. >> reporter: nique leili's sister amy and her friend alison felt sure the body beneath the leaves had nique's. >> it was terrible. i think everybody was a little bit shocked. so i just kind of went into crisis mode and i called 911. >> reporter: within minutes police, ambulances and news cameras were converging on the patch of woods where the body was found. nique's mother, harriett garrett, says she heard the news when a cop told her she'd have to stop leafleting the neighborhood. >> someone in the neighborhood had complained. and while he is talking to me, his radio goes off. it's a dispatch. body has been found. >> you hear it over the dispatch. >> yes, sir. yes, sir. >> do you actually go to that place, in that little bit of woods? >> yes. well, i couldn't -- by the time i got there they already had the crime scene taped up. and i couldn't get any further. >> okay. we're going to move back. we're going to move back on down, guys. >> they had it isolated by that time. but i got to it as close as i could. >> reporter: soon harriet had nique's oldest daughter, alex, on the phone. >>