and so with no compelling reason to stick around lawrenceville, matt layly moved back up north to vermont, to be closer to his family. that was in february of 2012, almost seven months to the day after nique s body was found. nique s stepmother, betty chatham, says the move effectively ended all contact between nique s family and her two youngest daughters amanda, 12, and rebecca 9. he was to provide us with a telephone number. he was to set up a skype account so that we could talk with the girls. nothing. packed up. moved. five months later in the summer of 2012, the investigative file passed to cold case detective sergeant john richter. i was actually in the homicide unit as a corporal when her body was found. does that stay with you? yeah, i would say that certain cases that stick with you. and this is one. at first richter did what all cold case detectives do. he re-interviewed witnesses. when that went nowhere, richter
as to count one, we the jury find the defendant guilty of murder. though not a sound came from nique leili s family, their expression said it all. thank you, sir. before passing sentence, the judge gave matt leili once last chance to have his say. mr. leili, is there anything you want to say? i didn t do it. and i ll be filing an appeal. with that, the judge asked matt leili to rise and receive his sentence. i m going to follow the state s recommendation as to count one and have you sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. it was a bittersweet ending for nique s family. they ll likely near see matt layly again. but as nique layly s youngest girls left the courthouse to go back north with their grandfather, it seemed just as likely that they would never see them again, either. they were my girls. i still love them to this day. taught them how to read. got them ready for school in the mornings. you d like to have a relationship with them. i would love
murder. though not a sod came from nique leili s family, their expression said it all. thank you, sir. before passing sentence, the judge gave matt leili once last chance to have his say. mr. leili, is there anything you want to say? i didn t do it. and i ll be filing an appeal. with that, the judge asked matt leili to rise and receive his sentence. i m going to follow the state s recommendation as to count one and have you sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. it was a bittersweet ending for nique s family. they ll likely near see matt layly again. but as nique layly s youngest girls left the courthouse to go back north with their grandfather, it seemed just as likely that they would never see them again, either. they were my girls. i still love them to this day. taught them how to read. got them ready for school in the mornings. you d like to have a relationship with them. i would love to have a relationship with them again. i don t know that that
the day she went missing. after that, nothing. what happened after midnight in that house? exactly. that was the million dollar question. the video files from midnight until 6:00 in the morning that day were corrupted, according to the tech guy who examined them. we could see footage, but what it was, it was very disjointed. most of it was not time stamped or it was not date stamped. so it was not in a manner that you could just go in and click play and just play through everything. the bottom line, the police had zero, nada, zilch. and so with no compelling reason to stick around lawrenceville, matt layly moved back up north to vermont, to be closer to his family. that was in february of 2012, almost seven months to the day after nique s body was found. nique s stepmother, betty chatham, says the move effectively ended all contact between nique s family and her two youngest daughters amanda, 12, and rebecca 9. he was to provide us with a telephone number.
the day she went missing. after that, nothing. what happened after midnight in that house? exactly. that was the million dollar question. the video files from midnight until 6:00 in the morning that day were corrupted, according to the tech guy who examined them. we could see footage, but what it was, it was very disjointed. most of it was not time stamped or it was not date stamped. so it was not in a manner that you could just go in and click play and just play through everything. the bottom line, the police had zero, nada, zilch. and so with no compelling reason to stick around lawrenceville, matt layly moved back up north to vermont, to be closer to his family. that was in february of 2012, almost seven months to the day after nique s body was found. nique s stepmother, betty chatham, says the move effectively ended all contact between nique s family and her two youngest daughters amanda, 12, and rebecca 9. he was to provide us with a