Stephanie Ramos

For all intents and purposes, Eugene was out of the Prier's lives and had been for years.

But as cold case detectives looked into Eugene Gligor's history, one date in particular stood out.

May 11th, 2001, the day of Leslie Preer's funeral.

I remember the church service and my dad and I were obviously sitting together and we sang Beatles songs.

Lauren and her dad were surrounded by loved ones that day.

Just the amount of people there, the amount of friends from high school.

It was very well attended, very well attended.

Lauren's friend Bryce was there, along with droves of others, friends, family, acquaintances, all there to pay their respects.

But Bryce noticed one person was missing from the church.

And I just remember being so upset, just being, I can't believe that he would make this about him.

That's the most selfish thing I've ever heard.

It just rubbed me so wrong.

I was like, where the hell is Eugene?

Sure, Eugene and Lauren had broken up a few years earlier, but other members of the Gligor family did attend the funeral.

Eugene's parents and brother were there.

Two decades later, when cold case detectives were looking into Eugene, his absence on this day was suspicious.

Detective Tara Augustine.

His mom and dad and brother went to the funeral, felt compelled because their families had this close relationship at one point, but yet Eugene decided he didn't want to go.

It made no sense.

So where had Eugene been?