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48 Hours

Prime Suspect

48 Hours

CBS News

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.17.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Cassie Herring and Billy Fox were single parents to young children when they married and blended their families. In May 2001, tragedy struck when their infant son died. When Billy was charged with murder, the family drew closer to fight for justice. “48 Hours" Correspondent Susan Spencer reports.

This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 1/14/2004. Watch all-new episodes of “48 Hours” on Saturdays, and stream on demand on Paramount+.

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0:00.0

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0:22.8

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0:27.8

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0:44.3

This is Cassie Herring. This is Cassie Herring, a mother who's lost custody of her newborn baby, sleeping outside so she can breastfeed her infant every few hours.

0:49.3

I'm coming.

0:50.3

But that's not where this remarkable story begins.

0:55.0

Cassie fell in love with Billy Fox, a dad, great with kids.

1:00.0

It's funny, nice, loving.

1:02.0

They became a family, happy, growing.

1:05.0

With Cameron, it was a perfect baby.

1:07.0

Ben, one Friday night, everything changed.

1:11.6

It sounded like they hit hard and let out a gasp of air.

1:15.6

He just ran in.

1:16.6

He was frightened.

1:17.6

I tried to do rescue breathing for him.

1:20.6

Billy and Cassie say Cameron's death was a tragic accident.

1:25.6

But as Susan Spencer reports, that's not how the doctors see it.

1:30.3

Somebody in that family killed this child.

1:32.3

Billy is accused.

1:33.3

I'm not a baby killer.

1:35.3

Cassie swears he's innocent, and then she's forced to give up for other children.

1:40.3

Taking a newborn baby away from its mother is a pretty drastic step.

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