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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 niques body was found. niques stepmother, betty chatham, says the 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 girl...

>> as to count one, we the jury find the defendant guilty of murder. >> though not a sound came from nique leilis 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 didnt do it. and ill be filing an appeal. >> with that, the judge asked matt leili to rise and receive his sentence. >> im going to follow the states recommendation as to count one and ha...

Murder. >> though not a sod came from nique leilis 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 didnt do it. and ill be filing an appeal. >> with that, the judge asked matt leili to rise and receive his sentence. >> im going to follow the states recommendation as to count one and have you sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. >> ...

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 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. >> ...

Nique leilis 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 didnt do it. and ill be filing an appeal. >> with that, the judge asked matt leili to rise and receive his sentence. >> im going to follow the states recommendation as to count one and have you sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. >> it was a bittersweet ending for niques...

>> 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 didnt do it. and ill be filing an appeal. >> with that, the judge asked matt leili to rise and receive his sentence. >> im going to follow the states recommendation as to count one and have you sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. >> it was a bittersweet ending for niques family. theyll likely near see matt layly again. but as nique laylys ...

After months of reviewing more than a half million video clips, the best investigators could come up with was this. its a clip of nique leili walking onto the front porch to have a smoke just after midnight on july 9, 2011. 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 ...

Evidence, the video files from matts hard drives? they appeared to be useless. after months of reviewing more than a half million video clips, the best investigators could come up with was this. its a clip of nique leili walking onto the front porch to have a smoke just after midnight on july 9, 2011. 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 mo...

>> mr. leili, is there anything you want to say? >> i didnt do it. and ill be filing an appeal. >> with that, the judge asked matt leili to rise and receive his sentence. >> im going to follow the states recommendation as to count one and have you sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. >> it was a bittersweet ending for niques family. theyll likely near see matt layly again. but as nique laylys youngest girls left the courthouse to go back north with their grandfather, it seemed ju...