<p>Yes. She seems irrational yet can cover it up for long periods very successfully. That’s a scary combination.</p>
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<p>I don’t, either. He’s an ex-cop. If he was going to commit a murder or help to conceal a death, he would have done a better job of it than Casey did. </p>
<p>I think most police officers have handled calls involving dead bodies at least a few times in their careers – not necessarily crimes, but probably suicides or situations where an elderly person who lived alone died at home. Cops know what bodies smell like. It’s hard to imagine that a former policeman would think that you could leave a dead body in a car trunk for any length of time without leaving evidence of its presence.</p>
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Excellent point! That is what I mean. It’s as if the defense woke up late for trial and is desperately trying to put something together. Did they think any of this through. I mean if we can see the glaring inconsistencies, why can’t they?</p>
<p>It is unbelievable to me that Mr Anthony was involved. Nothing that young woman says can be believed at this point. I am sad for the parents as they cannot help but love their daughter. Their reactions when they realized the little one was missing was very reasonable and what one would expect. Casey’s was that of a psychopath. </p>
<p>I don’t get this sexual abuse business that seems to come up often in these cases. Who cares if a perpatrator was sexually abused as kid in a murder case? Why is this even admissable testimony? </p>
<p>At this point, if I were the parents, if I were even able to respond which would a problem in itself, I would have to think that Caylee’s death was accidental due to something that Casey should not have done, and Casey is lying because she can’t bear to admit it. How she can admit to knowingly having the body dumped and then letting it rot there, I don’t know. To me that is more reprehensible than a mistake that resulted in a child’s death. There is definitely something wrong with that young woman.</p>
<p>I agree with the poster who said that the defense is stuck with the story that Casey tells them. They cannot suggest a scenario and have to work with what she “admits”. Thy are hoping that some doubt is stirred up with that story, but I don’t see it. I am probably a defense attorney’s dream on a jury as I do require pretty strict proof with no reasonable doubt and have disagreed with some guilty verdicts where the stories were possible. This one holds no water for me at all. completely unbelievable.</p>
<p>How would a jury ever believe a word that came out of Casey’s Anthony’s mouth? After watching her so confidently and shamelessly lie about everything else under oath, why in the world would a jury believe her latest story that Caylee accidently drowned and the grandfather disposed of the body? The only thing that explains how a mother could happily party and cavort for a month without letting on to anyone that the child was dead is that the mother is a sociopath.</p>
<p>I have read several articles that talked about the “deeply disfunctional” Anthony family, and I can’t help but wonder how much of the disfunction was caused by this stunningly duplicitious and manipulative demon-seed daughter, and/or if the family environment helped make Casey what she is. I cannot imagine that a daughter who lived with us could successfully lie for two years about having a job and a nanny – but I also cannot imagine suspecting that one of our kids would lie to us about something like that.</p>
<p>I cannot help but feel sorry for the rest of the Anthony family. Losing a granddaughter like this would be such a tragedy, and the pain would be worsened so much by a daughter’s lies, betrayal and involvement in the toddler’s death.</p>
<p>Yes. And as someone mentioned earlier, if Caylee died as the result of a criminal act gone wrong (such as drugging her to keep her quiet while Mom had a date), that could still be a capital crime – felony murder.</p>
<p>The betrayal is stunning. So is her absolute inability to accept any responsibility for this child’s tragic death. Her mother left the ladder in the pool, her father hid the body, she was afraid to tell the truth because her father and her brother sexually abused her - so what was left for her to do but continue on her merry, partying way? I just can’t imagine what is going on in her head.</p>
<p>Wow. So I read in today’s paper that there was not just duct tape residue on her head/face, that when the remains were found there was a full fledged piece of duct tape across her skull. Of course there was little soft tissue left, so there was just skull and duct tape. But there it was, visible even in pictures takes of the crime scene. </p>
<p>How does a child who accidentally drowns in a pool have full pieces of duct tape on their face/head??? There will be no scientific arguments over whether there was residue or not, the jury saw pictures of actual duct tape on the remains!! Unbelievable. And who does internet searches for chloroform?</p>
<p>No, I don’t see how anyone can believe anything that this woman says. We have to look at what is reasonable. At very best, that little girl died accidently, and Casey tried to hide the death because she could not bear and did not want to deal with the consequences. That she might have done something like drugging the kid to keep her quiet while she had things to do and no babysitter, is certainly possible, but not provable. Yes, people do internet searches for all sorts of things. But you don’t duct tape a little girl like that for any reason. That is the part that really gets to me. You don’t need to duct tape a corpse so the only reason for that tape is to silence a live child. </p>
<p>I cannot even begin to imagine the parents’ horror. My heart goes out to them. But someone like Casey Anthony is very dangerous. To have so little in terms of morals or conscience means anything is possible from someone like that. A little girl. I can’t bear it.</p>
<p>I haven’t paid much attention to this case, but I did see some stories on it recently. We are all mothers or fathers here - I can’t imagine that any of us could carry on with normal life if our young child were missing for a month or, worse yet, if we knew our child had died. I’ve often thought that many of the problems in our society would be solved if pregnancy were not the default - as is it, action must be taken to avoid pregnancy in sexually active people, and sometimes these actions fail. Wouldn’t be better if pregnancy required some difficult action?</p>
<p>I have a friend with several children who have done very well in school and life such that their accomplishments and paths are what many would love to see for their own kids. But one daughter has had a lot of problems. She became pregnant at an early age and insisted on keeping the child and raising her, just as Casey Anthony did. It was a constant bone of contention with the parents about the young woman’s care of the little girl. Another relationship bore another child and the father of the second child would often baby sit both children while the young woman worked. He is now in jail for murder of the older child after 3 years of trials, mistrial, and appeal. There was no cover up in this situation.</p>
<p>It has put such a toll on the parents. They have aged 20 years in the last 3 and they hurt all of the time. Their daughter still hangs around people who love to party and have not settled down, while she has had yet another child and is not taking responsibility the way she should.</p>
<p>Goodness, NYMomof2, I’ve often thought and ranted about the same thing - If I ruled the world, I would make “Every Child a Wanted Child” (the motto of Planned Parenthood, BTW). Actually, I think if I could wave a wand and do only ONE thing for the world, that’s what I would choose. Babies deserve to be wanted and loved and cherished. It really, really, REALLY sucks that it’s so easy to conceive a child by accident (and I hate it that so many people are too lazy or stupid to use birth control).
It shouldn’t be so easy - if you want a baby (and are fully ready to care for it) you should have to have sex in a special way, maybe a special weird position, saying the magic word three times and clicking your heels! Or babies should be rendered infertile at birth, and have to have a procedure done to make them able to have children only when they are ready and capable to do so - maybe put little teensy plugs in the Fallopian tubes or vas deferens which are to be removed only when the person is ready to have a child and give it the care and love and snuggles that it SOOOO deserves!</p>
<p>I’ve seen up close and personal what happens to unwanted children, and it breaks my heart.</p>
<p>@cptofthehouse (in post #111): just a point of clarification. I believe that Casey Anthony’s pregnancy was quite the opposite of what you stated. My understanding is that Casey did NOT want to go through with the pregnancy, but Cindy (her mother) implored her to carry out the birth and keep the baby. That child was Cindy’s child, for all practical intent and purposes.</p>
<p>Oh gawd, adoption (like in most all cases) would have been such a wonderful gift for that child and for a set of adoptive parents who have wanted a child for years… WTHeck is wrong with people to talk a (too) young woman out of adoption and into having a child she doesn’t want? (although, sadly, young moms VERY often change their minds and don’t go through with adoption, taking that unplanned and unwanted baby home from the hospital. ARGGH.)</p>
<p>Sheesh…</p>
<p>(was the sperm donor baby daddy in the picture at all?)</p>
<p>Quote: from NYMomof 2
“I haven’t paid much attention to this case, but I did see some stories on it recently. We are all mothers or fathers here - I can’t imagine that any of us could carry on with normal life if our young child were missing for a month or, worse yet, if we knew our child had died. I’ve often thought that many of the problems in our society would be solved if pregnancy were not the default - as is it, action must be taken to avoid pregnancy in sexually active people, and sometimes these actions fail. Wouldn’t be better if pregnancy required some difficult action?”</p>
<p>Mom of 2, I agree! But sadly, this is not the case. I for one am thankful to Planned Parenthood for making family planning options available so tragedies like this case can be avoided.</p>
<p>The mother didn’t find out about the pregnancy until a couple months before delivery, so Cindy had not say in abortion or anything.</p>
<p>Regarding adoption…There is NO PROOF that Cindy wouldn’t let Casey give the baby up for adoption. All we know is that an infertile friend asked Casey if she and her H could adopt the baby and Casey said her mom would never allow that. We have have no idea if that is true…or if it’s just another lie by Casey because she didn’t want to tell her friend “no” herself…so blame mom. Casey often told lies just so that she didn’t have to tell people what they didn’t want to hear. In this case, she didn’t want her infertile friend to be mad at her.</p>
<p>I cannot even begin to imagine the parents’ horror.</p>
<p>I really cannot imagine what Cindy and Geo are now thinking. They held on to the belief that Caylee had been kidnapped and later killed. Cindy said that she only learned that the “Zany story” was a lie 6 weeks ago. OMG…I can’t believe it took her THAT long to accept what everyone else could clearly see. They were told about the “drowning story” about the same time.</p>
<p>So…imagine how they feel, watching those jailhouse videos during the court proceedings and hearing Casey say things about “finding Caylee” and such…when all along Casey knew Caylee was dead (if either defense or prosecution stories are true.) In that light, it must be unbearable for them to hear themselves ask…Does Zany have relatives in NY? Are you remaining silent to protect Caylee? Could Caylee be in Texas…etc…etc…and Casey knew all along that Caylee was dead.</p>
<p>What really creeps me out is that dead-eyed, sullen glare on Casey’s face throughout the trial. She has no other expression unless she’s crying, which she rarely does. She’s truly scary.</p>
<p>At this point, it is not relevant whether Caylee was a wanted child or not. Many children come into this world unwanted. It’s as much of a crime to murder such a child as one who was ever so wanted. </p>
<p>I don’t know where this case will go as I am a strong proponent on evidence. I have no doubt that Casey Anthony is a very sick, evil woman. However, whether there is actual proof that she killed her daughter is a whole other story. Negligent in terms of reporting her missing and not giving a fig–proven without reasonable doubt. Pathological liar–proven without reasonable doubt. But murdering the girl, the forensic evidence is not there.</p>