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    Casey Anthony

    August 21, 2008

    ORLANDO, Florida (AP) -- The mother of a missing central Florida toddler was released from jail on $500,000 bail Thursday and returned to her parents' home, where authorities will monitor her with an electronic ankle device.

    She faces charges of child neglect, making false statements and obstructing an investigation in the disappearance of 3-year-old Caylee, who has been missing since June.

    Police say Casey Anthony lied to them and didn't report Caylee missing for more than a month. Caylee's grandmother reported her disappearance in July.

    Anthony's attorney, Jose Baez, escorted her out of the jail under a black umbrella amid a throng of reporters. He got into a scuffle with a journalist, pushing him out of the way.

    Baez said Anthony whispered into his ear on her way out, "I'm innocent. I'm going to walk out of this place with my head held high."

    Anthony, who had been jailed since mid-July, arrived several minutes later at her parents' home, where she was fitted for an electronic monitoring device that plugs into her home phone.

    "Right now the family is in there hugging and enjoying time as a family together," Baez said outside the home. "There's a lot of tears, a lot of emotion."

    Anthony was also arraigned Thursday, but did not attend the hearing. A written plea of not guilty was entered, according to court documents.

    "The most important thing is that Casey is home and her parents are very grateful," family spokesman Larry Garrison said by phone Thursday. "Now we are asking the public to please help us find Caylee. Now more than ever, we are convinced that she was kidnapped."

    A group from a California bail bonds company flew to Florida on Sunday to help Clearwater-based bondsman Albert Estes post the bond. They said they believe Anthony might be more likely to talk about her daughter's disappearance if released from jail. Watch why they put up the money

    Anthony told investigators she left Caylee in an apartment with a nanny June 9. But investigators say the apartment had been empty for several months.

    She told detectives she didn't immediately call authorities to report Caylee missing because she was conducting her own investigation, according to an affidavit.

    But authorities say Anthony, a single mother, has shown no remorse or concern for Caylee under questioning. Cadaver-sniffing dogs detected a scent in her car, and hair, dirt and a strange stain were found in the trunk. Investigators are still awaiting FBI tests on that evidence.

    A neighbor told detectives Anthony had asked to borrow a shovel some time in June. Her father said she had stolen two gas cans from the garage and refused to let him get something from the trunk of her car. A boyfriend said she never told him in June that Caylee was missing.

    http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/21/....ap/index.html

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    August 28, 2008

    Scientific tests indicate that a body was decomposing in the trunk of a car that was being driven by the mother of a missing Florida toddler, according to reports.

    Caylee Anthony was last seen two months ago and police have been investigating her disappearance. Her mother, Casey Anthony, 22, is a "person of interest" in her Caylee's disappearance in June. Casey Anthony has pleaded not guilty to charges of child neglect and lying to investigators, according to reports. Casey Anthony is out on house arrest after she posted a $500,000 bond. She spent about a month in jail before being released.

    WESH-TV reported that results from air samples taken from the trunk were analyzed by the University of Tennessee "Body Farm," and revealed that a body had been decomposing in the car's trunk.

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    August 29, 2008

    ORLANDO, Florida (CNN) -- The mother of missing Florida toddler Caylee Anthony was arrested and charged Friday with forgery, fraudulent use of personal information and petty theft, the Orange County Sheriff's Department said.

    Casey Anthony was taken into custody Friday night at her parents' home in Orlando, Florida.

    The charges relate to Casey Anthony's use of "some monies and checks in an account that did not belong to her and she knew that," Orange County Capt. Angelo Nieves said.

    Orange County Sheriff's Department officers ushered a handcuffed Anthony through a crowd of protesters that had gathered outside her parents' Orlando home.

    The protesters cheered as Anthony -- wearing a T-shirt with Caylee's picture and the words "Have you seen me?" -- was taken to a unmarked police car.

    The dramatic scene, played out live on CNN Headline News' "Nancy Grace."

    Anthony had been out on bail after being charged with child neglect, making false official statements and obstructing a criminal investigation into her daughter's disappearance. On Thursday, a bounty hunter who had posted bond for Anthony said he planned to revoke the bond.

    The new charges carry an initial $3,000 bail, Nieves said.

    Anthony reported her 3-year-year old daughter missing in July, a month after the last known sighting of her.

    Law enforcement sources said DNA evidence suggested that a strand of hair in the trunk of a car linked to Casey Anthony was Caylee's.

    Nieves confirmed reports that tests had "indicated human decomposition was present and located in the defendant's vehicle."

    After holding onto "high hopes" that Caylee could be found alive, Nieves said Friday, "that hope is somewhat diminished."

    Anthony told police that a babysitter kidnapped Caylee, but police found inconsistencies in her story, according to police reports.

    Police learned of the car from Anthony's mother, Cindy Anthony. At that time, Cindy Anthony told authorities that it smelled as if there had been a dead body in the trunk.

    Cindy Anthony has since said she believes that her granddaughter is alive.

    http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/29/...est/index.html

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    October 15, 2008

    Mother of missing Fla. girl indicted for murder


    The mother of a missing 3-year-old girl was arrested Tuesday and charged with killing her daughter, even though the child's body has not been found during an exhaustive four-month search.

    A grand jury indicted Casey Anthony on charges of 1st-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter and four counts of lying to investigators about the disappearance of her daughter, Caylee, State Attorney Lawson Lamar said. The mother is being held without bond.

    If convicted of first-degree murder she could face the death penalty or life in prison. Prosecutors said no decision has been made on whether the death penalty will be sought.

    Orange County Sheriff Kevin Beary said investigators' satisfaction that the indictment had been issued was tempered by what it concludes about the girl's fate.

    "Speaking as a father, a day doesn't pass where I wish the evidence that we have gathered didn't add up to the painfully obvious," he said. "Sadly, I cannot change the facts surrounding the investigation."

    He said investigators would continue doing "everything in our power to find little Caylee."

    A few hours before the sealed indictment was issued Tuesday, the 22-year-old Anthony stood silently, sometimes crying, as her attorney told reporters she is innocent.

    "Casey is going through a nightmare," Jose Baez said. "I sincerely believe that when we have finally spoken, everyone, and I mean everyone, will sit back and say, 'Now, I understand. That explains it."

    After the indictment was announced, Baez' spokesman Todd Black said Lamar was rushing the case to the grand jury as a ploy to get re-elected.

    Casey Anthony's father, George, testified Tuesday behind closed doors to the 19-member grand jury along with a detective, a cadaver dog handler and an FBI agent.

    For part of the grand jury hearing, the external audio system of the courtroom was left on, feeding into media trucks outside. Chief Judge Belvin Perry Jr. warned members of the media that they could be charged with criminal contempt if they made public what was said since grand jury proceedings are secret. Perry said he didn't know what may have been heard.

    The child's grandmother first called authorities in July to say that she hadn't seen Caylee for a month and that her daughter's car smelled like death.

    Casey Anthony told authorities that she had left her daughter with a baby sitter in June, and that the two were gone when she returned from work. She says she spent the next month trying to find her daughter and didn't call authorities because she was scared.

    Investigators immediately started poking holes in her story. The apartment where Casey Anthony said she had left her daughter had been vacant for months, they said. They said she also lied when she told them she had been working at an area theme park as an event planner.

    Investigators also accused her of stealing checks from a friend and cashing them. She was charged with felony child neglect and making false statements along with forgery and theft. She was released on $500,000 bail and confined to her parents' home.

    (Source: The Associated Press)

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    October 24, 2008

    Forensic test results released Friday show that hair found in the car trunk of a missing Orlando toddler's mother came from a decomposing body.

    Police had already determined that the strands found in Casey Anthony's Pontiac Sunfire belonged to her daughter, Caylee, and said DNA evidence suggested a corpse had been in the car's trunk.

    The results of tests, some done at a so-called "body farm" at the University of Tennessee, released by the state Friday morning confirm those theories.

    Head hair taken from the trunk is "microscopically similar" to that taken from a brush used on the child, the forensic report says.

    The judge in the case, Stan Strickland, ordered prosecutors earlier this month to hand over documents outlining the evidence collected from the Pontiac's trunk. In addition to the hair, that included air samples and traces of chloroform.

    Caylee Anthony was 2 when she disappeared in mid-June, two months before her third birthday.

    Prosecutors dropped the child neglect charges against Casey Anthony on Tuesday.

    The State Attorney's Office in Orange County, Fla., explained in a prepared statement that the neglect offense was dropped from the case because it was filed on the premise that little Caylee was still alive.

    "As the investigation progressed and it became clear that the evidence proved that the child was deceased, the State sought an indictment on the legally appropriate charges," prosecutors said. "We remain prepared to proceed to trial on the charges in the indictment."


    Anthony remains jailed on first-degree murder, manslaughter and other charges, capping an exhaustive four-month-long investigation into the little girl's whereabouts.

    Anthony is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday Oct. 28. In addition to murder, Anthony faces charges of aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter and four counts of lying to investigators.

    If convicted at her trial, Anthony could face life in prison or the death penalty.

    The State Attorney's Office also said it still will not comment on whether capital punishment will be sought, in part because it doesn't want to generate the type of publicity that would require a change of venue for the trial. The case has already created a media frenzy for months.

    "Remember, these charges are only allegations and do not constitute a proof of guilt," prosecutors said. "Ms. Anthony has the right to a trial by jury and is cloaked with the presumption of innocence."

    Anthony told authorities she had left her daughter with a babysitter in June and the two were gone when she returned from work. She says she spent the next month trying to find her daughter and didn't call authorities because she was scared.

    Investigators say little that Anthony has told them has proven to be true. The apartment where she said she dropped her daughter off had been vacant for months, and she also lied when she told them she had been working at an area theme park as a photographer, according to police.

    (Source: Foxnews.com)

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    December 11, 2008

    Small Child's Remains Found Near Home of Caylee Anthony's Family

    The skeletal remains of a small child were found Thursday near the home of missing Orlando toddler Caylee Anthony's family.

    There was no immediate word on whether the bones, reportedly discovered wrapped in a plastic bag and bound with duct tape, were those of a boy or a girl.

    "All we know is that remains of a child have been found," a police spokeswoman told FOXNews.com. Orange County sheriffs and forensics teams went to the scene at the intersection of South Chickasaw Trail and Suburban Drive in Orlando.

    Sheriff's Office spokesman Jim Solomons told The Associated Press that a utility worker found the body at 9:32 a.m. EST Thursday in a wooded area down the road from the house Caylee lived in with her grandparents and mother.

    The water meter reader reportedly picked up the bag and a small skull rolled out that sources say strongly resembled that of a little girl.

    Police said the Anthony family has been notified of the discovery. Police aren't allowing anyone in or near their house.

    http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,465424,00.html

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    December 19, 2008

    DNA tests confirm remains are Caylee Anthony

    ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Skeletal remains found in the woods are the Florida 3-year-old who has been missing since June, and her death is considered a homicide, a county medical examiner said Friday.

    DNA tests confirm that the remains match Caylee Anthony’s genetic profile, said the medical examiner, Dr. Jan Garavaglia.

    A utility worker stumbled upon the remains last week, less than a half-mile from where the girl lived. Garavaglia said some of the remains discovered were as small as pebbles, and authorities weren’t certain how the girl was killed.

    “Bottom line is folks, no child should have to go through this,“ said Orange County Sheriff Kevin Beary.

    Caylee’s mother, 22-year-old Casey Anthony, was indicted in October on first-degree murder and other charges, even though no body was found. She has insisted that she left the girl with a baby sitter in June, but she didn’t report her missing until July.

    Last month, the Orange County State Attorney turned over almost 800 pages of documents showing someone used the Anthonys’ home computer to do Internet searches for terms like “neck breaking” and “household weapons.“

    In mid-March, someone searched Google and Wikipedia for peroxide, shovels, acetone, alcohol and chloroform. Traces of chloroform, which is used to induce unconsciousness and a component of human decomposition, were found in the trunk of Casey Anthony’s car during forensic testing, the documents say.

    http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/new...nthony/158190/

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    January 11, 2009

    ORLANDO, Florida (CNN) -- A Florida woman accused of killing her toddler daughter made a rare court appearance Thursday for a hearing regarding "disturbing" images of the scene where her daughter's skeletal remains were found.

    Caylee Anthony, 2, had been missing since June in a case that has received national attention.

    The hearing began without Casey Anthony, as defense attorney Jose Baez saying she waived her right to appear. But prosecutors objected, saying Anthony should be brought into court and questioned before waiving her appearance.

    Orange County Circuit Judge Stan Strickland agreed, sending deputies to retrieve Anthony from jail but starting the hearing without her.

    She later was brought in, wearing navy jail scrubs. Answering Strickland's questions in a clear voice, Anthony confirmed that she had waived her right to appear in court. Watch Casey Anthony appear in court »

    Strickland, however, had her remain for the rest of the hearing. She sat expressionless, appearing to listen closely as prosecutors and defense attorneys hashed out routine discovery and evidentiary issues.

    Anthony, 22, is accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee, who was last reported seen in June. She was arrested in October and charged with first-degree murder and other offenses, even though Caylee's body had not been found.

    The girl's skeletal remains were found last month in woods about a half-mile from the home of Anthony's parents, where Caylee and her mother had been living. Authorities have been unable to determine how the girl died but said she was the victim of a homicide.

    In Thursday's hearing, prosecutors and defense attorneys wrangled over defense experts' access to images from the scene where the body was found. Prosecutors said they did not want the defense to copy, print or send any photos or X-rays of Caylee to their experts, many of whom were outside Florida, out of concern they might wind up in the media's hands.

    Because the experts are outside the jurisdiction of the Florida court, Strickland would have little recourse if the photos wound up "displayed on some magazine at the checkout at the Publix," prosecutor Linda Drane Burdick said Thursday.

    The pictures "are not necessarily gruesome, but they are disturbing," especially images of the child's skull when it was found and removed from the woods, she said.

    Baez agreed he did not want the photos to be made public, and said he doubted his experts would jeopardize their reputations by leaking them, noting they have signed confidentiality agreements.

    The parties agreed that the defense would set up a secure Web site for its experts to evaluate the photographs. Strickland also ordered Baez not to copy the images or transmit them in any way.

    In an earlier hearing Thursday, another Orange County circuit judge ruled that a lawsuit filed against Anthony may proceed, but the judge is not requiring Anthony to submit to a deposition at this time.

    In questioning after Caylee's disappearance, Anthony told police she had left the child with a baby sitter named Zenaida Gonzalez and had not seen her since. Checking out her story, authorities found that the apartment where Anthony said she left Caylee was vacant and located a Zenaida Gonzalez, who said she had never met Anthony.

    Gonzalez filed a defamation suit against Anthony, saying that as a result of Anthony's statements, she has been suspected wrongly of involvement in Caylee's disappearance. Her attorney, John Morgan, told the judge Thursday that Gonzalez lost her job because of those claims.

    Anthony's defense attorneys asked that proceedings in the Gonzalez suit -- specifically, Anthony's deposition -- be postponed until the criminal case against Anthony is resolved, because Anthony's answers to questions in the deposition could potentially incriminate her, meaning she would have to invoke her Fifth Amendment right in refusing to answer.

    Circuit Judge Jose Rodriguez agreed that Anthony should not be compelled to undergo an oral deposition, but said Morgan could depose her with written questions and answers.

    "No matter how much we want to separate these cases, they're intertwined," Rodriguez said in issuing his decision.

    Morgan noted that Anthony has filed a countersuit against Gonzalez, and said Anthony cannot duck a deposition at the same time that she is suing his client.

    "They cannot have their cake and eat it too," Morgan said, adding that Anthony "can't sue someone and then say, 'You can't question me because of the Fifth Amendment.' "

    Anthony's countersuit accuses Gonzalez of attempting to cash in on the high-profile case.

    A trial date has not been set for Anthony, who could face a sentence of life in prison if convicted of killing Caylee. Prosecutors have said they will not seek the death penalty against her.

    http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/08/...eref=rss_crime

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    Fla. cops match evidence to Caylee Anthony home

    Authorities say evidence discovered in the woods where Florida toddler Caylee Anthony's body was found matches items from the house where she lived.

    Documents released Wednesday by the State Attorney's Office in Orlando show the same type of laundry bag, duct tape and plastic bag discovered at the crime scene also were found in the house where Caylee lived.

    Casey Anthony has been charged with her daughter's murder. She claims Caylee was kidnapped by a baby sitter and has pleaded not guilty.

    Caylee was 2 when she disappeared last June. A month passed before authorities were told she disappeared.

    Wednesday's documents also showed the mother hyperventilated and asked for medication after she learned the girl's body was discovered in December.

    http://www.examiner.com/a-1857601~Fl...hony_home.html

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    March 3, 2009

    Casey Anthony Attends Hearing, Trial Date Set

    Casey Anthony arrived at the Orange County courthouse Monday afternoon to attend a hearing as her lawyer tried to block prosecutors from using Casey's party girl pictures against her in court (read motion) and video of her reaction to her daughter's remains being found.

    Judge Stan Strickland set a trial date for October 12. He also ruled against the defense motion to block the release of picture from Casey's photobucket account. The judge went on to delay the release of jail video tape. It was recorded as Casey learned that her daughter's remains were found.

    Casey's lawyers want the public to see her the way she looked when she walked into court Monday, professional, dressed in a blue blouse and dark slacks (images | raw video). But the Casey Anthony most people know is a party girl featured in pictures all over the Internet. One might ask not whether you've ever seen the party photos of Casey, but how many times. It's been all over the Internet, and not just because of a Casey doll that briefly went on the market, but because of the defense motion to stop prosecutors from releasing it.

    "I don't feel these images are relevant in any way," Baez argued in court Monday.

    Casey Anthony sold photographs of her daughter Caylee only months after her disappearance for almost $200,000 and there is a report that the defense offered People Magazine an exclusive story for $500,000.

    The defense now says a recent eBay pitch to sell a Casey doll is going too far. The doll resembles a PhotoBucket.com picture of Casey at an "Anything But Clothes" party on Memorial Day weekend, a party she took Caylee to when she told her mother she was working,

    Now, after that photo and hundreds of others from her PhotoBucket site have been shown repeatedly, locally and on national television, the defense asked the judge to prevent prosecutors from releasing them.

    "The horse was already left the barn. Now he goes back to lock the barn door. It doesn't make sense," WFTV legal analyst Bill Sheaffer said.

    Sheaffer said the defense argument that the photos are irrelevant is weak.

    "A mother has an infant, a child is missing, and she continues to party," Sheaffer said.

    http://www.wftv.com/news/18833742/de...07000103022009

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