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 boyfriend, and exciting new job, but that future washed away when cassy was found dead in her bathtub. Unsatisfied with the police investigation, cassys parents set out to solve this mystery and would stop at nothing to get justice for their daughter. Here is Keith Morrison with suspicion in silver city. Out in the middle of new mexico, hours of Desert Highway from better known santa fe is an old mining town called silver city, and such an unusual place it is. Quirky would be a good word. There is a lot of history in silver city. A vast area of desert, on one side of town and lush greenery in the other. Fourth, fifth, sixth generation ranchers and silver miners coexist with art hippies and wideeyed newcomers. As we say, quirky. It is just lots of different perspectives, which is always fascinating. But of course, this is not a travel log, no. This is about what happened here, or more precisely, what happened there, inside that little house, to her. She was beaten from head to toe. She had bruises from the top of her head, down to her feet. Her name was Cassy Farrington , and what was done to her in the bathtub of her own house was dreadful. She has been in the bathtub. I can even do cpr. Statement it was also for a very long time, an unsolved mystery. Cassy brooks was her name then peered her mom and dad, darlene, and chuck. She was very, very outgoing, driven, motivated peers from the time she was a little kid . Yes. Straight as all the way through. Perfect grades. She lettered in five sports her senior year too. She was in the National Honor society, future Business Leaders of america. What sports did she play . Basketball, softball. She would never quit. I would have to make her take down time. Take a weekend on saturday or sunday and told her, okay, youre not doing anything. Youre going to town with me. You just pushed herself so hard. She aced high school in her three years and announced to her family she was going to be a doctor. And then, she was 16yearold, she had to tried what happened, but of course couldnt. She was pregnant. Med school was not going to happen. Then, with cassys siblings , the events kind of whizzed by peers she had a baby, got out of the hospital, graduated high school, got married and moved out in one month peers year. Statement superfast. But the marriage didnt last. By 22, cassy, now Cassy Farrington was on her own in silver city with two small kids, working as a nurse. In fact, she moved into a house owned by one of her nursing professors, this woman peers was she a good tenant . Oh yes. Always. She was awesome. Just around that time, chanel was heading toward a breakout with her husband, billy. He seemed to be very fond of her, saw her a lot, would help with work around the house. Pretty soon, a serious boyfriend came around for cassy, david berry. He was wonderful with children, that was something she really likes about him. They had a relationship that was fun. They were just building a life together. Especially on the morning of march 24th, 2014. Something billy lee had been trying to arrange for her came through. She had just been notified by billy lee that she was getting off the med surge lord, going to the er, the job she wanted. Cassy had just finished the Graveyard Shift when she called her mom to tell her the news. That was the job she always wanted. Yes. And then she went off to school, went home and had a nap. I had heard the shift was particularly difficult, so i texted her to go home to get some rest and was she got up to get the kids from school, they could come by and we would go get ice cream or something. The afternoon came, no cassy. I understand you have kids, who knows, 1 million things could have come up. And went cassy s parents got a call from their grandsons school to say she did not pick him up, they werent married peers i had just hoped she slept through her phone because she had worked graveyard the night before the hospital. Eventually, the request of the landlord to check on cassy, please peers i went my house from the hill, down this way, up here to go in and check on her through the back door. Which is where she noticed the strangest thing peers i looked to the door, there was water, you could see through the door there was just water rolling out and i knocked. Was it just coming out . No, just rolling out to the kitchen right there. It was very strange. As soon as i saw that, i knocked i called for cassy, nothing happened, so i had to go back to the other house to get vicki the key, and then i unlocked the door. Dread ripped her then, something bad in there and where was cassy . A home full of water, an ominous site, but nothing compared to what came next. Coming up. You are a nurse. You have seen lots of things. That cant have been easy. No. Went dateline continues. You can cuddle and brush that hair off. Bounce, its the sheet. Mom he gave us a break on our car insurance. And hell look after you two. Yep, with flexible payment options. Ok, but why is shaq coming too . To show you how its done. For a great low rate, go with the general. Stuck at the dmv, and i think im late on my car insurance. Good thing the general gives you a break with flexible payment options. Lets get you a break while you wait. What is this place . This is our dmvip. Vending machine charcuterie . For a great low rate, go with the general. And theyre all coming . For a great low rate, those who are still with us, yes. Grandpa whats this . Your wings. Light em up gentlemen, its a beautiful. Day to fly. Keith morrison voiceover something was clearly wrong inside this small home on the outskirts of silver city, new mexico. Ry s something was clearly w inside this small home on the outskirts of silver city, new mexico. Very strange. Turned out, lee, checking on her senate, Cassy Farrington , opened the back door and was confronted by water everywhere. And you hurt the Water Running . Yes, it was gushing, coming from the bathtub. So she ran to the master bedroom, intending to turn off the water, and there she was. I saw her in the bathtub. I did never seen anything like it. It was heaped up. And the waves were cresting and she was on the top. In the water . Yeah. She was upside down. Face down . Right. And youre a nurse, you have seen lots of things. But that cant have been easy. Know. At the time, you are just in emergency mode. You dont even stop to think. So, i just went and grabbed her and pulled her over to here and turned her over to see if there was something i could do to help her. I mean, it was kind of horrifying, because she was still in her nursing scrubs. And then, i checked to see if she had a pulse, and she didnt peers nothing to do now but call 911. And shes been in the bathtub. I cant even do cpr, shes stiff. So shes unresponsive right now . Shes dead as charnelle talked to the 911 dispatcher , she talked to the dispatcher and oh my god, why is the Water Running . I heard Water Running in the extra bathroom. So, charnelle ran into there and discovered other Water Running in the other bathroom too. The drain was unplugged. Charnelle noticed that the towel rack was broken. Totally yanked off the wall . Totally yanked off the wall. And then, that is her leaving a gaping hole or something . Yes. By then, the grant county sheriffs deputies arrived and they asked charnelle to leave. I thought water in the ground on the north side that had been coming out of the trailer. It was still dripping, in fact. Lieutenant was the supervising chief deputy. While his Lead Detective, jose sanchez, took charge of the scene and investigation, tavizon took a look around. No tire marks or anything like that . No. No sort of footprints or tire marks or anything . No, the way the ground is, the gravel was stiff. We saw what looked like a scuffle in the bathroom. Was told you that . There was a broken towel rack on the floor, a pair of glasses on the floor and from there, we went to the north end of the trailer. Her bed was made, had not been slept in here at her lunchbox, backpack, and purse were all on the foot of the bed. In other words, this was not a robbery . He did not look like it. They would have taken that stuff. There was a laptop in the bathroom and she was laying on the floor. At that point, i went out and called my superiors to inform them what we had. There is no getting over the phone call cassys parents got then. All i remember, she started screaming. Then, she told me they felt cassy dead in her home weird i just grabbed my car keys and we were out the door and gone, headed to silver. What was that drive like . It seemed like it took forever, but that was the fastest i had ever made that trip. What goes through your mind . Were just hoping they were wrong. Yeah, hoping they were wrong. But they arrived in time to watch cassy being carried away in a body bag. And then, dramatic as that was, as they stood there, lieutenant tavizon approached them and seemed to say to me it looked like she had taken her own life. Lieutenant tavizon mentioned to you how many times, three times . Three times in that evening. He brought up to preside and i said, she wasnt suicidal. As if he was trying to persuade you . It wasnt a suggestion that was made, it was a question that was asked. But sitting here, all this time later, lieutenant tavizon told us they must have on misunderstood him. You heard that they eventually decided that what you had done was suggest that it was was i . Well, yes. All i had done was asked the question. The young lady just does not die Out Of The Blue we consider a homicide until we are proven otherwise. Of course, there was that other matter that needed proving , who did this . Coming up, after just a few hours at the house, detectives leave the scene. How can you be done with your investigation that quick . So the family decides to do a little detecting of its own peers there was still water in the drain, we pulled the drain and there were black scuff marks. Went dateline continues. Thats better. And that. Even this. Dupixent is an addon treatment for specific types of moderatetosevere asthma. It works with your Asthma Medicine to help improve lung function. Thats pretty good dupixent is not for sudden breathing problems. Its proven to help prevent asthma attacks. It can reduce or even eliminate oral steroids. 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What was left clear, however, was exactly how her death was caused. Although did it leap out at you and say, somebody beat this girl strangled her . It was very suspicious, very suspicious. The sort of thing that could keep Crime Scene Investigators busy all night, swiping for dna, taking fingerprints, collecting all the bits of evidence come and yet, this was very strange. After just a few hours during which they did not do those things, the deputies left and told cassys family, go on it if you want. Yeah, they released the house. You can go on in. And they put their hand at the door, you can go in now. How can you be done with your investigation that quick . Odd. Not exactly normal protocol, especially since once people start walking in and out, the scene becomes highly compromised. Did you go in the house that day . Yeah, when they said you can go in the house, we went in. They were hoping to find some sign or clue to explain what happened to cassy , but they never imagined they would find evidence that the deputies just left behind. There was still water in the tub, so we pulled the drain. When we pulled the drain, we saw black scuff marks collect from shoes, black rubber shoes, in the tub. And where did those Go Scuff Marks come from . From a struggle. They also found cassys glasses and a hair ribbon near the broken towel rack. No one had bothered to collect them as evidence, so the family did. It is strange to have the family as a kind of csi. Was it shocking to you that you were gathering evidence . It was frustrating. Kind of like a tilt right off the top, this is not necessarily going to go anywhere. Deputies did return to the house the next day, though and discovered the carpet in her bedroom was gone. Billy lee, the landlord, goes in and starts ripping the carpet up. Wait a minute . Youve got a guy going in right after the first thing he does is start ripping the carpet out . It was soaking wet. That gets the attention of the lead investigator, sergeant sanchez, who by then already had a few reservations about mr. Lee. Why would he remove the carpet . To get rid of evidence . And what was his relationship with cassy . Mr. Lee told them, he really did not have any dealings with cassy, and later found out she had applied or a position in the Emergency Room and billy lee was the one that was helping her. That is what blue red flags up for sanchez here its why . Because he was thinking, maybe he was there to try to collect a favor for getting her the job. Did cassy reject billy lee and pay for terrible crimes . The Investigator Set Out to officially interrogate billy, but billy was gone. Had quit his job, left town, was far, far away in alaska, without his wife. I was like, wow. He is going to alaska. Maybe sanchez is onto something. That is exactly what people do, they get in trouble and take off to alaska, or someplace, mexico or something. But, for whatever reason, no effort was made to bring delete lee back to silver city for questioning, and investigators quickly turned their attention to another man in cassys life, her live in boyfriend, david berry. His behavior the first few days after her death was very strange, peculiar to me. I, myself, never saw him shed a tear. I was suspect with everyone that had any contact with her. I didnt trust anyone. At the funeral, cassys casket was left open to tell the world what was done to her, said her siblings. Her face was covered in bruises, her neck was a giant bruise and swollen. Her hands were black. But who had done it . For 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 going to 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 its too clean. To him, its nothing that would have been helpful to the investigation. Kind of an assumption there . Well, i guess thats what you could call it. Was the old expression, to assume makes an yes, exactly. So, zero physical evidence to point to anyone. The case of the murder in the bathtub went cold. Until . Until six months later, a particular friend, was suddenly gone just as suddenly reappeared. Time for a pertinent question or two. Coming up, billy lee back from alaska, admitting he and cassy were close. We were real good friends. But what will he say to this . Did you inflict any injuries to the victim on march 24th . When dateline continues. With its diamond weave texture, Charmin Ultra Strong cleans better with fewer sheets and less effort. Enjoy the go with charmin. My moderate to Severe Plaque Psoriasis held me back. 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