where was nique leili?he suburban mom had been missing for a week when friends and family put together a search team. volunteers combed through the neighborhood hoping for any sign of her. then, a heart-breaking discovery in the woods not far from nique's home would turn the area into an active crime scene. here again is dennis murphy with "the house on sidney's cove." >> at first, it was the unnatural way the leaves were clumped that attracted attention. then, it was the hair. >> and i hear a scream from the woods. >> you hear a scream. >> yeah. and i tore off running into the woods. and then, when i got into the woods, her coworker alison was there, and she said, oh my god, it's her. we found her. there is her hair. >> how awful for you. >> yeah. >> nique leili's sister amy and her friend alison felt sure the body beneath the leaves had to be 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. >> within minutes, police, ambulan

nique. they don't even go to her funeral. he stops talking to police too. >> police say matt leili is not cooperating, refusing to meet with them. >> reporter: the case is growing cold. and worse yet -- the day before what would have been matt and nique's 14th anniversary, sidney's cove is being vacated. >> today we found two moving trucks in the driveway. >> reporter: matt leili is moving away from nique's accusing family. >> there is no recourse so we feel very helpless. >> reporter: and the questioning georgia cops. >> as far as restricting his movements, we don't have any right or reason to do that right now. >> reporter: starting a new life 1,000 miles away in a hilltop house in rural londonderry, vermont. and he is taking amanda and rebecca with him. well, he's gone away, alex, but the real downside is your sisters have gone away too. >> it breaks my heart. to be completely honest, it breaks me down. i practically helped raise those girls. >> reporter: time is moving. but the case is not. alex, nique's oldest daughter, is planning her wedding with no mother of the bride. the other two daughters are now teenagers. sydney's

. >> nique leili, a corporate executive who made time for romance and her three daughters. >> she wasest mom. >> then she disappeared.