Cassidy Johnson was a 2-year-old girl who died on February 28, 1980, in Blountstown, Florida. Her death was first recorded as encephalitis, but an autopsy later showed blunt force trauma to the skull as the cause. At the time Cassidy was in the care of babysitter Christine Falling, who said Cassidy had passed out and fallen from her crib; the attending physician doubted that explanation and recommended an investigation. That physician’s note was misplaced and the case was closed without further action.

Christine Falling moved to Lakeland, Florida, soon after Cassidy’s death, and over the next two years was linked to the deaths of several other children who had been in her care. No arrests or legal steps were taken in Cassidy’s case at the time because the recommendation for investigation was lost. The lost recommendation and the closed file represent a missed opportunity to examine suspicious circumstances involving a small child’s blunt head trauma.

Did anyone have contact with Cassidy or the Johnson family in Blountstown in 1980 who can add details about her care or that period?