Dateline Episode Trailer: Suspicion in Silver City | Dateline NBC

Something was clearly wrong inside this. small home on the outskirts of Silver. City, New Mexico. Charnell Lee opened the back door. and was confronted by water everywhere. So, she ran to the master bedroom and. there she was. Lieutenant Cassie Farrington. >> I saw her in the bathtub. I've never. seen anything like it. The waves [music]. were just like. cresting. She was upside down. >> Nothing to do now but call 911. >> It [music] was suspicious.

>> The Grant County Sheriff's deputies were. arriving and they asked Charnell to. leave. >> A young lady just doesn't die, you know, just out of the blue. >> There is no getting over the phone call. Cassie's parents got then. >> I just grabbed my car keys and we. [music] were out the door and gone. >> What goes through your minds? What do. you do? >> We're just hoping that they're wrong. >> Yeah. >> Hoping they were wrong. >> It's a terrible thing to encounter. And what happened to her was close up. and intense [music] and murder.

Sort of thing could keep crime scene. investigators busy all night. And yet, after just a few hours, the deputies. left. >> How can you be done with your. investigation that quick? >> Odd. >> There was still water in the tub. And. when we pulled the drain, then we saw. black scuff marks. >> In the tub? >> In the tub. >> They also found Cassie's glasses and a. hair ribbon. No one had bothered to. collect them as evidence, so they did. Investigative supervisor Tavizon. questioned his deputy. Why hadn't he even dusted for.

fingerprints? >> He said to him it wasn't anything that. would [music] have been. helpful to the to the investigation. >> So, with zero physical evidence to point to. anyone, the case of the murder in the. bathtub went cold until. >> Thanks for watching. Remember to. subscribe to our Dateline YouTube. channel to get new videos every week and. to watch previous videos anytime you.

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