Stephanie Ramos

It's in one of the most educated, high-earning counties in the country.

So how far are we from where you and Leslie worked at the time?

Last year, I asked Leslie Preer's boss, Brett Brady, to show me the neighborhood where the Preers lived.

Now in his 60s, Brett drove me, retracing his journey from all those years ago.

On that day in 2001, when Leslie didn't show up for work, Brett had driven the long way to her house, checking side streets and Leslie's bus route.

If her bus had broken down, perhaps she'd been stranded by the road.

Is this basically, this is what it looked like back then?

Well, absolutely.

Like many other suburbs across the country, Chevy Chase is full of lush green lawns and lots of helpful signs telling you to look out for children playing and neighborhood watch.

The Priors lived on Drummond Avenue, where a row of large houses sit behind tall trees.

It's an area Brett Reedy knows like the back of his hand.

This one right here?

Oh, it's lovely.

I remember those days, too.

I was a patrol.

I was a fifth-grade patrol kid.

Right.

Leslie's daughter, the Prier's only child, had attended that same elementary school.

Brett said the reason he went to Leslie's house that day is because he knew the neighborhood so well.

Even the street they lived on was familiar.