UPDATE:6-13-2011
Here are some articles and information to update you on the latest with the Casey Anthony case.
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Anthony testimony ends early, to resume Tuesday updated. With AP Photos.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Testimony has ended early for the day in the Florida murder trial of Casey Anthony, who is accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter.
Jurors heard testimony Monday morning from a pair of FBI forensic examiners. The prosecution's next witness does not arrive in Orlando until Tuesday afternoon, so Judge Belvin Perry recessed just after noon.
He also says the state has notified him that it could finish presenting its case early as Wednesday. Depending on the length of the defense's case, Perry thinks the jury could begin deliberating around June 25.
Anthony is charged with first-degree murder in the death of her daughter, Caylee. She faces a death sentence if convicted.
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Did Caylee Anthony's killer place a heart-shaped sticker over her mouth?
In court at the Casey Anthony murder trial on Monday morning, Elizabeth Fontaine, a physical scientist and forensic examiner, testified that there was heart-shaped residue on the duct tape that had been over the mouth of the 2-year-old.
"It was approximately the size of a dime," Fontaine testified. "If you were to wear a band aid for an extended period of time, and then take it off, there would be glue residue and debris. That's what this looked like, but in the shape of a heart."
The state plans to introduce evidence that similar heart-shaped stickers were found in the Anthony home.
But one thing was missing from the tape: fingerprints of the toddler's killer. The FBI believes that the fingerprints vanished during the months Caylee's body was outdoors. (Her remains were found in the woods near the Anthony family's Orlando, Fla., home.) "Fingerprints are fragile," testified Fontaine. "It's not surprising that there were none."
During cross examination, defense attorney Jose Baez took aim at the sticker evidence. "When you examined it a second time, it was gone," Baez said. "Is that correct?"
"It was no longer visible," said Fontaine, who noted that other FBI agents had tested the duct tape in the meantime.
The trial is entering its fourth week, and the prosecution says it will wrap up its case soon. Anthony is on trial for the murder of 2-year-old Caylee. She faces the death penalty if she is convicted.
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Casey Anthony Trial: Heart-Shaped Sticker Residue Found on Duct Tape
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In court at the Casey Anthony murder trial on Monday morning, Elizabeth Fontaine, a physical scientist and forensic examiner, testified that there was heart-shaped residue on the duct tape that had been over the mouth of the 2-year-old.
"It was approximately the size of a dime," Fontaine testified. "If you were to wear a band aid for an extended period of time, and then take it off, there would be glue residue and debris. That's what this looked like, but in the shape of a heart."
The state plans to introduce evidence that similar heart-shaped stickers were found in the Anthony home.
But one thing was missing from the tape: fingerprints of the toddler's killer. The FBI believes that the fingerprints vanished during the months Caylee's body was outdoors. (Her remains were found in the woods near the Anthony family's Orlando, Fla., home.) "Fingerprints are fragile," testified Fontaine. "It's not surprising that there were none."
During cross examination, defense attorney Jose Baez took aim at the sticker evidence. "When you examined it a second time, it was gone," Baez said. "Is that correct?"
"It was no longer visible," said Fontaine, who noted that other FBI agents had tested the duct tape in the meantime.
The trial is entering its fourth week, and the prosecution says it will wrap up its case soon. Anthony is on trial for the murder of 2-year-old Caylee. She faces the death penalty if she is convicted.
29 AUGUST 2008
Is Cindy Anthony Crazy
"I got the car on the fifteenth of July,” Cindy Anthony said. “When they picked up from Amscot on the thirtieth of June there was no odor. (But what about the odor you said you smelled to the 911 operator?) That was 15 days later. I found rotten -- whatever it was -- something decomposing in there. Maybe someone put a body in the car after it went to the tow yard. Why don't you call them about their security?"
Cindy Anthony can't add. The car smells like death, her granddaughter is missing, and her daughter is lying, but she says maybe somebody at the tow yard put a body in the car. If she really believes her somebody should explain that 1+1 never equals 5.source
"I got the car on the fifteenth of July,” Cindy Anthony said. “When they picked up from Amscot on the thirtieth of June there was no odor. (But what about the odor you said you smelled to the 911 operator?) That was 15 days later. I found rotten -- whatever it was -- something decomposing in there. Maybe someone put a body in the car after it went to the tow yard. Why don't you call them about their security?"
Cindy Anthony can't add. The car smells like death, her granddaughter is missing, and her daughter is lying, but she says maybe somebody at the tow yard put a body in the car. If she really believes her somebody should explain that 1+1 never equals 5.source
UPDATE:6-11-2011
Here are some articles and information to update you on the latest with the Casey Anthony case.
REMEMBER THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE TAGGED BELOW AND REMEMBER THAT THIS MAY BE A FAMILY ISSUE...NOT JUST A CASEY ISSUE...
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letters only from the tee shirt...not what you see next to you, as far as I know.Prosecutors show more graphic images of Caylee Anthony’s remains
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Share ORLANDO, Fla. — Prosecutors handling the Casey Anthony trial spent Friday showing jurors more graphic images of Caylee’s remains and generating heavy emotional reactions by the mother accused of killing her daughter.
Jurors saw recovered remains laid out in an anatomically correct display — basically, the skeleton of the 2-year-old. They heard University of Central Florida forensic anthropology professor John Schultz identify two large leg bones and say, "these have actually been chewed on by animals."
Later, they viewed an unusual and contested video, showing a picture of Caylee alive with her mother and then images of her skull and a superimposed single strip of duct tape covering her nose and mouth. As the skull and tape became more prominent in the presentation, the image of Caylee alive faded.
While the presentations made for another day filled with drama and, at one point, Casey Anthony being held by one attorney, it is uncertain how the jury is processing this evidence.Jurors saw recovered remains laid out in an anatomically correct display — basically, the skeleton of the 2-year-old. They heard University of Central Florida forensic anthropology professor John Schultz identify two large leg bones and say, "these have actually been chewed on by animals."
Later, they viewed an unusual and contested video, showing a picture of Caylee alive with her mother and then images of her skull and a superimposed single strip of duct tape covering her nose and mouth. As the skull and tape became more prominent in the presentation, the image of Caylee alive faded.
Some case watchers wonder if the repeated imagery of the child’s remains coupled with Casey Anthony’s tearful responses might turn off jurors.
In a rare interview on the case, former Casey Anthony defense attorney Andrea Lyon, the Chicago-based and nationally recognized death-penalty expert, said such evidence can have "a deadening effect" or a "nullifying effect."
"There’s a point at which you can oversaturate the jury," Lyon said.
When asked about Casey Anthony’s crying, Lyon asked, "How could she not be? How could she be anything but upset?"
Still, Lyon acknowledged that studies of death-penalty jurors show they can react in vastly different ways when defendants display emotions the way Casey Anthony has this week. Jurors may sympathize or sense insincerity and decide to punish, she explained.
"It’s difficult to know if the jury is going to feel sympathy or feel as if she’s being phony," Lyon said.
Casey Anthony broke down in tears Friday after hearing animals had chewed on her daughter’s bones. It was the second day in a row she was overcome with emotion in court.
Later, she scowled and seemed indignant — outside the view of the jury — as she watched the video showing Caylee’s face morph into a bare skull.
Despite opposition from her defense attorneys, Chief Judge Belvin Perry let jurors see the video. Perry also let them hear testimony from University of Florida anthropology professor Michael Warren, whose point was to show that duct tape could have been used "to cover both the child’s nose and the mouth."
Warren also confirmed that the duct tape had to be placed on the face before decomposition and that it would have been the duct tape that helped hold Caylee’s jawbone or mandible in place.
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Casey Anthony trial: Caylee Marie's body was not in car very long, said insect expert
Dr. Jan Garavaglia, Orange and Osceola Chief Medical Examiner, took the stand
Jurors in the Casey Anthony trial began the 16th day of testimony with an expert in the study of insects and a crime-scene investigator who went to the location where little Caylee Marie's skull was found.
Neal Haskell, an expert in forensic entomology from St. Joseph's College in Indiana, confirmed that the presence of flies – both adult and larvae – in materials that had been in the car were indicative of human decomposition.
The source of the decompositional fluids that attracted the bugs probably would have been in the car for several days, he said.Neal Haskell, an expert in forensic entomology from St. Joseph's College in Indiana, confirmed that the presence of flies – both adult and larvae – in materials that had been in the car were indicative of human decomposition.
The flies were found among trash and paper towels that had been inside the trunk of the car.
Haskell said the evidence is "absolutely" consistent with a body being left inside the trunk – but that the body had not been in the trunk for very long. He said he thought the little girl's body had been in the trunk for three to five days.
He added that the insect evidence at the scene where Caylee Marie's body was found indicated that the body "had been out there many, many months."
Orange County crime-scene investigator Jennifer Welch testified after Haskell.
She said that Caylee's skull was found 19 feet, 18 inches from Suburban Drive. Earlier, she told jurors that a piece of duct tape was found near the bags and skull. The tape had the same imprintations on it as the tape found with the skull, Welch said.
Welch had testified in the case earlier this week.
Casey Anthony: Could Body Tampering Allegation Shake Case?
It's a theory that could eliminate one of the prosecution's key pieces of evidence in the murder trial of Casey Anthony: Someone tampered with the body of Caylee Anthony, the 2-year-old girl allegedly murdered by her mother.
The murder trial taking place in an Orlando, Fla., courtroom is largely built on circumstantial evidence. One of the most important pieces of evidence are strips of duct tape that were found on Caylee's skull. Their location indicates that the tape was placed over the toddler's mouth and nose, suggesting the child was suffocated.
Caylee's remains, found six months after she was last seen alive, were badly decomposed. The medical examiner concluded her death was a homicide, but could not determine a cause of death.
In his opening statement, lead defense lawyer Jose Baez argued that Roy Kronk, the meter reader who discovered Caylee's body, tampered with the remains.
"Mr. Kronk is a morally bankrupt individual who actually took Caylee's body and hid her," Baez charged. Kronk later "found" the body, Baez claims, because he hoped to collect a reward.
Kronk, who has denied Baez's accusation, is expected to be called as a witness later in the trial.
DePaul University law professor Andrea Lyon, the former co-lead defense counsel for Casey Anthony, said that if someone did move Caylee's body before alerting authorities, much of the evidence -- including the duct tape -- should be considered "legally irrelevant."
Casey Anthony Watches Time Lapse Video of Caylee's Decomposition
...."The fact that it's [Caylee's body] tossed in a field to rot in bags is a clear indication that the body was being tried to be hidden," Garavaglia said.
Casey Anthony's lawyer claims the Caylee drowned and her mother never told anyone. Garavaglia seemed to poke holes in that claim, stating that her data and experience shows parents usually always report their children's injuries or accidents.
The example she referred to frequently throughout her testimony was instances of children drowning. "No matter how stiff that body is, they always call 911 in the hopes that child will be saved," said Garavaglia of the parents of drowning victims.
This morning, a frail looking Anthony began sobbing inconsolably as a witness told the court that her daughter Caylee's bones were chewed on by animals.
The description of the gnawing on Caylee's bones triggered a near breakdown by Casey Anthony. She sobbed and her body shook. One of her lawyers, Dorothy Simms, held Anthony and tried to comfort her. She continued to weep and wipe her face with tissues during a long sidebar among the judge and lawyers.
The above sheet was done from a talented remote viewer who was trying really hard to find Caylee Anthony when she was only missing...
It is really beautiful work with a lot of emotion and determination from Gale St. John and Brian Ladd . For those of you who do not know what it takes to find a missing person in this manner, it is truly draining.
"It was an accident, drugs could not cover up the pain * blue t-shirt in bedroom * trash was removed * police have just searched the park, she was there"
"When I tune in to Caylee Anthony I feel that she was in the trunk of a car being transported. Hair or other fiber evidence would certainly be in this trunk. From the trunk she was taken to an outdoors place with lots of tall grasses, and coarse fern like plants. the ground is very mucky. There is also a cinder block building near by which I believe may be white in color. This area has a “park” feel to it, yet this cinderblock building is secluded or set back from were many people would be. This building may be a maintenance building or storage building of some kind."
I saw that you got my last email, I am glad and hope it helps in some way. Just came across something interesting that you should be aware of, if you are not already. On Caylee's flyer, it states that the last place she was seen (with the mysterious, non-existent nanny) was at the Sawgrass Apartment complex on South Conway Road. This is very close to the shaded area you suggested law enforcement be searching, within two miles of your map pinpoint. The address is 2859 South Conway Rd. The website is www.sawgrassapts.com . There is an on-site lagoon here. Please check out the complex pictures on the website and see if anything looks familiar, or if something needs to be searched. I hope police have already fully searched these grounds if it truly was the last time Caylee was seen.
Interesting views here. Would just like to point out that Caylee's grandmother, Cindy, has said that her daughter is speaking in codes to help them locate poor little Caylee. What I find very interesting is that this Conway area that you all have mapped out here is RIGHT down the street from where Caylee was last supposedly seen. And also, the Park Ave map is not far from where Casey's boyfriend lives...
Just an FYI. I have been keeping up with this case and found a link to your site on a time line for Casyee Anthony. In this time line it is reported that in mid June Caysee got a tattoo in honer of Caylee that read Bella Vida which is an Italian phrase that means Beautiful Life. Now this may just be coincidence but on the first map on your website their is a location close to where you are telling the police to search called Belle Islle??
Caylee died in the hotel room, burn marks are on her body....mother was wearing a hat.
comment: "In my dream I saw Caylee's mother, fighting with Caylee's grandmother about wanting to go shopping at the mall, and her grandmother kept telling her daughter that she didn't have money to spend at the mall, and that she was a parent now, and Caylee should be first priority. She went into a spiel, telling her daughter to be an adult, take care of her own child, and that she wouldn't watch Caylee for her to go "galavanting". I than saw Caylee sitting in the back seat of a car, her mother driving eratically. They got to a covered parking lot. But it was hot out. Still her mother cracked the windows of the car, and I thought to myself, oh God, it's over ninety degrees. Even in the shade I knew this was a BAD idea."
"Caylee was left sitting in the back seat of the car. No one noticed her. When someone finally walked by the car close enough to see Caylee, she was gone, slumped in the bottom of the car, she had slipped off the seat, and was laying across the bottom of the car. So the person who could have saved her had he seen her, didn't see her, she was passed out. The whole time I watched her in the car seemed like an eternity and I was thinking, oh my God please let someone save her.
"No such luck. Her mother came back to the car, and by now, Caylee wasn't breathing. She had baked from the outside in, and was dead. Her mother put her bags in the back of the car, didn't even check on Caylee first, which made me so mad. She went to the back, and shook Caylee. She tried to wake her up. Than, instead of panicking, and calling 911 to see if they could try and bring her back, she grabbed a pink blanket from the bottom of the car, and wrapped Caylee into it. She was angry. Cursing under her breath that it was all her mother's fault for not watching her in the first damned place. Her words, not mine. She looked around and than dumped Caylee into the trunk, wrapped in the pink blanket.
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On a side note, I get the feeling that Caylee's grandmother knows Caylee is dead, but won't admit it, even to herself. I feel she loves that little girl and doesn't want to believe that her daughter could do such a thing. Without a body, I feel that this grandma will never stop hoping. I have a feeling she will be looking at children passing by her until the day she dies, wondering if this is her."
comment: "If Caley is talking in code then consider this. She was telling her brother where he could look for her blackjack phone. She said twice J Blanchard Park. She said i'm not level twice. Lastly she said , I don't think anything else will come up, nothing should come up. At that point Lee didn't say anything else and a little later Casey hangs up the phone. Ok, i'm not psycic, but from listening to that conversation, it sounds like Caylee is under water. I googled earthed J blanchard park but just came up with a Blanchard Park. The J's she seems to be humg up on, ie- Jeff, Juliet. Anyway, from what i could tell there appeared to be a spillway of some kind, where there appears to be a steep hillside leading to the water with what also appears to be a side park that you can pull your car off the road onto. I don't know if it is actually part of the park. Just before the spillway to the right looks to be a swimming pool and tennis courts with possible cender block buildings. Maybe the YMCA because when i googled it said Blanchard Park YMCA Family. At the bottom of the spillway it appears to be white foamy from the water rushing over the spillway which would make one think that if something were thrown over wouldn't or shouldn't come up. Just a hunch from listening to her conversation with her Brother who sounds exausted from follow Casey's leads."
comment:"Interesting Casey receives a phone call in jail & videod, from a man called Patrick Bourgeois (Belgian name?) & he mentions a Mike.
Casey my have received help from any of these men to dispose of Caylee’s body.
Interesting that Casey borrowed a shovel from a neighbour on 9thJune but returned it after about 1 hour. Is that enough time to bury someone?
Which is the same date that she supposedly dropped Caylee off at the baby sitter Zenaida.
Strange that the Casey’s mother Cindy had said that Casey had stolen the car, but it was Casey’s car & was apparently dumped then got it back from the impound 30th June?
Caylee's grandfather, George, reported two gas cans containing about $50 worth of gas were stolen from a shed behind the house in June.
George said that he had a break-in which happened around the same time Casey borrowed a shovel from a neighbour (Monday 9th June) and the last time the girl's voice was heard.
"Someone had broken a lock and gas cans were taken," George Anthony said. "Gas cans with gas, probably in the neighborhood of $50 -- right around in there. I did find out who did it and they came back to me and that was the extent of it."
The Orange County Sheriff's Office said Casey Anthony had a habit of stealing gas from the family but did not say the theft was not necessarily related to the missing child investigation."
Here is their link...http://cayleeanthonypsychic.blogspot.com/2009/10/caylee-anthony-gale-st-john-and-brian.html
UPDATE:6-10-2011
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Day 14: Photos of Caylee's skull make Casey Anthony ill, court ends early
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Casey Anthony and the media coverage of her appearance
Casey Anthony at the Orange County Courthouse on June 1. (By Joe Burbank/Associated Press)...While the 24/7 broadcasting of the trial focuses on every minute fact in the case, the coverage sometimes veers to Anthony’s appearance.
Newspapers post pictures of a scantily clad and dancing Anthony next to stories about her daughter’s murder. Nancy Grace dubbed her “Tot Mom.” One newscaster even referred to her “boobs” on air. This over-the-top coverage of Anthony’s looks makes it seem like she’s facing two trials: one in a courtroom, the other in the media.
This reaction is not wholly unusual in a woman’s trial. “Had the Salem witch trials been televised, I’m sure [the media] would have been talking about how seductive and satanic they looked,” Michele Weldon, a professor at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, said in a phone interview. Weldon, who runs a blog about women in the media, Every Woman News, adds “the damnation of women by dress code is not new.”
Last Tuesday, “In Session” anchor Vinnie Politan discussed the “clingy” shirt Anthony wore to court, giving his opinion about it on Twitter: “Casey Anthony wearing a plum colored low cut shirt. Thus continuing strange wardrobe selection for death penalty case.”
Her defense attorney had asked her to wear the shirt to show that her slim figure wouldn’t hide a pregnancy. The prosecution contends Anthony hid her pregnancy of Caylee until she was seven months along, as evidence that she kept secrets.
(CNN) -- It is unclear if the illness that halted Casey Anthony's murder trial will delay the trial Friday morning.
Anthony's murder trial ended an hour and a half early Thursday, with Orange County Chief Judge Belvin Perry Jr. telling members of the media in the courtroom that Anthony was ill.
Jurors were not told why the trial ended early Thursday, and Perry asked them not to speculate. He said court would be in recess until Friday.
After the jurors left, Perry spoke to members of the media in the courtroom, saying that neither the prosecution nor the defense had any comment on the matter. The judge also asked reporters not to question either side about it. The details of Anthony's illness were not given.
During a short break before the announcement, Anthony drank a bottle of water quietly as attorneys spoke together and went back to Perry's chambers, according to In Session's Michael Christian. She was escorted out of the courtroom during the break, then brought back in, but lay her head down on her arms at the defense table. She did not stand as the jurors left the courtroom.
In a statement released Thursday evening, Orange County Jail spokesman, Allen Moore said Anthony had been returned to jail and was receiving medical attention from the facility's health services provider.
"No information can be released regarding her treatment or medical condition due to HIPPA and Florida Medical and Mental Health Confidentiality Laws," Moore said.
For security reasons, Moore also declined to state whether Anthony would return to court Friday.
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/06/10/florida.casey.anthony.trial/Casey Anthony murder trial: Expert testimony continues, new forensics technique may play crucial role
The Casey Anthony trial continued Thursday with testimony from a computer forensics expert, one of several experts the prosecution has brought to decipher evidence taken from Casey’s car. As AP reported :
The trial of a Florida woman accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter is set to continue with more testimony from a computer forensics expert.
Testimony is entering its 14th day, with prosecutors drawing connections between chloroform present in Casey Anthony’s trunk and Internet searches about the chemical performed three months before her toddler disappeared.
John Dennis Bradley testified Wednesday that someone using the Anthony family’s desktop computer searched the website Sci-spot.com for “chloroform” 84 times on March 21, 2008.
Anthony is charged with using duct tape to suffocate her daughter, Caylee, in the summer of 2008. The child’s skeletal remains were found in December 2008. Anthony’s defense attorney says Caylee accidently drowned in her grandparents’ swimming pool. If convicted, she could be sentenced to death.
Defense attorneys attempted to block the testimony of a forensics expert from Oak Ridge National Laboratory who had developed a new technique for identifying human decomposition from air samples. As AP explained:
A novel forensics technique introduced in Casey Anthony’s murder trial this week has the promise to do what the noses of highly-trained cadaver dogs are able to do — sniff out decomposition and locate hidden bodies.
That technique had never before been used in a criminal case until the trial of the young Florida mother, who is charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee. It may end up being the most controversial piece of forensics evidence presented in the trial.
Anthony’s defense attorneys tried to stop Oak Ridge National Laboratory senior researcher Arpad Vass from testifying for prosecutors, claiming his method was too experimental. The Orlando prosecutor’s office has a history of using novel techniques in the courtroom — it was among the first to use DNA evidence in a criminal case.
“His opinions and theories range from the interesting to the bizarre,” Anthony’s attorneys said in court documents. But Circuit Judge Belvin Perry ruled that any decision about the reliability of Vass’ methods should be left to jurors.
Casey Anthony, Anthony Weiner and the Long Arm of the Web
Posted by Shirley Brady on June 8, 2011 09:00 PM
Food for thought on two high-profile cases with online behavior at the heart of them: As New York Congressman Anthony Weiner watches his political career go down in flames, following the release of an even cruder picture that he admitted today he tweeted, his naivete about social media is a "tweet road to oblivion," as Washington Post op-ed writer E.J. Dionne Jr. puts it.
In an entirely different drama grabbing America'a (and the world's) attention, the trial of Casey Anthony — the young woman accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee — is rife with evidence from online activities: Photobucket uploads, Facebook posts, MySpace images, and (today's focus) cached web searches for incriminating terms (84 searches just on "chloroform") on Wikipedia and Google, plus text messages and cellphone pings tracing her whereabouts.
The jurors have been schooled in Google Adwords, how search engines work, the difference between Firefox and Chrome browsers, how web meanderings are all easily retraceable thanks to simple software, and disabused of any notion they may have had that there's even a modicum of privacy online.
Both cases may fascinate as much for moral breaches (Weiner a lousy husband, Anthony a lousy — or worse — mother) as a reminder to what extent our "private" online lives are visible.
Casey Anthony in court today. Photo credit: Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel
Judge Alex Ferrer, who is offering analysis for WOFL-Channel 35, said the answer would usually be no because the prosecution would rip her to shreds.
“She actually can’t be hurt much more than she has been,” Ferrer said. “I think she’s got less of risk than most defendants in taking the stand because everybody has a low opinion of her to begin with.”
Do you agree?
Lee Anthony, Casey’s brother, returned to the stand this morning. Casey Anthony is charged with first-degree murder in the death of her daughter, Caylee. Lee Anthony gave more details about Casey’s lies about the phantom babysitter Zanny.
Experts: Anthony defense team faces uphill battle
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Legal experts say prosecutors' meticulous murder case against Casey Anthony so far, along with the woman's sensational claims that her father covered up her daughter's death after the 2-year-old drowned, could make it difficult to avoid a conviction.
Saturday ended the second week of testimony in Anthony's murder trial, and prosecutors say it also marks roughly the halfway point of their case. Prosecutors are trying to prove that the single mother, then 22, suffocated her daughter Caylee by placing duct tape over the girl's mouth and then dumped her body in the woods near her parents' home.
It's a high-profile case that has demanded a methodical approach from a prosecution team with more than 70 years of combined experience — in part because, if convicted, Anthony could become only the fourth woman added to Florida's current roster of 397 death row inmates.
Meanwhile, defense attorneys introduced a wild theory during opening statements, saying that the toddler accidently drowned on June 15, 2008, in her grandparents' swimming pool and that grandfather George Anthony helped dispose of her body. They also claimed he molested Casey when she was a child, leaving her emotionally scarred.
Even without a clear motive established for why Casey Anthony, now 25, might have killed her daughter, some court watchers said those defense arguments may be overshadowing any deficiencies in the prosecution's case.
"I believe they have almost relieved the state of their burden of proof by making such strong assertions in opening statements," said Karin Moore, a professor at Florida A&M University's College of Law. "They are going to have to prove it now. It is going to be a difficult task for them."
Caylee was last seen by her grandparents on June 16, 2008. The state contends Anthony waited 31 days before telling her family the toddler was missing. George Anthony denied abusing his daughter and being involved with Caylee's death on the witness stand, at one point lowering his head and saying, "When I heard that ... it hurt really badly."
Casey Anthony's Lawyer Jose Baez Has Trials of His Own
Like many attorneys defending a client facing the death penalty, Casey Anthony's attorney recently moved for a mistrial. While the strategy is common, Jose Baez's reasoning was not. He claimed the evidence disparaged his character.
By stepping into the spotlight of the Florida courtroom, Baez went from being a local lawyer with a past that includes child support battles, bad checks and bikini businesses to the defense attorney in the most high profile case in the country at the moment.
Baez, 42, is defending Casey Anthony from charges that she killed her 2-year-old daughter Caylee, a crime that could warrant her a death sentence.
Richard Hornsby, a defense attorney who has followed the case closely, was president of the Central Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers when he first learned about Casey Anthony's hiring of Baez in 2008.
"I first said, 'Jose who?" Hornsby said. "I had no idea who he was."
It has taken a while for Baez to establish himself as a defense lawyer. Despite graduating from law school in 1997, the Navy veteran was denied admission to the Florida bar for eight years until 2005.
An order by the Supreme Court of Florida states that he was denied admission because of his failure to pay child support to his ex-wife and secure life and health insurance for his teenage daughter. It states that he had previously declared bankruptcy, written bad checks and defaulted on student loans, the court said.
UPDATE:6-5-2011
Here are some articles and information to update you on the latest with the Casey Anthony case.
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Casey Anthony's legal team opened her defense by admitting that she had lied about a babysitter having stolen her daughter Caylee a month earlier, claiming the child had drowned instead.Anthony had clung to the lie about the babysitter, who she identified as Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez, for more than three years. But Anthony's murder trial has revealed that the tale about "Zanny the nanny" wasn't her only whopper. Anthony had created an imaginary life that was a complex web of lies.
Casey Anthony told police that she spoke to her daughter Caylee on July 15, 2008, the day Caylee was reported missing. She told police Caylee said, "Hi, mommy" and told her a story about her shoes and a book she was reading. "She was excited to talk to me," Casey Anthony told police. Caylee was already dead.She said she had a job as an event planner at Universal Studios. She even led police to a building on the Universal lot and down a hallway until she finally turned to them and admitted she didn't work there.She claimed the babysitter was a former girlfriend of Jeffrey Hopkins, and that Hopkins was also a one time boyfriend of hers. She told her mother, Cindy Casey, that Hopkins had a toddler named Zachary. She had a picture of a man and a boy on her cell phone identified as Hopkins and filed under "boyfriend," her mother told the court. Hopkins testified that he attended middle school with Anthony. Hopkins said he has no child and never met anyone named Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez.
Casey Anthony described how Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez lived in one neighborhood for several months and then moved to another location. Her story of the babysitter's move was complete with a description of the apartment's interior.She claimed her friend and co-worker at Universal Studios was named Juliette Lewis. Casey and her mother, Cindy, went to help Lewis with a fundraiser, but after waiting for about 90 minutes, Lewis didn't show up, Cindy Casey testified. Universal had said that no one named Juliette Lewis worked there.Casey Anthony told her mother that the father of Caylee was a man named Eric Baker. She later called home frantically to tell her mother that Eric Baker had been killed in a car crash. Anthony even told detectives she had Baker's obituary to prove Caylee's father was dead. It's never been confirmed Baker is the father of Caylee and it's still unclear the paternity of Caylee.
Hopkins' mother was named Jules and she had cancer. Cindy Anthony even baked a cake for a Christmas season meeting with Hopkins and his mother, but the meeting was cancelled at the last minute.Casey Anthony told her mother that she was in Jacksonville and was going to stay longer to attend Jules' wedding. She was actually staying at the home of her boyfriend Tony Lazzarro and another friend's apartment in Orlando.Casey Anthony told her mother at different times during the month that the girl was missing that Caylee was at Disney World, was at Sea World, was at Universal Studios. Caylee was already dead.http://abcnews.go.com/US/casey-anthony-top-ten-lies/story?id=13742643
FBI Analyst: Hair in Casey Anthony's Trunk Came
from Dead Body
Orange County Government, Florida(ORLANDO, Fla.) -- An FBI hair analyst testified on Saturday that a hair found in the trunk of Casey Anthony's car likely came from a dead body.
Karen Korsberg Lowe said she felt definitively that the sample of hair removed from the trunk showed post-mortem banding -meaning that hair was consistent with hair from a dead body, not a live one.
"It has a darkened band at the root portion of the hair. This is consistent with apparent decomposition," Lowe said during the court session Saturday morning.
Casey Anthony is accused of murdering her two-year-old daughter Caylee. The Florida mother is charged with first-degree murder.
Lowe said the hair was similar to one removed from Caylee but not the same when compared to a sample from Casey Anthony.
Prosecutors say the hair is evidence that Caylee was dead inside in the trunk and not alive.
The defense challenged Lowe's credentials in microscopic hair tests and the limitation of such analysis.
The defense claimed that Caylee died after accidently drowning in her grandparent's swimming pool.
Mike Vincent, an assistant supervisor with the Orange County Sheriff's office also testified how he collected air samples as evidence.
The defense questioned the fact that this was the first time these air samples have ever been used in court and that the actual expert had no experience doing this before. http://www.670kboi.com/rssItem.asp?feedid=118&itemid=29676503
Casey Anthony's legal team opened her defense by admitting that she had lied about a babysitter having stolen her daughter Caylee a month earlier, claiming the child had drowned instead.Anthony had clung to the lie about the babysitter, who she identified as Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez, for more than three years. But Anthony's murder trial has revealed that the tale about "Zanny the nanny" wasn't her only whopper. Anthony had created an imaginary life that was a complex web of lies.
Casey Anthony told police that she spoke to her daughter Caylee on July 15, 2008, the day Caylee was reported missing. She told police Caylee said, "Hi, mommy" and told her a story about her shoes and a book she was reading. "She was excited to talk to me," Casey Anthony told police. Caylee was already dead.She said she had a job as an event planner at Universal Studios. She even led police to a building on the Universal lot and down a hallway until she finally turned to them and admitted she didn't work there.She claimed the babysitter was a former girlfriend of Jeffrey Hopkins, and that Hopkins was also a one time boyfriend of hers. She told her mother, Cindy Casey, that Hopkins had a toddler named Zachary. She had a picture of a man and a boy on her cell phone identified as Hopkins and filed under "boyfriend," her mother told the court. Hopkins testified that he attended middle school with Anthony. Hopkins said he has no child and never met anyone named Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez.
Casey Anthony described how Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez lived in one neighborhood for several months and then moved to another location. Her story of the babysitter's move was complete with a description of the apartment's interior.She claimed her friend and co-worker at Universal Studios was named Juliette Lewis. Casey and her mother, Cindy, went to help Lewis with a fundraiser, but after waiting for about 90 minutes, Lewis didn't show up, Cindy Casey testified. Universal had said that no one named Juliette Lewis worked there.Casey Anthony told her mother that the father of Caylee was a man named Eric Baker. She later called home frantically to tell her mother that Eric Baker had been killed in a car crash. Anthony even told detectives she had Baker's obituary to prove Caylee's father was dead. It's never been confirmed Baker is the father of Caylee and it's still unclear the paternity of Caylee.
Hopkins' mother was named Jules and she had cancer. Cindy Anthony even baked a cake for a Christmas season meeting with Hopkins and his mother, but the meeting was cancelled at the last minute.Casey Anthony told her mother that she was in Jacksonville and was going to stay longer to attend Jules' wedding. She was actually staying at the home of her boyfriend Tony Lazzarro and another friend's apartment in Orlando.Casey Anthony told her mother at different times during the month that the girl was missing that Caylee was at Disney World, was at Sea World, was at Universal Studios. Caylee was already dead.http://abcnews.go.com/US/casey-anthony-top-ten-lies/story?id=13742643
Casey Anthony told police that she spoke to her daughter Caylee on July 15, 2008, the day Caylee was reported missing. She told police Caylee said, "Hi, mommy" and told her a story about her shoes and a book she was reading. "She was excited to talk to me," Casey Anthony told police. Caylee was already dead.She said she had a job as an event planner at Universal Studios. She even led police to a building on the Universal lot and down a hallway until she finally turned to them and admitted she didn't work there.She claimed the babysitter was a former girlfriend of Jeffrey Hopkins, and that Hopkins was also a one time boyfriend of hers. She told her mother, Cindy Casey, that Hopkins had a toddler named Zachary. She had a picture of a man and a boy on her cell phone identified as Hopkins and filed under "boyfriend," her mother told the court. Hopkins testified that he attended middle school with Anthony. Hopkins said he has no child and never met anyone named Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez.Casey Anthony described how Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez lived in one neighborhood for several months and then moved to another location. Her story of the babysitter's move was complete with a description of the apartment's interior.She claimed her friend and co-worker at Universal Studios was named Juliette Lewis. Casey and her mother, Cindy, went to help Lewis with a fundraiser, but after waiting for about 90 minutes, Lewis didn't show up, Cindy Casey testified. Universal had said that no one named Juliette Lewis worked there.Casey Anthony told her mother that the father of Caylee was a man named Eric Baker. She later called home frantically to tell her mother that Eric Baker had been killed in a car crash. Anthony even told detectives she had Baker's obituary to prove Caylee's father was dead. It's never been confirmed Baker is the father of Caylee and it's still unclear the paternity of Caylee.Hopkins' mother was named Jules and she had cancer. Cindy Anthony even baked a cake for a Christmas season meeting with Hopkins and his mother, but the meeting was cancelled at the last minute.Casey Anthony told her mother that she was in Jacksonville and was going to stay longer to attend Jules' wedding. She was actually staying at the home of her boyfriend Tony Lazzarro and another friend's apartment in Orlando.Casey Anthony told her mother at different times during the month that the girl was missing that Caylee was at Disney World, was at Sea World, was at Universal Studios. Caylee was already dead.FBI Analyst: Hair in Casey Anthony's Trunk Came
from Dead Body
Orange County Government, Florida(ORLANDO, Fla.) -- An FBI hair analyst testified on Saturday that a hair found in the trunk of Casey Anthony's car likely came from a dead body.
Karen Korsberg Lowe said she felt definitively that the sample of hair removed from the trunk showed post-mortem banding -meaning that hair was consistent with hair from a dead body, not a live one.
"It has a darkened band at the root portion of the hair. This is consistent with apparent decomposition," Lowe said during the court session Saturday morning.
Casey Anthony is accused of murdering her two-year-old daughter Caylee. The Florida mother is charged with first-degree murder.
Lowe said the hair was similar to one removed from Caylee but not the same when compared to a sample from Casey Anthony.
Prosecutors say the hair is evidence that Caylee was dead inside in the trunk and not alive.
The defense challenged Lowe's credentials in microscopic hair tests and the limitation of such analysis.
The defense claimed that Caylee died after accidently drowning in her grandparent's swimming pool.
Mike Vincent, an assistant supervisor with the Orange County Sheriff's office also testified how he collected air samples as evidence.
The defense questioned the fact that this was the first time these air samples have ever been used in court and that the actual expert had no experience doing this before.
http://www.670kboi.com/rssItem.asp?feedid=118&itemid=29676503Karen Korsberg Lowe said she felt definitively that the sample of hair removed from the trunk showed post-mortem banding -meaning that hair was consistent with hair from a dead body, not a live one.
"It has a darkened band at the root portion of the hair. This is consistent with apparent decomposition," Lowe said during the court session Saturday morning.
Casey Anthony is accused of murdering her two-year-old daughter Caylee. The Florida mother is charged with first-degree murder.
Lowe said the hair was similar to one removed from Caylee but not the same when compared to a sample from Casey Anthony.
Prosecutors say the hair is evidence that Caylee was dead inside in the trunk and not alive.
The defense challenged Lowe's credentials in microscopic hair tests and the limitation of such analysis.
The defense claimed that Caylee died after accidently drowning in her grandparent's swimming pool.
Mike Vincent, an assistant supervisor with the Orange County Sheriff's office also testified how he collected air samples as evidence.
The defense questioned the fact that this was the first time these air samples have ever been used in court and that the actual expert had no experience doing this before.
Tomorrow brings Day 11 of the Casey Anthony trial
By Adam Longo and Amanda Evans, Team Coverage
Last Updated: Sunday, June 05, 2011 8:20 AM
Last Updated: Sunday, June 05, 2011 8:20 AM
Testimony is scheduled to resume Monday in the first-degree murder trial of Casey Anthony.
Experts are expected to take the stand to present more scientific evidence.
Saturday, Day 10 of the trial, was a “hairy” day for the defense.
FBI forensic scientist Karen Lowe took to the stand Saturday and testified about the microscopic details of hair.
The defense was ready to challenge this science along with the air samples, which were both presented by the prosecution Saturday.
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The testimony quickly turned to what Lowe was able to determine from the hair entered in as evidence in this murder trial.
Lowe testified that the hair removed from the trunk is consistent with hair from a dead body. She also testified the hair was similar to hair pulled from Caylee's hair brush and not from Casey Anthony.
Prosecutors say it proves Casey put Caylee's remains in the trunk after she was killed.
Testimony continued, and on cross-examination, defense attorney Jose Baez challenged the legitimacy of this hair science and its expert.
Following Lowe's testimony, Mike Vincent, of the Orange County Sheriff's Office Crime Scene Unit, took the stand. Vincent took samples from stains in the car. He also took air samples.
Testimony lacked the emotion previously seen in this case as we got a look under the microscope today.
Defense attorneys took every chance they could to attack each link in the chain of circumstantial evidence the prosecution plans to use to convict Casey Anthony.
Court is in recess until Monday at 9 a.m.
We also now know prosecutors plan on wrapping up their case on or around June 17 -- four weeks into testimony.
The defense will then have the chance to call its own witnesses.
June 1, 2011 1:33 PM
Casey Anthony Trial Update: Brother Lee testifies sister's car smelled "offensive"
Defendant Casey Anthony at her trial in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, May 31, 2011.
(Credit: AP Photo)(CBS/WKMG/AP) ORLANDO, Fla. - Lee Anthony, Casey Anthony's brother, was called to testify for the first time in his sister's murder trial Wednesday morning.
Lee Anthony testified about the weeks in July 2008 leading up to the discovery that his niece, Caylee Anthony, was missing. He said he had gone to the bar area of downtown Orlando on July 3 to look for his sister after their mother expressed concern that she had not seen her daughter or granddaughter in several weeks.
He testified that on July 15, 2008 he asked his sister why she wouldn't let the family see Caylee, and she responded, "Maybe because I'm a spiteful (expletive)." That is the same day their mother, Cindy Anthony, called 911 to report Caylee missing.
Lee Anthony said his sister told him their mother had said to Casey that she was an unfit mother. He also said Cindy Anthony had referred to Caylee as a mistake, but the best mistake Casey Anthony had ever made.
He also described the smell of his sister's car on that day as "offensive." Several other witnesses have testified that Casey Anthony's white Pontiac Sunfire smelled of human decomposition.
Lee Anthony said he had never heard of a nanny caring for Caylee until Casey Anthony told him on July 15 that Caylee was taken by a nanny named Zenaida Gonzalez and had been gone for 31 days. The defense has since acknowledged that this person does not exist.
Earlier Wednesday, Amy Huizenga, Casey Anthony's former best friend, was cross-examined by Anthony's defense attorney about their friendship.
Anthony is on trial for first-degree murder for the death of her toddler, Caylee. If convicted, she could be sentenced to death.
She has pleaded not guilty and her defense told the jury that Caylee died in an accidental drowning in the family's swimming pool.
Experts say Casey Anthony up against meticulous case from prosecutors, wild defense theory
ORLANDO, Fla. — Legal experts say prosecutors’ meticulous murder case against Casey Anthony so far, along with the woman’s sensational claims that her father covered up her daughter’s death after the 2-year-old drowned, could make it difficult to avoid a conviction.
Saturday ended the second week of testimony in Anthony’s murder trial, and prosecutors say it also marks roughly the halfway point of their case. Prosecutors are trying to prove that the single mother, then 22, suffocated her daughter Caylee by placing duct tape over the girl’s mouth and then dumped her body in the woods near her parents’ home.
It’s a high-profile case that has demanded a methodical approach from a prosecution team with more than 70 years of combined experience — in part because, if convicted, Anthony could become only the fourth woman added to Florida’s current roster of 397 death row inmates.
Meanwhile, defense attorneys introduced a wild theory during opening statements, saying that the toddler accidently drowned on June 15, 2008, in her grandparents’ swimming pool and that grandfather George Anthony helped dispose of her body. They also claimed he molested Casey when she was a child, leaving her emotionally scarred.
Even without a clear motive established for why Casey Anthony, now 25, might have killed her daughter, some court watchers said those defense arguments may be overshadowing any deficiencies in the prosecution’s case.
“I believe they have almost relieved the state of their burden of proof by making such strong assertions in opening statements,” said Karin Moore, a professor at Florida A&M University’s College of Law. “They are going to have to prove it now. It is going to be a difficult task for them.”
Caylee was last seen by her grandparents on June 16, 2008. The state contends Anthony waited 31 days before telling her family the toddler was missing. George Anthony denied abusing his daughter and being involved with Caylee’s death on the witness stand, at one point lowering his head and saying, “When I heard that ... it hurt really badly.”
So far, prosecutors have mostly ignored all that, meticulously showing jurors the carefree lifestyle Anthony led during the month her child was believed to be missing, and through the repeated lies she told friends, family and law enforcement. They have also presented evidence that a decomposing body — presumably that of Caylee — was in Casey Anthony’s car. But the bulk of their forensic evidence is still to come, and it’s unclear if it will be enough for a conviction in a highly circumstantial case.
Casey Anthony told detectives she had been trying to find her daughter in the month before the disappearance was reported, but so far prosecutors have shown numerous examples of her going to nightclubs, shopping and hanging out with friends during that time.
It’s also undisputed by the defense that once law enforcement was notified, Anthony continued to spin a web of lies centered on an imaginary nanny named “Zanny” that she initially said kidnapped her daughter, taking detectives to a vacant apartment where she claimed the woman lived. She also took them to Universal Studios theme park, where she had told her parents she worked as an events planner, talking her way in despite having no employee identification. She dropped the charade as she walked detectives toward what she said was her office — but still said she had anything to do with Caylee’s disappearance. The detectives called her a liar and at one point asked her if Caylee had drowned. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/experts-say-casey-anthony-up-against-meticulous-case-from-prosecutors-wild-defense-theory/2011/06/05/AGo7oXJH_story.html
R E M E M B E R
T H I S I N F O R M A I O N !!!!
My Space Cindy Anthony
The whole story of Caylee Anthony has me confused. On Cindy Anthony’s My Space she wrote the following…on 7/3/08….(edit-Cindy has deleted her MySpace account)
Thursday, July 03, 2008
my caylee is missing
Current mood: http://x.myspace.com/images/blog/moods/iBrads… distraughtShe came into my life unexspectedly, just as she has left me. This precious little angel from above gave me strength and unconditional love. Now she is gone and I don’t know why. All I am guilty of is loving her and providing her a safe home. Jealousy has taken her away. Jealousy from the one person that should be thankfull for all of the love and support given to her. A mother’s love is deep, however there are limits when one is betrayed by the one she loved and trusted the most. A daughter comes to her mother for support when she is pregnant, the mother says without hesitation it will be ok. And it was. But then the lies and betrayal began. First it seemed harmless, ah, love is blind. A mother will look for the good in her child and give them a chance to change. This mother gave chance after chance for her daughter to change, but instead more lies more betrayal. What does the mother get for giving her daughter all of these chances? A broken heart. The daughter who stole money, lots of money, leaves without warning and does not let her mother now speak to the baby that her mother raised, fed, clothed, sheltered, paid her medical bills, etc. Instead tells her friends that her mother is controlling her life and she needs her space. No money, no future. Where did she go? Who is now watching out for the little angel?
Where do I start with my questions??
- Why use the word missing? Did Cindy Anthony know on 7/3 that her grandchild was missing?
- If they really thought she had a job, why the comment about no money and no future?
- How can lies and betrayal be harmless?
This whole thing stinks...http://paperglueetc.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/my-space-cindy-anthony/
ANOTHER ARTICLE
"Cindy Anthony says someone hacked into her email and sent out messages and documents containing sensitive information about the case. WFTV reporter Kathi Belich received four of the emails herself, but when she realized something didn't seem right about them she forwarded the emails to the FBI.
Now, the FBI is investigating.
...
One of the emails involved the Caylee hairbrush story Eyewitness News broke last week. It seemed odd that Cindy would send Kathi such apparently personal and sensitive information.
Kathi text messaged Cindy right away and forwarded the emails to the FBI, which is already investigating an allegation that Cindy gave investigators the wrong hairbrush when they were trying to get a DNA sample for Caylee.
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CASEY DOCUMENTS TALK OF CHLOROFORM, NECK-BREAKING
Nearly 700 pages of evidence released in the Casey Anthony case contain disturbing internet searches, a accusation of a frame-up and allegations of potential incest in the Anthony family.
The investigation has brought out accusations Casey had been making against those closest to her, namely that her father George has abused her, and that her brother Lee made inappropriate sexual advances toward her once when she was in junior high. The documents show Casey said her mother Cindy did not believe that to be true.
The newly released court documents show Casey Anthony searched for information on chloroform, types of shovels and neck-breaking on her computer in the time before her young daughter Caylee disappeared.
The documents reveal that Casey searched those items in March, at the same time she was also looking on missing children web sites. Casey reported her daughter missing in June. Casey claims she left Caylee with a babysitter but that person has never been found and Casey now stands charged with Caylee’s murder
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FAMILY TENSION
The released documents show Grund also told investigators Cindy wanted Caylee to call her "Mommy" in front of Casey.
Casey's parents' financial problems almost shattered their marriage but ended up saving it because Cindy couldn't afford divorce. The investigation showed Cindy supported George for years. He lost thousands of dollars in a U.K. lottery scam.
The documents also show the following:
Cindy told her mother that Caylee was her life and her mother says if not for Caylee, Cindy might have harmed herself.
Just before Caylee disappeared, Cindy was about to throw Casey out of the house and try to get custody of Caylee. She caught Casey lying. At one point, Cindy talked about choking Casey, presumably out of frustration.
Friends said Casey was "annoyingly giddy" two weeks after investigators believe Casey murdered Caylee because her boyfriend, Tony Lazzaro was returning to Orlando after a trip home to New York for the Fourth of July weekend. Lazzaro told investigators that Caylee was “great” but he did remember telling Casey that he wanted to have sons, because his little sisters taught him how tough it is to raise girls.
Investigators also found Casey's doodlings, writing her name as Lazzaro's wife, with hearts in the script.
CASEY ANTHONY
GEORGE ANTHONY GUILTY OF MURDER
When George Anthony had had enough of the protesters yelling "baby Killer" in his front yard, he lost his cool, as most anyone would. He pushed people back off his yard and sprayed them with water and even threatened them with a hammer in his hand. Now two of the ladies from one of these incidents have been added to the defense witness list. Why?
So I think what they (the defense) are going to try to blame George Anthony for the murder of two year Caylee Anthony. What will they make out of George Anthonys alleged suicide attempt? It will be played that he attempted suicide out of guilt, guilt for killing his granddaughter Caylee. which, of course, we all know is not true. But if you could get one juror to believe it, there you go, there`s your hung jury.
George is an easy target, with an attempted suicide, and an affair while his granddaughter was missing where he admitted to his mistress that Caylee's death was an 'accident'. Mind you this statement by George Anthony was made before the body of his granddaughter was even found.But how could Casey Anthony allow her attorneys to frame the only half way decent person in the Anthony family? How could she allow her defense team to point the finger at her father, Caylee's beloved grandfather?
So I think what they (the defense) are going to try to blame George Anthony for the murder of two year Caylee Anthony. What will they make out of George Anthonys alleged suicide attempt? It will be played that he attempted suicide out of guilt, guilt for killing his granddaughter Caylee. which, of course, we all know is not true. But if you could get one juror to believe it, there you go, there`s your hung jury.
George is an easy target, with an attempted suicide, and an affair while his granddaughter was missing where he admitted to his mistress that Caylee's death was an 'accident'. Mind you this statement by George Anthony was made before the body of his granddaughter was even found.But how could Casey Anthony allow her attorneys to frame the only half way decent person in the Anthony family? How could she allow her defense team to point the finger at her father, Caylee's beloved grandfather?
User Comments (17)
Angel
partsforyouandme
May 27, 8:43 pm Detail View
Oh yeah, George knows something. What kind of father would happily watch his daughter and participate in seeing her get sentenced to death? The kind of selfish loser that has something to hide. She should throw him under the bus for what he has done. He doesn't seem to mind sacrificing her for his own sake. yep, no doubt, he's guilty of something in this case, I am sure it will come out.
deborah
May 27, 6:58 pm Detail View
george knows something about this he never called the police after finding the car, knowing caylee was missing then he went to work he never went to look with his wife for his daughter he is guilty of something .....
Comments on a forum that bring light into this crime...
Comment: "Something else I find interesting is that all isn’t what it appears between Cindy and George Anthony. According to public records in Orange County Florida, Cindy Anthony is the only owner of the home on Hopespring. Also, George Anthony filed for divorce on 12/29/05 just a few months after Caylee was born. This was ultimately dismissed after a Case Management Meeting on 11/26/07. Strange that after almost two years the case is dismissed then Caylee goes missing barely six months later. This whole family is completely wacked and unfortunately my heart says poor little Caylee is no longer living. Just for the record, I personally have had the misfortune, due to prior employment, to have smelled decomposing human remains on two separate occasions and I can assure you that there is absolutely no way the smell comes close to the smell of pizza, garbarge or animals. The other thing I find interesting is George Anthony is now saying the pics of Casey out partying were taken while she was pregnant….does he honestly think this is going to do anything to improve how she is publicly perceived? I assure you that a drunken, slovenly party girl that is pregnant doesn’t make me think of her any better."
Comment:"...It would not suprise me if Cindy knows even more than George about specifics. She posted on her myspace page on July 3rd..”my caylee is missing…and jealousy has taken her away.”
Why would she not say, something like my daughter and I had a rift and now she is refusing to let me see or speak to Caylee. But, she told all when she said she is missing.
I cannot imagine how difficult it must be for George. I would imagine that he had ideas for dealing with Casey’s bad behavior way back when she was younger…and Cindy bucked him all the way. I have seen situations where the Dad will eventually throw his hands up…and let the Mom do whatever she wants. Then he just looks the other way…but inwardly hates that he has not stood up to his wife and his out of control daughter.
I watched a family member who claimed to be pregnant, but who lost the baby…but continued to act as if she was pregnant. Others in the family were expecting and she had baby showers with them. But as the due date approached…and eventually passed the woman grew agitated and angry with the others who were having babies."
I cannot imagine how difficult it must be for George. I would imagine that he had ideas for dealing with Casey’s bad behavior way back when she was younger…and Cindy bucked him all the way. I have seen situations where the Dad will eventually throw his hands up…and let the Mom do whatever she wants. Then he just looks the other way…but inwardly hates that he has not stood up to his wife and his out of control daughter.
I watched a family member who claimed to be pregnant, but who lost the baby…but continued to act as if she was pregnant. Others in the family were expecting and she had baby showers with them. But as the due date approached…and eventually passed the woman grew agitated and angry with the others who were having babies."
Comment:"When I saw little Caylee’s bedroom it struck me as being “to” perfect. An interior decorator could not have done a better job. Very strange for a child that was turning 3 years old.
The Anthony’s seemed to have been plagued with money problems throught the years . Before and after moving from Trumbull County, Ohio.
Was George a homicide detective? Did he retire as he stated earlier or was fired or leave on his own?
This is the one that cause me nightmares. Did Caylee have life insurance policies and if so who’s named as the beneficiaries?"
Comment: "Cindy’s post to on the 3rd July with a title of My Caylee is missing tells me she already knew that her daughter did not have care of the child. She may have believed the babysitter story, but by the 3rd, after asking many times to speak to Caylee and getting many excuses from Casey, she began to feel that the child was either dead or sent away. As a mother of a child that was a gambler prior to getting lots of professional help, I recognise the signs. It takes you a while to sort through the lies that are perpetuated for self protection. You have to play detective, and at the same time you feel guilty in doing so, because this is your CHILD you are having trouble believing.
I read that someone else was wondering how Casey could stand by while her mother was on the phone talking to 911 operators. One of them, I believe, was in the car. To me, this smacks of only two scenarios. 1. The mother was threatening Casey with something even worse when she first rang (which I think was born out in the next call when she asked casey “is that what you want”) or 2. The mother has known the child is dead for a month already, and has been asking Casey to report it.
Cindy is now scared she will lose, not only her grandchild, but her child…I believe Florida enforces the death penalty, is that right? Cindy did not understand the consequences of her actions when she rang 911, and now that she does, she is backing off at a rate of knots"
Comment: "I think the detectives and FBI have choreographed these last few days perfectly.
First, they released over 400 hundred pages of evidence in Caylee’s mothers case.
They released the information concerning the fired deputy sheriff. He lied to them and told them he never had a sexual relationship with Caylee’s mother. I don’t think Orlando or any town needs an officer who thought his bosses would not find out. I would call this a “DUH” .
Yesterday, they released the results of the air sample ,taken from the trunk of the car and as you know, it was positive . A decomposing body was in the trunk of Caylee’s (grandparents) mother’s car.
After reading all of the material more than once and listening to the 911 tapes again, in my opinion, they think Caylee’s mother may have had help . It could have been after the child was found dead from an accident or murder.
June 9th was a date that apparently was very important to Caylee’s mother and others around her.
1. Caylee’s mother told police that was the last time she saw Caylee.
2. Caylee’s grandmother told police last was the last day she saw Caylee.
3. Ricardo stated Caylee and Caylee’s mother spent the night at his apartment and they all slept in the same bed.
4. Tony, the new boyfriend, stated he last saw Caylee on June 2nd and Caylee’s mom moved in his apartment June 9th.
2. Caylee’s grandmother told police last was the last day she saw Caylee.
3. Ricardo stated Caylee and Caylee’s mother spent the night at his apartment and they all slept in the same bed.
4. Tony, the new boyfriend, stated he last saw Caylee on June 2nd and Caylee’s mom moved in his apartment June 9th.
Many things started taking place on or around June 9th. Casey was in contact with friends she had not seen for sometime. Wanting them to come and party at Fusion.
June 9th, was the day Caylee’s mother decided to get rid of this precious little baby, one way or another.
Caylee’s grandmother made a few mistakes .
First ,she told the police, the last time she saw Caylee was on June the 9th. Only, after a detective came to the house and spoke with Caylee’s grandparents did she have to change her story. The detective showed pictures of Caylee that were taken on the 15th of June. She asked, are you sure of the date? In my opinion, Caylee’s grandmother had completely forgot about this because she was covering for Caylee’s mother and /or, she helped her. That is a terrible thought , but she stated ” I have lost one and I will not lose another”.
The entire Anthony family have acted strange since the beginning of this nightmare.
Caylee’s grandfather stated, at the very beginning, he was not living at the house. I think Caylee’s grandmother wears the pants in this family. Like Caylee’s mom, she would say jump and they would say how high. People who are frantically looking for their grandchild do not have benefits to raise money, this was outlandish, along with many things they did.
In my opinon, the detectives and FBI have most, if not all, of the DNA evidence back.
I also think the limited immunity being offered, is to see if Caylee’s mother and /or someone else will roll over. I think she had help, in one form or another.
It could have been a member of the family or someone that got caught up into something that snowballed."
Comment: "Forensically speaking, Casey Anthony has let on far more subliminal information than she realizes. 1) She said Caylee is “close to home”. This means, she buried the child “close to home”. 2) Casey has no sense of urgency about finding her child, because she knows the child is no longer alive. 3) The reason she stole the gas is two-fold: a) to drive as far out of town as possible, while thinking over what to do with Caylee’s body. b) She then returned “close to home” and used the rest of the gas to char the remains.
Sorry to be so blunt, but these are things that we were all afraid to say … until the air results came back yesterday. The OC investigators need to write up a map of her cell-phone pings and search for remote or wooded areas in those locations."
There are more posts on http://paperglueetc.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/my-space-cindy-anthony/
UPDATE:
The trial has certainly been interesting thus far. Here are some interesting pieces of information that I pulled up that may persuade you into feeling that perhaps the whole family might have been involved...
Make Cindy Anthony Accountable for Her Actions.
- signatures: 1,583
- signature goal: 1,000
- Target: Orange County Sheriff's Dpt; L.E. Florida State
- Sponsored by: Janel Corey
We, The Undersigned, plead with Orange County; State of Florida,
to make Mrs. Cindy Anthony Accountable for her Actions pertaining
to the Disappearance of her Grandaughter....Caylee Marie Anthony.
She has Tampered with Evidence, and has completely Obstructed the
Investigation by Law Enforcement regarding the Case of her Daughter,
Casey Anthony.
to make Mrs. Cindy Anthony Accountable for her Actions pertaining
to the Disappearance of her Grandaughter....Caylee Marie Anthony.
She has Tampered with Evidence, and has completely Obstructed the
Investigation by Law Enforcement regarding the Case of her Daughter,
Casey Anthony.
Casey Anthony declines jail visit from her mother
In a Thursday, March 12, 2009 file, photo, slain toddler Caylee Anthony's mother Casey Anthony attends a hearing in Orlando, Fla. Anthony will be back in court in Orlando Wednesday, March 25, 2009 to explain how she is paying her attorneys to defend her against charges that she murdered her toddler daughter.(AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Red Huber)
Published: Saturday, May 7, 2011 at 9:41 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, May 7, 2011 at 9:41 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, May 7, 2011 at 9:41 a.m.
ORLANDO - Casey Anthony has declined a jail visit from her mother, days before her murder trial is scheduled to begin.
Cindy Anthony had requested a video visit with her daughter Saturday morning at the Orange County jail.
Orange County Corrections spokeswoman Allen Moore says Casey Anthony told a housing officer during routine cell checks early Saturday that she was declining her mother's request.
Casey Anthony is charged with first-degree murder in the death of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee. Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday.http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20110507/WIRE/110509612/0/COLUMNIST77?Title=Casey-Anthony-declines-jail-visit-from-her-mother&tc=ar
The Casey Anthony trial is about to take place with a lot at stake. Hopefully, they will admit the jail visit conversations between the Anthony Parents and Casey.
A bombshell should be dropped during this trial (and is expected to be dropped, but has not been released), which should be that Cindy Anthony was involved, if not completely responsible and that will be a big bombshell indeed. There is a lot about this case that is extraordinarily sad and that does not exactly match...one story to another, along with behavior.
One thing that has not been presented that I have from my sessions is Cindy's involvement somewhere on a street called San Luis Obispo in Lakewood Park, Florida. What happened there?
Here are a few tidbits that help me to know that Cindy Anthony was involved, which is a huge reason why she and her husband have been having issues...he wants to stand by his wife and daughter, but is crushed by what he knows.
"Anthony waited a month before telling her mother that Caylee had disappeared, and only after Anthony's parents, George and Cindy, recovered from the towing lot a car with a foul odor that Casey Anthony had been driving the past month. When Cindy Anthony called 911 to report her granddaughter missing, she told the dispatcher, "There's something wrong. I found my daughter's car today and it smells like there has been a dead body in the damn car."
That odor will be a key element during trial."
Read more: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2011/05/23/1612222/casey-anthony-trial-to-hinge-on.html#ixzz1NCAL6mC1
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She also says there's no link to prove that her daughter is responsible, or that it's been proven that the remains found are Caylee's.
"There's no fibers, there no hair, there's no DNA, there's no fingerprints of Casey's or anyone in our family," she said in a taped interview that aired on "Today."
"There's no fibers, there no hair, there's no DNA, there's no fingerprints of Casey's or anyone in our family," she said in a taped interview that aired on "Today."
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Her husband said he doesn't want to believe that his daughter could have killed his granddaughter.
"We've always said we always wanted to find out what happened to Caylee no matter where the road or the path takes us," George Anthony said.
"We've always said we always wanted to find out what happened to Caylee no matter where the road or the path takes us," George Anthony said.
Interestingly, the Huffington Post has decided to write a lengthy article showing Casey Anthony as a celebrity hound based on a small paragraph she wrote to one of her fellow inmates. To me, this small paragraph is really just a form of her stating her amazement and curiosity for why her case is being made such a big deal. Wow! There is certainly no one in the media that is looking at this from a perspective of looking at the whole family picture, being sure that she was the only one involved, being sure of all of the facts, etc. before pinning her as death-penalty guilty! This isn't how the system is supposed to work. Her family is really screwed up and there are more people involved than just her here, no matter how screwed up she is. This type of article shows a lot of hatred from the writer and shows someone who is not willing to HEAR all of what is going on in this case. All I can say is wow!!!!
Huffington Post Excerpt:
"Did she really write that? The accused child killer Casey Anthony included this surprising passage in a letter to a fellow inmate as she awaited her capital murder trial currently under way in Florida:
I've told you about all the mail I've gotten. I'm up to the thousands with positive letters and cards. Low 20's for the negative. Good stuff. Well...there are a couple of fellas who have either become infatuated with the celebrity or with the fair damesll [sic]...in distress. One is more hooked than the other...Is this what "celebrities" have to deal with? Yikes! It is sweet in a strange sort of way...--Excerpt from Casey Anthony's jailhouse letters
As this delusional thought reveals, Casey Anthony is fully aware of the cult-like celebrity status she has attained. Does she deserve it? Since the disappearance of her young daughter Caylee in 2008 and the discovery of her skeletal remains months later, Anthony's bizarre case has garnered " http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-semino/casey-anthony-trial_b_862174.html
In this Reuters excerpt, at least they are stating hard evidence.(Reuters) - In a calm, confident voice, accused child killer Casey Anthony told investigators on July 16, 2008 that her 2-year-old daughter Caylee had been kidnapped by her nanny, according to a taped statement played Wednesday for jurors.
A detective could be heard on the tape offering Casey the opportunity to rescind and change her statement.
"This is the truth. It's the story I'm going to stick with, yes," Casey said on the recording.
The 25-year-old mother is on trial in Orlando, Florida, on a first-degree murder charge and faces the death penalty if convicted.
Casey's taped statement about what happened to Caylee is at odds with the account offered by her own defense attorney during opening statements last week.
Defense attorney Jose Baez said Caylee accidentally drowned in the Anthony family's backyard pool but no one reported the death.http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/02/us-crime-anthony-idUSTRE7507ZG20110602
Here is another Reuters article that sheds light on Casey...
(Reuters) - Accused child-killer Casey Anthony called herself "the worst f***ing person" and predicted she would spend eternity in jail in text messages she sent a month after the murder of her daughter Caylee, according to evidence introduced at trial on Saturday.
Anthony is charged with first-degree murder after the June 15, 2008 killing of two-year-old Caylee, and faces the death penalty if convicted.
"I'm the worst f---ing person in the world," Casey texted to her then-boyfriend Tony Lazzaro. She also texted, "If they don't find her, guess who gets blamed and spends eternity in jail."
Here in an excerpt from another news site, you can see more about how Cindy seems to be telling lies about Casey and Caylee Anthony.
Aside from Cindy taking the stand, another factor in court made big headlines and that was Casey herself. The 25-year-old mother became enraged and was seen sobbing and talking angrily with her attorneys after her mother took the stand.
The emotions were evident during a recess ordered by Judge Belvin Perry. Casey's attorneys had their arms around her. Her mother's comments seemed to make her upset.
"How long did you go without seeing your granddaughter?" asked prosecutors.
"I don't think I ever went more than 24 hours without seeing Caylee," Cindy Anthony said.
Casey's mother also said that she thought that her daughter went back to work at Universal Studios when Caylee was born.
It was a job that prosecutors claim never existed.
Cindy Anthony also testified about the now-infamous"Zanny," the nanny. However, Casey's mother says she never met the Zanny.
Testimony: Casey lied about boyfriend, job
June 2, 2011 9:58 a.m. EDT
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- NEW: A man named Jeff Hopkins denies being Casey Anthony's wealthy suitor
- NEW: A Universal Studios official testifies Anthony had not worked there since 2006
- Casey Anthony is accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, in 2008
- If convicted, she could face the death penalty
Tune in to HLN's "Nancy Grace" at 8 ET for live reports from Florida with all the details of the Casey Anthony trial. And follow the action on Nancy's special Casey Anthony trial page.
(CNN) -- Prosecutors set about debunking Casey Anthony's statements Thursday in her capital murder trial, presenting testimony that she never had a wealthy suitor named Jeffrey Michael Hopkins and she had not worked at Universal Studios since 2006, despite years of claims to the contrary.
A man named Jeff Hopkins testified that while he knew her from middle school, her claims of dating him and his introducing her to a nanny named Zenaida Gonzalez were fabrications. Hopkins, 26, said his name wasn't even Jeffrey Michael Hopkins -- the name Anthony had given as a wealthy suitor living in Jacksonville, with a son named Zachary.
Anthony's mother, Cindy Anthony, previously testified her daughter spoke often about Hopkins, describing him as a former coworker at Universal who had introduced her to Gonzalez, purportedly employed as a nanny for Casey Anthony's 2-year-old daughter Caylee. The two began dating, Casey Anthony had claimed.
After Caylee went missing June 16, 2008, Casey Anthony stayed away from her parents' house for weeks, telling her mother she and her daughter were spending time with Hopkins in Jacksonville, Florida, where he lived.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/06/02/florida.casey.anthony.trial/
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UPDATE: 5-31-2011
Comments on a forum that bring more light into this crime...
GEORGE AND CINDY ANTHONY GUILTY
User Comments (39)
snickelfritz
May 30, 10:46 pm Detail View
I can't shake this image that Cindy saw Caylee as a living doll and then after her death Cindy couldn't part w/ Caylee's remains. She spent a whole month "taking care" of her corpse as the "mother".
I'm also thinking Caylee did accidently drown. And Casey's been horribly abused by her family, went into denyal and finally saw a way to flee from a family that's done the Stockholm thing on her all her life.
But we shall see.
I can't shake this image that Cindy saw Caylee as a living doll and then after her death Cindy couldn't part w/ Caylee's remains. She spent a whole month "taking care" of her corpse as the "mother".
I'm also thinking Caylee did accidently drown. And Casey's been horribly abused by her family, went into denyal and finally saw a way to flee from a family that's done the Stockholm thing on her all her life.
But we shall see.
Anti-Death penalty advocate
May 29, 12:54 pm Detail View
Parents who would not defend their child, even at their own expense, are heartless and degenerate. They would rather see their child die than share the guilt to ease the punishment. If my son or daughter accused me of murder/ cover-up and that accusation could save their lives from death row, I will be glad to shoulder these accusations. A true parent shows unconditional love. It just shows you that Casey's parents never gave a damn about her. She was obviously abused by such monsters.
Parents who would not defend their child, even at their own expense, are heartless and degenerate. They would rather see their child die than share the guilt to ease the punishment. If my son or daughter accused me of murder/ cover-up and that accusation could save their lives from death row, I will be glad to shoulder these accusations. A true parent shows unconditional love. It just shows you that Casey's parents never gave a damn about her. She was obviously abused by such monsters.
May 29, 10:29 pm
Mary replied to Anti-Death penalty advocate : I absolutely agree. How do those parents sit there and basicly send their daughter to the gallows. If she is guilty obviously she is sick and they should stick by her. I would die myself before I gave up on my child.
Mary replied to Anti-Death penalty advocate : I absolutely agree. How do those parents sit there and basicly send their daughter to the gallows. If she is guilty obviously she is sick and they should stick by her. I would die myself before I gave up on my child.
User3754
May 28, 2:52 pm Detail View
gorge is guilty as hell just like most bad cops that think they can get away with anything!!! oh please then show up in court with a bible everyday what a damn put on show
gorge is guilty as hell just like most bad cops that think they can get away with anything!!! oh please then show up in court with a bible everyday what a damn put on show
User3745
May 28, 11:12 am Detail View
Regardless of guilt, she should have had a job by now and have been raising Caylee on her own. If she will lie about graduating high school to one of her many boyfrieds then she will lie about anything. She is a co-dependent with her parents. She cannot do anything on her own, because they have always supported her and giving her money instead of telling her to grow up and get a job! Has the state Florida not paid enough for Casey-check for having a baby, 3 hot meals and a cot and her defense. I think Casey could have left her parents at anytime, but she chose not to because she did not want to work. That is the real problem in America-people want to party, have sex and get paid without working.
Regardless of guilt, she should have had a job by now and have been raising Caylee on her own. If she will lie about graduating high school to one of her many boyfrieds then she will lie about anything. She is a co-dependent with her parents. She cannot do anything on her own, because they have always supported her and giving her money instead of telling her to grow up and get a job! Has the state Florida not paid enough for Casey-check for having a baby, 3 hot meals and a cot and her defense. I think Casey could have left her parents at anytime, but she chose not to because she did not want to work. That is the real problem in America-people want to party, have sex and get paid without working.
why?
May 26, 8:27 pm Detail View
its a sad thing to get to the point of trying to destroy her parents life with such accusations.its a greater tragedy to murder your own child.casey seems to be the product of her own lies.and she has lied.
its a sad thing to get to the point of trying to destroy her parents life with such accusations.its a greater tragedy to murder your own child.casey seems to be the product of her own lies.and she has lied.
special K
May 26, 12:49 pm Detail View
To my oipnion, 3 days into the trials, after hearing George Anthony testimony... I have the STRONG feeling he is hiding something big! He is VERY defensive, his demeanour changes and most of all he is very forgetful, makes different statements ... he is NOT thruthful
To my oipnion, 3 days into the trials, after hearing George Anthony testimony... I have the STRONG feeling he is hiding something big! He is VERY defensive, his demeanour changes and most of all he is very forgetful, makes different statements ... he is NOT thruthful
http://www.issues.cc/complaints/casey-anthony/george-and-cindy-anthony-guilty
On 911 call, Casey Anthony said tot was missing for 31 days
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ORLANDO, Fla | (Reuters) - Cindy Anthony sobbed uncontrollably on the witness stand on Tuesday as jurors listened to the 911 call she made on July 15, 2008 after daughter Casey Anthony admitted her 2-year-old was missing."Caylee's missing," Cindy Anthony frantically told the emergency dispatcher during the phone call. "It smells like there's been a dead body in the damn car."Casey Anthony, on trial in Orlando for first-degree murder, told the emergency dispatcher that daughter Caylee had been missing for 31 days with a babysitter she identified as Zenaida Gonzales Fernandez.Asked by the dispatcher why she hadn't reported the missing child earlier, Casey said, "I've been looking for her and just gone through other resources to find her, which was stupid."Both prosecutors and the defense agree Caylee died on June 16, 2008 -- a month before the 911 call.Prosecutors believe Casey killed the toddler and dumped her body in woods near the Anthony home. Caylee's skeletal remains were found six months later with duct tape wrapped three times around her head, nose and mouth, the only evidence indicating a cause of death, according to prosecutors.On the night of the 911 call, Casey told detectives that the babysitter kidnapped Caylee. However, Casey's defense lawyer Jose Baez has told jurors Caylee drowned in the Anthonys' backyard pool and was found by Casey's father George, but no one immediately reported the toddler's death.Cindy Anthony, who returned to the witness stand on Tuesday for a second day of testimony, has struggled to remain composed as she shared a series of excuses she said Casey made for four weeks to keep Cindy from seeing her granddaughter.Head lowered and voice trembling, Cindy described the early afternoon of July 15 when she and George Anthony went to reclaim Casey's Pontiac Sunfire from an impound lot where they learned it had been towed.Both George and the impound lot manager testified last week that they recognized the smell of human decomposition in the car, which belonged to Cindy and George but was used by Casey.'WHAT DIED?'Cindy, a nurse who had experience smelling rotting flesh, also noted the stench. "What died?" she recalled asking her husband after he drove the car home.However, Cindy testified, she was not thinking at the time that a dead body might actually have been in the car.She said she sprayed an entire can of the air freshener Febreze inside the car and trunk. She and George opened all the windows, the trunk and the hood and left the car in their garage while they returned to work.Realizing that Casey had lied to her about being in Jacksonville with Caylee in the Sunfire, Cindy said, she went through Casey's work purse found in the car.Cindy said she found a phone number for one of Casey's friends and got the friend to take her to Casey, who was in Orlando staying at then-boyfriend Tony Lazzaro's apartment.Cindy testified she confronted Casey and demanded Casey bring her to see Caylee. Cindy said the two drove around, and Casey continued to balk at taking her to Caylee.Cindy said she finally called 911 out of frustration.She made three 911 calls in all on July 15.During the first two, Cindy calmly told the dispatcher she wanted Casey arrested for theft of money and theft of the car removed from the impound lot.At the end of the first call, Casey could be heard asking her mother to give her one more day. Cindy refused, saying she had already waited a month to see Caylee.During the second call, Cindy told the dispatcher she wanted Casey arrested before adding, "and I have a possible missing child."Cindy said she returned home with Casey to wait for a deputy to arrive. While at home, Casey's brother Lee questioned Casey. Cindy testified she overheard Casey tell Lee that Caylee had been gone for 31 days."'What do you mean she's been gone? Why didn't you tell me?' I swore at her. I hit the bed," Cindy recalled on the witness stand.During her third 911 call, Cindy, now sobbing and distraught, made the connection to the dispatcher between the missing child and the stench in Casey's car.Casey also spoke to the dispatcher in the third call. Her voice remained calm."My daughter's been missing for the last 31 days," Casey told the dispatcher.Casey was arrested in the course of that night's investigation. Prosecutors played a tape recording of a profanity-laced phone call she made the next day from jail."Well, I just saw your nice little cameo on TV," Casey said to Cindy, referring to interviews Cindy was doing on television seeking help finding Caylee.Casey argued with her mother and brother, insisting she didn't know where Caylee was and accusing them of not believing her.Asked why she wasn't crying and didn't seem upset, Casey said, "I have to stay composed to talk to detectives."(Editing by Colleen Jenkins and Jerry Norton)
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/31/us-crime-anthony-idUSTRE74U5W720110531
Defense Asks Cindy Anthony About Tot Mom's "Imaginary Friends"
During her cross examination Tuesday, defense attorney Jose Baez asked Cindy Anthony about her daughter Casey's "imaginary friends"–as he called them–including the supposed father of her daughter Caylee and the babysitter who she frequently claimed was watching her for two years.First, though, as he has with most of the witnesses so far, Baez asked her what kind of mother Casey Anthony was. Cindy said Casey was very loving, with a quick maternal instinct that reminded her of herself. Caylee adored her mother, Cindy testified, and her eyes would light up when she saw her.Baez then questioned how Cindy and George Anthony did not know their daughter was pregnant until June 30, 2005. She said they had thought Casey's weight gain at the time was due to her “sedentary” lifestyle. Baez then had Cindy stand up and look at her daughter across the courtroom to assess whether she put on weight during her nearly-three years in jail. Though she said Casey did not appear to have a protruding belly right now, she did later testify on re-direct that she has seen Casey's weight fluctuate since her arrest.The first “imaginary friend” Baez brought up was Caylee's father. Cindy said she was initially led to believe Jesse Grund was the father, but Casey later claimed it was a man named Eric Baker, who was two years younger than her and lived in Kentucky or North Carolina. He had been in town one night while he was having problems with his girlfriend back home and he and Casey got together. Later, after Caylee's second birthday, Casey called Cindy at work crying to tell her that Baker died in a car accident and that Caylee had a half-brother. Cindy said she never met Baker or talked to him, and Baez suggested there was no evidence he ever existed at all.Cindy testified at length about Jeffrey Hopkins, the former co-worker who Casey claimed had introduced her to Caylee's babysitter, Zanny. According to Cindy, Casey had befriended and began confiding in him when she and Grund were having problems, and he also had a toddler named Zachary. She said she even saw what she believed was a photo of Jeff and Zachary on Casey's phone in late 2006.In addition to Jeff's mother, Jules, Cindy said Casey also told her about Zachary's mother, who had died. Baez noted the parallel that both Zach and Caylee's other parents were supposedly deceased. Cindy testified that Casey had told her she wanted to move in with Jeffrey and his son. Still, though the Anthonys made plans to meet Jeff and his family many times, Casey always claimed something came up at the last minute and canceled.“I did not know they were imaginary people,” Cindy said when asked if it ever occurred to her at the time that they were not real. She had been hearing stories about them long before June 2008, though.Baez asked about another apparent imaginary friend, co-worker Juliette Lewis, who had a daughter named Annabelle. Cindy told the jury that she once waited in the Universal Studios parking lot with Casey for more than an hour to meet Juliette and Casey's boss but they never arrived. The only evidence she ever saw that the woman or her daughter existed was that Caylee's eyes seemed to light up in recognition and she would repeat the name when asked if she was going to play with Annabelle.Cindy then talked about the babysitter, who Baez constantly referred to as “Zanny the nanny.” She said she first heard about Zanny in February 2006, when Casey mentioned her as Jeff Hopkins' girlfriend who he had offered as a babysitter if she needed one. She never met Zanny or saw a picture of her, but she said Casey initially told her she hand long black hair, but she gotten it cut several times over the course of the two years she was watching Caylee. Cindy testified that Casey told her at times about Zanny moving, about her mother Gloria being ill and about her getting a part-time job as a bartender. She also sometimes mentioned Zanny's roommate, Raquel, and after July 2008 she claimed Zanny had a sister named Samantha.Baez returned to a comment Cindy had made during direct examination on Saturday that she had continued searching for Zanny until six weeks ago. Cindy said they had set up a tip line and followed leads in Florida, North Carolina and New York, once even going to an apartment in New York where they believed she lived. She said she and George also went to California because a couple there claimed to have seen Caylee in a restaurant. Baez began to ask questions about private investigator Dominic Casey looking for Zanny in Puerto Rico, but several objections from the prosecution cut him off.Cindy testified that she trusted Casey during the 31 days Caylee was missing because she had never given her a reason not to. Baez asked Cindy why she told co-workers in June 2008 that somebody had been swimming in their pool, and she said she had come home one day—she believed it was June 16—and the ladder was on the pool and the side gate to their yard was open. George told her he had not used it and she did not think Casey had been home, so she assumed it had to be someone else. Cindy told the jury that she was as close to 100% certain as possible that she had taken the ladder down after swimming with Caylee on June 15.When asked about her 911 calls, Cindy said she did not know why she claimed the car smelled like a dead body, but she had testified in the past that it was to get the police to respond quicker. Baez replayed portions of the call, during which Cindy again grew emotional on the witness stand, and asked several questions about George Anthony's reaction in the background of the third call when Cindy told him what happened. At one point, while being questioned about inconsistencies in the date she said she had last seen Caylee, she asked Baez not to play the call.“I don't want to hear it again,” she said.Cindy denied having any financial interest in the case, despite having formed the Caylee Marie Anthony Foundation and trademarking Caylee's name. “I've lost a lot off this case, sir,” she said, including money. She acknowledged that the family's former attorney Brad Conway set up a deal to sell photos to CBS for $20,000, though she said that money went to Conway and to paying their bills. She said Conway also once had her and George Anthony fly to New York for negotiations about a book deal.On re-direct by prosecutor Linda Drane-Burdick, Cindy explained that the trademarking of Caylee's name was to prevent its exploitation by strangers, not to profit from it. Burdick also suggested that all of Casey's lies and imaginary friends were in the context of who was caring for Caylee and why Casey was not home, though Cindy said that was not necessarily true since Jeff Hopkins first came up when Casey talked about her relationship with Jesse Grund.Baez noted Casey's lies surrounding her planned high school graduation years before Caylee was born to counter that point on re-cross. He also asked Cindy about the smell in the trunk of Casey's car and whether she thought it smelled like garbage or a dead body. “The closest thing I could resemble it to was rotting flesh,” Cindy testified, though she did not call police right away because they believed it was from the garbage found in the trunk.Prosecutor Frank George questioned the next witness, Casey's friend Amy Huizenga, about Caylee's impact on Casey's social life and her alleged growing frustration with her mother. Huizenga testified that Casey was unable to go out about once a week because there was nobody to watch Caylee.Huizenga then discussed her and Casey's plans to move in together, which first came up in mid-May 2008. She said Casey claimed she was going to take over the mortgage on her parents' house later that summer and Amy could move in there. There were several times when they actually set moving dates, but Casey always had excuses to cancel them. Huizenga testified that at some point in July Casey said her mother was taking back the deal on the house.This was one of many indications Huizenga noted that Casey's relationship with her mother appeared to be strained. She said Casey canceling plans because her mother could not watch Caylee was becoming more common in May 2008, and Casey was very upset one time when her mom told her she was an “unfit mother.” According to Huizenga, Casey told her in late June that she was keeping Caylee away from her parents' house because George and Cindy Anthony were having problems and considering a divorce so she wanted to keep her out of that drama.Huizenga testified about witnessing the confrontation between Cindy and Casey Anthony at Anthony Lazzaro's apartment on July 16, 2008. She described it as “a massive explosion of mother and daughter,” with Casey only agreeing to take Cindy to Caylee—who she claimed was with her nanny—after “a very, very big amount of persuasion.” She recalled Casey sitting in the car with “crossed arms and a glaring look” while they drove her home before going to look for Caylee.
Defense Asks Cindy Anthony About Tot Mom's "Imaginary Friends"
During her cross examination Tuesday, defense attorney Jose Baez asked Cindy Anthony about her daughter Casey's "imaginary friends"–as he called them–including the supposed father of her daughter Caylee and the babysitter who she frequently claimed was watching her for two years.
First, though, as he has with most of the witnesses so far, Baez asked her what kind of mother Casey Anthony was. Cindy said Casey was very loving, with a quick maternal instinct that reminded her of herself. Caylee adored her mother, Cindy testified, and her eyes would light up when she saw her.
Baez then questioned how Cindy and George Anthony did not know their daughter was pregnant until June 30, 2005. She said they had thought Casey's weight gain at the time was due to her “sedentary” lifestyle. Baez then had Cindy stand up and look at her daughter across the courtroom to assess whether she put on weight during her nearly-three years in jail. Though she said Casey did not appear to have a protruding belly right now, she did later testify on re-direct that she has seen Casey's weight fluctuate since her arrest.
The first “imaginary friend” Baez brought up was Caylee's father. Cindy said she was initially led to believe Jesse Grund was the father, but Casey later claimed it was a man named Eric Baker, who was two years younger than her and lived in Kentucky or North Carolina. He had been in town one night while he was having problems with his girlfriend back home and he and Casey got together. Later, after Caylee's second birthday, Casey called Cindy at work crying to tell her that Baker died in a car accident and that Caylee had a half-brother. Cindy said she never met Baker or talked to him, and Baez suggested there was no evidence he ever existed at all.
Cindy testified at length about Jeffrey Hopkins, the former co-worker who Casey claimed had introduced her to Caylee's babysitter, Zanny. According to Cindy, Casey had befriended and began confiding in him when she and Grund were having problems, and he also had a toddler named Zachary. She said she even saw what she believed was a photo of Jeff and Zachary on Casey's phone in late 2006.
In addition to Jeff's mother, Jules, Cindy said Casey also told her about Zachary's mother, who had died. Baez noted the parallel that both Zach and Caylee's other parents were supposedly deceased. Cindy testified that Casey had told her she wanted to move in with Jeffrey and his son. Still, though the Anthonys made plans to meet Jeff and his family many times, Casey always claimed something came up at the last minute and canceled.
“I did not know they were imaginary people,” Cindy said when asked if it ever occurred to her at the time that they were not real. She had been hearing stories about them long before June 2008, though.
Baez asked about another apparent imaginary friend, co-worker Juliette Lewis, who had a daughter named Annabelle. Cindy told the jury that she once waited in the Universal Studios parking lot with Casey for more than an hour to meet Juliette and Casey's boss but they never arrived. The only evidence she ever saw that the woman or her daughter existed was that Caylee's eyes seemed to light up in recognition and she would repeat the name when asked if she was going to play with Annabelle.
Cindy then talked about the babysitter, who Baez constantly referred to as “Zanny the nanny.” She said she first heard about Zanny in February 2006, when Casey mentioned her as Jeff Hopkins' girlfriend who he had offered as a babysitter if she needed one. She never met Zanny or saw a picture of her, but she said Casey initially told her she hand long black hair, but she gotten it cut several times over the course of the two years she was watching Caylee. Cindy testified that Casey told her at times about Zanny moving, about her mother Gloria being ill and about her getting a part-time job as a bartender. She also sometimes mentioned Zanny's roommate, Raquel, and after July 2008 she claimed Zanny had a sister named Samantha.
Baez returned to a comment Cindy had made during direct examination on Saturday that she had continued searching for Zanny until six weeks ago. Cindy said they had set up a tip line and followed leads in Florida, North Carolina and New York, once even going to an apartment in New York where they believed she lived. She said she and George also went to California because a couple there claimed to have seen Caylee in a restaurant. Baez began to ask questions about private investigator Dominic Casey looking for Zanny in Puerto Rico, but several objections from the prosecution cut him off.
Cindy testified that she trusted Casey during the 31 days Caylee was missing because she had never given her a reason not to. Baez asked Cindy why she told co-workers in June 2008 that somebody had been swimming in their pool, and she said she had come home one day—she believed it was June 16—and the ladder was on the pool and the side gate to their yard was open. George told her he had not used it and she did not think Casey had been home, so she assumed it had to be someone else. Cindy told the jury that she was as close to 100% certain as possible that she had taken the ladder down after swimming with Caylee on June 15.
When asked about her 911 calls, Cindy said she did not know why she claimed the car smelled like a dead body, but she had testified in the past that it was to get the police to respond quicker. Baez replayed portions of the call, during which Cindy again grew emotional on the witness stand, and asked several questions about George Anthony's reaction in the background of the third call when Cindy told him what happened. At one point, while being questioned about inconsistencies in the date she said she had last seen Caylee, she asked Baez not to play the call.
“I don't want to hear it again,” she said.
Cindy denied having any financial interest in the case, despite having formed the Caylee Marie Anthony Foundation and trademarking Caylee's name. “I've lost a lot off this case, sir,” she said, including money. She acknowledged that the family's former attorney Brad Conway set up a deal to sell photos to CBS for $20,000, though she said that money went to Conway and to paying their bills. She said Conway also once had her and George Anthony fly to New York for negotiations about a book deal.
On re-direct by prosecutor Linda Drane-Burdick, Cindy explained that the trademarking of Caylee's name was to prevent its exploitation by strangers, not to profit from it. Burdick also suggested that all of Casey's lies and imaginary friends were in the context of who was caring for Caylee and why Casey was not home, though Cindy said that was not necessarily true since Jeff Hopkins first came up when Casey talked about her relationship with Jesse Grund.
Baez noted Casey's lies surrounding her planned high school graduation years before Caylee was born to counter that point on re-cross. He also asked Cindy about the smell in the trunk of Casey's car and whether she thought it smelled like garbage or a dead body. “The closest thing I could resemble it to was rotting flesh,” Cindy testified, though she did not call police right away because they believed it was from the garbage found in the trunk.
Prosecutor Frank George questioned the next witness, Casey's friend Amy Huizenga, about Caylee's impact on Casey's social life and her alleged growing frustration with her mother. Huizenga testified that Casey was unable to go out about once a week because there was nobody to watch Caylee.
Huizenga then discussed her and Casey's plans to move in together, which first came up in mid-May 2008. She said Casey claimed she was going to take over the mortgage on her parents' house later that summer and Amy could move in there. There were several times when they actually set moving dates, but Casey always had excuses to cancel them. Huizenga testified that at some point in July Casey said her mother was taking back the deal on the house.
This was one of many indications Huizenga noted that Casey's relationship with her mother appeared to be strained. She said Casey canceling plans because her mother could not watch Caylee was becoming more common in May 2008, and Casey was very upset one time when her mom told her she was an “unfit mother.” According to Huizenga, Casey told her in late June that she was keeping Caylee away from her parents' house because George and Cindy Anthony were having problems and considering a divorce so she wanted to keep her out of that drama.
Huizenga testified about witnessing the confrontation between Cindy and Casey Anthony at Anthony Lazzaro's apartment on July 16, 2008. She described it as “a massive explosion of mother and daughter,” with Casey only agreeing to take Cindy to Caylee—who she claimed was with her nanny—after “a very, very big amount of persuasion.” She recalled Casey sitting in the car with “crossed arms and a glaring look” while they drove her home before going to look for Caylee.
CASEY ANTHONY
GEORGE ANTHONY KNOWS THE TRUTH
Just the fact that the FBI made Lee Anthony take a paternity test tells me something is very wrong with the Anthony family.
#1 Who the hell has their father in the delivery room with them...WTF?
#2 How often do brothers take paternity tests when their sister is pregnant....something is just not right.
Than to top it off George Anthony has an affair while the search is going on for his granddaughter, who does this? A guilty person with no conscience that molests there daughter, that is the type of person who does this sort of thing.
And than George admits to the 'other' woman that Caylee's death was an accident that snowballed out of control. Sit back and lets see what evidence Jose Baez has, after all is said and done I think George Anthony will be indicted on manslaughter. George Anthony did not have a job as he previously said, maybe George Anthony was the one on the computer and was trying to figure out how to knock Casey out with Chloroform so he could have his way with Casey again.
George had no reaction, because he knows the truth, he knows what he did was wrong, George Anthony sexually abused Casey Anthony and we must remember that victims of sexual abuse often have no witnesses and this happens everyday, they are often told that it is their fault, they did something wrong.
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now cindy
May 31, 9:06 pm Detail View
Now the drugged up Cindy starts to show her true colors. It amazes me how many Nancy Disgrace wanna be's cant see that George & cindy are a tag team. They continue to tell lie after lie. George did the damage and Cindy acts like an innoceny by-stander, as always. They have destroyed Casey most of her life, she lies to get by, she's always had to living with them two psychos. Now they continue to try and frame Casey because George isn"t man enough to own up to the abuse he has inflicted on her. If Cindy truly loves Casey, she would have confronted her monster husband and help her daughter get professional help. Alot of people need to pay closer attention to what is happening here and stop acting like Disgrace and her ignorant followers.
Now the drugged up Cindy starts to show her true colors. It amazes me how many Nancy Disgrace wanna be's cant see that George & cindy are a tag team. They continue to tell lie after lie. George did the damage and Cindy acts like an innoceny by-stander, as always. They have destroyed Casey most of her life, she lies to get by, she's always had to living with them two psychos. Now they continue to try and frame Casey because George isn"t man enough to own up to the abuse he has inflicted on her. If Cindy truly loves Casey, she would have confronted her monster husband and help her daughter get professional help. Alot of people need to pay closer attention to what is happening here and stop acting like Disgrace and her ignorant followers.
Fay
May 31, 3:04 pm Detail View
Casey is a sociopath and a pathological liar. Even if she was abused that does not excuse her behavior in any way, we see her pictures of her partying, drunk, dress as a whore and where is caylee in all of this? sure she didnt get to ejoy her "youth" but things are what they are and she had to be a responsible mother which she was not. If she was sexually abuse why would she ever trust caylee around george? victims of abuse are very protective of their kids and would never want to expose them to the same situation as they experienced. Many victims of sexual abuse grow up and live normal lives even without counseling, "I was abused" is never an excuse and when you become an adult you are accountable of your decisions and actions. People ask "how did they didnt know she was lying then" would any of you think that your daughter/son could be such a psycho to make up all these different people, even more when she had all these very detail stories about each person, be able to perfectly describe them, lie about their jobs and what they are doing? no i dont think you would suspect they are lying. To answer your questions "#1 Who the hell has their father in the delivery room with them...WTF?" tons of people do, they have their families in with them specially when you are a single mother. Some have their dad some their mom, some both, its completely normal and if this is your big proof of her being malested, you are an idiot.
"#2 How often do brothers take paternity tests when their sister is pregnant....something is just not right." That was ordered by the court after she accused hm and her dad of abuse. She is a liar and deserves to die, what a waste of space in this world.
Casey is a sociopath and a pathological liar. Even if she was abused that does not excuse her behavior in any way, we see her pictures of her partying, drunk, dress as a whore and where is caylee in all of this? sure she didnt get to ejoy her "youth" but things are what they are and she had to be a responsible mother which she was not. If she was sexually abuse why would she ever trust caylee around george? victims of abuse are very protective of their kids and would never want to expose them to the same situation as they experienced. Many victims of sexual abuse grow up and live normal lives even without counseling, "I was abused" is never an excuse and when you become an adult you are accountable of your decisions and actions. People ask "how did they didnt know she was lying then" would any of you think that your daughter/son could be such a psycho to make up all these different people, even more when she had all these very detail stories about each person, be able to perfectly describe them, lie about their jobs and what they are doing? no i dont think you would suspect they are lying. To answer your questions "#1 Who the hell has their father in the delivery room with them...WTF?" tons of people do, they have their families in with them specially when you are a single mother. Some have their dad some their mom, some both, its completely normal and if this is your big proof of her being malested, you are an idiot.
"#2 How often do brothers take paternity tests when their sister is pregnant....something is just not right." That was ordered by the court after she accused hm and her dad of abuse. She is a liar and deserves to die, what a waste of space in this world.
Sally
May 31, 2:26 am Detail View
I think she was molested. George seems like he is lying. I was molested by my father. It took until I was 47 to stop talking to my parents. Yes, denial is real, yes, denial makes you stay in the family situation with an abuser. Abusers lie really really well. Still, my sister is in denial about the incredible abuse we suffered. Therapy is the only way to face the ugly truth.
My abuse was compared to 415 years in a concentration camp. Denial is so real, so wrong, the worst.
I will never be emotionally "well". That is something I face every day because I was abused by my own family.
George is lying, I have learned to spot liars, due to all the lies told about me, now, and in the past, b/c I exposed my abusers, and vow to never talk to them again.
There is strength inside, however lonely it might seem to be.
I think she was molested. George seems like he is lying. I was molested by my father. It took until I was 47 to stop talking to my parents. Yes, denial is real, yes, denial makes you stay in the family situation with an abuser. Abusers lie really really well. Still, my sister is in denial about the incredible abuse we suffered. Therapy is the only way to face the ugly truth.
My abuse was compared to 415 years in a concentration camp. Denial is so real, so wrong, the worst.
I will never be emotionally "well". That is something I face every day because I was abused by my own family.
George is lying, I have learned to spot liars, due to all the lies told about me, now, and in the past, b/c I exposed my abusers, and vow to never talk to them again.
There is strength inside, however lonely it might seem to be.
http://www.issues.cc/complaints/casey-anthony/george-anthony-knows-the-truth
RECAP
WFTV-Channel 9 legal analyst Bill Sheaffer previewed the coming week and predicted that Cindy Anthony's 911 call will lead into testimony from law enforcement officers. Sheaffer also predicted that Casey Anthony will cry when Caylee is discussed -- and Sheaffer described that as something she's been instructed to do by her attorneys.
WFTV's Jeff Deal added that Sheaffer says Casey's "acting falls flat when she can't maintain her emotion for very long."
What do you think about that?
WKMG's Erik von Ancken studied Cindy Anthony's time on the stand Saturday. "Throughout her entire testimony, she looks mostly straight ahead at prosecutors, sometimes to the right where the jury is seated, but never to the left where Casey is seated," von Ancken said.
Von Ancken added that during other sessions in court Casey has interacted with her parents: They have smiled at each other. Or Cindy has waved at her daughter.
The change, von Ancken said, in a memorable bit of writing: "Cindy knows there is no Zanny the nanny, as Casey pretended there was for years. And Cindy knows that Casey's strategy to save herself from the death penalty is to claim abuse, telling the world that Cindy's husband and Cindy's son sexually abused Casey. Whether those allegations are true or not, they're awful -- awfully public now and for Cindy awfully painful." http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/os-casey-anthony-sordid-allegations-053011,0,7733499.story
CASEY ANTHONY
GEORGE ANTHONY GUILTY OF MURDER
So I think what they (the defense) are going to try to blame George Anthony for the murder of two year Caylee Anthony. What will they make out of George Anthonys alleged suicide attempt? It will be played that he attempted suicide out of guilt, guilt for killing his granddaughter Caylee. which, of course, we all know is not true. But if you could get one juror to believe it, there you go, there`s your hung jury.
George is an easy target, with an attempted suicide, and an affair while his granddaughter was missing where he admitted to his mistress that Caylee's death was an 'accident'. Mind you this statement by George Anthony was made before the body of his granddaughter was even found.
But how could Casey Anthony allow her attorneys to frame the only half way decent person in the Anthony family? How could she allow her defense team to point the finger at her father, Caylee's beloved grandfather?
User Comments (17)
Angel
partsforyouandme
May 27, 8:43 pm Detail View
Oh yeah, George knows something. What kind of father would happily watch his daughter and participate in seeing her get sentenced to death? The kind of selfish loser that has something to hide. She should throw him under the bus for what he has done. He doesn't seem to mind sacrificing her for his own sake. yep, no doubt, he's guilty of something in this case, I am sure it will come out.
Oh yeah, George knows something. What kind of father would happily watch his daughter and participate in seeing her get sentenced to death? The kind of selfish loser that has something to hide. She should throw him under the bus for what he has done. He doesn't seem to mind sacrificing her for his own sake. yep, no doubt, he's guilty of something in this case, I am sure it will come out.
deborah
May 27, 6:58 pm Detail View
george knows something about this he never called the police after finding the car, knowing caylee was missing then he went to work he never went to look with his wife for his daughter he is guilty of something .....
george knows something about this he never called the police after finding the car, knowing caylee was missing then he went to work he never went to look with his wife for his daughter he is guilty of something .....
http://www.issues.cc/complaints/casey-anthony/george-anthony-guilty-of-murder
UPDATE: 5-29-2011
Comments on a forum that bring light into this crime...
Comment: "Something else I find interesting is that all isn’t what it appears between Cindy and George Anthony. According to public records in Orange County Florida, Cindy Anthony is the only owner of the home on Hopespring. Also, George Anthony filed for divorce on 12/29/05 just a few months after Caylee was born. This was ultimately dismissed after a Case Management Meeting on 11/26/07. Strange that after almost two years the case is dismissed then Caylee goes missing barely six months later. This whole family is completely wacked and unfortunately my heart says poor little Caylee is no longer living. Just for the record, I personally have had the misfortune, due to prior employment, to have smelled decomposing human remains on two separate occasions and I can assure you that there is absolutely no way the smell comes close to the smell of pizza, garbarge or animals. The other thing I find interesting is George Anthony is now saying the pics of Casey out partying were taken while she was pregnant….does he honestly think this is going to do anything to improve how she is publicly perceived? I assure you that a drunken, slovenly party girl that is pregnant doesn’t make me think of her any better."
Comment:"...It would not suprise me if Cindy knows even more than George about specifics. She posted on her myspace page on July 3rd..”my caylee is missing…and jealousy has taken her away.”
Why would she not say, something like my daughter and I had a rift and now she is refusing to let me see or speak to Caylee. But, she told all when she said she is missing.
I cannot imagine how difficult it must be for George. I would imagine that he had ideas for dealing with Casey’s bad behavior way back when she was younger…and Cindy bucked him all the way. I have seen situations where the Dad will eventually throw his hands up…and let the Mom do whatever she wants. Then he just looks the other way…but inwardly hates that he has not stood up to his wife and his out of control daughter.
I watched a family member who claimed to be pregnant, but who lost the baby…but continued to act as if she was pregnant. Others in the family were expecting and she had baby showers with them. But as the due date approached…and eventually passed the woman grew agitated and angry with the others who were having babies."
Comment:"When I saw little Caylee’s bedroom it struck me as being “to” perfect. An interior decorator could not have done a better job. Very strange for a child that was turning 3 years old.
UPDATE:
The trial has certainly been interesting thus far. Here are some interesting pieces of information that I pulled up that may persuade you into feeling that perhaps the whole family might have been involved...
to make Mrs. Cindy Anthony Accountable for her Actions pertaining
to the Disappearance of her Grandaughter....Caylee Marie Anthony.
She has Tampered with Evidence, and has completely Obstructed the
Investigation by Law Enforcement regarding the Case of her Daughter,
Casey Anthony.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/make-cindy-anthony-accountable-for-her-actions/
The Casey Anthony trial is about to take place with a lot at stake. Hopefully, they will admit the jail visit conversations between the Anthony Parents and Casey.
A bombshell should be dropped during this trial (and is expected to be dropped, but has not been released), which should be that Cindy Anthony was involved, if not completely responsible and that will be a big bombshell indeed. There is a lot about this case that is extraordinarily sad and that does not exactly match...one story to another, along with behavior.
One thing that has not been presented that I have from my sessions is Cindy's involvement somewhere on a street called San Luis Obispo in Lakewood Park, Florida. What happened there?
Here are a few tidbits that help me to know that Cindy Anthony was involved, which is a huge reason why she and her husband have been having issues...he wants to stand by his wife and daughter, but is crushed by what he knows.
Read more: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2011/05/23/1612222/casey-anthony-trial-to-hinge-on.html#ixzz1NCAL6mC1
ANOTHER ARTICLE
"Cindy Anthony says someone hacked into her email and sent out messages and documents containing sensitive information about the case. WFTV reporter Kathi Belich received four of the emails herself, but when she realized something didn't seem right about them she forwarded the emails to the FBI.
Now, the FBI is investigating.
The Anthony’s seemed to have been plagued with money problems throught the years . Before and after moving from Trumbull County, Ohio.
Was George a homicide detective? Did he retire as he stated earlier or was fired or leave on his own?
This is the one that cause me nightmares. Did Caylee have life insurance policies and if so who’s named as the beneficiaries?"
Comment: "Cindy’s post to on the 3rd July with a title of My Caylee is missing tells me she already knew that her daughter did not have care of the child. She may have believed the babysitter story, but by the 3rd, after asking many times to speak to Caylee and getting many excuses from Casey, she began to feel that the child was either dead or sent away. As a mother of a child that was a gambler prior to getting lots of professional help, I recognise the signs. It takes you a while to sort through the lies that are perpetuated for self protection. You have to play detective, and at the same time you feel guilty in doing so, because this is your CHILD you are having trouble believing.
I read that someone else was wondering how Casey could stand by while her mother was on the phone talking to 911 operators. One of them, I believe, was in the car. To me, this smacks of only two scenarios. 1. The mother was threatening Casey with something even worse when she first rang (which I think was born out in the next call when she asked casey “is that what you want”) or 2. The mother has known the child is dead for a month already, and has been asking Casey to report it.
Cindy is now scared she will lose, not only her grandchild, but her child…I believe Florida enforces the death penalty, is that right? Cindy did not understand the consequences of her actions when she rang 911, and now that she does, she is backing off at a rate of knots"
Comment: "I think the detectives and FBI have choreographed these last few days perfectly.
First, they released over 400 hundred pages of evidence in Caylee’s mothers case.
They released the information concerning the fired deputy sheriff. He lied to them and told them he never had a sexual relationship with Caylee’s mother. I don’t think Orlando or any town needs an officer who thought his bosses would not find out. I would call this a “DUH” .
Yesterday, they released the results of the air sample ,taken from the trunk of the car and as you know, it was positive . A decomposing body was in the trunk of Caylee’s (grandparents) mother’s car.
After reading all of the material more than once and listening to the 911 tapes again, in my opinion, they think Caylee’s mother may have had help . It could have been after the child was found dead from an accident or murder.
June 9th was a date that apparently was very important to Caylee’s mother and others around her.
1. Caylee’s mother told police that was the last time she saw Caylee.
2. Caylee’s grandmother told police last was the last day she saw Caylee.
3. Ricardo stated Caylee and Caylee’s mother spent the night at his apartment and they all slept in the same bed.
4. Tony, the new boyfriend, stated he last saw Caylee on June 2nd and Caylee’s mom moved in his apartment June 9th.
2. Caylee’s grandmother told police last was the last day she saw Caylee.
3. Ricardo stated Caylee and Caylee’s mother spent the night at his apartment and they all slept in the same bed.
4. Tony, the new boyfriend, stated he last saw Caylee on June 2nd and Caylee’s mom moved in his apartment June 9th.
Many things started taking place on or around June 9th. Casey was in contact with friends she had not seen for sometime. Wanting them to come and party at Fusion.
June 9th, was the day Caylee’s mother decided to get rid of this precious little baby, one way or another.
Caylee’s grandmother made a few mistakes .
First ,she told the police, the last time she saw Caylee was on June the 9th. Only, after a detective came to the house and spoke with Caylee’s grandparents did she have to change her story. The detective showed pictures of Caylee that were taken on the 15th of June. She asked, are you sure of the date? In my opinion, Caylee’s grandmother had completely forgot about this because she was covering for Caylee’s mother and /or, she helped her. That is a terrible thought , but she stated ” I have lost one and I will not lose another”.
The entire Anthony family have acted strange since the beginning of this nightmare.
Caylee’s grandfather stated, at the very beginning, he was not living at the house. I think Caylee’s grandmother wears the pants in this family. Like Caylee’s mom, she would say jump and they would say how high. People who are frantically looking for their grandchild do not have benefits to raise money, this was outlandish, along with many things they did.
In my opinon, the detectives and FBI have most, if not all, of the DNA evidence back.
I also think the limited immunity being offered, is to see if Caylee’s mother and /or someone else will roll over. I think she had help, in one form or another.
It could have been a member of the family or someone that got caught up into something that snowballed."
Comment: "Forensically speaking, Casey Anthony has let on far more subliminal information than she realizes. 1) She said Caylee is “close to home”. This means, she buried the child “close to home”. 2) Casey has no sense of urgency about finding her child, because she knows the child is no longer alive. 3) The reason she stole the gas is two-fold: a) to drive as far out of town as possible, while thinking over what to do with Caylee’s body. b) She then returned “close to home” and used the rest of the gas to char the remains.
Sorry to be so blunt, but these are things that we were all afraid to say … until the air results came back yesterday. The OC investigators need to write up a map of her cell-phone pings and search for remote or wooded areas in those locations."
There are more posts on http://paperglueetc.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/my-space-cindy-anthony/
The trial has certainly been interesting thus far. Here are some interesting pieces of information that I pulled up that may persuade you into feeling that perhaps the whole family might have been involved...
Make Cindy Anthony Accountable for Her Actions.
- signatures: 1,583
- signature goal: 1,000
- Target: Orange County Sheriff's Dpt; L.E. Florida State
- Sponsored by: Janel Corey
to make Mrs. Cindy Anthony Accountable for her Actions pertaining
to the Disappearance of her Grandaughter....Caylee Marie Anthony.
She has Tampered with Evidence, and has completely Obstructed the
Investigation by Law Enforcement regarding the Case of her Daughter,
Casey Anthony.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/make-cindy-anthony-accountable-for-her-actions/
Casey Anthony declines jail visit from her mother
In a Thursday, March 12, 2009 file, photo, slain toddler Caylee Anthony's mother Casey Anthony attends a hearing in Orlando, Fla. Anthony will be back in court in Orlando Wednesday, March 25, 2009 to explain how she is paying her attorneys to defend her against charges that she murdered her toddler daughter.(AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Red Huber)
Published: Saturday, May 7, 2011 at 9:41 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, May 7, 2011 at 9:41 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, May 7, 2011 at 9:41 a.m.
ORLANDO - Casey Anthony has declined a jail visit from her mother, days before her murder trial is scheduled to begin.
Cindy Anthony had requested a video visit with her daughter Saturday morning at the Orange County jail.
Orange County Corrections spokeswoman Allen Moore says Casey Anthony told a housing officer during routine cell checks early Saturday that she was declining her mother's request.
Casey Anthony is charged with first-degree murder in the death of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee. Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~end of update~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Casey Anthony trial is about to take place with a lot at stake. Hopefully, they will admit the jail visit conversations between the Anthony Parents and Casey.
A bombshell should be dropped during this trial (and is expected to be dropped, but has not been released), which should be that Cindy Anthony was involved, if not completely responsible and that will be a big bombshell indeed. There is a lot about this case that is extraordinarily sad and that does not exactly match...one story to another, along with behavior.
One thing that has not been presented that I have from my sessions is Cindy's involvement somewhere on a street called San Luis Obispo in Lakewood Park, Florida. What happened there?
Here are a few tidbits that help me to know that Cindy Anthony was involved, which is a huge reason why she and her husband have been having issues...he wants to stand by his wife and daughter, but is crushed by what he knows.
"Anthony waited a month before telling her mother that Caylee had disappeared, and only after Anthony's parents, George and Cindy, recovered from the towing lot a car with a foul odor that Casey Anthony had been driving the past month. When Cindy Anthony called 911 to report her granddaughter missing, she told the dispatcher, "There's something wrong. I found my daughter's car today and it smells like there has been a dead body in the damn car."
That odor will be a key element during trial."
Read more: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2011/05/23/1612222/casey-anthony-trial-to-hinge-on.html#ixzz1NCAL6mC1
My Space Cindy Anthony
The whole story of Caylee Anthony has me confused. On Cindy Anthony’s My Space she wrote the following…on 7/3/08….(edit-Cindy has deleted her MySpace account)
Thursday, July 03, 2008
my caylee is missing
Current mood: http://x.myspace.com/images/blog/moods/iBrads… distraughtShe came into my life unexspectedly, just as she has left me. This precious little angel from above gave me strength and unconditional love. Now she is gone and I don’t know why. All I am guilty of is loving her and providing her a safe home. Jealousy has taken her away. Jealousy from the one person that should be thankfull for all of the love and support given to her. A mother’s love is deep, however there are limits when one is betrayed by the one she loved and trusted the most. A daughter comes to her mother for support when she is pregnant, the mother says without hesitation it will be ok. And it was. But then the lies and betrayal began. First it seemed harmless, ah, love is blind. A mother will look for the good in her child and give them a chance to change. This mother gave chance after chance for her daughter to change, but instead more lies more betrayal. What does the mother get for giving her daughter all of these chances? A broken heart. The daughter who stole money, lots of money, leaves without warning and does not let her mother now speak to the baby that her mother raised, fed, clothed, sheltered, paid her medical bills, etc. Instead tells her friends that her mother is controlling her life and she needs her space. No money, no future. Where did she go? Who is now watching out for the little angel?
Where do I start with my questions??
- Why use the word missing? Did Cindy Anthony know on 7/3 that her grandchild was missing?
- If they really thought she had a job, why the comment about no money and no future?
- How can lies and betrayal be harmless?
This whole thing stinks...http://paperglueetc.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/my-space-cindy-anthony/
ANOTHER ARTICLE
"Cindy Anthony says someone hacked into her email and sent out messages and documents containing sensitive information about the case. WFTV reporter Kathi Belich received four of the emails herself, but when she realized something didn't seem right about them she forwarded the emails to the FBI.
Now, the FBI is investigating.
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One of the emails involved the Caylee hairbrush story Eyewitness News broke last week. It seemed odd that Cindy would send Kathi such apparently personal and sensitive information.
Kathi text messaged Cindy right away and forwarded the emails to the FBI, which is already investigating an allegation that Cindy gave investigators the wrong hairbrush when they were trying to get a DNA sample for Caylee.
Kathi text messaged Cindy right away and forwarded the emails to the FBI, which is already investigating an allegation that Cindy gave investigators the wrong hairbrush when they were trying to get a DNA sample for Caylee.
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CASEY DOCUMENTS TALK OF CHLOROFORM, NECK-BREAKING
Nearly 700 pages of evidence released in the Casey Anthony case contain disturbing internet searches, a accusation of a frame-up and allegations of potential incest in the Anthony family.
The investigation has brought out accusations Casey had been making against those closest to her, namely that her father George has abused her, and that her brother Lee made inappropriate sexual advances toward her once when she was in junior high. The documents show Casey said her mother Cindy did not believe that to be true.
The newly released court documents show Casey Anthony searched for information on chloroform, types of shovels and neck-breaking on her computer in the time before her young daughter Caylee disappeared.
The documents reveal that Casey searched those items in March, at the same time she was also looking on missing children web sites. Casey reported her daughter missing in June. Casey claims she left Caylee with a babysitter but that person has never been found and Casey now stands charged with Caylee’s murder
Nearly 700 pages of evidence released in the Casey Anthony case contain disturbing internet searches, a accusation of a frame-up and allegations of potential incest in the Anthony family.
The investigation has brought out accusations Casey had been making against those closest to her, namely that her father George has abused her, and that her brother Lee made inappropriate sexual advances toward her once when she was in junior high. The documents show Casey said her mother Cindy did not believe that to be true.
The newly released court documents show Casey Anthony searched for information on chloroform, types of shovels and neck-breaking on her computer in the time before her young daughter Caylee disappeared.
The documents reveal that Casey searched those items in March, at the same time she was also looking on missing children web sites. Casey reported her daughter missing in June. Casey claims she left Caylee with a babysitter but that person has never been found and Casey now stands charged with Caylee’s murder
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FAMILY TENSION
The released documents show Grund also told investigators Cindy wanted Caylee to call her "Mommy" in front of Casey.
Casey's parents' financial problems almost shattered their marriage but ended up saving it because Cindy couldn't afford divorce. The investigation showed Cindy supported George for years. He lost thousands of dollars in a U.K. lottery scam.
The documents also show the following:
Cindy told her mother that Caylee was her life and her mother says if not for Caylee, Cindy might have harmed herself.
Just before Caylee disappeared, Cindy was about to throw Casey out of the house and try to get custody of Caylee. She caught Casey lying. At one point, Cindy talked about choking Casey, presumably out of frustration.
Friends said Casey was "annoyingly giddy" two weeks after investigators believe Casey murdered Caylee because her boyfriend, Tony Lazzaro was returning to Orlando after a trip home to New York for the Fourth of July weekend. Lazzaro told investigators that Caylee was “great” but he did remember telling Casey that he wanted to have sons, because his little sisters taught him how tough it is to raise girls.
Investigators also found Casey's doodlings, writing her name as Lazzaro's wife, with hearts in the script.
The released documents show Grund also told investigators Cindy wanted Caylee to call her "Mommy" in front of Casey.
Casey's parents' financial problems almost shattered their marriage but ended up saving it because Cindy couldn't afford divorce. The investigation showed Cindy supported George for years. He lost thousands of dollars in a U.K. lottery scam.
The documents also show the following:
Cindy told her mother that Caylee was her life and her mother says if not for Caylee, Cindy might have harmed herself.
Just before Caylee disappeared, Cindy was about to throw Casey out of the house and try to get custody of Caylee. She caught Casey lying. At one point, Cindy talked about choking Casey, presumably out of frustration.
Friends said Casey was "annoyingly giddy" two weeks after investigators believe Casey murdered Caylee because her boyfriend, Tony Lazzaro was returning to Orlando after a trip home to New York for the Fourth of July weekend. Lazzaro told investigators that Caylee was “great” but he did remember telling Casey that he wanted to have sons, because his little sisters taught him how tough it is to raise girls.
Investigators also found Casey's doodlings, writing her name as Lazzaro's wife, with hearts in the script.
MORE
She also says there's no link to prove that her daughter is responsible, or that it's been proven that the remains found are Caylee's.
"There's no fibers, there no hair, there's no DNA, there's no fingerprints of Casey's or anyone in our family," she said in a taped interview that aired on "Today."
"There's no fibers, there no hair, there's no DNA, there's no fingerprints of Casey's or anyone in our family," she said in a taped interview that aired on "Today."
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Her husband said he doesn't want to believe that his daughter could have killed his granddaughter.
"We've always said we always wanted to find out what happened to Caylee no matter where the road or the path takes us," George Anthony said.
"We've always said we always wanted to find out what happened to Caylee no matter where the road or the path takes us," George Anthony said.
