He told police that the night before she went missing, they had gone to dinner and a movie, but they got into an argument on the way home. Nique Leili (left) is shown here with her daughter Alex Peters (right) before Alex went to her high school prom.Īfter speaking to Nique Leili's sister Amy Robinson and father Doug Chatham, Matt Leili filed a missing person report.

July 9, 2011: Nique Leili Disappears From Her Home

Nique returned home that same day and things seemed to be getting back to normal – until two weeks later. Matt Leili then had their then-12-year-old daughter Amanda call Nique Leili to ask her to come home. Later that day, Nique Leili grabbed an already packed bag and left. The police came, but took no other action. On June 28, 2011, Nique Leili called 911 saying her husband refused to let her leave the house.

Worried that she might run off in a rage and get hurt, Matt Leili told police he hid audio recorders in her purse and tracked her cell phone. 'It was very uncomfortable all of the time, you know? He had a camera in the living that faced the couch, so if you wanted to sit down and watch TV, you were being monitored,' Alex Peters told ABC News' '20/20.'Īfter Nique disappeared, Matt Leili would later insist to police that he installed the cameras in part because he was worried that his wife had become mentally unstable. Their marriage was crumbling, and the two were seeing a counselor.Īlex Peters, Nique Leili's daughter from a previous marriage, said she moved out at 16 years old because she didn't like Matt and the cameras made her uneasy. In one of the audio recordings, Nique said they were $300,000 in debt. Their arguments were recorded on over 500,000 audio recordings, and it took investigators over a year and a half to listen to all of them.

Matt Leili, who worked in the security system business, installed 21 cameras throughout their house and spent much of his time watching the footage. But the two often fought over sex, money and Matt Leili's obsession with tracking her every move. Matt and Nique Leili lived with their daughters Amanda and Rebecca in Lawrenceville, Georgia.īoth 44, the couple was married for 13 years. These photos from Gwinnett County Police show some of the 21 surveillance cameras Matt Leili installed throughout his home.

Audio video forensics