detective sanchez claimed by leaving her in the water, it watched any a mint. i thought that she was gonna be dead in the water. we started looking for what happened. there was still water in the drug. we pulled the train and i saw blacks got marks. a case that would see the suspect leave town. and unearthed dark deeds from the past. she would wake up and he was be standing over her. that s creepy. sinister stories! she told me that he was following her. yet justice was anything but certain. you want that smoking gun. uh-huh. and there s just not one. hello and welcome to dateline. cassy farrington was building a new life. the single mom had two kids, a doting boyfriend and an exciting new job. but that future was washed away. cassy was found dead in her bathtub. cassy s parents set out to solve this mystery and would stop at nothing to get justice for her daughter. here is keith morrison with suspicion in silver city. out in the middle
don t think a 5-year-old makes that up. by then brad was no longer on the police force. and things weren t going so well for him. when sergeant watkins finished reviewing it all, police reports, his own interviews, what he felt was something like amazement. wow. nobody in this world is pointed out as having any reason to want to harm her other than brad. as long as she was alive, cassy had the kids and a new man and a great job. and he was losing everything. he no longer was working at the police department. you know, they hadn t reached any agreements on these kids. i think that was his way to take what he could from her. just say, hey, look. those kids are gonna they re not gonna have you. was watkins right? we asked to hear the farrington side of the story from brad or his family or both. we asked multiple times, but they told us they didn t want to be interviewed. anyway, for sergeant watkins, the evidence was too compelling to ignore, especially what came right out
died, the two had been separated for more than a year but were going through a nasty custody battle. as soon as we found out she was dead, we all thought it was him. cassy s family told detective watkins that cassy had been living in fear of brad for years and wasn t shy about saying so. he had her convinced he was gonna kill her. watkins listened to their stories. many stories. one, when cassy s mom was right there watching. he has her against the wall on her side, but he has her in a headlock. didn t you wanna call the police? yes, but i felt like if i did anything, he would hurt her. and she would wake up during the night and he d be in the dark, standing over her, watching her. that s creepy. yeah. that is the first time she said, he s going to kill me. and she really believed this?
sergeant jess watkins. see what you can find, they told him. first thing i did was i sit down, read through all the interviews, read through all the reports. and then he listened as cassy s family told him about the city police officer who had never even been questioned about the murder. i knew it was farrington that did it. brad farrington, cassy s estranged husband. when cassy died, the two had been separated for more than a year but were going through a nasty custody battle. as soon as we found out she was dead, we all thought it was him. cassy s family told detective watkins that cassy had been living in fear of brad for years and wasn t shy about saying so. he had her convinced he was gonna kill her. watkins listened to their stories. many stories. one, when cassy s mom was right there watching. he has her against the wall on her side, but he has her in a headlock. didn t you wanna call the
the kids loved him. uh-huh. tristan actually started calling him daddy david, which cassy would be like, you can t call him that. your dad s gonna get mad. and sure enough, said cassy s sister, he did. he expressed to cassy that he didn t like it. that the kids better not call him that. he blamed cassy for it. yeah. and a few weeks before cassy s death, she told her parents, son tristan came home from a visit with brad utterly terrified. they ask him, what s wrong, tristan? he says, daddy said he s gonna kill mommy and david. he was 5 years old. i don t think a 5-year-old makes that up. by then brad was no longer on the police force. and things weren t going so well for him. when sergeant watkins finished reviewing it all, police reports, his own interviews, what he felt was something like amazement. wow. nobody in this world is pointed out as having any reason to want to harm her other than brad. as long as she was alive, cassy had the kids and a new man