Father of teen missing since 1987 speaks out | Banfield

Michael Durham, the father of Cassandra Durham, who disappeared nearly 40 years ago, joins "Banfield" to talk about the search for his daughter, her last letters to him and what it means for the Michigan State Police to have reopened her case. Durham went on a road trip with her boyfriend from Maryland to Michigan in 1987 and was never heard from again.
#CassandraDurham #MissingPersons #Police
Ashleigh Banfield is the definitive authority on the nation’s biggest true crime stories. A veteran award-winning journalist, Ashleigh brings a sharp focus to the crime stories gripping America, distilling facts and analyzing context in a way which captures viewers’ interests and imaginations. No one knows the prosecution and the defendants’ cases better than BANFIELD, all the while keeping the victim at the heart of every story we tell - just another reason NewsNation is truly News for All America.
Weeknights at 10pm/9C. #Banfield
NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all America.
More from NewsNation: www.newsnation...
Get our app: trib.al/TBXgYpp
Find us on cable: trib.al/YDOpGyG
How to watch on TV or streaming: trib.al/Vu0Ikij

[@elkbow]

Wait, in the letter it says don't try to find me and don't blame my boyfriend, that seems pretty indicative that the boyfriend forced her to write that letter or that he wrote it

[@6Haunted-Days]

How so? No sorry it's hardly proof. WOW. Maybe let the DETECTIVES work on this. Why exactly do you act like you know 💩 about this? Ugh im so done with true crime know it alls 🙄🤮🤬

[@elkbow]

@@6Haunted-Days maybe because you're a false crime detective

[@sticklerforchange]

What is this cop saying? Of course there was a crime, she was likely killed by the boyfriend, otherwise, he would have called the father and asked if she had gone back home.

[@kristinstrickland1038]

Yes, of course! I hope the cop sees your comment and feels ashamed of himself!

[@jfranklins]

Likely killed by her dad. No dad waits over 30 years to report his daughter missing. Missing since 1987 and reported missing in 2019? No way. Her dad could have written those letters. What about her brothers? They didn't report her missing for over 30 years? Something is not right here.

[@sticklerforchange]

@@jfranklins I agree that it is bizarre to wait for decades to report your daughter missing, but many families are dysfunctional. Her letters sound as though she was pregnant and in relationship with a boyfriend who was violent, I still think the boyfriend killed her because he did not want that responsibility. But yes, odd, that the father would not have had one of the brothers contact her or get a different family member or one of her friends to contact her. Not one family member or friend reported her missing, that is beyond sad.

[@6Haunted-Days]

Assumption after silly assumption by people who only know bare bones basic about this case. You a detective? Yea thought so. Let's stop acting like you people got the case all figured out.

[@6Haunted-Days]

@@kristinstrickland1038LMFAO you canNOT be serious? Oh yes some random comment from a nobody and I'm soooo sure the detective not once not ever thought of this & now he'll feel burning shame 😂🤣😂🤣😂🙄 You people are beyond arrogant.

[@trina7274]

I’m 54, this really hits home. She would be my exact age. Terrible. I’m betting the boyfriend did something to her, and he wrote those letters. So sad for her family. 💔💔

[@Kay_Watermelon]

I completely agree. I'm doubting those letters were her own words. To assume there was "no crime" when a woman goes missing is insane to me. Women go missing ALL of the time, and it's almost always because of absolutely awful circumstances. Men have been doing this crap to women for centuries.

[@Lwah0812]

My problem with that theory is that those letters must have been hand written so the family would likely know if it wasn’t her writing. I can’t believe how dismissive the police are, it makes me angry!

[@6Haunted-Days]

Or her dad he's the one who was just fine waiting 30+ yrs with her missing so......

[@6Haunted-Days]

@@trina7274yea that's nice that's YOU. Awesome you're not a detective as you can be using your personal life and experience as some barometer 🤣😂🙄 seriously? Cuz my parents so ignored me I'm sure hers did too. Nope sorry most parents KNOW their kids handwriting......

[@makt122]

This reminds me of Gabby Petito. I could see Gabby writing a letter like that about Brian Laundrie.

[@Pink_143_6]

I wonder if the letter to her dad was written under duress. Hoping for the best possible outcome 🦋

[@M.K.386]

Boyfriend is responsible imo.

[@browngreen933]

It's a crime. You can bet on it. Boyfriend most likely.... 😢

[@TheWaterlily2012]

She might have been forced to write those letters by the boyfriend.

[@ddwm_mua]

Prayers for Cassandra and her family

[@annazaman9657]

Why write such a vague letter? Why not spell out what kind of trouble she was in?

[@Mariawilliams517]

What kind of trouble? She writes as if her dad knows what she is talking about.

[@tiffanykoma4120]

This is ridiculous! People don't do that shit. They aren't even going to try anything?????????????????

[@allymonte7295]

That poor young lady. I bet the boyfriend killed her. The police have failed her.

[@judylaaper4849]

Strange letters .

[@jfranklins]

The dad didn't report her missing until 2019? Nearly 34 years later? This is a major red flag in the case. No dad would wait that long to report a missing daughter under any circumstances. The dad and brothers need to be questioned and looked into

[@slothbros7607]

well, listen to that officer.....no crime? I'm sure thats how they acted in 1989.....nothing we can do, she left of her own freewill....probably a runaway...blah blah. Her dad probably got the brush off.

[@jfranklins]

@@slothbros7607 Her dad didn't report her missing until 30 years later in 2019. So he could not have gotten a brush off until 30 years after the fact. Very suspicious.

[@Crisis.Knight]

He took his time to start looking for her, isn't it?

[@audreydaleski1067]

You have crime.

[@83luckyb]

But the letters sound like they based on previous conversations she had with the father though what the hell ?? No this is very strange the father know a lot more than he s saying sorry