Cassie Marshall
Producer at Dateline NBC and guest on the Dateline: True Crime Weekly podcast, where she discusses true crime trials and investigations.
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Oct 22, 2026
Jose Diaz-BalartHOST
Cassie, as the agent walked the jury through these messages, they were presented in a really unique kind of way, almost like a play.
Cassie MarshallGUEST
Yeah, so the FBI special agent would read Sandra's text messages, and then the prosecutor would read Farwell's responses.
Cassie MarshallGUEST
So it was that back and forth reading that sort of brought the text messages to life.
Cassie MarshallGUEST
And they weren't overly theatrical at all, but they did give you sort of like more of a feeling of it.
Cassie MarshallGUEST
Some of them had to do with violence, violent rape fantasies or sexual fantasies.
Cassie MarshallGUEST
so the FBI special agent would read Sandra's text messages, and then the prosecutor would read Farwell's responses.
Cassie MarshallGUEST
So it was that back and forth reading that sort of brought the text messages to life.
Cassie MarshallGUEST
And they weren't overly theatrical at all, but they did give you sort of like more of a feeling of it.
Andrea CanningHOST
Yeah, and the prosecutor put up a photo of Sandra and some other cadets from this Explorers program.