Updated 10/14/08 - Casey Anthony has been indicted by a grand jury on seven counts including 1st Degree Murder and is in police custody. More info here.
Updated October 10th 2:15pm - Jose Baez held a press conference earlier this afternoon along with Casey Anthony and announced that if the Grand Jury indicts her with homicide charges she will turn herself in to authorities. How nice of her.
Updated October 10th 2008 9:00am - This is an extremely long post so I have moved the older stuff to the extended entry. The latest update is here at the top, older stuff down below and there are 40+ posts concerning the Caylee Anthony case over the last few months that can be found in the Caylee Anthony archives if you are really bored and want to see what I have posted. I have not been updating this case lately, partly because it's the same old drama from her family with nothing new and partly because I've been on vacation for the last week. This is one of the first posts I wrote about the case back in July, which explains why I am using it for the update.
Anyhow, what's new with the case?
Well, the Grand Jury meets today and may be deciding whether or not to indict Casey Anthony on Murder charges or anything else more serious than the bullshit she's already charged with. The State Attorney, Lawson Lamar, will be questioning witnesses in front of the Grand Jury which is allowed to ask witnesses questions and can also call specific witnesses. The state can't force anyone to testify that doesn't want to and prosecutors also have to question any witnesses that can offer evidence that might clear Casey Anthony. It's expected that George Anthony, Casey's father, will be called to testify before the Grand Jury, as well as detectives in the case. Grand Juries are not open to the public, nor is the media allowed in the proceedings. When a Grand Jury is called they can also choose to deal with issues other than the one at hand although that rarely happens. Also, since there is no statute of limitations for Murder, the grand jury could indict Casey Anthony on murder charges and the State of Florida wait to pursue them whenever they are ready.
Apparently if Casey Anthony is indicted for murder Jose Baez may not be able to represent her, at least not without getting help from someone else. The Criminal Defense Attorney's Association says that he doesn't meet the standards for attorneys in capital cases. As lead counsel they have to have had five years experience as an attorney, have served as co-counsel in two death penalty cases and have demonstrated proficiency and commitment which exemplify quality representation in capital cases. That doesn't mean he couldn't be part of a legal team though.
So what's the deal with the dress that was announced on the Nancy Grace show? From what I understand, it was found by someone other than Texas EquuSearch, was too big for Caylee, police don't think that the dress is connected to the Anthony case and not only that, the origins of the dress seem somewhat dubious. Nancy's gotta keep her ratings up though so anything that's even semi-related to the case will be announced there including if someone sees Caylee's face in a cookie in Amsterdam.
In addition to the Grand Jury meeting today Casey Anthony was scheduled to be arraigned this morning on theft and fraud charges. Jose Baez entered a written plea of Not Guilty and a waiver of arraignment back in September so neither of them have to be present at the arraignment.
All the stuff below this is older updates to the original post...Should Casey be indicted this is where I will post the update as well.
Updated August 29th 5:33PM
Casey Anthony's bond revoked, to return to jail on Saturday?
Updated August 28th 2008 5:25PM
Tests show that a decomposing body had been kept in Casey Anthony's Trunk. More details here.
Latest updates can be found here.
Update - August 20th 10:23 pm
Casey Anthony will be getting out of jail tomorrow. More info here.
Update August 15th 5:51PM
Casey Anthony to make bond. More on the story here.
Possible Breaking News in the Caylee Anthony investigation here. August 14th 2008 6:25PM
Update - August 10th 9:20PM
Casey cancels another visit from family. See here for more info.
Update - August 6th 2008 5:53PM
I am closing comments on this thread and moving all new updates to this thread. Check out that link for updates, all future updates will be there.
Update - July 30th 5:48AM
If you get the chance to read this entire article please head over and Digg this for me. Thanks! Also, go check out the Dreamin' Demon for Caylee Updates as well as other crime-related stories.
I came across Casey Anthony's arrest report here for anyone that is interested. I haven't read through the entire document yet as I am running late for work yet again but there are some interesting points in it for those of you that may have a bit of time this morning. I will finish reading it when I get home later today. Here is the arrest report if you want to check it out.
Casey Anthony Arrest Report - Get more Docstoc Buzz
Update - July 30th 5:10AM
I ended up being fairly busy yesterday so I didn't post at all about Caylee. There is news in the case but nothing good as far as Caylee is concerned. One more day has gone by without finding her. I am updating the time on this post so that it will show up on the main page again for a couple of days. If you are on the main index the rest of the entry will show up after the break, if you came straight to the article page itself it should all be there for you.
Anyway, on to the updates.
Casey Anthony's attorney had filed a motion to get her visits and phones calls kept from the public. That went before the judge yesterday. Judge Stan Strickland of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied the motion stating that he would rather "err on the side of the first amendment"
According to the FOX Orlando article I was reading the Orange County Sheriff can decide what to release and not release as part of the investigation. That sounds to me a bit like the sheriff's office has determined that the phone calls have nothing whatsoever to do with the investigation and that it is going in other directions.
Also, earlier this morning (late last night) I received an email in response to a request for a link having to do with a robbery and Zenaida Gonzalez. It's not actually a news story but a forum topic over at "Brevard County Moms". The forum topic is "I'm not that Zenaida Gonzalez". I guess since that woman has the same name and lives in the state she is getting bombarded by media, gawkers, etc. On down the page one of the commenters is pulling supposition out of their ass and linking stuff together that may or may not be the case. I guess there is as much likelihood of it being the truth as there is of Caylee still being alive. Possible but not likely. Thanks to Dolly for the link!
If you read the long drawn out comment there by CGLRCNG basically what is says is there is another topic on the same forum entitled getting robbed. Apparently the woman on the forum over there was robbed on June 9th and some computers were taken. The commenter is making the supposition that since Caylee was missing on the 9th maybe Casey broke into the office and stole the computers. Since Caylee was actually not missing until at least the 15th the two incidents don't seem related. I also think that it's much more likely that Casey picked the name at random out of a phone book than she broke into an office and stole some computers. Since Zenaida posts at this forum regularly it's also quite possible that Casey just ran across the name on the Internet at random and used it to give to police when she couldn't think up another lie.
I missed this one (probably at work), but impqueen says that Caylee's father has been tentatively identified as Jesse Grund. This is his MySpace page but it is currently set to private. No doubt because of all of the scumbags and dickheads that left nasty comments I am sure.
Update - July 28th 2008 5:44PM
So it's been over a week and a half now since Caylee was finally reported as missing to authorities and what do we have so far? Zilch. More questions than we did last week. Casey's brother Lee has said that there is confirmation of the place where his sister met a babysitter who kidnapped Caylee. He also mentioned that he knew of two other people that know Zenaida Fernandez Gonazalez as well but says he never met her. Lee doesn't live with his parents so it would make sense that he not know everyone that his sister does and vice versa.
Police haven't been able to locate Gonzalez and have as yet to get any proof that she actually exists. One of the commenters over here says that she saw this comment on another site:
"On June 9th the day Casey oringinally stated her daughter was last seen. Ironically there was a neighborhood break on June 9th and you wont guess the womans name who was robbed. Zenaida Fernandez and Gonzales."
If you left the comment and have a link to the other site I would appreciate it. The commenter didn't leave a URL to it so I haven't been able to verify it. I have read a couple of conflicting reports. One that police can't locate Zenaida and don't know who she is and another that says Police have questioned Zenaida. WTF? Sounds like journalists taking liberal license with what they write and just pulling answers out of their ass to me.
August 1st there is a benefit planned to raise money for the search for Caylee Anthony. This was actually announced late last week. Any donation received will be donated to the Kid Finders Network. The benefit is at the Speed Park Motorsports in Daytona Beach from 4PM until midnight on the 1st. Hopefully Caylee will have been recovered by then. The grandparents will be there, there is no admission charge and it is open to the public.
Update - July 27th 2008 6:09AM
Yesterday Cindy Anthony spoke with reporters and basically told them that allegations that her daughter Casey did something wrong were just plain untrue and that once the truth comes out everyone will be surprised.
While I may be surprised at whatever the truth turns out to be I doubt seriously that it will be that Casey Anthony has done no wrong. It's clear from the start that even if she didn't commit a crime all of her decisions in this case have been bad.
Her mother also says that Casey is willing to help authorities but that since local PD has been focusing on her rather than Caylee she would be willing to help the FBI rather than them. Bullshit.
I read another article this morning from a couple of days ago over at the Orlando Sentinel where they had interviewed friends and neighbors of her and her family and how she spent the Fourth of July cooking for her boyfriend and a friend of his. Sounds like a distraught parent searching for her daughter to me...
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Hi, We are wondering who the reward money is coming from that the parents can't afford bail for there daughter..also is the boyfriend Tony being investigated that seem's to be her main concern over her own adorable baby she hasn't seen in over a month,bail would be a big mistake she'll be GONE!!!
If there really (cough) is a Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez, why has there not been one single police artist sketch of her?
Brenda, I am sure that they are investigating the boyfriend as well as any other associates and family that Casey knows. As far as I know unless something has changed in the last couple of hours Casey has NOT made bond. The reward money I will have to look up. I did read the source last night but was busy with work and forgot to write it down. I will try and get a chance to do so tonight when I am finished working. I've got three restaurants and oftentimes they keep me pretty busy.
Tinychef, I am sure there are sketches by now, they just aren't available to the public yet. Unless Law Enforcement feels like there is an overriding reason to, they don't generally release information like that to the public. However, I do believe they will be releasing sketches in this case and probaly very soon.
Very strange family. The grandmother and daughter have issues. They are both mentally unstable and if Caylee is safe and found, DSS need to place her in Protective Custody and both mom and grandmother should get a full scale evaluation. I believe mom has drug problems and grandparents should have called DSS a long time ago. Grandparents, especially, grandfather should have known better since he was an ex cop. Has DSS been involved with this family? Mom can't keep a job....sounds like she has drug issues. Mom needs to be tested as well. If she is positive for drugs, then that will explain her bizzare behavior.
Hi, Another strange feeling i got in my gut was that the "supposedly" friend from elementary school just popping in to the jail..I believe that was a friend or aquaintance of Tony's to let her know he's still around in some sort of code that only she would understand, there's just that connection that I cannot let go..hopefully I'm way off but it's the only logical reasoning for her treatment of her baby. When she met him there was evidence he did not like children and that's when she changed her whole outlook choosing TONY over her Baby. Hope this is not being overlooked with so much focus on the family . just a thought.
Casey seems to love only Casey, that became clear with her 'oh well' comment.
If you have, or get, a myspace password, you can go into Casey's messages to before Caylee was reported missing. In July it seems Casey was chatting with friends about having fun and the upcoming 4th of July weekend. NO mention of a missing daughter. That tells a story right there.
And what did she spend her stolen 45k on while she was allegedly searching for Caylee, did she buy anything for Caylee?
This Mother knows what happened to her child, and imo she is enjoying watching her own mother freak out over it.
Sorry to say, but it seems pretty obvious no one will see this poor child alive again.
Remember Susan Smith.........the new boyfriend didn`t want kids and broke it off right before she murdered her kids? My gut feeling is this Tony wasn`t to into the kid thing either. I rememeber it being reported that Tony was talking to cops but not the media. He told them according to Casey, Caylee was always with a Nanny or someone visiting theme parks the beach or something. He said Casey said she was an event planner for Universal and her boss allowed her to work by computer from his home. Mom`s credit cards were her "paycheck" I beleive it was stated she bought him presents with the card......... On the Today show this morning.....Grandma said she was not allowed to contact him but she didn`t explain why.....I think he wants to distance himself from this whole sorted mess.
I think this guy is problably just some young guy that got mixed up with a real psyco and dosen`t want anything to do with her now. He wasn`t exactly beating down the doors of the jail to find her....
Remember when Grandma told the news her daughter thanked her for calling the cops.......I guess that`s why she was cursing up a storm from jail.
Everything that comes up that lady has an excuse for. No I do not think she was in on it from the beginning......but I do think both her and her daughter are compulsive liars and have covered up for each other in the past. They are not used to people/cops/media/internet checking out all they say at the speed of sound. Grandma`s excuse today July 26, on the Today Show, for her daughter only caring about Tony and getting his number was that she only wanted to speak to someone she had be around for the last month..........WHAT???
Someone should make a list of all the excuses...she had me on the first one about the shovel from the nieghbor for bamboo....Fool me once...........after that I just started talking back to the TV......Now I am yelling at it.....
I have followed alot of NEWS stories but this has got to be the most frustrating gut wenching heart jerking story I have ever experienced. These people are train wrecks and it would be comical if theere wasn`t a sweet little child missing...
The motheer knows exactly where her daughter is because she put her there.......
Mary, I don't know if child services has dealt with them before but unless they had been given a prior reason to I doubt it. I also agree that it sounds as if she has drug issues. Most of my 100+ employees make at or a little above minimum wage and unfortunately drug usage, particularly Meth play a very large part in some of their lives. Some of the stories I have heard are just awful. The entire thing sounds to me as if she might have traded her child or sold her child for drugs. It's pretty obvious that she didn't give a shit about her little daughter.
Brenda, you may just be right and the whole thing ties in to what I am saying about her selling or giving away her child whether it be for drugs or something else.
Wow.....this case truly disgusts me. IF the family bails her out i believe its because they know more than they are leadin on too. if that were my child i would leave her ass there.......if you ask me..casey needs to be in jail for the rest of her life regardless if caylee is alive. we will pray for little caylee.
Wow, I guess Casey had a lot more emotion when asking for her boyfriends phone number than when she spoke to police on the 911 call. I think they should let her talk to him. Maybe he can get some more information from him, like how did she know this supposed babysitter to begin with. Or maybe he could ask her for the disconnected phone numbers so someone could track who they belonged to before.
Anyone know info surrounding Casey's "seizure"???
Apparently, she was brought to a hospital within the last year or so by a friend, after suffering a seizure. In my opinion, this is probably a sign that she was doing drugs... I'm thinking she was a pill-popper or speed freak.
Casey AND Cindy BOTH know more than they have told police. That is a crime. They should both be in jail.
I just saw this comment on another site and was intrigued...
"On June 9th the day Casey oringinally stated her daughter was last seen. Ironically there was a neighborhood break on June 9th and you wont guess the womans name who was robbed. Zenaida Fernandez and Gonzales."
If this is true, I hope the police check out Zenaida's house, because Casey may be "leaving clues". She seems like she's playing games to me.
Wondering if you know this answer.If Casey comes up with the bail money do you think they have enough eveidence to re-arrest her for murder if the soil from the yard matches the soil in the car, and the hair belongs to Caylee, plus the stain turns out to be some sort of fluid from the baby, plus the fact she called her boyfriend to pick her up from Amscot where the car was left..Just can't imagine that crazy person back on the street and unfortunately don't know much about the law but that certainly seems like enough circumstancial evidence to me.Please respond when you get a chance. I know your very busy..Thank You
Right now I don't think they have enough to hold her. As you say it's all circumstantial. As far as the stain, having raised three children I can tell you it only takes a couple of days before they stain the seats in a car. It's quite possible that it's blood I suppose and if they could match the DNA with Caylee that would probably give them enough evidence without a body to charge her with something more. The soil would be easily explained in the car. I work out in my yard quite often and I would fully expect soil to be in my trunk just from hauling plants around and I can't tell you how many times I or one of my children have bumped their heads on the trunk pulling out groceries which could explain the hair in the trunk. That is unfortunately why they call it circumstantial evidence. With a body it might mean something but without, it doesn't mean shit.
There is also the possibility that were she to make bail she might slip up and lead them to the child or the child's body. Every day that goes by though makes it more unlikely that they will find the child alive.
hi. first of all i think the whole family is a bunch of "dark-birds" ... creepy people. even the mom's attorney Jose'-or-whatever is a creepy-jerk. i seen Mr-Jose'-Attorney on the Nancy Grace show & i was APPALLED that he was LAUGHING & JOKING & just really making light of the whole situation. i think possibly little Caylee was sold in return for drugs. this is my opinion.
Thanks,
Theresa
Okay. The questions I have are:
1.) WHY hasn't that freshly laid slab of concrete been removed from the grandparents backyard?! If it has, why hasn't it been mentioned?
2.) WHY is Casey talking in "code?" She's BEHIND bars! The media is camped out in front of the homes of people central to this investigation...NOTHING adverse is going to happen to them if Casey opens her mouth and tells investigators what the freak happened!!!
3.) Casey tells her mother (recently posted on an Orlando news station website) to recall everything she has told her over the past month, and it will all make sense?!?!? Are you kidding me?! NOW Casey is playing a kind of "scavenger hunt" game where she is trying to use her telepathic powers on her mother to come up with the answers instead of just spitting them out?! Her mother is just as crazy as she is...that's the blind leading the blind! And WHY is this being allowed?!??!
4.) Casey has been behind bars for more than 10 DAYS and she's STILL not "singing?!" I'd be telling whomever EVERYTHING I could within MINUTES of being incarcerated--unless of course I were guilty and were more concerned over my own well-being than my child's!!! *sigh*
5.) Why doesn't Casey trust the Orange County Sheriff's Office? Isn't her FATHER a retired sheriff's deputy or something like that?!
I say put Casey in solitary confinement. Do not allow ANY visitors or phone calls until she starts talking--and talking about CREDIBLE things that actually result in the finding her daughter. THEN let her go into the general population and let the other inmates deal with her!!!
Casey is clearly a "Drama Momma." Keep her out of the limelight and away from people, and see how long she can stand to be alone with herself.
Hi, Me again ,this time I am pissed off to no end.Just watched the court hearing which was fine ,blah,blah, blah..Ok ? how can the "parents" ride in a limo with a chauffer no less, while collecting money to help find Caylee? Whether it was donated or paid for from there own pockets that money should go for looking for the Baby not as a luxury for their lying Asses.. just another "SELFISH ACT" from a SELFISH LYING FAMILY.
Thanks again for listening!
In the police transcript (Nancy Grace website)it says they interviewed a Zenaida Gonzalez (name & phone number police got from apt. mgr. off a guest card, same apt. where Casey said Zenaida lived)& she did not know Casey or Caylee. They in turn showed Zenaida's pic to Casey and she didn't recognize her. Thought that was interesting! I'm sure police have checked Casey's phone to see if the Zenaida they interviewed shows up anywhere on Casey's call list.
I think the recently posted pics of MOM partying at a club (now childless) speaks volumes! She got rid of her beautiful child because she wanted to party -- can I help in giving her that shot?
This is turning into a media circus. They are glamorizing the mother of caylee and her mom doing all sorts of interviews. God as I mother I would want my child back. I would be crying and in anguish. This is all so sad and all so obvious. This child is not alive and if she is found alive it will be a miracle!!
Thank Shadowscope for this site. It is nice to know I am not the only one addicted to this case! So many unanswered questions and twists to this sick story. So one of the things I find odd or want to know is if the police will release any of Casey's cell records? Even though her sorry ass cant seem to remember where her SIM card or cell phones are, the police can trace all her calls... and does anyone know where Casey told her mom she was this whole time Caylee has been missing? was she supposedly visiting friends or living with the boyfriend Tony? AND OMG did you see the disgusting photos of Casey today partying when Caylee would have been missing? Thanks again for all the updates... I have been watching Nancy Grace and the local news here in Vegas and they seem to not include alot of the facts..
And on another note.. If Tony is her boyfriend how come she doesn't know or have his number?? Clearly if it was her boyfriend that she cared about so much, she would have all his numbers.....
I am concerned about Casey's dad being a retied cop, who better to learn the best ways to get away with murder, kidnapping etc from. Someone should look into his previous cases that may be similar or copycatish and see if they can come up with anything. Both mom and daughter are definitely hiding something. I don't think the grandmother is in on it, but I think she knows more than she is saying to protect her daughter Casey, dad may be advising too until they can get their stories straight, I pray that little girl is alive, but the more I read the more I doubt it. I think Casey has a meth habit and her lying, theiving, and lifestyle are pretty good indicators. That article about the break in at Zenaida Gonzalez house is a ig red flag too on June 9th, seems it would be convenient to pin the girls disappearance on an unknowing victim after she rummaged through and found the name. I think Casey is sending everyone on a wild goose chase so they don't look at the obvious. That child is probably in an obvious place if not with her drug dealer or a human trade rep. somewhere. I pray she hasn't sold her to one of those people who will sell her to pedifiles and do God knows what. If she really is alive, I am thinking that Zenaida is just the name Casey gave to throw police off.
I'm sorry, but I'm sick to my stomach over this whole thing. Unfortunately I belive Caylee is no longer alive. I think the mother is a disgusting, lying piece of shit. I hope the grandparents are genuine in their concern and search for her, but asking for money and help...well...I have a problem with that. This whole thing stinks. I hope Casey rots in jail...then hell.
I tend to agree with you about her being dead Dawn. BTW, I am doing my updates at http://www.shadowscope.com/archives/2008/07/where_is_caylee_anthony.php now. Thanks!
Why would anyone give money to the Anthony family when Casey knows where Caylee is? Give me a break. I think Casey killed her daughter, and it won't be long before the DNA evidence proves it.
God Bless Caylee.
Apparently the crime lab folks are back out at the Anthony's house this afternoon...
I am closing comments on this thread and moving all new updates to this thread.
Obviously I've reopened the comments since I have updated this page.
This has got to be the saddest story I've ever heard. What kind of mother would even think about doing such a thing to their child?! It's sick! It's disgusting! It makes me sick to my stomach. PAY ATTENTION EVERYONE because this truely goes out to show what sick people we have in this world.