Leslie Preer and Christine Franke
Criminology27 Okt 2024

Leslie Preer and Christine Franke

On May 2nd, 2001, 50-year-old wife and mother Leslie Preer didn't show up to work. She was found dead in her Chevy Chase, Maryland home. One October 21st, 2001, 25-year-old Christine Franke was found dead inside her apartment in Orlando, Florida. Both cases would go unsolved for decades.

Join Mike and Morf as they discuss the cases of Leslie Preer and Christine Franke. Two unrelated murder cases that languished for years with no resolution. But, advancements in DNA technology, and more specifically, genetic genealogy was used to solve them both. The killers of Leslie and Christine were eventually revealed, and Leslie's family was shocked by who her killer turned about to be.

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