Stephanie Ramos

And then I got the phone call.

It took 24 years for Lauren to get the call she'd been waiting for.

By the time it came, a whole new generation of detectives was on the line

They reached out because they had new ideas, new investigative methods, and a new mindset about how to solve the crime.

And they said they knew who killed Leslie Prier.

He almost got away with it.

He almost got away with it.

Blood and Water is a production of ABC Audio and 2020.

Hosted by me, Stephanie Ramos.

Produced by Madeline Wood, Shane McKeon, and Kiara Powell.

With help from Emily Schutz and Caitlin Schiffer.

Edited by Gianna Palmer.

Our supervising producer is Susie Liu.

Music by Evan Viola.

Mixing and mastering by Bob Mallory.

Scoring by Kiara Powell.

Special thanks to Katie Dendaz, Janice Johnston, Sean Dooley, Chris Donovan, Camille Peterson, Christina Corbin, Gail Deutsch, Amanda Carr, Ellie Jostad, NG Adam, and Michelle Margulis.

Josh Cohan is our director of podcast programming.

Eamon McNiff is our executive producer.

When Lauren Prier was briefly allowed back into her parents' house on Drummond Avenue to collect some of her things while the investigation continued, the blood she saw offered a terrifying account of her mother's last moments.