The Caylee Anthony Case

[Mel]

I've just been sent this link.... I honestly don't know what to think.

www.wftv.com/news/18253901/detail.html

[Mel]

ORLANDO, Florida (CNN) -- A corpse has been tentatively identified as missing toddler Caylee Anthony's, attorneys for her mother told a Florida judge on Friday.


Police searched Caylee's grandparents' home and took bags and boxes of potential evidence.
3 of 3 Lawyer Linda Kenney Baden said in court that that investigators said they "were proceeding as if this were little Caylee Anthony."

Strands of hair found with the remains, found Thursday a half mile from the home of Caylee's grandparents, are the same color as the 3-year-old's, the lawyer said. The age and measurements also were a match for Caylee, Baden added.

Attorneys were in court seeking access to the remains and other forensic evidence.

Casey Anthony, 22, is charged with killing her daughter, but her lawyers insist she is innocent.

Prosecutors said the request was premature, given that the remains have not been positively identified. The defense countered that a tentative identification had been made. Watch how the corpse resembles Caylee »

Overnight, investigators searched the home of Caylee's grandparents and took several bags of potential evidence, Orange County, Florida, Sheriff Kevin Beary said Friday morning.

Caylee often lived in the house with her grandparents and her mother, who was arrested in October and charged with murder.

Investigators "concluded there were certain things they wanted to be looking for" and searched the home, Beary said in an interview broadcast on ABC News.

A utility worker discovered the remains in a plastic bag around 9:30 a.m. Thursday and alerted authorities, sheriff's spokesman Jim Solomons said.


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Caylee has been missing since June in a case that has received national attention.

The remains were taken to the county medical examiner's office and will be sent to the FBI lab in Quantico, Virginia, Beary said Thursday.

Meanwhile, investigators Friday continued searching the area where the remains were found. Watch how a home became a crime scene »

Casey Anthony's lawyers filed an emergency motion asking that their experts be present for any forensic testing done on the remains.

CNN affiliate WFTV-TV reported that the utility worker, a meter reader, picked up a bag at the site Thursday morning and a skull fell out.

The region had previously been searched as part of the investigation into Caylee's disappearance, he said, but the spot where the remains were found -- some "45, 50, 60 feet back" -- was flooded and underwater at the time. No clothes were found with the remains, he said.

Casey Anthony remains in protective custody and has no contact with other inmates, corrections officials said. Watch Anthony's lawyer describe how she's doing »

"She has been seen by a Corrections Health Services psychologist and her status was reviewed," officials said in a statement, adding she was on psychological observation -- which is not the same as suicide watch.

Casey Anthony's trial, originally set for early January, has been postponed until at least March. Prosecutors said earlier this month they would not seek the death penalty against Casey Anthony. She could face a sentence of life in prison if convicted.

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Authorities have said Casey Anthony waited about a month before telling her family that Caylee was gone. Cindy Anthony -- Caylee's grandmother and Casey Anthony's mother -- called the Orange County sheriff's office on July 15, saying her daughter would not tell her where Caylee was.

When questioned by police, Casey Anthony gave conflicting statements, including some that were later disproved, according to hundreds of documents and investigative reports released in the case.

She claimed she dropped Caylee off with a babysitter, but when police checked out her story, they learned that the address Casey Anthony supplied belonged to an apartment that had been vacant for weeks. The woman Casey Anthony named as her babysitter told police she did not know her. Review a timeline of the case »

Investigators previously have said that cadaver dogs picked up the scent of death in Anthony's car, as well as in her parents' back yard. They also said air quality tests conducted by the FBI found evidence consistent with human decomposition and chloroform in the car's trunk. A neighbor told police Anthony had asked to borrow a shovel.


Analysis of Anthony's computer found she had visited Web sites discussing chloroform and had done Internet searches of missing children, according to information released in the case.

Cindy and George Anthony, the child's grandparents, and Casey's parents. have said they believe the girl is still alive and that someone has her

[Mel]

They were her bones. The poor little girl! At least shes home and can finally rest in peace. What kind of person could kill a child?! I mean seriously? You'd have to have absolutly no heart. No feelings. I pray for their souls.

[FroggyChk]

I think she could kill that little girl because she thought of her as a toy, not a person.
I, or more accuratly we, have very strong maternal instincts. They are so strong that even if raped I dont think I could abort or give up my child. They would still be real to me. I dont believe my husband would understand, but hey get over it.
I do also believe Casey killed her accidentally. She did something really stupid and ignorant, and killed her baby. Instead of manning up to it she came up with a hair-brained idea and tossed her baby into the woods. Now while I could forgive an accident, eventually, I don't feel as if she deserves leanency. She killed her baby and hid the evidence. Then waited a month before her MOM forced her to tell cops. And that is another sticking point for me. She lived with them, and they didnt notice for weeks that Caylee was gone. Then they lied to cops, though Im not 100% about what its what they said on the news.
Then we could have found the body months ago if the cops had done their jobs right. I get that there were snakes in the woods, but you could see the bag from just a little ways into the woods. This city worker found the bag in august and cops waited until he really pushed the issue, in what november/december?
We should start making examples of people and handing out very harsh sentances, not just life in prison. Come on they wont have to work for 20 years, they get 3 square meals a day, access to books and tv, and some even opt for an education!!! We pay thousands in taxes each year to support these lowlifes, I want a refund! Set them up in tents, give them bread and water (I know they cant live on that alone but you get my point), and shut off the tv! There are good people out there trying to feed their families who dont have that high of a standerd of living.
This is all just my opinion, but shouldnt it be everyones?
Tammy

[[ash <3]]

I agree. I think we need to go with what McCain did in Arizona. Making tent cities. Making the inmates wear bright orange scrubs with hot pink striped underwear, feed them only peanut butter and jelly sandwiches or palmentio loaf sandwiches and milk. Try having that in your stomach in the Arizona heat. Not fun from what I hear. I laughed when I heard this, cause I thought they were kidding he did it. But apparently it's true. My roomie and her friend had to spend a month in "Tent City" for a DUI and she said it was the WORST. They would just pop one up in an abandoned lot wherever there was one. Surround it with barbed-wire and guards with big guns and there you go. The entire community saw them everyday.

[Mel]

I cant believe this is still going on! I'm tired if seeing "The case against Casey" on the news.