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
It, my sister is dead, and i just im sorry. Inside a silent home, an eerie scene, water pouring through the rooms. You the water . Yes, it was disgusting. I saw her in the bathtub. Drowned . No. But clues would be hard to come by. Detective sanchez claims that by leaving her in the water, that washed away any dna. I thought it was just over, there was a dead end for me we would never talk about it. Not if this family could help it. There was still water in the tub, we pulled the drain and saw black scuff marks. A case that would see a key suspect skipped town. I was like, wow, youre going to alaska . And on earth dark deep from the past. She would wake up and he would be standing over her. Sinister stories. She told me he was following her. But justice was anything but smoking. Smoking. Cassy farrington was building a new life in the tiny desert hello and welcome to dateline. Cassy farrington was building a new life in the town she called home. The single mom had two kids, a doting boy
and that, i believe, was the defense strategy, that if you have enough of that, then the jury won t see through it. the jury retired to consider. oh, i was so nervous, i just paced up and down the halls, in and out. four hours later, they were called back into court. has the jury reached a verdict? we have, your honor. the defendant shall please rise. we find the defendant, bradley farrington, guilty of first-degree murder. when they announced their verdict? there was a lot of tears, a lot of sighs of relief. one of the deputy attorneys says, thank you for not giving up, thank you for pushing. and i said, how could i? it was my little girl. brad farrington was sentenced to life. no parole for at least 30 years. he s filed an appeal. cassy is but a memory now, and so, her parents remember their way through their pain to the good in her life. the kids live with brad s family now. and when we last spoke to chuck and darlene, their one hope was to see their
he said on the stand? oh, my. mr. farrington a suspect in your investigation? no, he was not. not my suspect, no. now that was shocking, because sanchez had told cassy s parents that brad was a suspect. he believed there was an altercation, a fight, and that he killed her and then took her and put her in the other tote. he told us that the day after her death? this is sanchez? this is what sanchez said. but now in court, sanchez told a different story altogether, which, if the jury believed it, would undermine the prosecution s entire case. i was focused already on mr. lee? mr. lee. mr. billy lee. why did you choose to focus on mr. lee? there was just too many discrepancies. remember, billy was cleared, had a solid alibi. but now the defense was using sanchez to raise doubt about who the real killer was. there s a lot of smoke here but no fire. mudles it up.