i never put my hands on her. and they never could prove that i did. reporter: after veech was sentenced, cassie s grandmother went to her grave with a message. i told cassie when we got back that we d finally put him away, and not to be afraid anymore. reporter: cassie would have turned 11 this year. julie hanie still looks at her picture. she ll never forget the little girl, who after so many years, finally got justice. such a cute little girl, randi. tough story to hear. so he got ten years in prison. he pleaded to this lesser charge, thought he could get between three and 12 1/2 years. they gave him almost the maximum amount. was he surprised by that? he was. he told us by phone he was shocked because he thought pleading to the lesser charge to manslaughter, he only admitted thoughtlessness, never actually admitted harming cassie or killing cassie but he thought he
with a get closer to the three years but he got the ten years. he also told us by phone he thought this was a witch hunt. he said this was just another notch in the belt for julie hanie, the investigator. he thought it was all about ego, that she tampered with evidence. she of course told us she didn t. one thing we did ask him was to tell us what happened that day. again, that morning. and he told us the same story, that he s been telling everyone for ten years, that she was in her highchair eating her cheerios, he went to get the phone and he heard a thud. you d think that sometimes being able to diagnose this level of head injury and what caused it would be easier, but sometimes it can be challenging. sounds like it was here. it was because initially they thought it was shaken baby and because this investigator had federal dollars and military experts at her disposal, she was able to have them look at the slides again at the autopsy and they realized they put it together that th
anymore. reporter: cassie would have turned 11 this year. julie hanie still looks at her picture. she ll never forget the little girl, who after so many years, finally got justice. such a cute little girl, randi. tough story to hear. so he got ten years in prison. he pleaded to this lesser charge, thought he could get between three and 12 1/2 years. they gave him almost the maximum amount. was he surprised by that? he was. he told us by phone he was shocked because he thought pleading to the lesser charge to manslaughter, he only admitted thoughtlessness, never actually admitted harming cassie or killing cassie but he thought he with a get closer to the three years but he got the ten years. he also told us by phone he thought this was a witch hunt. he said this was just another notch in the belt for julie hanie, the investigator. he thought it was all about ego, that she tampered with evidence. she of course told us she didn t. one thing we did ask him was to tell us what happene