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>> the defense wrapped up its case by calling matt and niques two daughters, rebecca, now 14, and amanda, 17. >> did you ever see your dad hit your mom? >> no. >> did you ever see any obvious injuries or bruises to your mom? >> no, sir. >> according to the girls, their mother was the one with the violent temper, not their dad. >> she took a heel and threw it. i myself had to duck from it. >> was it being thrown at your dad? >> yes. >> on the day nique made that 911 call, amanda said her mother c...

How does it go down? >> myself and detective washington were there and put the handcuffs on him. it felt pretty good. >> i raised my hands and said praise god. that was my reaction. >> in addition to facing a murder charge, matt leili was eventually charged with sexual assault and multiple counts of eavesdropping. a few weeks after his arrest, nique leilis daughters amanda and rebecca post aed a youtube video in support of their dad, saying that their mom hated her family and those same spiteful...

Dennis murphy: niques family knew the feeling. i raised my hands and said praise god. that was my reaction. dennis murphy: in addition to facing a murder charge, matt leili was eventually charged with sexual assault and multiple counts of eavesdropping. a few weeks after his arrest, nique leili daughters amanda and rebecca posted an edited video on youtube in support of their dad. in the video, the girls claimed that their mother hated her own family. and those same spiteful relatives were the p...

And amanda, 17. tom clegg: did you ever see your dad hit your mom? no. tom clegg: ok. did you ever see any obvious injuries or bruises to your mom? no, sir. dennis murphy: according to the girls, their mother was the one with the violent temper, not their dad. and she took a heel and threw it. and i, myself, had to duck from it. tom clegg: and was it being thrown at your dad? yes. dennis murphy: on the day nique made that 911 call, amanda said her mother complained about hearing voices in her he...

That was in february of 2012, almost seven months to the day after niques body was found. niques stepmother betty chatham says that move effectively ended all contact between niques 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. dennis murphy: five months later in the summer of 2012, the investigative file passed to cold case detectiv...

Rebecca 14 and amanda 17. >> did you ever see your dad hit your mom? >> no. >> did you ever see any obvious injuries or bruises to your mom? >> no, sir. >> reporter: according to the girls their mother was the one with the violent temper, not their dad. >> she took a heel and threw it and i myself had to duck from it. >> was it being thrown at your dad. >> yes. >> reporter: amanda said her mother complained about hearing voices in her head. >> she was pacing back and forth saying that she was ti...

Him down that day. >> they were. we had no idea. >> reporter: the plain clothes cops waited all day for just the right moment to make the move. how does it go down? >> we put the handcuffs on him, it felt pretty good. >> reporter: nikkis family knew the feeling. >> i raised my hands and said praise god. that was my reaction. >> reporter: in addition to facing a murder charge, matt was eventually charged with sexual assault and multiple counts of eaves dropping. a few weeks after his arrest nikki...