Florida Police Call Casey Anthony an Emotionless Woman and a Repetitive Liar

July 22, 2008

Investigators Continue to Search for 2-Year-Old Caylee Anthony

Is 22-year-old Casey Marie Anthony a habitual liar who is purposely misleading Florida investigators in their search for her missing 2-year-old daughter, Caylee? On the contrary, is she secretly protecting her daughter as her family claims? Whichever is the case, no one has seen Caylee in over a month, and her mother has been unable to provide investigators with any solid information as to her daughter’s whereabouts.

According to police, Caylee was last seen by her grandparents on June 9. Over the course of the next month, Casey reportedly made several excuses to explain her daughter's absence, including telling friends and family members that Caylee was with her "nanny." The stories allegedly varied, with Casey claiming that her daughter was at various locations with the nanny, including Disneyland, Universal Studios, and the beach.

"Mommy kept making up excuses as to where Caylee was, and the grandmother finally located [Casey] and was insistent in seeing Caylee," Deputy Sheriff Carlos Padilla of the Orange County Sherriff's Office told ABCNews.com.

At the urging of her mother, Cynthia Anthony, Casey allegedly stated that she had dropped Caylee off at a babysitter's house on June 9. She reported that when she returned to pick her daughter up, Caylee and the babysitter were gone. Cynthia convinced her daughter to contact police, and a missing child report was filed on July 16, 2008, five weeks after Casey allegedly dropped her daughter off at the babysitter's house.

When questioned by police, Casey allegedly reported that she did not notify them sooner because she had been busy conducting her own investigation. After providing the same story that she told to her mother, Casey identified Caylee's babysitter as Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez. Casey stated that she had known Fernandez-Gonzalez for four years and that she had employed her as a babysitter for approximately one and a half years.

Investigators were anxious to speak with Fernandez-Gonzalez. However, when Casey led them to the woman's house, they discovered that it had been vacant since February 29. Of further concern to investigators were several other statements Casey made to police that turned out to be false.

According to the police report, Casey told police that she was an employee of Universal Studios. However, the contact information she provided for her supervisors proved to be false, and a department head at the company told police that Casey was not an employee.

When questioned about Caylee's father, Casey told police that he was dead and allegedly refused to provide them with his name.

Due to the many inconsistencies in her statements and the fact that she failed to immediately report her daughter as missing, police arrested Casey and charged her with child neglect, making false official statements, and obstructing an investigation.

"Based on the repetitive lies that the defendant has told, we do not know with whom the child is or even if the child is alive," Corporal Yuri Melich wrote in Casey's arrest affidavit. He added, "It should be noted that at no time during any of the above interviews did the defendant show any obvious emotion as to the loss of her child."

The following day, investigators searched the trunk of a car Casey had been driving and bagged several items as evidence, including dirt and samples of hair that they deemed to be the same color and length as Caylee’s. Investigators also spoke to a neighbor, who reported that Casey had borrowed a shovel from him the previous month. Detectives subsequently recovered that shovel as evidence.

On Tuesday, Casey appeared at her bond hearing before Circuit Court Judge Stan Strickland. During the court proceeding, Corporal Melich testified before the court regarding the search of Casey's vehicle.

"There was a very bad smell in the car," Melich stated. "Briefly, just before I came into the Child Abuse Division, I was a homicide detective for two years with the Orange County Sheriff's Office, and in my experience, the smell that I smelled in that car was the smell of decomposition."

Melich also reported that investigators found a stain in the trunk of the car that was "questionable."

Cindy Anthony also testified at the hearing that Fernandez-Gonzalez had been babysitting Caylee for more than a year. However, she admitted that she had never actually spoken to or met with the woman.

In addition to her testimony about the babysitter, Cindy said that she thought she knew why her daughter was not cooperating with investigators.

"I know Casey as a person. I know what she is as a mother," Cindy asserted. "I know there is only one or two reasons why Casey would be withholding something about Caylee, and I believe that it's something someone is holding over her, and threatening her in some way."

Following testimony by other family members, Judge Strickland chastised Casey for her behavior and set her bail at $500,000.

"Not a bit of useful information has been provided by Ms. Anthony as to the whereabouts of her daughter," Strickland stated. "And I would add that the truth and Ms. Anthony are strangers."

In the event that Casey is able to post bond, Strickland ordered that she be fitted with a global positioning system ankle bracelet.

Currently, there are more questions than answers. Does Casey know where her daughter is? If so, why is she withholding this information? In addition, is Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez a real person or simply a figment of Casey's imagination?

In the meantime, Casey's family is supporting her fully. They have set up a Web site to collect donations and have turned Casey's MySpace profile into an information hub for details on the search.

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Caylee Anthony is described as a white female, 3' tall, 35 pounds, with shoulder-length, light brown hair and hazel eyes. Anyone with information is asked to call the Orange County Missing Persons Unit at 407-254-7000 or the Crimeline at 1-800-423-TIPS (8477). A $25,000 reward is being offered for information leading to Caylee's safe return.

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Photo's courtesy of Orange County Sherriff's Office

Comments

[Grace]

It is so sad that a very beautiful girl like Caylee is missing and the mother remains unaffected. Casey Anthony is a perennial liar, she can no longer distinguish what is true or false on the things that she is saying. She is guilty, she knows what happened to her daughter. Three things she might have intentionally left her daughter somewhere to lose her, or if what Casey's mother has been saying that somebody called her and saw her granddaughter in the airport its not kidnapping for me it might be that Casey sold her daughter which is not impossible, and third and hope and pray that it will not be this scenario is she killed her daughter. I will continue praying for the family and hope that there will be positive results in the near future.

[nika]

i wonder why the grandparents are not suspects just like the mother- they all lived together- and the car w/ the smell of a dead body actually belongs to the grandfather. the girl could have been killed by the grandmother or the grandfather just as easily as by casey and then they could have put in on Casey to cover it up- she's clearly deeply emotionally and financially dependent on her mother- so i can't help thinking that when her mother says in court, in front of casey something to the effect of " there could only be one or two reasons why casey isn't saying aything and i think somebody is holding something over her and threatening her in some way." ---well the most pivital "one or two reasons" in Caseys life are her mother and father- who are in the strongest position to hold something over her- and probably the only people who would have any interest in doing so. And the fact that her mother said that her daugter is "sending hidden clues in her lies"- is so bizzare--but because she says this like it makes sense it makes me think that that is a currency of communication between them and so it is just as likely that the mother is sending messages to the daughter. Casey has probably been keeping quite to protect her parents as much as herself. also the way the grandmother talks- in her interview w/ Gretta specifically, but just in all her interviews, she is extremely manipulative- and tries to make herself into a victim- greta was gracefully professional - but imagine a young dependent girl growing up w/ that- and being a scared pregnant teen who in never told to finish her last quarter credit of highschool by these parents who are providing for her in other ways- i think it looks like this grandmother kept an unhealthy dependency situation going within her daughter- and Casey's world would burst if she lost the "best friend-love" of her mother --by speaking the truth about how caylee was killed. which may easily involve mother and both grandparents- and possibly brother too- all of them who are lying about sightings since June nine.

[Sasha]

Dear David Lohr,

i've been reading all the articles and i feel i may be seeing something the investigators can not yet name.

Casey is a compulsive liar, people become compulsive liars through extreme trauma. like incest- There is no record of a father of Caylee Anthony or another family side of any kind- no other grandparents even if the dad is dead, etc. And it is strange that the grandmother talked about just taking thie baby home with them the day it was born with no question, i mean people can do that- but why say it like that. what was the question she was answering in her head- as apposed to what? what i mean is that- theres somehing highly suspicious from the begining about circumstances of this pregnancy. and then the things that the grandmother has been saying--somebody is trying to blackmail casey- somebody is holding something over her head. what could anybody hope to get from a young mother with not personal money who lives with her parents? --other than for a secret to be kept a secret. the grandmother has a clearly manipulative personality and acts like a person in extreme denial. --what could be behind this? and for her to say Casey is her "best friend" - people can say this and mean well- but it;s not really that healthy- it makes is sound like she's trying to keep her hold on casey. if casey was a victim of incest from her father and there suddenly became reason for her to think that her daughter was going to be his next victim- this would be a reason to spark the deep emotions that could lead to murder. weather Casey did the killing or one of the grandparents did - or it was a rape/murder---would be all conjecture---but it;s these types of hidden problems that would most likely lead to such extreme action and there are the clues like the fact that she is a compulsive liar and there is no "dad"-or other family to speak of. - that make it all the more likely. the grandmothers aggression w/ the media just makes her seem like a person with a secret--who is into high gear working against it. and all this wierd stuff she keeps saying about blackmail--it sounds like something just made up but it could actually be about somerthing very specific. and coming from her. Casey being a person who shows no emotion, etc, that comes from incest. it could be about something else- but it seems to usually come from that. - from that kind of extreme early trauma. this would also lead to them moving the body after burrying it- because the grandfather is an ex cop and he would know they'd have to move it much better than casey would know. so that probably means that they wer all involved. the grandmthers claims about waitig a month to get serious about seein her granddaughter sound like lies just as much as what she urged her daughter to say to the police,.

so thats it- maybe this can help somehow---sounds like the grandfather is Caylees father too and something to do with caylee becoming in danger of incest lead to her death.

thank you

[J. Hew]

IF the child is alive which I doubt but pray that she is she should NEVER be allowed to return to her psycho mother or grandmother. Where is the father?
This country needs to wake up and start using more severe tactics to get information out of would be criminals especially where children are concerned.
Our justice system is so lame and the idea that everyone is innocent until proven guilty is a waste of money and time. A little torture is the least she deserves after what she has done to that beautiful child.

[sogren]

The grandparents, particularly the grandmother have been suspicious from the start. The grandmother is too loud and seems to be an attention-seeker who also lies. This is the typical Histrionic Personality Disorder behavior of a lot of criminals such as Diane Downs. I hope she gets arrested also.

[Leighann]

I know this sounds out there-but insest would make sense. The brother Lee, he testified that he and Casey could talk about anything and something to the affect of how they were so close they did not even tell the whole family some things.
God Bless Caylee---these people are all guilty! I knew that a few days ago. They are covering up something and they are all in on it!!
I pray the police find the truth and give Caylee justice.

[Star LaBranche]

I came across this story when I was doing my accumulation of atrocities. I didn't realize how far it had gone. The short article I read stated that Casey had been changing her story.

I'm really hoping that someone finds Caylee and soon.

P.S. J. Hew, I really hope that you're joking.

[nika]

i had one other thought- Casey's parents are paying for her lawyer. this could be such an extreme expense-it could conieveable add up to much more than all their assets, how can they afford this? perhaps they can not afford not- to have the power that that gives them....realistically they are the other two most likely people responsable for caylees death- if the grandfather did it- or even the grandmother- they are giving themselves the best protection by owning their daughters representation. and this would further explain why Casey gives zero real information, she has no impartial consultation.

casey's parents have been working to discredit her from the beginning in the guise of wanting to help her. the lions share of our suspicions we have for her as a criminal who acted alone come from her parents public comments- from her father's very first comment in his first interview- he interupted the interviewer and said " this is just about finding my granddaughter, the think with my daughter is something else" he had no reason to say that- but the direct effect is that we think he is good and his daughter is bad, this is the way abusers operate- they are extremely calm and work to discredit their victime while simultaneously acting concerned. and the victims are a total mess and thus do look discreditable.

my point is- so long as father george anthony is paying for daughter Caseys lawyer- casey's ability to speak truth will be compromised. though casey migt not be able to speak otherwise either- this is certainly a tactic of controll on the part of the parents.

[Alex]

"a neighbor told them Casey Anthony borrowed a shovel around the time her small daughter was last seen"
" The family of an Orlando toddler missing for more than a month won't answer questions about a tip that a new concrete slab was poured in the grandparents' backyard over July 4 weekend, shortly before they reported the child missing." these are quoted news from the today's google search. Then what are they waiting for ?!! they should turn that new concrete slab and under it upside down.

[belleyes]

Mayb Casey is protecting Caylee from the Grandparents, maybe they are the threat? I agree with nika

[Teresa]

I think everyone who posts speculations. Regardless of weather they end up to be true later on down the road. Needs to picture them selves watching a true story about a family that is condemned prematurely and picture their part in this story. Do you really want to play that part? Wait until the facts are discovered before placing blame. Then your opinions, and at this point thats all they are, will be more justifiable. Just a thought.
Maybe I'm guilable. But, I like to think of myself as focused on the real problem, which is keeping my eyes open for a missing child. Not sitting in front of a t.v. playing couch detective.

[scotty weatherman]

wow nika you really hit on something there. i to have had many questions about the other side of this little girls family. I mean no mention of a father at all. Only I would not exclude the brother and let me say why. I was able to tap into Casey's My Space page and there are alot of comments from her to her brother about, how comming to Caylees Birthday would make her day and how muck Caylee misses you and yet another where she talks about how ecxited Caylee was that you came to see her yesterday and how if she had any friends she would have been bragging to them all day about you comming to visit, but instead she only has me to bragg to about your visit. she talked about it all day long. it seems to me this child was secluded from other children. but the father theory is very interesting maybe Daddy Anthony was beginning to show alot of interest in Caylee and mommy could not allow it to start all over again. I feel that there is enough evidence to show that Casey loved this little girl, that might explain the lack of emotion that has been seen from her. Some times you have no guilt when you feel that you have done what is best for some one and maybe she felt what ever she did was better than a life of abuse in wich she had been thru. Insest or not. That grnadmother is wacked out and the Grandfather seems very closed off.

[scotty weatherman]

wow nika you really hit on something there. i to have had many questions about the other side of this little girls family. I mean no mention of a father at all. Only I would not exclude the brother and let me say why. I was able to tap into Casey's My Space page and there are alot of comments from her to her brother about, how comming to Caylees Birthday would make her day and how muck Caylee misses you and yet another where she talks about how ecxited Caylee was that you came to see her yesterday and how if she had any friends she would have been bragging to them all day about you comming to visit, but instead she only has me to bragg to about your visit. she talked about it all day long. it seems to me this child was secluded from other children. but the father theory is very interesting maybe Daddy Anthony was beginning to show alot of interest in Caylee and mommy could not allow it to start all over again. I feel that there is enough evidence to show that Casey loved this little girl, that might explain the lack of emotion that has been seen from her. Some times you have no guilt when you feel that you have done what is best for some one and maybe she felt what ever she did was better than a life of abuse in wich she had been thru. Insest or not. That grnadmother is wacked out and the Grandfather seems very closed off.

[Ally]

why has the mothers form of income/employment been brought. Income means always plays a large role in our lives and affects a lot of decisions.
I think it will shed some light.

[Colleen]

I agree with "belleyes". Remeber how we all thought that John or Patsy Ramsey killed JonBenet? Now they have absolute new DNA proof that completely excludes John, the late Patsy, and the brother. I just heard about THIS case today, but something is off, something is just not right with this family. I pray that little girl is OK, but my gut instinct tells me she is not.

[Edwardo]

caylee is dead, mother probley ,put her in a dumster, , off to landfill she goes.you know what it would be like to go through over 30 days of garbage in a landfill, they will never find her. next mother will be charged with murder, in the next days to come ,just with the edvenance they have.

[amwh]

Casey is a spoiled narcissist/sociopath who also apparently (from a local) has a crack problem. Did anyone take DRUGS into consideration? She has done nothing but misinform police and send them on wild goosechases, as has her mother. I don't think the police should give either of them any more credence and allow Casey and her mom to play victims and control/run the show any longer. That's what they're doing - STALLING.

[Thomas Hofer]

I have just received the two websites from an Orlando friend. This case is incredible, and so far as I can see, none of the family can be trusted; at least I would not trust them.

[Eric]

I love in this country how anytime a female committs a crime, there are a million and one "champions of women's plight" that rush forth to defend and make excuses for them: "oh, she was abused, oh she's frightened, oh she was depressed, oh she's confused, Oh she suffers from Munchausen syndrome ..etc." How many Andrea Yates, Susan Smith's and Casey Anthony's are going to be tolerated until our society pulls it's head out of it's a**. You know a noted criminologist once stated that many crimes throughout history have remained unsolved because no one ever thinks to consider a female suspect.

[Cherish]

I have a bad feeling the reason Casey Anthony abandoned the car is because poor little Caylee may have died in that car. It has been reported Casey had been hanging out with friends and partying a lot of late. It's possible she made the ominous mistake of leaving Caylee asleep inside the car at night while she partied inside a friend's house; perhaps passed out and continued sleeping into daylight hours, tragically leaving Caylee to die of heat exposure as the blazing sun bore down on the car. Then panicked when she realized what she'd done, hid the body and made up the babysitter story in a desperate if not maniacal attempt to hide the truth. It's a theory and I hope I'm wrong, but this story is just getting creepier by the day. It all comes back to why would anyone not call the police for help the instant they realize their 2 year old child has been taken?? The sheer horror of such a scenario seems almost too much to bear, yet this woman claims to have been conducting her own private "investigation" for a month. She continues to lie even when the truth slaps her silly. That makes it pretty clear she is hiding something she's done, not what someone else has done.

[Sheryl]

How sad that this little angel is missing with no clue of where to find her. I too agree that the grandparents should be under investigation. But just to put it out there, there have been unmarried mothers who neglected to tell a partner they were pregnant. Not because of incest, just because they don't think their partner is father material. This would explain Casey's claim of the father being dead, and the lack of family from the father's side.

If Casey and her mother are so close, why wouldn't she call mom for help after the kidnapping/death of her baby? Cindy knows exacrly where that baby is and just wants Casey safe at home before the "reveal". They are all psychotic and need to rot in jail. Someone please hurry and solve this case so this family can be punished accordingly.

[MILLIE]

When Casey was talking to her mother from jail and ask her mother for Tonys number her boyfriend . Her mother said why you want Tonys number does he has anything to do with this she reacted very fast and said No Tony does not have anything to do with this and her mother told her but why you want his phone she said with her smart mouth . Because his my boyfriend and I got arrested and I did not talk to him and because? she was going to say something like to see if he and then she change the conversation and I don't think any body notice that. That she almost said something but she stop and then she told her Mother I know my friend is there because I saw her car in the news Tony is not there right.I think this Tony had something to do with it I think he helped her in someway the crap about He picked her up and left the car in that check casing store is strange . I think police should have search his aprtment right away before he can distroy any evidance I hope they have the last time the little girl was seen was at the pool . I feel bad for her parents she stold the car money credit car killed her daugther and calls from jail is so mean to her mother and family she does not even diserve for them to pay for the bond if she does not need help from them like she said well let her stay in jail, but I know as a mother we forgive anything and we will help are kids all the way . I know is very hard for her parents to admit what she did because not even them understand the monster that she is.because they love her no matter what. I'm tire of everybody talking bad about her mother and father and I dont know them but I feel sorry for them they lost the granddougther and daugther too because she is never comeing out ones they prove she killed the little gir or had something to do with that Tony and she thinks that Tony is going to talk to her she wants to call him and when she does his going to tell her dont call me no more I dont want to get in troble go to hell . She only knew him for two month and she change alot since . Her mother said I gave you a month already and people now think the mother knew . It could have been she kept calling her for one month asking her to let her see Caylee and she never let her see the girl because she was gone people always understand things diffrent in a negative way just to blame the parents . And they seem to be the perfect parents and is a shame they love the little girl so much they had a beutiful room for her they had a nice yard with her little house and they adore that little girl why can people see how wonderfull they are and how much they love caylee and stop picking on them and hepl find the little girl dead or alive thats what people have to do . To bad I'm in Miami because if I was in Orland I would try to help them in anything . But not Casey she sounds evil she only cares about her self and her perents dont diserve that from her . She use the credit cards with that Tony and maybe in drugs . I'm sure the stores have the videos when they made those purchase and they have the receipt time and date that will be a good trace and they can check the vedios to see if Caylee was with and that Tony too .Most likely she bought Tony close.

[Lynne]

I have a 24 year old daughter and a 2 year old grandaughter.
If My daughter disappeared for a day, never mind 6 weeks, and was unable to produce my grandaughter to me I would have been in touch with the police immediately. Something is very wrong with this grandmother

[Susan vradenburgh]

I have watched the media and the press since this story aired.I`m finding the basic information not even publishable. For instance Cassie seemed to have a very nice home, how did she pay for it? was it left to her by the father of caylee? Who was the father of Caylee? Is it his family that took her knowing Cassie was not a fit mother. His name and theirs seem a mystery. Ms gonzales is also a mystery, and excuse me for saying what kind of story for a boyfriend whom she`s closed too,says he hasn`t seen Caylee since the second of June whats up with that? Did Cassie and he see each other every other month, is he married? What about mr and Mrs Anthony the people who produced this girl that says she was going through different ways of finding her daughter. O PLEASE!!!!she needs to be put into a pshic hospital evaluated and then judged to stand trial or not , and the parents don`t have a say she is no a minor, for pete's sake they need to stay out of it . raising money in their community, doesn`t that violate some kind of law about picking a jury? not being able to have a fair and speedy trail, i see this one going on for years.I don`t know about anyone else but we have to start finding our missing children ,talk to John Walsh he could give a plan maybe meet with this girl and have a reasonable approach. no one wants to keep listening to police tapes unless they say they found her, take back your authority, solve the crime put and end to the Cindy and Cassie show!!!!!!

[Judy Leighton]

Enough already!!!Parents you have enabled this girl long enough.See what happens when you do everthing for your kid??Now you have NO grandchild and your own daughter is guilty,we all know it and so do the police,now hopefully the police gather all the evidence to prove Casy guilty

[Judy Leighton]

Enough already!!!Parents you have enabled this girl long enough.See what happens when you do everthing for your kid??Now you have NO grandchild and your own daughter is guilty,we all know it and so do the police,now hopefully the police gather all the evidence to prove Casy guilty

[Li]

A car trunk smells like decomposition is said to be PIZZA?
Where is the Pizza box to show where it was bought & When?

I would really like to know why Casey stole her mom's credit card and went on a $35-45,000.00 shopping spree and where?
There will be paper trails and computer trials along with phne records of all computers and phones she used during/befroe and after this child went missing.

[Can't Wait for the Cake to Bake]

Every post I read about this case is slinging blame and calling attorneys incompetent and questioning the motives of the family. I like to think outside the box so...what if...

Casey made some kind of bad judgment and loaned her car to some friend in exchange for caring for Caylee for a week. (Like while Aimee was in Puerto Rico and Casey had Aimee's car.) Maybe she just wanted to party and taste a week of single-hood but then...the "friend" (or the friend's boyfriend) she loaned the car to turns out to be a murderer - not of Caylee, but some other schmuck (gang-banger) that gets loaded into the trunk of the borrowed car for a few days - dumped someplace and then the car smells so bad the friend/murderer abandons the car in a parking lot.

Maybe this friend/murderer keeps Caylee to prevent Casey from telling the LE who had the car (blackmail.) Casey keeps mum, hoping that if she doesn't rat on the friend/murderer, Caylee will be returned safely. Maybe the friend/murderer is demanding a ransom. Maybe that's why Casey stole from Aimee and her Mom.

I mean, under these circumstances, perhaps Casey would be doing the right thing. Her lawyer is doing a great job - keeping her silent because Casey IS his client and he knows that whatever she says will be used to incriminate her down the road. If the "decomposition" in the trunk isn't Caylee's, then Casey doesn't want to go down for a murder and be in jail when Caylee is found/returned.

I'm not saying this is what happened but why aren't we trying to find scenarios that would result in Casey being innocent and the baby alive? Are we really so negative, bloodthirsty and morbid that we can't bear to look at alternative possibilities? There are plenty but we look at the easy ones. Work this out, people, and discuss alternatives. Is it possible that Casey really is scared - terrified to talk? Is it possible that she's doing her best to lie to cover for someone who is actually holding her daughter for ransom or for silence?

I think it's a possibility. 22 year-olds make some of the dumbest decisions because they're adults, but not mature. (I know I made the dumbest decisions of my life between 19 and 22.) I'm not saying that immaturity should be a defense if something horrible has happened, but if she is really trying to get her daughter back alive, I am going to support that effort - even if it appears misguided. I know I would do whatever it would take if my three year-old was in the balance.

Just sayin'

[darlene]

This just turns my stomach. I am a single mom and the first thing you do before you bring your child to a sitter is get their information. Name, address, all phone #'s, a close friends name & number and their plate #, and look at a valid ID..This is your life you are leaving with someone. But if she didn't work why is she leaving her child with a sitter? But I do know that if I went to get my child and she was missing I sure wouldn't do an investigation on my own. I would be calling Police, FBI, State Cops, Getting an Amber Alert Out, I would call John Walsh and all these other parents who's children have disappeared. I would get my family involved immediately no matter how disfunctional it is. I know I wouldn't even be able to function if my child was gone. There is something desperately wrong with this woman. Even though I am a single mom My daughter's dad would be right there with me also trying to find her....The grandmother shouldn't call herself a nurse either because all the nurses I know would be out there trying to save a life. I am praying that this little girl is alive. But not once have I heard that Mom say that she knows her little girl is alive. I think she knows that either she died by being left in a hot lock car or she sold that little girl for drugs. I remember some years back in florida that a boyfriend killed a little girl and then the Mom went to the flea market and said that someone took her. In the end they found the body. It is all very sad. Not just everyone should be able to have a child. Her parents are just as responsible especially if they knew that child was missing. Come on a Nurse and a Police Officer????????Something smells rotten......On their website they don't even list a police #

[MILLIE]

I just can't wait for police fbi or who ever to find Caylee dead or alive I feel sorry for those grandparents who have hope to see Caylee again and it is not faer for them . she is just distracting police to do the work by saying that she don't trust them if you dont trust the police who are you going to trust . I just don't know why it has taken so long to police .I'm sure they can check on that check cashing place they might have camaras and see who left the car . If she was alone or someone else was with her she use credit cards she most likely put gas on the car and they can tell how far she went and check the miles on the car if it ever had service the last time the miles the car had and how much miles she put in one month and the receipt from gas stations if got gas with credits gas stations have camaras stores have camaras and shopping center have camaras even in the parking lot most of the times . I'm sure they can trace all this transactions and get the videos to see if Caylee was with her and to see if someone else was with her . I'm sure it does not take so long I don't know whats wrong with police in Orlando but they are pretty slow... I know they are trying to get everything together , but I wish it was fast so that her parents will know . She is guilty to me She gives the baby to a baby sitter she does not know and said she never sean and she wants a sketch How could you make a sketch of someone you never saw. She gave a latin name cause it could be from any country and make it look like they took the girl to another country and they will never find the girl.and why would she leave the car . She has not been smart at all if you going to do something you have to get it all together before 1. you report the car and the girl stolen and make sure she left the car on shopping center they have no camaras call police and they would have thought someone took car and kill little girl until they search and find out it was her but she just made up the story about that baby sitter and now she haves to stick to it she cant change the story now.she is cold she does not care about the little girl she not afread no body has the little girl she knows and she is just buying time . And does calls Cindy is geting they are fake maybe she plan it and told someone to make the calls to distract the investigation and to make everybody think caylee is ok so that they won't search for the body . I hope they go arund all the areas she has been looking at those receipt and take the dogs I'm sure they will find the body unless she throu it to the ocean or in a garbage can and is gone already . She barried the body at home but then she thought that will be the first place they check so she took the body out and dump it somewhere or barried at another place . I just cant wait for police to get all streat I don't think they are moving to fast .

[Shira from New York]

The most chilling and important new information I learned from visiting this site is the MySpace entry by Cindy Anthony, filed on July 3rd.

This reveals the fact that she knew her granddaughter was missing WAY before she told authorities. Of course, this is only one of the many lies Cindy has told. It is abundantly clear that Casey has inherited her talent for truth-free speech from her mother.

Like millions of Americans, I'm watching this horrible drama play out and must comment that it stands alone in my mind from other missing persons cases for a variety of reasons.

The first, most important reason is because of the super-suspicious and possibly incriminating behavior and language of the very people who should be the protectors of the missing child.

In most missings persons case, there is a relative who is looking out for justice. Here, no such character exists.

Casey, Cindy, George and Lee...what a collection of losers! The grandmother is a complete mental case and it astonishes me that the media continues to give her a platform to spew. I actually find it offensive to see her on the television screen saying outrageous things, such as that the smell of decomposing human flesh (flagged by her in her 911 phone calls as such and even identified by the cadaver dogs already!!!)in the abandoned car is actually...an old pizza. Or a squirrel.

Cindy, that horrible stench is the smell of your precious granddaughter's rotting corpse. And you know it.

Do America a favor, drop the charade and help lead us to this little girl's body so that she can have an honorable burial.

Alas, there is not half a brain or a conscience among the Anthony family and what's more, there is some bizarre secret and dynamic going on and everyone is so used to lying about it that lying has utterly become second nature.

And where is Caylee's father? Who is Caylee's father? Could it be...Grandpa? Caylee sure does look like him!

And then, standing smack in the middle of this constellation is Casey -- the most self-absorbed, spoiled, insincere, narcissistic, cold-hearted little bitch I have ever seen.

Being in jail is a huge drag for her, that's all. That girl does not have an ounce of love or caring for her child. Any caring parent whose child was missing would be in agony in a similar situation.

America is obsessed with this case because the guilt of Casey and the collusion of her parents is obvious; the public is just waiting for law enforcement to put it together. There are plenty of smoking guns, but no body just yet.

America is obsessed because an angelic little girl is missing and the mother exhibits depraved indifference to her whereabouts and wellbeing. I hope that the court psychologist was able to get a good reading on this lulu.

I have no idea how good or bad the criminal justice system is in Orlando, but I long for the cast of Law and Order to bust this case wide open. Or send a prosecutor down from New York. He's bring Casey Anthony to her knees in seconds.

The clues are stacked miles high....while Caylee Marie Anthony lies in a shallow, unmarked, ignoble grave.

While we want a happy ending to this frightening fairy tale. there is only a sad solution.

[RMS]

Why aren't the police looking for Caylee? They have stated their main goal now is collecting evidence to prosecute the mother. Why not focus on finding Caylee first?

The comments on this blog, along with all the different news "spins" are maddening. FIND CAYLEE FIRST, then collect evidence for prosecution.

[SHANNA]

HEY PEOPLE WE LIVE IN A VERY MEAN WORLD. I THINK CASEY GOT INVOLVED WITH THE WRONG KINDOF PEOPLE. "CASEY WAS A PARTY GIRL". SHE FOUND INFO OR KNOWS TO MUCH ABOUT SOMETHING. QUOTE BY CASEY BROTHER, CASEY BOYFRIEND WAS PAYING FOR EVERYTHING FOR CASEY" SHE COULD OF GOTTEN INVOLVED WITH THE MOB, DRUG LORDS ETC. THEY HAVE EITHER TAKEN CAYLEE OR CCASEY HAS HIDDEN HER OUT FOR A REASON AND THAT'S WHY SHE CAN'T TALK. SHE NO LONGER TRUST LOCAL POLICE SO SHE WANTS TO TALK TO THE FBI. SHE IS IN WAY OVER HER HEAD. SHE JUST DOES NOT WANT HER FAMILY OR CAYLEE HURT.THE FAMILY KNOWS THE TRUTH AND THAT'S WHY THEY BELIEVE HER.

[Annonymous]

http://www.ocso.com/Default.aspx?tabid=547
Orange County Sheriff's Office link to burglary report filed on 6-24-08. Someone burglarized the Anthony home's shed and stole 2 gas cans with gas in them? Oh, this is not looking good.
I wonder who the thief was? I wonder what they needed 2 cans of gasoline for?
Keep in mind this was also around the time that Casey had spoke to an ex-boyfriend on the phone and he said that he heard Caylee in the background and then a few days later when he spoke to Casey she told him she could go to the beach that day because Caylee was with her babysitter?
I think this babysitter is a figment of her imagination. I think Caylee was raised mostly by Cindy (GM)and that when Casey tried to hurt Cindy by taking her away she made up this whole babysitter story because Cindy wasn't there to do the babysitting anymore.
Maybe Casey has split personality disorder. She claims that the last month was all a blur. She probably has mentally blocked it out or maybe she was doing drugs.
Who knows. I am beginning to think this will go down as another cold case.
So very, very sad.
I pray that Caylee is alive and well and they find her!

[Annonymous]

http://www.ocso.com/Default.aspx?tabid=547
Orange County Sheriff's Office link to burglary report filed on 6-24-08. Someone burglarized the Anthony home's shed and stole 2 gas cans with gas in them? Oh, this is not looking good.
I wonder who the thief was? I wonder what they needed 2 cans of gasoline for?
Keep in mind this was also around the time that Casey had spoke to an ex-boyfriend on the phone and he said that he heard Caylee in the background and then a few days later when he spoke to Casey she told him she could go to the beach that day because Caylee was with her babysitter?
I think this babysitter is a figment of her imagination. I think Caylee was raised mostly by Cindy (GM)and that when Casey tried to hurt Cindy by taking her away she made up this whole babysitter story because Cindy wasn't there to do the babysitting anymore.
Maybe Casey has split personality disorder. She claims that the last month was all a blur. She probably has mentally blocked it out or maybe she was doing drugs.
Who knows. I am beginning to think this will go down as another cold case.
So very, very sad.
I pray that Caylee is alive and well and they find her!

[Davis]

I think everyone who has been keeping up with this story has great question that need to be answered.

What about the boyfriend and ex fiancé?
What about surveillance cameras and Receipts?
What about the concert slab or the decomposition in the trunk and or backyard?
What about drugs what does she need all that money?
Why have the paternal grandparent’s not spoke up? Is it incense?
Find the babysitter?
I live in Charlotte, NC where they say she is heading and is not on the news!

A family member killed that little girl or she is being hidden from the mother or even from the grandparents-if Casey knows

WE NEED ANSWERS THE FAMILY NEEDS ANSWERS!!!!!!!

[pak31]

I have no idea what happened to the little girl. What I do find strange is this....the grandmother, Cindy, tries to come across angry at her daughter, tells news media that the home was child proofed extremely well, she made sure that Caylee was safe and that life was all about her granddaughter. Now, that is fine and I commend her if that is how she is BUT, what I don't understand is how could this have happened if the grandparents were so involved with the grandchild?? I know Casey moved out and left her daughter with a sitter but why wouldn't she leave her daughter with her parents?? Cindy knew what kind of person her daughter was, how could she allow her to do this?? I guess I am confused as to how one day Cindy says Casey loves her daughter she is a good mom, she only borrowed the shovel to dig out bamboo, etc. Then in other tapes or talks, she's berating Casey, accusing her of stuff. It's like she's 2 faced, one face for the media(defensive of Casey) and the other face(the way she really acts with Casey). The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Casey is only 22?? Not great parenting to have a daughter who acts like this, gets pregnant so young, wild life style etc. When did THAT behavior start??

[Gin]

My gut feeling is that Caylee is dead and the mother killed her. I think she killed her and buried her in her parents back yard then got scared that she was going to get caught so she went and borrowed the neighbors shovel and dug her up and put her in the trunk of her car and then dumped her body in the ocean. I hope that I am proved wrong. Caylee is such a beautiful little girl and I can't imagine why anyone in their right mind would have wanted to hurt her. Notice that I said "in their right mind". I think Casey either has a drug problem or suffering from some type of chemical inbalance. She is definitely hiding something. What other reason would you have to not tell the police everything you know unless you have something to hide? It seems to me that Casey has some maturity issues as well and a major problem with telling the truth. As for the grandparents, I don't think they were involved. I believe that they are just in denial and holding on to the last little bit of hope that their granddaughter is alive. Deep down, I think they know that she is dead and just can't come to grips with the fact that their daughter could have done this so they are hoping beyond hope that just maybe Casey might be telling the truth. I believe Casey either left Caylee in the car and went partying with her friends and forgot about her, or killed her to get rid of her so that she could live a carefree single lifestyle. It is very sad that a 2 year old had to be the victim. I saw where Casey is now wanting to talk to the FBI. Why in the hell would she tell them the truth. So far, all she has done is tell one lie after another. Why should anyone believe her now. It is just like the boy who cried wolf.

[Brenda]

This is the strangest family I have ever seen. I personally think they all should be behind bars until someone says where Caylee is. Someone knows where she is at. I do not understand why the police have not looked under their 4th of July cement. I am expecting the worst and Praying for for the best.

[Brenda]

If Casey's parents are not involved in the disapperance of Caylee they should stop acting stupid and tell their daughter, they are not playing her games any longer and where in the hell is Caylee. I don't see that any of this family are acting like this baby is missing. The mother, uncle or grandparents shed any tears. I think they are trying to cover their own butts, because they know her mother or one of them killed her. Why are the police taking so long to get the results back from the trunk of the car? Whay hasn't the FBI been handleing this case; since the family says she is kidnapped. This whole case is unbelievable.

[Brenda]

If Casey's parents are not involved in the disapperance of Caylee they should stop acting stupid and tell their daughter, they are not playing her games any longer and where in the hell is Caylee. I don't see that any of this family are acting like this baby is missing. The mother, uncle or grandparents shed any tears. I think they are trying to cover their own butts, because they know her mother or one of them killed her. Why are the police taking so long to get the results back from the trunk of the car? Whay hasn't the FBI been handleing this case; since the family says she is kidnapped. This whole case is unbelievable.

[Ladymom]

Okay guys I have been researching this case like crazy. It is obvious to me that Casey knows exactly where Caylee is. No mother could sit there and laugh and remain calm if her child were out there missing. She has either sold her, gave her away, or killed her. I am like you guys and I pray that its one of the first two, but I know its probably not. Now for Cindy, George and Lee.. they are not crazy. Have any of you ever dealt with someone like Casey?? If so, you would know that you have to make them think you are completely and totally on their side or they will not tell you anything. You have to make them feel that they are the victim and they only did what had to be done. Its crazy I know but I think I know what the family is doing. Remember that first phone call? She was so angry at them.. if by some chance Caylee were alive she would have seen her dead instead of returned to them. I honestly believe that Cindy would lick Caseys feet to get Caylee back. But when the truth comes out we will see the real Cindy. At first though I think she will try to somehow blame herself for what Casey did. She will think she didnt love Casey enough and she drove her to do this awful thing. That is what good parents do.. always blaming themselves for their childrens mistakes. I lived with my grandma and I know there was a lot of resentment from my mom, aunt, and uncle about how much the grandparents loved me. I feel for Cindy and George because I know how loved I was by my grandparents and I know that at times when I was growing up my mom used me as a weapon against them. Shame on Casey.. I feel no sympathy for her because she should have left Caylee where she belonged in the first place!!

[west palm beach girl]

So much does not make sense. If Casey is trying to protect her child by not telling, why did she tell? She gave the name of the kidnapper right off. And in the next breath, she says she cannot say for fear of harm to her or her family. No sense.
She was laughing, playing and party-ing with her friends. If she had been threatened with her daughter's life if she told she was kidnapped, she would be distraught, not having fun.
Everything Casey says is a lie and the truth lies only with her and I am sick of the grandparents trying to sway the focus elsewhere. All of the truth lies with Casey. They must realize that looking elsewhere is a waste of time and money.
In the jailhouse tape with her brother, she totally knew she was being recorded and her 'pat' answers reminded me of Scott Peterson's on interviews. All the right words with all the wrong emotions.
She is guilty guilty guilty. No doubt. the police are putting the case together and it will all come forth at once and soon. Anyone who buys into one word she says as truth is a person who wants to have some faith in human beings, especially mothers. this woman is a psychopath and is not in the normal category of people.

[DENISE]

I AM SO SORRY FOR THIS POOR CHILD AND ALL CHILDREN WHO ARE VICTIMS. PLEASE, TO ANYONE OUT THERE WITH THE RIGHT STATE OF MIND WHO MIGHT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO CAYLEE AND OTHER CHILDREN THAT ARE VICTIMS, COME FORWARD AND SPEAK THE TRUTH FOR ONCE AND FORGET ABOUT THE LIES THAT LIVE IN YOUR HEAD AND DEAL WITH REALITY FOR ONCE. MAYBE THEN WE WILL KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO TOO MANY OF THEM, DEAL WITH REALITY FOR ONCE. EVERYONE KNOWS, REAL OR FICTION, COME ON ALREADY, THEY ARE INNOCENT CHILDREN, PLEASE!

[pokenhorn]

Maybe something like this: Casey is driving with Caylee in the car. The child is annoying her in some way. Casey locks her in the trunk as punishment, where the temperature climbs to perhaps 140 degrees. When she decides to take the child out of the trunk, she finds her dead. Though she appears to be an icy cold person, surely Casey couldn't purposely kill such a little angel.

[Emily]

I highly agree with all of those who speculated abuse. The behaviors (personalities) are all consistent with typical abuse.

If you are going off of only media reports, you should take a minute to read and listen to the only factual evidence available to us.

First of all, listen to the phone call between Casey, Cindy, friend (Kristina, I think) and brother, Lee. Casey is smug, and defensive with her mother. She is conveying to her mother that it is ridiculous that she is questioning her- and the 911 call records Cindy telling Casey, "I'm not giving you another day, I've given you a month". So, she has known just as long as Casey has known that Caylee is missing. Then, all of a sudden, she "has no clue"..? BS! Then, in this phone call and a following 14 minute phone call with brother, Lee, Casey's demeanor is completely different. She is cooperative, respectful, and open. Seems like a bond formed between the only two people who can relate to each other- growing up in the same household. It is my opinion that Lee understands WHY Casey is doing what she's doing, but in the end, he loves his niece and wants her back. The only truly ignorant party (again, in my opinion) is the friend, Kristina, begging Casey to tell her anything.

Read the arrest affidavit. Casey lies about being employed, all the way up to the point of escorting authorities to her "office" and then, "stops, turns around, and admits she's lying and is not an employee". She is obviously accustomed to lying as a means to appease people, and keep those who "control" her at bay.

George, the grandfather, appears late on the scene, claiming to know nothing, even though his wife knew, and he seems to be a very conditioned manipulator.

The idea that Casey is acting without remorse because she feels she has done what's best for Caylee (be it giving her away, hiding her, or sending her to heaven-- not most people's idea of "what's best", but when you are faced with an ultimatum, abused people will do anything)... makes sense. She is recorded telling her brother (something along the lines of) "Ask mom. Think about what I've been telling her over the past month." She obviously is privy to the fate of Caylee, and has tried to communicate SOMETHING to her family.

I don't know if Casey is guilty of murder, or if the family is, or what has happened... (none of us do!) but it does appear that there are some deep-rooted secrets and the family is not smart enough to get their story straight before bringing the world into their business... and now they are trying to work it out while everyone watches.

As a mother, and a formerly abused woman, all I can say is that if Casey is not completely insane, she seems to be content with the fact that her daughter is safe.

Listen to the facts that are available to us. Turn off the evening news... and keep your eyes peeled. That's all we, as bystanders, can do.

[Ladymom]

I honestly thought she would have broken down by now and told the truth, whatever that may be! Ya know this has gone on way too long. Why cant they just do what they do in the military?? Shoot her up with some truth serum.. or beat her until she comes clean?? This is a little girl we are talking about. And she is trying to manipulate a way in her head to cast reasonable doubt. All that crap on the call with her brother about a extra cell phone that she lost with the ladys number in it. Hmm she still has the sim card in her phone why in the heck was she carrying the other phone if it had no sim card?? Poor Lee, Cindy, and George.. I feel for you guys.

[ronnie]

As seen on fox news tuesday night the pictures of Casey at a nightclub called Fusion it's like i've been thinking all along that the precious little girl was neglected by her mother no matter what anyone has to say. I' was also thinking that those dogs traced the decomposer sent to the end of the yard by the fence. Could the baby's body be on the other side of the fence? She was having a good time at that nightclub, not like someone that has just lost, given, sold, or god forbid Killed.

[sad for caylee]

"HEY PEOPLE WE LIVE IN A VERY MEAN WORLD. I THINK CASEY GOT INVOLVED WITH THE WRONG KINDOF PEOPLE. "CASEY WAS A PARTY GIRL". SHE FOUND INFO OR KNOWS TO MUCH ABOUT SOMETHING. QUOTE BY CASEY BROTHER, CASEY BOYFRIEND WAS PAYING FOR EVERYTHING FOR CASEY" SHE COULD OF GOTTEN INVOLVED WITH THE MOB, DRUG LORDS ETC. THEY HAVE EITHER TAKEN CAYLEE OR CCASEY HAS HIDDEN HER OUT FOR A REASON AND THAT'S WHY SHE CAN'T TALK. SHE NO LONGER TRUST LOCAL POLICE SO SHE WANTS TO TALK TO THE FBI. SHE IS IN WAY OVER HER HEAD. SHE JUST DOES NOT WANT HER FAMILY OR CAYLEE HURT.THE FAMILY KNOWS THE TRUTH AND THAT'S WHY THEY BELIEVE HER."
If you actually believe the words you have written, then I guess it'd be safe to say that ALL mothers and parents in the Central Florida/Orlando area need to be on the lookout for some Mob type thugs who kidnap little girls to make excessive partier's pay back their debts?? Really? Puhlease.. this is not Miami! If it were Miami, I might be persuaded to believe such a thing.. a very iffy [i]might[/i] I'd like to add.
Drug lords are not stupid. They would not kidnap the child of a dumbass party chick when they can just make a dumbass party chick pay back her debts in other more productive (for the drug lord) ways.

[Dana]

That's it. I've had enough of this b.s. The little girl is dead, and Casey knows damn well how and why. Then she goes out to party?!?! Forgive me, but this to me is the type of person who deserves the death penalty.