Missing and Murdered Children

August 15

After an incredibly difficult week for George Anthony where he shouted at the media on more than one occasion, it was announced today that the Anthony family now has an official spokesperson. I say it is about time someone spoke to the media besides the Anthony family because every time they open their mouths say sound nuttier than the last time.

The new spokesperson is Larry Garrison, owner of SilverCreek Entertainment, and an experienced spokesperson for other high-profile cases. He spoke on behalf family of missing teen Natalee Holloway as well as for the family of John Mark Karr.  John Mark Karr came to national attention when he confessed to the murder of 5-year-old JonBenet Ramsey. DNA evidence proved he could not have been the killer.³

Also, it was announced today that Casey Anthony's attorney has convinced a California Bounty Hunter to put up Casey's bail. Leonard Padilla and his nephew will fly to Orlando on Sunday and post the $500,000 bond so Casey can be released from custody.⁴

She will still be under house arrest according to conditions previously placed on her at her bond hearing; and she will also have to wear a GPS ankle bracelet. Her parents have said all along, if Casey could just get out of jail then she could lead them to where their granddaughter is located. It is going to take a pretty good magic trick for her to lead them anywhere while she is under house arrest. I think bailing Casey out of jail is the wrong thing to do. However, this story is going to play out until the bitter end.

Most likely Casey will be released sometime Monday.

I don't recall where I read this little tidbit of Florida law but this is how it goes. If Casey's lawyer insists on a speedy trial for his client regarding the current charges of child neglect and lying to authorities the most she could get would be about 5 years. So say she is tried for these crimes and found either guilty or innocent and later it is found Caylee was murdered at the hand of her mother. Casey will walk. The reason she would walk is the neglect charge would tie into the murder charge and Casey can't be tried twice for the same crime. I will try to find the link.

August 22

OK, so Casey has been out of jail for about a week or almost a week, but certainly long enough to tell what she did with her daughter. However, the secrets and the circus continues.

When Casey got out of jail she was mobbed by the press; which should not have been a great surprise to anyone, especially her attorney. But, it was a surprise, he was disappointed or some such thing about the way the media acted. He threatened to ban certain media outlets from interviews if they continue to act in the perceived aggressive fashion. I suggest that perhaps the obvious thing for Mr. Baez to have done, and in the best interest of his client would have been to either escort Casey out the back way of the jail or use a decoy. No, he decided to parade her in front of the media.

The circus continued with the bounty hunter explaining that Mr. Baez has instructed him to not ask his client any questions. He also has instructed his client to not answer any questions posed to her by the bounty hunter. Apparently the plans the bounty hunter had in the beginning have changed. He had planned to stay inside the Anthony residence and talk to Casey after she had a hot shower and painted her nails so she would feel again like a human being. All that has happened is Casey wanted the hot shower and a pizza was ordered. Mr. Bounty Hunter has been banished to a mobile home in the Anthony driveway. I guess George and Cindy Anthony and Casey got what they wanted out of the bounty hunter - the bailout.

He does claim he thinks he knows what happened to little Caylee. He thinks Casey handed Caylee off to one of her friends so she could get away from her parents. He is going to give that friend a deadline to turn Caylee over and if that deadline is not met he will come after the 'friend'.

Another Prayer Vigil was held tonight for Caylee in the Anthony's yard and Casey stayed in the house. Supposedly her attorney advised for her safety that she not attend. I say she should have attended. She needs to get another attorney as well.

I will leave you with this great quote from Cindy Anthony from tonight's vigil:

"...Cindy spoke about her faith. "I understand why my daughter is so calm. I understand why she is so calm, because I am there with her. I am calm because I get it. I cant do anything about it. She can't do anything about it. I have to trust in God," said Cindy Anthony..."

Again, poor Caylee.

August 27

"What (The Body Farm) found is that there is an indication of human decomposition from the trunk of Casey Anthony's car," Local 6's Jessica D'Onofrio reported. "They are indicating that there certainly was human decomposition in the trunk."

Earlier today Mr. Bounty Hunter said that if he knew then what he knows now he would not have helped in getting Casey released from jail. He said he has been unable to speak to Casey and after reading the 400 pages of discovery information released, that pretty much sealed his opinion about her release from jail.⁵

I am wondering how he feels now that the human decomposition information has been confirmed.

Again, poor Caylee. I hope they find her body so she can have a decent burial. Someone knows where she is; I am not so sure that one of the grandparents don't know something.

Other news agencies are reporting that there currently is a plea agreement being offered. If Casey tells admits Caylee died as a result of an accident then information she provides would not be used to prosecute her. The offer is only good for 24 hours until Tuesday. Supposedly investigators showed up at Jose Baez's office this afternoon to make the offer. Casey left soon after the investigators arrived.

Cindy Anthony arrived at Baez's office after Casey left. Cindy left with Jose Baez. He said he will be making a statement at the Anthony home later today.

August 29

Mr. Padilla needs some sort of pills to calm himself down. Just days ago he claimed he was sorry he had anything to do with bailing Casey out of jail. As late as this morning he told the press he was in the process of having Casey's bail revoked. However, an hour later he told the press Casey would not be going back to jail. This was after he spent an hour speaking to Casey's attorney, Jose Baez. Mr. Padilla claims the reasons for wanting Casey back in jail were because of repeated phoned death threats to the family. After speaking to Jose Baez, Padilla now says the 'security concerns' have been resolved.

Tim Miller of Texas EquuSearch has arrived in Orlando to aid in the search for Caylee. Tim Miller came at the request of Cindy and George Anthony. Miller's organization is usually used in body recovery efforts. Either Cindy and George Anthony know Caylee is dead, have been told the truth by Casey that her daughter is dead, or they have finally came to the realization that Caylee is not going to be found alive.

The search with Texas EquuSearch will begin on Saturday.

9:30p.m.

Sometimes I wonder if things would have turned out better for Caylee and Casey if Cindy Anthony had not insisted on Casey keeping her baby. Cindy may have thought that by insisting Casey keep her baby, it would make her grow up. I doubt that was the real reason. I think Cindy Anthony wanted to raise the baby. Anyway, Casey did not grow up or into the responsibility and she stayed the same way her mother described her to friends:

A sociopath, a chronic liar, someone to not have as a friend.

Casey was arrested once again tonight. The charges are forgery, fraudulent use of personal information and petty theft. The charges stem from Casey taking checks and accessing her friend's bank account while said friend was in Puerto Rico on vacation. The amount if I recall correctly is about $700. Her friend filed the charges when Casey was being questioned about Caylee's disappearance. The bail amount on these charges is $3,000. I hope they keep her in jail on these charges. There were protesters outside the Anthony home this evening when the police arrived to arrest Casey. Earlier in the day George Anthony lost his temper with a couple of guys who set up lawn chairs and an umbrella on his property. He tore up the stuff and George's pastor had to hold him back from getting physical with the two guys. What a mess this woman has caused to everyone.

August 30

Tim Miller and his EquuSearch crew were in Florida today searching swamps and other areas relating to tips received. The turnout for the search volunteers was disappointing when an expected 1,000 only produced 100 volunteers. There will be another search held tomorrow. The area of the search is around Orlando International Airport

Also, since Casey's arrest last evening the Padilla's revoked the bail for the child neglect charges. I wonder if they will be packing up and going back home to California now that their work is finished in Florida. Casey was also arraigned today regarding the forgery and petty theft charges. Her bond was set at $3,000. I don't know, maybe Mr. Baez will bail her out this time. He thinks she is such a victim of the Orange County Sheriff's Department. This time he didn't like the way Casey was arrested on the latest charges. He claimed the Sheriff's Department turned her arrest into a spectacle and used the media. Wake up Mr. Baez. Your client is a common criminal.

George and Cynthia Anthony were both served with subpoenas to testify at their daughter's scheduled November trial for the child neglect charges.

This story keeps getting stranger and stranger if that is possible. The 12-year-old girl who decided to come forward and arrange the prayer vigils for Caylee has been hospitalized for a stress reaction. She had to be hospitalized after she learned that the air samples came back positive for human decomposition and the hair samples from the trunk match Caylee's.

Her grandmother says she is devastated by the news. Apparently Casey has been trying to bond with this little girl - even emailing her and telling her she loves her. The girl bought Casey and teddy bear. Casey thanked her in the email and stated she named the bear after Dakota. She has even bought her a bracelet that says something about sister and friend. How did she go buy the bracelet for this little girl? I suppose she could have purchased the items on line and then had them shipped to her. Either way this is just another example of Casey's inability to make appropriate choices.

August 31

Two hundred searchers showed up today to aid in the search. Orange County Sheriff's deputies are also aiding in today's search.

Also today was the first time investigators acknowledged that evidence other than air samples confirmed the presence of Caylee's decomposing body in the trunk of Casey's car.

A lead investigator in the case told WESH 2's Bob Kealing that lab results indicated Caylee's dead body was in the trunk of that car. Sources also confirmed that a stain in the trunk was not what clinched the decision that Caylee was in the trunk, but it was the strands of hair that investigators suspected all along were Caylee's.

9:30p.m.

Tonight Orange County Sheriff's are backpedaling on earlier reports that Caylee Anthony is dead. They are now saying the following:

Orange County sheriff's deputies said Sunday they are not ready to confirm that missing Caylee Anthony is dead or that her body was in the trunk of her mother's car.

Also, the turnout of volunteers for the search today for Caylee was described in the news as 'dismal'. There were only about 200 people when usually a search will have a turnout of about 1,000 or more. I don't know why people would not go out and search. It is my feeling that if people are willing to go to the Anthony home and protest; they should also be willing to go out and search for Caylee no matter what their feelings toward the Anthony family. That baby needs to be found. I don't live in Florida so I can't be there. Maybe it is because of the holiday weekend that people would not come out to search.

September 4

Casey Anthony will soon once again walk out of jail.

"Casey Anthony is being bailed out of jail. The individual posting the bond prefers to remain anonymous and is doing it because of the belief that Ms. Anthony's Constitutional rights have been grossly violated. Mr. Baez will have no comment about the bond and will respect the privacy of the anonymous party," the Press Corp. Media release said.

The conditions will still be the same; Casey has to wear the ankle bracelet and a psychological evaluation must be conducted.

Meanwhile, earlier today, Cindy Anthony trashed Tim Miller of Texas EquuSearch. I just don't get it. In other coverage it was claimed that Cindy Anthony called Tim Miller and asked him to bring his organization to Florida to aid in the search for her granddaughter. Now that Tim Miller has decided that Caylee is most likely no longer alive, and has expressed his displeasure with Cindy Anthony's lack of support in the search she has once again lashed out in the media.

I thought the Anthony's had a spokesperson to keep Cindy and George from looking like complete Jackasses. I guess he is not that great of a handler.

Click on the "Quote" tab for the latest Cindy Anthony rant.

September 6

Investigators arrived at the Anthony house early this morning and removed one item of evidence from George Anthony's vehicle. The item was removed from the spare wheel well area.⁶

I don't find this information surprising at all. It is my guess it is the cleaning solvent containing chloroform used to clean the stain in the trunk of Casey's car. Of course, as I said, this is just a guess on my part.

September 7

So information released yesterday indicates the 'evidence' retrieved from George Anthony's vehicle was a handgun. Conditions of Casey's bail state that she cannot be in possession of weapons or one cannot be on the premises. Supposedly Casey was not aware of the handgun being at her parent's home.

I say bull****!

George Anthony is an ex-deputy. Certainly he is familiar with conditions of bail as a general rule. If he is not aware of those general rules from his experience as a former deputy peace officer, he certainly must have read those conditions when he and his wife posted bond for Casey on the theft charges.

Are we supposed to believe that George just 'forgot' he owned a firearm?

Casey has lived in the home of a police officer for most of her life. She certainly must have read the conditions of her release and the judge must have verbally explained the conditions of her release to her. At least her attorney must have explained things to her. Are we supposed to believe that Casey 'forgot' or 'was not aware' that her father still owned a firearm? What police officer, even a retired police officer stops carrying a firearm?

The difficult part of this newest information is that the judge decided (get ready to laugh) Casey was telling the truth when she said she did not know the gun was on the property. This is really pathetic that the judge would believe anything coming out of Casey's mouth. Past information from Casey has proven to be nothing but lies.

Sadly today Tim Miller has made the decision to call of the search of Caylee.

From www.orlandosentinel.com:

"We know where Caylee's not at," said Tim Miller, the group's founder and director. Miller said the decision to suspend the search was difficult, but that the group will return when conditions are right. "If Caylee's out there, we are going to find her."

September 25, 2008

From www.orlandosentinel.com:

It is being reported today that Zenaida Gonzalez has filed suit against Casey Anthony claiming that statements made insinuating Ms. Gonzalez had something to do with Caylee's disappearance has damaged Gonzalez's reputation. She is reportedly suing in excess of $15,000.

Even though Ms. Gonzalez claims she has never met Casey or Caylee and has made a sworn statement to authorities attest to those facts, something is still bothering me about this professed lack of knowledge. The fact still remains that Casey knew not only Zenaida's name, she also knew the names of Zenaida's two daughters as well as a description of Zenaida's vehicle. The attorney for Zenaida explains that away by stating Casey must have obtained access to the information Zenaida filled out earlier this year when inquiring about an apartment at the Sawgrass Apartments. This is just another instance where the story is not ringing true in my mind on either side.

October 6, 2008

Jose Baez plans to ask a judge on Friday permission to allow Casey to be released from house arrest so she can go out and search for her daughter. He does not want the public to know where she is going to search. The only problem with that is Casey's house arrest schedule is public record. I don't know how Jose expects to pull this off. I don't believe the judge is going to grant that motion. Among other motions he is filing is the following:

Attorney Jose Baez's request comes along with seven other motions, including one asking for copies of forensic evidence from Casey Anthony's computer, phone and digital cameras as well as a request to inspect, test and photograph evidence obtained through polygraph tests.

Well, time will tell if the judge sides with Jose.

Texas EquuSearch returned to Florida to search for Caylee's remains. Hmmm. I wonder if Jose wants Casey to lead Texas EquuSearch to the area where she dumped Caylee's body. That would be a good reason for not wanting media attention.

Something has been nagging at me since I read part of the report released yesterday regarding the investigation into Caylee's disappearance.

The only people who can place Caylee physically to a time and place is Cindy Anthony. She has the video of Caylee purportedly taken at the assisted living center on June 15. According to the newly released documents, there is also a sign in sheet from the assisted living center showing Cynthia Anthony's signature as well as the signature of Cynthia Anthony's mother. An LVN who works at the facility remembers Caylee being there that day with the two women visiting Cynthia Anthony's father.

There is no mention of George Anthony or Casey being in attendance for that visit

In another interview George Anthony mentions the last time he saw his daughter and granddaughter was on June 9 when Casey was leaving for work. Both were wearing their backpacks just as they always did when leaving. However, one of the items turned over to investigators that was recovered from the home or the car was Caylee's backpack.

So, if the last time George Anthony saw his daughter and granddaughter, and Cindy Anthony last had Caylee in her possession on the 15th of June and she has said she had not seen Casey in a month or more, then when did Casey get Caylee in her possession again with her parents not being aware of it?

Out of all of the apartment complexes there are in Orlando, what are the odds that Casey would fabricate a story using an apartment that Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez went to check out earlier this year as a possible rental? Also, during Casey's questioning she kept saying "I dropped her (Caylee) off in the stairwell like I always did." It was only after prodding did she state she left Caylee with Zenaida. Maybe Casey dropped Caylee off in the stairwell and left without Zenaida showing up. I was looking at the pictures of the Sawgrass Apartments online and there is a pond near the stairs. Maybe Caylee fell into that pond because she was attracted to the ducks. There is no fencing around that body of water.

Let's See...

Caylee Marie Anthony

Casey's biological daughter who has been missing since June 9. Cindy Anthony claims June 15. Casey did not report her disappearance for 31 days.

Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez

A complete stranger who Casey has said babysat Caylee and accused of kidnapping her. Zenaida says she has never met Casey or Caylee. Zenaida says she cannot get a job because her name is all over the news and people are hesitant to hire her.

Universal Studios Orlando

Casey claimed she worked there even causing the police to go to her imaginary office. Casey worked there but was fired last spring.

Sawgrass Apartments

Made up home of Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez and the place Casey claims she dropped her daughter off on June 9.

Leonard Padilla

Bounty hunter duped into bailing her out of jail

Dakota Skii

Young girl who felt so touched by Caylee's disappearance that she organized the first prayer vigil. Now hospitalized with a stress reaction to the news that Caylee may be dead.

Lois Peter

Dakota's grandmother. She called the Anthony family to notify them that Dakota had been hospitalized because of the news of the evidence of the dead body. It was said Casey was crying in the background and Lois Peter just told her to tell where Caylee is.

Anthony Lazarro

Casey's boyfriend at the time of Caylee's disappearance

Amy

A friend of Casey's. The latest arrest relates to Casey stealing $700 in cash and checks from Amy while Amy was away on vacation

Cindy Anthony's mother

Casey's grandmother. She stole money from her grandmother by using the routing number on a birthday check Casey received.

Tim Miller

Tim Miller is the director of Texas EquuSearch. It is a well known search and recovery organization founded by Tim Miller. Tim Miller's daughter was a victim of murder and Tim Miller created the organization to help other families of missing kids and loved ones. Cindy Anthony contacted Tim Miller and asked for his help in finding Caylee. Now she is trashing his good name.

I will add more to the list later...

Quotes

The quote below is attributed to George Anthony in answer to two men who were at his house. They were sitting on his lawn and he objected to that. The men stated they thought Casey needed to be back in jail and they wanted to be there when that happened.

George Anthony's unusual response to that statement:

"The person who was in the back of my daughter's car was not my granddaughter," George Anthony yelled.

Ok. I don't know about anyone else, but that seems like a really lame response. It almost sounds as if he is saying, "Yes, I know there was a dead body in the trunk of my daughter's car, but it's OK because it wasn't Caylee." "This is all just a silly misunderstanding."

Cindy Anthony in response to the recent arrest of her daughter and news today confirming that Caylee's body was in the trunk of the car and is dead.

"I want an apology from Sheriff Kevin Beary," Cindy Anthony said..." "We need to start looking for a little girl that's walking and living and breathing and someone actually has her," Cindy Anthony said.

Cindy Anthony telling the media in the front yard what she hopes to accomplish by having Tim Miller's company, Texas EquuSearch, help search for Caylee.

"I want him to do a search around here to satisfy all of you leaches, parasites and all of you maggots," Cindy Anthony said Thursday evening.

OK. Is she interested in finding her granddaughter's body?

Cindy Anthony also appeared this afternoon (August 31) on the televison show "Inside Edition" to make a plea for everyone in America to search for Caylee. She wants everyone to search for Caylee as if they loved her just as much as she does. OK. Why isn't Cindy out searching for her granddaughter? Why isn't she out there getting bitten up by bugs and sweltering in the hot sun with the rest of the volunteers? While I realize she can't bring herself to search for Caylee with the volunteers because that would mean she would be acknowledging a search for a body, at least she could make the effort.

"Leonard Padilla and Tim Miller came to me under false pretenses -- both claiming their sole purpose to find Caylee alive. Tim Miller misrepresented his intentions, and is falsely accusing me of not cooperating with him, when it is evident his motives were to obtain publicity for his organizations at the expense of exploiting my granddaughters' disappearance. Tim Miller tried to discredit Kid Finders Network by falsely stating that they tried to pull out of the search for Caylee. Mr. Miller also claims that he spent twelve hours in my home with my family including Casey, when in fact he spent only a few hours total with me and minutes with Casey. This is an example of Tim Miller following in Leonard Padillas footsteps. Although I feel his organization has a purpose, his misrepresentation has tainted the effort of so many people with good intentions. I would have expected Tim Miller to speak with me one on one, rather than me hearing him on Nancy Grace."

Of course Tim Miller was not put off by Cindy Anthony's attack. He only cares about finding Caylee and that has always been the case. If it was not for the Orange County Sheriff's department donating monies and more equipment to aid in the search, Tim Miller was almost ready to pack up and move on to the next missing person case.

I have mentioned this before and I will say it again. Cindy Anthony is a pretty ungrateful person.

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October 14, 2008

The special session of the Orange County Grand Jury handed up an indictment today consisting of seven charges against Casey Marie Anthony. Only three persons testified during today's proceedings: an FBI Agent, an Orange County Sheriff's Department investigator and George Anthony, Casey's father.

The Charges

First degree murder

One count aggravated child abuse

One count aggravated manslaughter of a child

Four counts of providing false information to a law enforcement officer

During a news conference held today while the grand jury was convening, Casey appeared with her attorney. He mentioned that Casey would not run from the charges if indicted and would turn herself into authorities

"I've already placed and given official notice to the state attorney's office and the Orange County Sheriff's Department that should an indictment come down, Casey will surrender herself," Baez said. "She is not running from this. She has never attempted to run away from the situation and everyone must understand that. She is doing her best to stand strong before everyone and to stand up to the powers that are working against her. They threw the kitchen sink at her a long time ago -- a very long time ago."

Sometimes things change when the reality of the situation sets in. Casey is in custody but according to different news accounts she did not surrender to authorities as one might have expected her to do.

From www.northfloridanewsdaily.com:

...In another twist, Anthony is now in police custody. She was taken into custody when deputies stopped the vehicle she was in after she apparently failed to return home by the time required by her home confinement agreement.

According to the Orlando Sentinel, she was supposed to be home by 4:00 p.m. and left her attorney’s office approximately 30 minutes before that with her mother, Cindy Anthony. Cindy returned home at 4:24 without Casey. She was believed to have switched cars somewhere along the way...

From www.myfoxspringfield.com:

...Shortly before the announcement Casey Anthony was handed off to an unknown person or persons. While en route from her attorney’s office with her mother, Cindy Anthony, Anthony stopped the vehicle under a bridge near Boggy Creek road in south Orange County near an SUV that belonged to the Orange County Sheriff's department.

Casey Anthony was placed into the SUV and taken away. Where she was bound was unknown...

Whether there was an agreement with the Orange County Sheriff's Department and Casey Anthony's attorney to turn Casey over in secret or not, true to form, Casey was in violation of the conditions of her home confinement by not being home by 4p.m.

All of Casey's 'get out of jail free cards' have been used up. The Grand Jury recommended no bail for Casey. Maybe now, faced with reality, she will talk.

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