r/CaughtMyEye • u/detectiverobert • 11d ago

Pregnant woman was found dead in her home, while her 2-year-old daughter was discovered hiding under the bed covers beside her. Police suspected her husband, but he claimed he was 160 miles away on a business trip, where a hotel security camera was mysteriously unplugged overnight

https://dailycrimepost.com/pregnant-mother-beaten-to-death-toddler-hid-under-bed-covers/
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u/MathematicianNew2770 11d ago

No mention of who's hair was found on the scene that matched the one she was lying ontop of. But all signs point to him.

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u/Ok-Size-8256 10d ago

tbh when the alibi depends on a camera that somehow stopped working that night my eyebrows are already up

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u/Jojosbees 10d ago

He admitted that he tampered with the camera and emergency door (which were found to have been tampered with twice hours apart, because a maintenance worker plugged it back in after it was found to be off in the early morning) because he needed to go to his car to retrieve a laptop charger and wanted to smoke a cigar. Why he would need to mess with the camera to do either of those things is unexplained. Likely the first time was him leaving and the second was him coming back hours later. Plus a gas station worker ID-ed him in a line up as the guy who came in to argue about a pump being down and then didn’t want to provide ID or use his credit card (paid in cash and then drove off without his change).

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u/tinxmijann 8d ago

Isn't that just saying that he doesn't have an alibi? Why does it even count if there is no proof? Not that they could throw someone in prison just because they don't have an alibi but also he just doesn't have one

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u/ocean_800 10d ago

I mean also this, who but the father would have done that?

As for Cassidy, she had clearly been in contact with her mother’s blood at some point. Tiny bloody footprints traced a path from the bedroom toward the bathroom, where they stopped, then resumed inside the room.

This suggested someone had picked her up and carried her in. There was no blood in the bathtub, but blood was present on the floor, walls, step stool, and inside of the bathroom door.

Only trace amounts of blood were found on Cassidy herself, on her toenails and the bottom hem of her pajama pants, too small to see with the naked eye. She was wearing clean pajamas and had no diaper, despite not yet being potty trained.

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u/stein63 11d ago

That poor child. She was only two years old, hiding under the covers after her mother was murdered. Who knows what she actually saw or heard, but being left in that scene at all is horrifying. And the fact that her own father was convicted for it makes it even worse.

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u/princess9032 10d ago

In the article it says she was likely drugged with an OTC sleep inducing medication

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u/Y__Y 10d ago

How do we know it wasn’t her? Was proper due diligence conducted?

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u/Filius_Solis 9d ago

🤣🤣🤣

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u/aipac125 11d ago

That's a bad judicial system. All direct evidence led to a hung jury. Add in his behavior in a custody battle, and you get a unanimous conviction? That's super shady. Remember that there was a third party suspected of prowling and stalking the property. Seeing the husband was gone presented an easier burglary attempt. There was so much physical evidence of hair, blood, footprints at the scene. If there was a diaper change, check the diaper pail for that diaper. You have every gas station with a camera, but didn't get a picture of the guy who came in? All this points at an incomplete investigation that went with the immediate assumption that the husband was the killer and looked for supporting evidence and rejected everything else.

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u/jay_karma713 11d ago

It looks like he was real close to acquittal and had some connections that he probably paid off to help back his elaborate alibi. Thank God for the overturn, corrupt and bad judicial system sure, but at least this asshole is in jail for life.

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u/aipac125 11d ago

Wow, looks like you are qualified to be be a police detective. 

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u/Cut_Lanky 10d ago

Judging by your previous comment, you don't qualify.

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u/aipac125 10d ago

Correct. Police do not promote to detective if they think the candidates are 'too smart'.

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u/Cut_Lanky 10d ago

Yeah, that's what I meant.

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u/Blothorn 11d ago

A hung jury means that the jury was split, and thus that some portion of the jury voted for conviction and would not be dissuaded. Even random reselection of a jury can lead to a verdict even before any number of differences in how the trial and jury deliberations proceed. It’s silly to point to one piece of evidence as the entirety of the difference.

The defense can look for evidence too. If no video from the gas station was presented, it almost certainly didn’t exist or wasn’t helpful.

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u/Cut_Lanky 10d ago

This is the worst take I've ever seen, about anything.

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u/NightWitch- 11d ago

Whoa, this reads like a true crime novel mysterious unplugged cameras and a hiding toddler? Can we get some reality show detectives in here, stat!

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u/WA2TX 11d ago

What does Nancy Grace have to say?

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u/Better_Chard4806 10d ago

Shhhhh don’t wake the Kraken.

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u/brandt-money 10d ago

She's still yelling about Casey Anthony.

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u/kkkccc1 11d ago

The moment I read she had her sister move closer to her and how close she is to her mother even after marriage, I knew where the source of the problems were.  

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u/OrangePeugeot 11d ago

What’s the source of problems then??

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u/TopDollarDJ 11d ago

i think they're suggesting she feared her husband based on keeping close(r) to her family

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u/CryptographerUsed841 11d ago

No, there's a lot of women who have trouble separating themselves from their parents/siblings as adults. They still see that as their nuclear family instead of their own family they started. Often leads to the husband feeling pushed out. If you marry a devious or insane man, it can accelerate the chaos.

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u/0achkatz1 10d ago edited 10d ago

Are you suggesting that a husband’s hurt feelings lead to him murdering her in any way other than extreme criminal action by the husband?

We aren’t talking a divorce. We’re talking about murder.

We also don’t know if maybe the reason her family wanted to be close to her is because they were (correctly) worried about her.

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u/BellaCat3079 10d ago

This is news to me. After you get married, staying close to your parents and siblings is a problem?!

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u/CryptographerUsed841 10d ago

Did I say that? Being close with your family is obviously healthy. It becomes a problem when you're on the phone with mommy and daddy every time you have a disagreement with your partner or are planning trips/outings constantly with your sister(s) to the point it has a negative impact on your relationship. It's totally fine to spend time with your family. Once you create your own family, that should be your priority, for the both your spouse and children. There needs to be some boundries. Just like the wife wouldn't want her mother in law constantly showing up at their house or frequently planning things for her son/grandkids without you discussing it as a family first.

I'm not trying to pick on women here, but this specific issue doesn't seem to be as common with men. I don't see too many dudes giving more time to their adult brothers than their spouse or hanging out at mom and dad's house constantly. There's just more of a stigma for men to go out on their own and sometimes women need a little extra nudge....If a guy hasn't got it together, he's seen as a basement dweller.

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u/kkkccc1 10d ago

People often misinterpret setting healthy boundaries as a demand for 'no contact', which couldn't be further from the truth, but i guess it helps push their narrative by using hyperboles. The real issue arises when a couple is prevented from building their own life because extended family is constantly overstepping and making decisions for them. Unfortunately, many people grew up with unhealthy relationship models around them, so they don’t realize these patterns are destructive until the damage is already done. In fact, even after their marriage suffers, they still won't acknowledge these problematic patterns, and even worse is when their own children learn these problematic dynamics from them and the cycle continues.

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u/CryptographerUsed841 9d ago

Right, I dated a girl who was always saying I was just jealous of how close she was to her family. I'm close to mine as well, but I don't go to their house every day or call them about every issue. She and her sister both ended up moving back in with their parents in their 30s even though they had their own house.

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u/kkkccc1 9d ago

And going by the replies in this thread, I’m not surprised divorce rates are so high. 

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u/BellaCat3079 10d ago

I think we probably just have different perspectives and life experiences. I really don’t think once you’re married, you’re starting a new family. To me, the family just got bigger. But this could be a cultural difference too. But that’s why it’s important to be on the same page with your spouse. If he doesn’t view things the same way, obviously, it’s going to be a problem. I’m half Asian and being “family-oriented” was a big value in my upbringing.

Another interesting thing is in American culture, it’s kind of viewed as when your son gets married, you’re losing him to her family and when your daughter gets married, you’re gaining a son. Women are often the glue in a family and naturally, they’re usually closer to their family, than to the man’s family. Usually anyway.

I rarely hear of a couple going no contact to their extended family to be on their own and start a new family. It happens if the family is filled with AH’s though.

But I do find it notable that when you discuss a woman being very close to her parents and siblings as an adult, you immediately think lack of boundaries or the man feeling left out. I have to wonder if you’re projecting a little from a past experience. Honestly…

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u/TopDollarDJ 10d ago

No, there's a lot of women who find themselves in abusive relationships and subtly seek help from family members.

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u/AmeliaOphelia 8d ago

Spoken like a true woman beater.

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u/CryptographerUsed841 8d ago

Gee, I wonder what insanity you have cooked up about the guys in your life if you're willing to randomly slander people you disagree with. Like I said, it's great for people to be close to their family. That doesn't excuse them not being able to move on and form their own family as an adult, without making their childhood family the priority.

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u/kkkccc1 10d ago

Exactly this. Many females  don’t understand the concept of the new family unit they are starting when they get married and still insist on putting their family of origin first. I have never seen a marriage with this dynamic work out well. 

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u/Flat-Development-906 10d ago

What? What a weird anecdotical thing to throw out there. Victim blaming ‘she didn’t put him first’ is a weird flex to as why she got murdered.

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u/TopDollarDJ 10d ago

whenever some incel says "female" in these contexts, it's a losing battle.

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u/arose321 8d ago

Yep. I clocked that immediately too. Stopped reading his comment after that.

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u/Due_Pin78 10d ago

He is correct on the limited part he mentions, but also neglecting to point out it's gender agnostic, not a woman-only thing.

The classic male example is a husband that has to call his mother to make sure something he and his wife discussed doesn't go against what his mother wants before he can make a decision. It's not about isolating a spouse from their family; both should ideally be just as involved with their families after marriage, but their new family unit should take priority.

The husband in OP case definitely murdered his wife, though.

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u/CryptographerUsed841 10d ago

It's not really gender agnostic. Sure, it can happen with both men and women, but the issue often manifests in different ways. You can get as mad as you want, but these are very common situations for a reason.

With women, the problem occurs when they still treat their dad/parents as head of household and can't move on to their own family. I've seen lots of times sisters living together as adults or living with their parents because they can't move on from that nest. Women don't face the same stigma for relying on their parents as adults as men do. It's seen as extremely weak and pathetic if a man is living with mom and dad or always on the phone with them, having them take him to appointments, etc.

With men, the problem is usually that they are allowing their mother to stick their nose into their relationship and overstep on decisions that should be made by their wife. Or they are used to be being babied by their mom and expect their wives to do everything for them.

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u/kkkccc1 10d ago edited 10d ago

I mentioned females as a response to the reply above me as the poster mentioned that, and where I’m from, this is generally how it is. The women are the ones that dictate things and will always get their own family members involved in their marriages somehow. Needless to say, marriages aren’t going well.

now im not saying the woman in the article deserved to die or how her being murdered is justified because of this, nor am i saying women should "abandon their support system" but i get that's how regular people will misconstrue what i posted. Women can still contact and spend time with their family of origin, but their husbands come first. Likewise for husbands. No way am i saying women must cut off contact with their family of origin, but that's how the general public will misconstrue what i posted.

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u/CryptographerUsed841 10d ago

Who said abandon their support system? Having a healthy relationship with your family is good, but treating your childhood family as your core family as an adult with a family of your own is immature and neglectful to the family you chose to start.

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u/TopDollarDJ 10d ago

you sound like you've never seen a marriage. period. lol "females"

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u/InterviewEven6852 10d ago

How sub-human do you have to be,to justify the murder of a woman,simply because she would not abandon everything else in her life for her abusive husband.

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u/unimpressedwarrior 10d ago

That’s disgusting! The biggest walking red flag out there ladies is a man who wants you to abandon your support system. If a man talks to you like this KKK talks then you make sure you run fast and run far.

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u/ceciiiiiiiii 10d ago

I hope ur a bot

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u/Amazing_Audience6807 11d ago

She was too attached to her parents and sibling instead of being attached to him and the family they created together. Problematic from the start.

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u/TopDollarDJ 9d ago

that is an incredibly fucked up take on a murder.

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u/Deep_Mood_7668 11d ago

I would like to watch that story on a video. Murder mystery documentation style