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 1: When Amy doesn't show up for work, her parents alarmed 68 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 1: police find her car with hazard lights flashing, abandoned on 69 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 1: the westbound San Mateo Bridge. Dash Cam footage shows her 70 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 1: at two twenty one a m. Walking on the bridge 71 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 1: in her pajamas. Her dad uses a backup key to 72 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:31,039 Speaker 1: start the car, finding her wallet and phone inside the 73 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 1: house and car key missing. Security footage shows her car 74 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 1: entering but not leaving the bridge. The footage not clear 75 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:41,159 Speaker 1: enough to see any activity of people on the bridge. 76 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 1: Amy five to one Asian, black hair, brown eyes. If 77 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:50,360 Speaker 1: you have info on Amy Wang, please contact San Francisco 78 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 1: Police Department four one five five five three zero one 79 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:58,279 Speaker 1: two three. For the latest crime in justice news, go 80 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 1: to crime online dot com and please join us for 81 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:05,120 Speaker 1: our daily podcast, Crime Stories, where we do our best 82 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 1: to find missing people, especially children, and solve unsolved homicides. 83 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:12,040 Speaker 1: With this crime alert, I'm Nancy Grace.