Stephanie Ramos

Almost everyone with a connection to the family was now scrutinized.

Lauren Prier had been heartbroken by the investigators' focus on her dad as the possible killer.

And even when the police expanded their investigation, Sandy wasn't officially let off the hook.

Once the DNA came back and it wasn't Sandy, my dad, they never really contacted us.

Sandy wasn't called into the station for any more interviews, but he wasn't cleared either.

And Lauren thought some of the people investigators were now speaking to seemed far-fetched.

My uncle Frank was even interviewed, which is ridiculous.

I mean, I understand because he would travel a lot, but he would stay at my parents' house when he was coming through.

I mean, everyone was on the list.

Uncle Frank wasn't their guy.

But in order for Sandy's name to be cleared, the police needed another strong suspect to focus on.

And Lauren felt she had one, an older neighbor around her mom's age.

As Lauren explains it, right before her mom's death, the two of them were walking together in the neighborhood when they bumped into this neighbor.

He's like, hi, Lauren.

I was like, this is my mom.

And he was like, oh, no wonder we get your good looks from that kind of thing.

And my mom was always loved to be charmed.

She was just that kind of woman.

But she wasn't arrogant.

She was just, she liked to be flattered.