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The First 48 - Season 28 - Episode 04: Cassidy's Keys
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00:01This program documents actual homicide investigations.
00:05Criminal charges are often dropped or reduced,
00:07and all suspects shown are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
00:18A frigid Thursday afternoon in Midtown.
00:23Post, please.
00:24Yes, I need to file a missing persons report.
00:28Okay, who is this pressure?
00:29My daughter. Her name is Cassidy Ritchie.
00:32She hasn't had any contact with her family since Sunday afternoon.
00:37She doesn't answer her phone.
00:44Cassidy's mother says she's at her daughter's house.
00:48Okay, I would appreciate that.
01:16She says Cassidy's daughter spoke to her on the phone four days ago.
01:22And then that's the last that we heard from her.
01:2739-year-old Cassidy Richie was born and raised in Tulsa.
01:32A mother of four, she is a cashier at a local sandwich shop and recently got married to her husband,
01:39Chris.
01:47Cassidy has struggled with addiction for years, but has been working to turn her life around while her parents helped
01:53raise her children.
01:54But recently she's had a job for three or four years.
01:58She is doing a lot of things.
02:00She's leaving us in Nashville because we'll be friends with her and then she'll move to town.
02:04She says Cassidy has known her husband, Chris Moreland, for about seven months.
02:09They got married only three weeks ago.
02:12After their recent marriage, Chris moved in with Cassidy and her roommates.
02:17Are you guys the last person to see her?
02:19I know.
02:21I can knock on the door and see if he wants to talk.
02:32Hey man.
02:33So?
02:37Today's?
02:38Well, today's Thursday, so Tuesday.
02:40Tuesday?
02:40It was two days ago.
02:42What time?
02:43In the evening.
02:44I am to my God.
02:46We had an argument.
02:48And she said she wanted to go to her friend's house.
02:51Chris says Cassidy drove off in her light blue minivan.
02:55So I got arrived with my friends.
02:58I came here.
02:59You don't have any reason to think that there's anything in the end.
03:02wrong with her?
03:03No.
03:05Don't you think it's odd, though,
03:06that she has to talk to you and take this time?
03:08Yeah, but, I mean, we were just, we had odds.
03:10So she said, give me some space.
03:12And I, that's what I'm respecting.
03:16Man, I appreciate you coming out here and talking to me.
03:20Oh, it's my duty.
03:21It's not like it, baby.
03:23All right, take care.
03:24You too.
03:26You got to turn it off.
03:28No, he seems a little, uh, not so long.
03:31Yeah.
03:32Yeah.
03:33That's so fun.
03:35I'll run him.
03:4449-year-old Chris Moreland Jr. lived in Los Angeles in Texas
03:48before moving to Tulsa a year and a half ago.
03:51He's gone fully working out.
03:54He has an outstanding felony warrant for theft
03:57out of Medina County, Texas.
04:00He's gone.
04:01He's gone.
04:02He's gone.
04:02Hey, Chris.
04:04Hello.
04:05You're still.
04:06You've got a warrant for your arrest.
04:08Turn around the head behind the back.
04:12What?
04:14You guys need warrants out of Texas.
04:16You want to pat him down?
04:18Yeah.
04:24Come here.
04:33What's this key to?
04:35That's the second car key.
04:37Chris says he has a spare key to Cassidy's van.
04:42You're going to come sit in front of me.
04:49You think we should take him to detectives and let them talk to him first?
04:53I feel like this is something, but it's going to turn out more than in his way.
04:58Yes.
05:07For homicide detectives, their chance of solving a murder is cut in half if they don't get a lead within
05:14the first 48 hours.
05:34We have a 39-year-old woman that's been missing for the last couple of days named Cassidy Richie.
05:40This is technically a missing persons case, which goes to our crime scene unit.
05:45Sergeant Campbell brought it to us because we're very concerned about Cassidy's safety.
05:49Detective Max Ryden will work with crime scene Sergeant Joe Campbell to investigate Cassidy's disappearance.
05:56Her light blue Chrysler Pacifica is also missing.
06:00The car has not shown up on block since Sunday, which was also the last time anybody spoke to her.
06:05The family said that the last person that Cassidy was seen with was her husband, Chris.
06:14You ready, Joseph?
06:16Ready.
06:18Chris?
06:19Yeah.
06:20How you doing, sir?
06:21Good.
06:21I'm Detective Ryan.
06:23Sergeant Campbell.
06:25You're married, is that correct?
06:26To Cassidy?
06:28Yeah.
06:29Okay.
06:29When did you meet her?
06:32About seven, eight months ago.
06:33I used to go frequent her.
06:35She worked a liquor store.
06:37She was a cashier.
06:39Beautiful person.
06:40Great personality.
06:43She was on drugs.
06:45Chris says that he and Cassidy connected over their past struggles with drug and alcohol
06:50addiction.
06:51She quit working at Jubilee and she quit drinking.
06:55Okay.
06:56I was doing the same thing.
06:58I went through a program and we both go to church.
07:03Okay.
07:04So I know I talked to patrol officers and they said that there was some kind of disagreement,
07:08fight or something earlier this week.
07:10So tell me about that.
07:11What was it over?
07:12Um, an STD.
07:15Two days ago.
07:17She had bumps.
07:18So I asked her to please if you can see what it is, try to find out.
07:23She went to urgent care.
07:26That's how we found it.
07:28What STD is it?
07:30Herpes.
07:32Okay.
07:33Did she have this STD before or are you thinking she's cheated on you since you got married?
07:37I believe she had it before.
07:39Okay.
07:39She just didn't tell you?
07:40I didn't tell you.
07:41So that's what you're upset about.
07:43Yeah.
07:44So we kind of argued about that and we were being a little loud.
07:49And the roommates weren't, you know, we didn't want to bother them.
07:53Okay.
07:54We got in the car.
07:56I'd say about seven, eight o'clock.
07:58We went to like 11 Domingo, little park with the pond that's right there.
08:03We decided to talk and she said she wanted to go have some time apart.
08:12And I said, okay.
08:13So I got out of the car and I walked down the street and I called a friend of mine.
08:18Who did you call?
08:21He gives detectives his friend's name and phone number.
08:25Pick me up.
08:27Okay.
08:27And then where does he take you?
08:29Back to the house.
08:31Okay.
08:32So my understanding is Cassidy has not returned since.
08:35No.
08:37Okay.
08:37Have you texted her at all?
08:39Yes.
08:40I mean, did she say where she's at?
08:42No.
08:42Well, she hasn't responded.
08:45You tried to call her?
08:47Mm-hmm.
08:48Yeah.
08:49It goes straight to worse now.
08:51So where would she have gone since Tuesday?
08:54I don't know.
08:55I thought there was a possibility she may have went to a friend's house.
08:58I don't know all her friends.
09:02So she hasn't answered in basically two days.
09:08What do you think's going on?
09:10I don't know.
09:12Is there any reason she would not contact her kids?
09:16Not that I know of, no.
09:18Okay.
09:19How many car keys are to the Pacifica?
09:21Two.
09:22And you have one.
09:25Why'd you get this mark underneath your eye?
09:27I don't know, man.
09:29I mean, you understand what we investigate.
09:31Mm-hmm.
09:32I have to find her.
09:33Just wanted to think.
09:34She's alive or she's dead.
09:37Hopefully, she's alive.
09:40You know, I want to find her alive more than anything.
09:43You too.
09:44All right, thanks, sir.
09:45Appreciate it.
09:55What do you think?
09:56I mean, she gives him herpes, and then that day, she goes missing?
10:02I got a gut feeling this isn't good.
10:05If she's got herpes, or she get it from somebody that he suspects she's having to repair with.
10:10Well, that's what I asked him.
10:11He said she's just always had it.
10:13She's always had it.
10:15So what's he upset about?
10:17I don't know.
10:19Let's go tell you.
10:23Hey, Chris.
10:24This is Dr. Brown, my partner.
10:26Chris, how you doing, sir?
10:29So the fight, are you 100% it's Tuesday?
10:32Today's Thursday.
10:35May have been Monday, but I thought it was Tuesday.
10:38Was it the same day you went to urgent care?
10:41No, it wasn't the same day.
10:43What day did you go to urgent care?
10:45I can't remember.
10:47I think it was last week.
10:49Chris now says Cassidy went to urgent care, not Tuesday, but last week.
10:55Okay, so you went to urgent care and found out about herpes last week.
10:59Yeah.
11:00Had a conversation.
11:01Conversation.
11:02Tell me about what then, this week, led you guys to driving away from the residence.
11:07What reignited it?
11:09She had like, you know, photos and inappropriate texts with someone else.
11:17And what were the messages?
11:19Uh, basically, did you enjoy last night?
11:22Okay.
11:23So you're, let's keep it real, Chris.
11:25Your fight wasn't over herpes.
11:26It wasn't because she was cheating on you.
11:28Yeah.
11:30Do you know who with?
11:31Yeah.
11:31Because maybe she's with that dude and I go talk to him.
11:33I don't know.
11:35What day was, did you see those messages and that fight happen?
11:39Uh, night, on Tuesday.
11:44Two days ago?
11:45Yeah.
11:46Okay.
11:48Where were you guys when this argument took place?
11:50At the house.
11:51Okay.
11:52Um, so you are here at the house.
11:55Then what happens?
11:56We left and went to the 11th Domingo to that little park where the bond is at.
12:00And we had a conversation.
12:04Here's my thought.
12:05If I'm flipping through my wife's phone and I see my wife is stepping outside of our marriage, I'm going
12:15to be a little pissed.
12:16Yeah.
12:18Is it right to say you're pretty much pissed?
12:20Yeah, I was a little upset.
12:22I would assume that voices were raised.
12:25I don't too much raise my voice.
12:29I don't think you raised her voice in the house because of roommates, but you guys got in the car
12:33and left.
12:34She's never been seen since.
12:37I'm going to ask you point blank.
12:39I'm going to ask you point blank.
12:39Is Cassidy dead?
13:01Did you hurt her?
13:03No.
13:04Did she get hit during this fight?
13:05No.
13:14All right.
13:16Sit tight.
13:24There's two options.
13:25She's dead or she's with a new boyfriend.
13:29Um, hey, can you call, um...
13:31Ryden asks Campbell to reach out to the friend who Chris said drove him home.
13:35Call him and say, hey, did you pick him up?
13:37Where'd you pick him up?
13:38Was he out of breath?
13:39Was he beat up?
13:40And did he say anything about the girl?
13:41Go from there.
13:42Got it.
13:43I want all the roommates down here.
13:45I want to put them on tape.
13:59An hour and a half later...
14:00We'll go in there and see what they have to say.
14:03Cassidy and Chris's roommates agree to be interviewed.
14:07I'm Sector Ryden.
14:09I'm the lead investigator on this case, and I just got some questions to ask you.
14:13How long have Cassidy and Chris lived at the house?
14:17A month at the max, because they only just got married like three weeks ago.
14:21They shared a room with my sister.
14:23Okay.
14:24Got it.
14:25So how long have you known Cassidy?
14:27I've known Cassidy since I started work at a liquor store that she worked at.
14:31She says she's known Cassidy for 12 years and that they're best friends.
14:36What kind of person is she?
14:37She's a loving, fun, good, you know, just a good person, got a good heart.
14:42You know, there's nothing she wouldn't do for somebody.
14:45Okay.
14:46So she meets Chris.
14:48Mm-hmm.
14:48Does anything change in her life, personality, or anything like that?
14:52Oh, yeah.
14:52Her own demeanor changes.
14:53Tell me.
14:54She's, you know, she's constantly with him all the time.
14:58It's Chris, Chris, Chris, Chris, Chris, you know.
15:00My sister has seen a lot more than I saw because she stayed in that room.
15:03And I'll talk to her next.
15:06So would Cassidy confide in you if she found another man?
15:10Because I have information that she was now seeing someone else.
15:13I think she would confide in me and that's just not Cassidy's style.
15:17She took her marriage very seriously.
15:20Uh, any alcohol or drug problems?
15:22She has, she's a shrinker.
15:24Does he have a drug or alcohol problem?
15:26I've seen him drink a lot.
15:28Okay.
15:28Have you ever seen the two of them get in a physical fight?
15:31I have not, sir.
15:32Have you seen them get in a verbal fight?
15:35Yes.
15:37They were really loud.
15:39So what was the last time you physically saw Cassidy at the house?
15:43Today is Thursday.
15:44Last Friday night.
15:45She says she last saw Cassidy at the house six days ago.
15:49Four days before Chris claimed they left.
15:52Tell me about that.
15:54She was there, you know.
15:55She had a black eye.
15:57This eye.
15:58Did you ask her about it?
16:00I tried to, but he was like right there.
16:02She really couldn't talk about it.
16:04Did she seem scared?
16:05Yes.
16:07They just hung out in their room all day long until they left to go wherever they went.
16:10She says Cassidy and Chris left the house late that night.
16:14I want to say about 12, 30, one o'clock maybe.
16:19When's the next time you see Chris?
16:23He showed up yesterday out of the blue.
16:25She says Wednesday morning, Chris came back to the house, alone.
16:30What did he say happened to her?
16:32He didn't.
16:33He slept the whole day.
16:35You, that's kind of a weird question.
16:36The car.
16:38Pacifica?
16:39Mm-hmm.
16:39Which I guess belongs to her.
16:41How many keys did you ever see with the car?
16:44One.
16:45Have you seen this set before?
16:49Yeah.
16:50Is this the only one you've ever seen?
16:52Okay.
16:53Mrs. Conover, sure.
16:55Okay.
16:55Well, I appreciate it.
16:56We'll walk you out.
17:05Perfect.
17:07Thank you, ma'am.
17:09I'm Inspector Bryden.
17:10The way I understand it is you share a room with Cassidy and Chris.
17:14Right.
17:15When was the last time you saw Cassidy?
17:18It was Friday night.
17:20They had been arguing back and forth all day.
17:24Okay.
17:25What were they arguing about?
17:27The past people that she'd been with.
17:29Sex-wise?
17:30Yeah.
17:31It seems like he's a very jealous person.
17:33Very.
17:33And controlling.
17:35He even went to the restroom with her when she had to go to the restroom.
17:40Power.
17:41Everything.
17:42She was never alone.
17:44Okay.
17:44And had you heard any fights in reference?
17:47Him actually seeing messages on her phone that indicated that she was cheating.
17:51Yes.
17:52How long ago?
17:53I want to say Wednesday or Thursday.
17:56So a couple of days before they left?
17:59Yeah.
17:59She cried the whole time.
18:01Okay.
18:01And she's like, no, that's not true.
18:03That's not true.
18:04And I did notice that she had a black eye.
18:08Do you know when she got that?
18:10I don't know.
18:11I mean, he was always calling her bitch, you know,
18:14mother .
18:16You know.
18:17And more or less, he was pissed off all the time.
18:20Since you live in the same room, did you ever see it get physical?
18:24From my side to her side, they put sheets.
18:26No, I understand.
18:27I mean, I could hear it.
18:28How often would that happen?
18:31It's not every day, every other day.
18:33Okay.
18:37Does that look familiar?
18:38This casket's keys.
18:40She always hung it up on the nail on her side.
18:44Did you ever see a second key to that car ever?
18:46No.
18:49Okay, thank you.
18:50I'll walk you back out.
18:58This timeline isn't even right.
18:59From Friday at midnight until yesterday,
19:03he never was at that residence.
19:04They say this is her key ring.
19:06There's only one set.
19:08Well, you can't say she drove off and you have keys.
19:11Exactly.
19:11So, we'll see.
19:13I mean, he's probably gonna lie to me more,
19:15but at least we'll get the lies on tape.
19:18John, you ready?
19:19Yes, sir.
19:22Hey, Chris.
19:25So, I've talked to all the other roommates.
19:29I was told by your roommates that you and Cassidy
19:32fight every single day.
19:36We have, yeah.
19:38Sometimes, those get physical.
19:40Yeah, they did.
19:42And they gave the impression that Cassidy
19:44could not do anything without you right by her.
19:47Yeah, we were always, we were inseparable.
19:50Okay.
19:51So...
19:53Here's the deal, Chris.
19:54Your timeline is nowhere near correct.
19:57You told me you left on Tuesday.
19:59Your roommates said,
20:00Friday, you guys leave.
20:02Never see Cassidy again.
20:04That doesn't make sense.
20:06Your story doesn't make sense.
20:10This key...
20:13They said there's one key to that car,
20:15and that's her key chain.
20:16One says it's hung up at the same spot
20:18in the bedroom all the time.
20:19They go, there's only one key.
20:21Let's not bullshit each other.
20:24I think you know exactly where the car is,
20:26and I think you know exactly where Cassidy is.
20:45What's this?
20:47So, you can do one of two things.
20:49You can go, I ain't gonna say .
20:50Or you can just do the right thing and go,
20:52I'll tell you what's going on,
20:54I'll take you to her.
20:55Because her family and her kids need some closure.
20:58Let's not each other.
20:59I didn't do that.
21:10You got the outstanding warrant.
21:11You're going to go to jail tonight.
21:13You'll be in Tulsa for a little bit.
21:14They're not going to extra detroit away.
21:15That's not a fast process by any means.
21:18So, OK?
21:27Then.
21:29Give us some good news, Joe.
21:31Campbell got a hold of the friend who Chris said
21:33took him home after Cassidy drove off.
21:36Like, oh, and he's like, he knows of a Chris,
21:39but they're not friends.
21:40And he never called him to ask him for a ride or for anything.
21:43So his alibi doesn't check at all.
21:45Yeah.
21:46Well, I think she's dead, and he killed her.
21:48But until we find our body, we can't prove that.
21:51We put her and the vehicle on blast in the media.
21:55So we have everybody in Tulsa that will,
21:57if they see it, they'll call us.
21:58We're just trying to find her.
22:12The next day.
22:13Got a tip last night where Cassidy's vehicle was at.
22:17A driver spotted Cassidy's van on the side of the highway,
22:2118 miles from Cassidy's home.
22:24So we're going to go see if there's a body in it.
22:27All right, are you ready?
22:28Yeah.
22:34So we know she was live on Sunday,
22:36because the daughter talked to her on the phone.
22:39Sunday to Tuesday, something happened.
22:42Oh, yeah.
22:44The last thing that we need to do is find Cassidy.
22:47I think it's just right on the highway,
22:50right on the side of the road.
23:15There's no body.
23:16You can see in the back, there's no body.
23:20And we're going to have to have a search warrant.
23:22Without proof that Cassidy is dead,
23:24detectives need a warrant to search her car.
23:29That thing heading up, is that women or men's?
23:34That was the men's clothes there.
23:37He's been in this car.
23:38Yeah.
23:42He's got a gas tank in there.
23:44I guarantee he's doesn't have to drop a gas in it.
23:46I think he's leaving town and he ran out of gas.
23:49Here, look at this side.
23:56You got sticks and grass and stuff under that axle.
24:00Yeah.
24:01Look at this.
24:03Yeah.
24:04I think he went off road wherever he dumped the body.
24:11He wrecked the car and he basically was leaving in the car.
24:18You still got to find the victim.
24:21He's just figuring out where they went off the road.
24:24Yeah.
24:26Well, Reggie, do you mind towing it?
24:28Oh, I got it.
24:29The van will be towed to headquarters
24:32while the team works on the warrant.
24:37He could have dumped her body.
24:39Anywhere.
24:39Anywhere.
24:40I mean, out here in this area,
24:42there's so much vacant land to dump a body.
25:00The next day.
25:04Get him.
25:05All right.
25:05As detectives continue to search for Cassidy's body.
25:09All righty.
25:10Bye.
25:12Kunzweiler called me.
25:13Watkins gets a call from District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler.
25:18He said he's going to be here.
25:20The pastor, who married Chris and Cassidy three weeks ago,
25:23called Kunzweiler and said he had information about the case.
25:28I'm going to talk to the pastor.
25:33Hello?
25:33This is Detective Rodenthal's police department.
25:37Yes, sir.
25:37I got your number from Steve Kunzweiler.
25:40He said you had information possibly pertinent to Cassidy.
25:43Yes.
25:45I have a guy who went and picked up Chris from the car.
26:03You have this gentleman with you?
26:05Yeah, I have him with me at church.
26:08Awesome.
26:08We'll be there as soon as we can.
26:10All right.
26:11Thank you, sir.
26:11Bye-bye.
26:12Bye-bye.
26:14That's pretty freaking big.
26:16Booyah.
26:24Hi.
26:26Next ride.
26:27Nice to meet you.
26:28You bet.
26:29Come on in here, guys.
26:30The pastor introduces detectives to the witness.
26:33How are you doing today?
26:34Who is not the friend Chris Moreland claimed gave him a ride home.
26:39So how long have you known Chris?
26:41I mean, just a few months.
26:42But we were doing friends, and he comes from kind of the same background as me.
26:47He says he met Chris through the church sobriety program.
26:51You know Cassidy?
26:52Yeah, I know Cassidy.
26:54I met her here at church.
26:55Uh-huh.
26:57So tell me what you know.
27:00Tuesday.
27:01He messaged me.
27:02I'll just let you look.
27:03He shows Ryden text messages between Chris and him on Tuesday afternoon.
27:09Okay.
27:10I'm going to read out loud.
27:10Chris, hey brother, what's up?
27:13Are you busy right now?
27:14Yeah, we're getting more kids.
27:15Why, what's up?
27:16Okay, we'll talk to you later.
27:18Hit me up when you get home.
27:20Will do.
27:20That evening, the witness texted Chris back.
27:24Hey, sir, today was a long day.
27:26I just want to check in and see what's up.
27:28But got no response.
27:30The next day is Wednesday.
27:32Chris, hey brother, I need a ride.
27:34I'm stuck out by the highway.
27:36And then that's why I told him, I will come get you.
27:40When I pulled up, he was at the car, the blue one.
27:45Was he by himself?
27:46Yes.
27:47When I pulled up, he kind of, he was at the back of the car.
27:50Okay.
27:51And I really like, I kind of like, seemed weird to me.
27:55And I asked him, I was like, did you stay the night in the car?
27:58Uh-huh.
27:58And he said, yeah.
28:01Um, did he bring it past you, or did you ask, hey,
28:04where's your woman, or anything like that?
28:06I didn't.
28:07I could just tell someone was off with him.
28:10So I kind of, I kind of just let it be.
28:13I was like, I'm there for you if you need.
28:16Okay.
28:17Where'd you take him?
28:18I took him to his house.
28:20And that was on Wednesday?
28:21That was on Wednesday.
28:23That's pretty much it.
28:24Okay, thanks, sir.
28:33Chris says that she left in the car on Tuesday,
28:37and he'd never seen her since.
28:39But our witness said on Tuesday, Chris needed
28:42to ride from where the car was found,
28:45a car that he was never supposed to be in,
28:47which totally debunks Chris's story.
28:56As the first 48 ticks down.
29:00Well, I think she's dead, and he killed her.
29:03But he's only going to tell the truth
29:04until we can say we found a body just the way it is.
29:10We get the body back for the family,
29:11so the family can start the healing process.
29:31Four days after Cassidy was reported missing.
29:35We're going to search the Chrysler Pacifica.
29:38The team finally has a signed search warrant for her van.
29:43Let me get done with the swab and photograph the insides.
29:46And then we can start going through the car a little bit more.
30:10Look over there.
30:12And that's how you see it.
30:16Oh, that's blood.
30:17Thinking that's blood.
30:18Yeah, that's 100%.
30:24That is not a blanket.
30:34There's a body covered and wrapped up.
30:39Are you serious?
30:40Yep.
30:42My heart just sank.
30:43Are you serious?
30:44Are you like me?
30:45No.
30:46Right there.
31:03That's a body.
31:06That's not a positive idea yet.
31:09Yeah.
31:17Look, right there.
31:21Oh, yeah.
31:23She's like crisscross and applesauce with her legs.
31:27Yeah.
31:27Looks like a jacket or something's kind
31:29of wrapped around her head.
31:32She wedged her in there so she could be covered up in that scene.
31:37We're going to have to bring her out.
31:39Yeah.
31:40All right.
32:04What's her?
32:09I found Cassidy in the car, so there's no doubt about it that Chris killed her.
32:17Got some confusions, aren't they?
32:21They'll perform an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
32:24But I think Chris beat her to death.
32:29Ryden reaches out to Cassidy's mother.
32:32Hello.
32:33Cheryl.
32:34Yes.
32:35Tell me when you can talk when you're comfortable.
32:37OK.
32:40I'm not ready.
32:41I'm not ready.
32:43I'm not ready.
32:47I'm not ready.
32:50Go ahead.
32:51Yeah.
32:51I'm sorry to just throw the phone, but you said you wanted to know.
32:54After we were very thorough and we eventually got in the car legally
32:57and we processed it completely, Cassidy is in the back of this car.
33:02I'm sorry.
33:04OK.
33:04I can't talk anymore right now.
33:05I'll call you back.
33:07OK.
33:08Bye.
33:13Chris, I guess he just thinks we're not good at our jobs.
33:15I mean, this wasn't rocket science.
33:17We find the car.
33:17We found her.
33:19He's been wasting a lot of time and a lot of people's emotions that he
33:22could have just been a decent human being, but he's really not.
33:31The next day, I spoke to the medical examiner that completed Cassidy's autopsy, learned that
33:38she had multiple blunt force trauma to her face, all over her body, head, and had some
33:46crack ribs.
33:47There was no weapon used.
33:48So she basically was beaten to death.
33:53And autopsy showed she was beaten over time.
33:55So I think that he beat her up on a daily basis, which is really sad.
34:02Sergeant Campbell continued with the crime scene to search the vehicle and was able to
34:07recover Cassidy's cell phone.
34:09Chris had claimed that the reason they were fighting during that time frame was because
34:13Cassidy was possibly cheating on him after recovering her phone and reviewing the data.
34:18There was no evidence that she had been cheating on him.
34:20So it seemed like he just needed to make an excuse of why he did what he did.
34:25I went over to the jail to see Chris wanted to give his side of the story.
34:28I told him that we'd found Cassidy, put his head down, refused to talk.
34:33And I told him we were going to charge him with the first free murder.
34:38I worked about 50 murders right now.
34:41I usually have a top five people on my list of top five.
34:45And then he makes the top five evil people I've dealt with.
34:55One week after Chris was charged with Cassidy's murder.
34:59I was contacted last night and learned that Chris wants to talk to the detectives today.
35:05I hope Chris wants to tell us the truth of what happened to Cassidy.
35:08So we'll see.
35:10Let's go, Jay.
35:15Chris.
35:18The ball's in your court.
35:19If you want to tell us what really happened, I'd like to know it.
35:22So can you tell me from Friday until the time we found you on Thursday of what happened?
35:28Because you guys left on Friday.
35:31Yeah, we were in the car.
35:34I think it was Sunday.
35:36We were at that park, the little park right there off of Mingo.
35:39We were in the car and, you know, we obviously we had numerous fights, obviously.
35:50We were in love, though, too, you know, and, you know, we fought.
35:58And, uh, I'm a big dude.
36:06I got scared.
36:09Because I thought I heard her, you know.
36:16When I went and got gas, I came back and she wasn't breathing.
36:21She stopped breathing, brother.
36:24Well, tell me how she stopped breathing.
36:27I mean...
36:27She was in the back and I don't know.
36:32Put it this way, Chris.
36:32She was beaten to death.
36:35She has all sorts of bruising.
36:37Her ribs are broken.
36:39We just can't say she stopped breathing.
36:43I mean, first off, I still think there's a little bit more about what the argument was about.
36:50Try to paint the picture for me.
36:53It was, like, about infidelity and stuff.
36:58Okay.
36:59Her phone didn't have anything about infidelity, didn't have any pictures of other men.
37:07What was it that made you guys get really physical?
37:12When I got really mad was when she elbowed me in the eye.
37:16Because that's how you got the eye thing?
37:18Yeah.
37:19I kind of grabbed her and, you know, what the f*** is she doing?
37:22And she kneed me in my side.
37:25And I was trying to turn around and go back to the front seat.
37:29And she was kicking me.
37:31Okay.
37:35Um...
37:35And that's pretty much when it all went bad.
37:39What happened?
37:57Did you hit her?
37:59Yeah, a few times.
38:03She was basically assaulted to death.
38:05She was punched so many times that she died of those injuries.
38:10Was that consistent with what happened?
38:12Yeah.
38:15How long was the fight?
38:17She's a little girl.
38:18Yeah.
38:19Not long at all.
38:21She was slumped over and I tried to get a response from her and I couldn't get no response.
38:29I know CPR, so I tried to do CPR on her and I couldn't get her to start breathing and
38:36I panicked.
38:38So what did you do next?
38:41I just drove towards, like, the Hard Rock Casino.
38:45And, um, I fell asleep on the wheel.
38:49That's when I wrecked the car.
38:53So then what happens?
38:55And then some guys in the truck helped me get the car up.
38:59So then how did it end up on the highway?
39:01Tell me about that.
39:01I drove to the highway and then it stopped running.
39:04Okay.
39:05So then what happens?
39:06You're stuck on the highway with Cassidy and a car doesn't work.
39:09I called.
39:10He says that's when he texted his friend for a ride.
39:14That was on Tuesday, I know.
39:16Yeah.
39:17Did you have to spend the night in the car on Tuesday?
39:19I did.
39:20Because he couldn't come until Wednesday?
39:21Yeah.
39:22And, um, he came and helped me pick me up.
39:27So explain why you didn't tell the truth the first day or the second or the third.
39:33I panicked.
39:34You know.
39:37And why are you telling us the truth now?
39:39Because it was an accident.
39:42I don't know about the accident part.
39:44I think you were pissed.
39:46You didn't mean for her to die, but the attack caused me.
39:50You admit that?
39:52Okay.
39:56All right.
39:57We'll take you back.
39:58Okay?
39:59Thanks, sir.
40:04I think we all know what happened in the end.
40:06Chris.
40:06Salted her on a daily basis, then went too far one day and ended up killing her.
40:10He was trying to get rid of the body, and thank goodness something made him wreck the car
40:15and was unable to do that, and that's the reason this case was solved.
40:18So maybe some divine intervention happened here that made it where he couldn't get away
40:21with what he'd done.
40:24And doing this violence is a bad cycle.
40:26Just a pattern of behavior that a lot of the victims can't get out of, and then it only
40:29takes moments for it to go bad.
40:32I'm just glad that Chris is not out there, so he can't do this to any other woman.
40:34He's not out there.
40:36I am.
40:51I find a good life, so hisnadze was about to go bad.
40:53So he's dead today.
40:53He's dead today, and he's dead today.
40:55He has not done anything.
40:56He has not done anything.
40:56He's dead today.
40:56He's dead today.
40:58He's dead today.
41:00He knows.
41:02These days, he's dead today.
41:03He's dead today because we're not even sure.
41:04It's actually been a year since we lost Cassidy and we just wanted to make sure
41:11that she wasn't forgotten, that we're still thinking about her, we still love her.
41:17She was the world's greatest sister, I'll tell you that. You know she was always fun
41:21to be around, light up her room like nothing. She had a great soul.
41:26I miss her advice and her opinion. Whether I wanted to hear it or not, she
41:32would tell me you know the truth. She was great, you know she's the best mom that
41:37any mom could be. I don't go by, I don't think of her. She's never gonna see me get
41:43married, she's never gonna see me have a kid, she's never gonna see me like do
41:49anything. I hate that this thing happened to her and it's a it's really hard thing
41:56to accept. Anyone else in domestic violence, there's help out there for y'all.
42:02And no matter what our situation we're in, there's someone out there going to help.
42:07I'm sure it's probably the scariest thing in your life to try and reach out for help,
42:11but you have to.
42:20I know it's a hard thing. I know it's a hard thing to do but you you gotta find find
42:25somebody.
42:26will help you. So let's do whatever you can to get out, get away. I love, I love my sister.
42:36I love you, Cassidy. Always will.
42:37help me.
42:38dollars
42:39you
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