Hot Air (Cassandra Robinson)
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What happened to Cassandra Robinson?
Did you kill her? He obviously tells us no. He says she could come back any day. When we asked if she left, was on her own, he responded, she is either not coming back because something happened or occurred against her will. We're like, holy cow.
I'm Scott Weinberger, investigative journalist and former deputy sheriff.
I'm Anastasia Nicolazzi, former New York City homicide prosecutor and host of Investigation Discovery's True Conviction.
And this is Anatomy of Murder.
There are some days you mark on the calendar that you look forward to. It might be a wedding, a birthday, or a favorite holiday. Days that bring friends and loved ones together and promise to put a smile on everyone's face.
As we probably all know, sometimes those occasions can bring challenges too. There's all of the anticipation, the buildup, the preparation. And before you know it, the event is over and it's back to the day-to-day, the routine.
For others, sometimes these milestones and celebrations can put into focus what's missing in their lives. A happy marriage, a child of their own, or a painful loss.
Today's story starts with a birthday and ends in tragedy. And what should have been a day marking new beginnings would come to leave a family broken and lives shattered, including that of a one-year-old baby girl.
My name is Chad Wilhite. I'm with the Pensacola Police Department. And I was assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division as a detective.
Chad had enjoyed a diverse career within the Pensacola Police Department. He had risen through the ranks, spent a few years investigating white-collar financial crime, and now was a part of a team of detectives assigned to major crimes. But the case that landed on his desk in June of 2018, it wasn't yet a crime at all.
Who reported Cassandra Robinson missing?
It was a missing person case at that time. And the missing person was a lady by the name of Cassandra Robinson. She had been reported missing by her sister, Carlisa. Carlisa had told the reporting officer that she had not seen her sister for approximately four months. And the last time she had seen or heard from her would have been on February the 1st of 2018.
Which means Cassandra may have been missing for over four months. So you can imagine why her family was overwhelmed with fear and worry that something terrible had happened to her. and why her case would have been forwarded to detectives in major crimes. Another reason for concern? Cassandra was a new mother who had left behind a one-year-old baby daughter.
Cassandra Robinson was a typical girl her age. She was active on social media. She had worked as a dancer in one of our local clubs. So she was just a normal, stay-at-home person, raising her child, involved with her baby's dad.
Cassandra and her daughter Evelyn had been living with the child's father, a man by the name of Henry Steiger, in a middle-class neighborhood in Pensacola called The Avenues. It certainly wasn't an area that Chad and his colleagues would regularly be called out to.
The area they were living in, heck, it was, I want to say, like two blocks from the fire department. So it was a nice little area, nice house.
It was one of Chad's colleagues who first spoke to the father of that child, Henry Steiger, a man that was 28 years Cassandra's senior. Top of his list of questions, when did you last see the mother of your child?
Detective Galloway spoke to Henry on the phone. I believe it was June 11th. Henry told Detective Galloway that on February the 1st, which would have been the one year year birthday of their daughter, Evelyn. After the birthday party, Cassandra left in their BMW and she left with some bags. Henry said, I went to bed. She didn't come back. And when he woke up, somehow the vehicle and the keys were back at the house and Cassandra was gone. And he hadn't seen from her, seen or heard from her since February the 1st.
Now, according to her sister, Cassandra had faced some challenges in her short life. She was just 25 years old, but had struggled at times with her mental health. And that had played a part in the delay in raising the alarm because it wasn't the first time that Cassandra had gone off the radar for a bit. But this time it felt different.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What happened to Cassandra Robinson?
0:01–2:06
2
Who reported Cassandra Robinson missing?
2:06–4:46
3
What were the circumstances of Cassandra's disappearance?
4:46–9:27
4
Did Cassandra have plans to leave her relationship?
9:27–14:49
5
What evidence did detectives find during their investigation?
14:49–20:41
6
What did Henry Steiger say about Cassandra's disappearance?
20:41–26:16
7
Were there signs of foul play in Cassandra's case?
26:16–31:01
8
What were the red flags in Henry's statements?
31:01–47:01