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>> i called the d. a.s office, asked for a meeting to complain about the sheriffs department. >> and complain he did. forcefully, said chief deputy district attorney george zsoka. >> people got a little hot under the collar, the sheriff, the undersheriff were there. and lieutenant tavizon was also there. >> he and the others had to admit that lead detective, jose sanchez, had made mistakes, many mistakes. >> i had no reason to doubt him, but i should have. i should have micromanaged him. >> so m...

With cassys murder. but with no physical evidence tying him to the crime scene, could prosecutors prove it? here is keith morrison with the conclusion of "suspicion in silver city. " >> it was the day the brooks family feared theyd never see, brad farrington on trial for murdering cassy. >> i never thought we would get this far. >> too far? the prosecutors opening argument was a warning to the jury -- we dont have a lot. >> no one saw the defendant enter cassy farringtons home. no one saw the de...

Blue code, they called it. >> at first i didnt wanna believe it, but as time went on, it became more apparent that it seemed that way. >> why? maybe because the investigation of cassy farringtons murder had been going nowhere for so long, even while the family kept trying to tell the detective, sanchez, that a particular silver city cop killed cassy. but the detective hadnt done a thing about it. >> he never questioned him? >> huh-uh, and i asked him that. and he said he was trying to eliminate ...

Sanchez was off the case. and this ranch owner and veteran detective stepped in. >> i came in one day and i was told, "hey, were going to assign you to the -- to the cassy farrington case. " >> 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 cassys family told him about the city police officer who had never even been questioned about the murder. >> i knew it...

Months, all anyone could do was speculate. >> i thought it was over. i thought she was just dead and that was it and nothing was ever gonna be done about it. >> at the sheriffs office, investigative supervisor tavizon questioned his deputy, sanchez. why hadnt he even dusted for fingerprints? >> he said, no, he said, "its too clean. " to him it wasnt anything that wouldve been helpful to the investigation. >> kind of an assumption there, huh? >> well, i guess i would -- thats what you could call ...

>> 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 prosecutions 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...

A Quincy High School alum and Vietnam veteran received the Bronze Star Medal on April 17, 2021; 50 years after the event that earned him the recognition. In October of 1969, Vicente Sanchez Jr enlisted in the army. He completed basic training at Fort Lewis, now Joint Base Lewis-McChord, and went to Fort Gordon in Georgia for Army Initial Training for 18 weeks. His military occupations specialty was Avionics Mechanic, which included wire troubleshooting radios and navigational equipment on army ...