Caylee Who?

September 02, 2008

From the beginning of the investigation into Casey Anthony and her missing three-year-old daughter, Caylee, the majority of the media's coverage has been on Casey's latest antics, rather than on her daughter, an innocent child whose body, according to popular opinion, is hidden somewhere along the west coast of Florida.

Given that the time limit has expired for Casey Anthony to accept the limited immunity deal that had been offered to her, it is unlikely that she will provide investigators with any factual information about Caylee's whereabouts. That being said, it is now up to law enforcement to unravel the mystery and to place the pieces of the puzzle together. Unfortunately, that task sounds much easier than it actually is.

The search grid that investigators are dealing with is over 30 miles in diameter and consists of heavily wooded areas, which are mostly swampy, with dense vegetation. As a result, it will take a team of detectives weeks, possibly months to cover the entire area. In the meantime, animal activity, heavy rains, and other seasonal changes will be working against them.

In order to help narrow the search for Caylee, members of a search and recovery team from Texas have been in the Orlando area since Saturday, searching in areas that have been specifically pinpointed by law enforcement officials.

"For a missing child, we usually have around 1,500 volunteers a day," search director Mandy Albritton told Investigation Discovery today. "We are only getting about 200 searchers a day right now, and we probably only have about 50 in the field."

Albritton said she believes that the Orlando community is not coming forward to help in the search because they harbor a lot of ill will toward the Anthony family. In addition to the lack of volunteers, Albritton said that Hurricane Hanna is expected to bring heavy rains to the area, which will hinder efforts to clear specific areas.

"Right now about 30 percent of our search area is under water, and we are going to have to wait until the water recedes to go in and clear that area," Albritton said.  "The big problem we have is this hurricane coming up that is going to probably hit us Friday and bring a lot more water in the area."

Along with the weather, the native creatures, both snakes and alligators, are also making the search a challenge.

"Every time you send a searcher out in these conditions, there is going to be danger," she said. "Safety is of upmost importance and we don't want our searchers to be the story within the story.  Snakes alligators and dehydration are factors we face when we send a crew out.  We try not to work our crews too long. We usually send them out for two to three hours, and then bring them back in to rest."

Albritton admits that there is concern that wildlife, specifically alligators, might have completely destroyed possible evidence, but insists that those concerns are not hindering the search effort.

"We have to be able to say that we have done all we can," she said. "We've brought in horses, sonar, ATVs, and drone aircraft. We keep searching until we have completed each targeted search area. One of the things I keep saying is that we know where she's not."

Volunteers are welcome to show up at the search command center, which is located in the rear parking lot of the Holiday Inn at 5750 TG Lee Blvd., in Orlando.

"This is a search for a baby," Albritton said. "It is not an investigation and it certainly isn't a prosecution. That is up to the sheriff's department and the district attorney. We are just looking to bring a baby home to rest. That is our job."

I urge anyone who can to please take the time to help out in the search for Caylee Anthony. Think about this missing child and keep in mind that no one is immune from a similar tragedy occurring in his or her own family.

Discuss The Caylee Anthony Case

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Comments

[Marya]

Just a correction on the hurricane coming - it is Hanna, not Gustav that has the potential to dump a lot of rain and cause damage.

[tjaye]

Can someone please enlighten me on the deal with this dumpster that is located down the street from the boyfriend Tony's house that all of a sudden has started coming up in this case? They're coming across as though this is some kind of key evidence... What was found in this dumpster...does anyone know the deal on this?

Yes, Cindy is in TOTAL DENIAL! I believe even when they find the body and show it to her, she is going to swear that the nanny did it and then she disappeared...never ever to be found. Casey is never going to admit what she did and what she did with the body. From all that I have read about her and her character, she holds on to a lie as though it is solid truth. She is in this world, that she really believes what she says no matter how much evidence is right in front of her. I read that when she was pregnant, she denied it up until about 1 month before she actually had the baby...in spite of her getting bigger and bigger...and you know what, Cindy supported that lie until Casey had the baby. I watched Nancy Grace tonight and Cindy is in bad shape with this whole thing (and rightfully so).

Lastly, where in the heck is Lee (the brother)? I haven't seen or heard from him in a while...

[Lou Thorsby]

How dare Cindy Anthony be so angry with the media and public for "not doing anything to help find Baby Caley"!! She is not getting one bit of help from her own daughter and her lawyer is really hindering the discovery of Caley. When Mom starts cooperating, stops lying, and tells all she knows then I will personally do ALL I CAN TO HELP. Plain and simple, this entire family has "lawyered up." At one point the entire family knew exactly where Caley was and when it all came out "Casey would be honored as mother of the year." A week later no one knows anything and Mom won't talk.

Is Grandma in denial or is she as big a liar as her daughter?

[Mdjinxy66]

What happen to the money that was raised by the family on the vigil they held in July

[pregodego2]

GO OUT THERE! FORGET YOUR THEORIES, YOUR OPINIONS, YOUR HANG UPs. GET OVER IT AND GET OUT THERE - OTHERWISE YOU ARE LETTING CASEY GET AWAY WITH WHAT SHE DID!!!!!

[berti2]

I am now confused...Cindy said that she thinks Caylee is either in Texas, Mexico or Porta Rico. If that is the case why did she bring Tim Miller to Florida? I feel so bad for Tim Miller, I was living in Dickinson when his own daughter went missing and through his grief his has done so much for others. It is a waste of time and effort if he can not get straight answers from the family. I find it strange that even the Anthony family is not out searching. Where was Casey on fathers day when caylee and cindy went to see the great grandfather? What happen on the 15th to all the sudden want to leave with Caylee? I truly believe through my own experience that Casey felt her mother was having to much control of her and Caylee and Casey got mad at her mother and decided to remove Caylee from Cindy's life to hurt her. Other wise why would the myspaces talk about how Casey has hurt Cindy and how unappreciative Casey is. Why would Casey remove the pictures of Caylee from the myspace? I really think that this all started as a emotional game with mother and daughter and the pawn was Caylee. Cindy has referred to Caylee as her world and that was the very first thing that struck me as odd. Cindy brought the media into their lives and by doing that she brought everyday citizens into it. Now in the beginning she would not go on Nancy Grase because Nancy asked hard questions. Now that everyone is focusing on other things Cindy needs Nancy and went back on tonight and tried every way she could to justify everything that has happened. No official office released information unless they have something to back it up! Cindy needs to understand that taking her anger out of the media is not going to do anything. She needs to be forcing her daughter to do the right thing and tell the truth. As soon as Casey got home if I had to beat the truth out of her I would have. I would not have let up until I found out the truth. I can not believe that with all those people in the house no one talked about Caylee to the very people trying to help. I would have pulled the plug on the computer and followed her around hounding her for answers. They did not ask her anything because they already know the truth. George as a former officer surely would understand how to understand all the reports and put two and two together to get four!

[Marsha]

When Cindy Anthony was on Nancy Grace she claimed that Caylee's DNA in the car trunk was caused by storage of dity diapers in the trunk of the car after they changed Cayley in the car. This doen't make any sense to me. First of all, it's easy to dispose of dirty diapers in any trash can at a gas station, at a strip mall, at a fast food restaurant, or at a convience store. They all have outdoor trash cans. I have two adult children, four grandchildren and one great grandchild and I've never had dirty diapers in my trunk. She also said the smell of the previous diapers could cause the smell that the dogs alerted to. Anyone who has ever smelled poopy or urine soaked diapers knows they do not need a trained dog to tell them that is not a dead rotting body.
Also, a man died in the sauna at our apartment house rec center when I was younger and his body stayed there overnight until it was found. I will never forget that horrible smell. It lasted for days and it was very hard to get rid of it. It did not smell at all like dirty diapers. Thank God I have never smelled anything like it again.

[Mary Micelli]

Suppose Casey went to a nightclub and gave Caylee some drug to put her aseep in the car and accidentally overdosed her, She may be keeping quiet because the drug dealer has threatened her and her family. The grandmother may be in on the burial and both may have waited a month to report the baby missing. Just a theory

[TJ]

I have been trying to read and research as much as I can find about this case and what I see online, news , videos etc....this is a very heartwrenching case as is any case that involves a child in anyway. What I find more upsetting and disturbing is societies mentality in this. People have allowed so much hatred and pre-judgement towards the family that everyone has totally LOST sight of the most important factor...that is CAYLEE the precious little girl who is missing regardless if it be kidnapping or other....people have allowed their personal opinions and feelings to consume them so much their focus is NOT on finding Caylee but focused on the family and what they think is right or wrong. No one knows what is really going on or what happened and when you have so many people involved things tend to spiral way out of control and then it gets alot messier to figure out the real "truth"....

People need to take their focus off the family and put it into the search to find Caylee...once she is found then go back to whatever but right now it is more important to find that little angel and those that refuse because of what they think or feel about her mom or family are NO BETTER than her family!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Maybe if more people in society got actively involved with the programs out there to help all children it might actually start making a bigger differencce..talk is cheap !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[az13west]

I think it is shameful that there are so few volunteers out there looking and helping Texas EquuSearch, don't these people that are spending wasted time harassing the Anthony's, realize it would be time better spent if they got off their @$$ and helped look for Caylee then just about any kind of remnants left in the swamp that may be found is going to help put that freak Casey away that much longer.....
then Cindy will shut up about her daughter being innocent of murder. Maybe....

[Barb]

Good Morning all!!
I have been folllowing this case since the beginning... I am still to this day trying to understand Cindy Anthony. I just can't seem to put the pieces together when it coms to her. I do realize that Casey is her daughter and there should be a protective mom thing happening, but surely when she is lashing out at the press that " maybe someone put a dead body in the car after it was towed" She surley can't believe whats coming out of her own mouth. The whole thing is stupid!!!! If I were Geroge and Cindy I would quitley join the search team do what ever they needed me to do and be a part of the team that is trying to find thier granddaughter weather she is dead or alive instead of calling the Nancy Grace show defending a daughter that has totally disrespected her parents by using her daughter as a tool to play "get ya back games". Cindy if you read this post... Please understand that at this point things are very bleek as far as Caylee is concerned. Quit talking to the media go and find your granddaughter!!! She will need her grandparents to do the right thing by her. Cindy be a part of the solution and not a part of the problem!!!!!

[Barb]

Good Morning all!!
I have been folllowing this case since the beginning... I am still to this day trying to understand Cindy Anthony. I just can't seem to put the pieces together when it coms to her. I do realize that Casey is her daughter and there should be a protective mom thing happening, but surely when she is lashing out at the press that " maybe someone put a dead body in the car after it was towed" She surley can't believe whats coming out of her own mouth. The whole thing is stupid!!!! If I were Geroge and Cindy I would quitley join the search team do what ever they needed me to do and be a part of the team that is trying to find thier granddaughter weather she is dead or alive instead of calling the Nancy Grace show defending a daughter that has totally disrespected her parents by using her daughter as a tool to play "get ya back games". Cindy if you read this post... Please understand that at this point things are very bleek as far as Caylee is concerned. Quit talking to the media go and find your granddaughter!!! She will need her grandparents to do the right thing by her. Cindy be a part of the solution and not a part of the problem!!!!!

[Chris]

I have a question that I have not heard discussed at all on this case. In one of the phone calls from jail....Casey was trying desperately to get someone to give her Tony's phone number.....if she had been dating him/living with him.....why didn't she already know his phone number? I know you can store numbers in speed dial and just push a button to call, but I don't buy it. In his statement to police he told them how she was always calling/texting him, but now she's in jail she doesn't know his number. Put that together with the fact that he (Tony) is one of the only people in this whole fiasco who hasn't put himself all over the tv...and I think there may be a bigger picture here. Especially now with this dumpster down the road from his house. Can't wait to hear what's up with that.

[Dianne]

What the heck happened to her brother? He fell off the face of the earth. Where is his support for his sister?

[Trla]

I had questioned why "other" family members have not been around to support the family. (That I have noticed anyways).
Two thoughts came to my mind. 1)Because there are no family members or 2)Because the family members have been dealing with Casey-Drama for years and want no part of it.
"I have a troubled daughter(17). I have watched over the past few years, her family distancing themselves from her." With Casey's history and oh-so-obvious Cindy denial and protection of Casey...I am going to bet that the "others" are just plain sick of it.
Casey will never tell the truth. As long as her family keeps supporting her lie, she has no reason to tell the truth.
What is sad, is that Casey has no concern for her daughter. No concern for her parents. No concern for the thousands of other lives she has affected. On the Interview Reports, you can see all the contact information of everyone that was interviewed. Their phone numbers, their SS#'s, addresses...These people didn't ask for any of this. All because of one person.

Cindy,
Take it from someone who knows the ins and outs and games of a daughter that is a liar. Ask yourself this..."Why would a person lie?" No, a liar does not make a murderer, but a liar that lies about what they do for a living and has no idea where their daughter is and wants to blame a hispanic woman...That is someone with mental problems. You said it yourself, she's a sociopath. So by continuing to protect her and her fabrications, you are only harming her. Not only that...THINK ABOUT CAYLEE. She was the innocent in all this. THAT'S who you should be protecting.
As a grandmother, my heart aches. As a mother, my heart aches.
Poor Caylee. Which one of you is going to stand up for her??

[CeeCee]

I would agree with pregodego2 I would have beat the truth out of her. She wouldnt have had access to a computer to chit chat with her many so called boyfriends. Casey Anthony is GUILTY plain and simple, her mother is in denial.Lee her brother has been quiet lately I'm sure he knows his sister did the unthinkable.
I hope that come judgement day that she burns in hell for what she has done. She is a self centered little brat. She will get hers while in prison no one likes baby killers.
The FBI labs are the best in the world so Cindy needs to wake up and stop trying to protect that brat she calls her daughter.Mother like daughter both LIARS.
They talk about hardly any volunteers showed up to help in the search I think WE all know that she is gone to heaven.
I hope the family doesnt financially benefit from the death of this lil angel..

[JoAnn]

I listened to Cindy on Nancy Grace last night and felt sorry for her for not being able to come to terms with this
thing. It is obvious Caylee is dead, she said it herself
when she made that phone call over a month ago .....it was
in her mind then. This is denial and I feel so bad
for her but most important for the people coming in
like EquuSearch who are getting no copperation at all fom
this family. I would have beat the truth out of my daughter
that week she was home. I am thrilled the cops put her back
in the slammer, she doesnt deserve to be on house arrest.

[Jeff Slater]

This story gets more pathetic by the day. The only constsant within this entire hideous ordeal is that Casey Anthony is a liar, thief and probably murderess. Besides the loss of little Caylee, the thing that is becoming most irritating is Cindy, Casey's Mother. This woman lives in a make-believe world and while a parent would naturally support their child, there comes a point when that support, layered in lies and innuendo most dissipate. Casey's Father was a cop; if this is the kind of cop he was, I certainly would not want to have lived in his patrol area. Casey's parents originally could not find a TV camera that they did not like. Then they threatened to have reporters arrested and were busy pounding "NO TRESSPASSING" signs into their lawn. Now Cindy is back to giving interviews again. Does anyone else see how screwed up this is?

[melissa]

As someone who watches TruTV almost everyday, i've seen many different caseswhere someone has gone missing and the evidence is right under the officals nose and they don't solve the case for 10-20yrs! What i do not understand is that, if you read the timeline of events...

June ? – Casey reportedly gets a tattoo in honor of Caylee that reads "Bella Vida." The English translation of the Italian phrase means "Beautiful Life."

June 27 – Casey leaves her car, a 1998 white Pontiac with Florida tag G63XV, in the parking lot of an Amscot Financial store at Colonial Drive and Goldenrod RoadAmscot Financial store at Colonial Drive and Goldenrod Road.

June 27 to June 28 – Casey and her Ex-fiancée, Jesse Grund, allegedly go to the beach together.

June 30 – Casey's car is towed from Amscot Financial store. Her purse is found on the front seat and a childs car seat is found on the back seat.

...she got a tattoo "Bella Vida" possibly in memory of Caylee, ok. Then the next day or two she discards the body, with help from her ex-fiance. She then abandons her car with her purse on the front seat and a child seat in the back. (i think she left her purse on the front seat in efforts to lure someone in to steal her car so that the car could no be used as evidence) Her ex-fiance must have gone with her to abandon the car so she had a way to get home, or GO TO THE BEACH! Anyways, July 3rd, just a few days later Cindy wrote that message about how Caylee was taken from her and jealousy is what took her away. OK! So apparently, Casey was jealous that her mom (Cindy) loved and cared for Caylee so much and it has been wearing on Casey since she was born and she just cracked. i believe that somewhere between June 27th and July 3rd Casey told her mom what she did. She might have buried the body somewhere in the woods and her mom (Cindy) loved that child so much that she told Casey that she shouldnt be buried in the woods and brought her back and buried her in their backyard and put a concrete slab over her to cover the broken ground and the scent.

What i dont understand is ...

WHY HAVENT THEY CHECKED THAT CONCRETE SLAB!?!?!

Also, the dogs sniffed the trunk of the car and then targeted some spots in the backyard. SO! The dogs picked up (possibly) on the same scent.

CINDY KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED AND IS NOT TALKING! She keeps urging the public to help search for Caylee but from all evidence a majority of the public believes that Caylee is in fact deceased. She know and Casey knows and theyre just trying to cover themselves because they know what the outcome will be if Casey comes clean. If she loved that baby as much as she claims and was not involve, the truth would already be out and justice would already be served!

[Kirstin]

I think it is sad that everyone is so focused on Casey and Cindy. This beautiful 2 year old is missing and likely dead. We need to pray for Caylee and focus our efforts on bringing her home whether that be for a burial or for years of counseling. The case is fascinating and sensational but we have to get over the fact that Casey is not going to talk. No matter how angry we get or how forceful we try to be she is not going to talk. Cindy has to support her daughter.....can you imagine the emotional state she must be in? Her granddaughter is likely dead. Give her some space to grieve. The protestors are just as guilty of grandstanding and "attention seeking".

Caylee I continue to pray for your sweet young soul.

[Lady M]

If only it were as easy as beating the truth out of Casey! I think the truth would have to be tortured out of her but of course that's against the law. That being said, I love my own children dearly but if anything happened to my grandchildren at their hands, I would be there for them but they would have to be responsible for their actions. No way would I lie for them or try to put blame anywhere but on who is responsible. Casey, no matter what you do or do not say God knows what you have done and you will pay for for your sins just the same as the rest of us.

[cmite]

The entire family is guilty of whatever crime that has been committed. I have been watching this story, since Nancy Grace aired it on her show. Not once has the mom and family or lawyer pointed the finger at Casey; who holds all the facts. I am waiting for the day, when the legal system holds mom accountable for her actions, and all of this will be put to rest. May God Bless Caylee!!!!!!!

[CB]

The reason that the media has focused on Casey's antics is that all that she has said and done defies logic and reason if she was sincerely interested in searching for her child.

Why would you allow a month to transpire before involving the police, or anyone else for that matter, in a search?....a couple of days, perhaps, if you are immature and fear the wrath of your mother, but a month?
If you are concerned that your daughter is in danger , how would you be capable of going out and partying a few days after she goes missing? Why would you not tell anyone what you were going through? I understand that you might fear the response of your parents, but what of your friends? Okay, so you might want to argue that Casey was a private stoic person that didn't involve friends in issues that bothered her. But that argument is not substantiated when you consider that she shared banal intimacies about her relationships with men, according to the released documents, with at least one girlfriend. How could the travails of dating trump the loss of a child?

Yes, being a liar does not a murderer make. Lies relating to the disappearance, however, do point more strongly in that direction. Consider Cindy Anthony's behavior and personality and how it has played out in the media. She cannot stop discussing the case with the media or anyone else outside of her home in defense of her daughter. Now consider the ways that she has described her daughter to others (in the released documents) and how she presented her daughter in the 911 tapes. She clearly sees her own daughter for what she is truly is in those tapes and documents. Is this a woman that could have allowed the daughter that she knows is full of deceptions select a nanny (Zenaida) a year prior to the disappearance and not have vetted her out ? As a matter of fact, how could this Zenaida have been so involved in the care of the grandchild without Cindy ever being aware of her existence at all? Caylee lived in the Anthony's home exclusively prior to her disappearance. Why would she accept that her daughter lies about some things, but that she is being completely honest now regarding the kidnapping of her granddaughter? It makes absolutely no sense.

How could this Zenaida have been caring for Casey and police can not follow any trail of her existence? Why is there no telephone number to be traced, even if it is a dead line at this point? If she used this woman for a year as a nanny there should have been many calls made. If she is this truly concerned mother, as Cindy Anthony has described her as of late, how could Casey have dropped off her child at a location (the apartment) where no one resided for months? How could she never have gone inside?

This case is eerily similar to the Scott Peterson case where lies did eventually point in the direction of guilt, with likely the same motive (freedom from responsibility of a child). To this day, Scott Peterson's family staunchly defend his innocence. A liar to this great proportion can not operate without some level of enabling.

The media has focused so intently on Casey because she is the link to discovering the child's whereabouts. Why has the family not hired a sketch artist to release the likeness of this mystery kidnapper? Casey is the key to locating Caylee. Why shouldn't the media focus on the last person to have seen this child? Why would there be a reason for Casey not to speak, so that she doesn't incriminate herself, as accepted by her family? Cindy has told media that Casey's lawyer has told her not even to speak to family members. Yes, we have rights in this country, and ought to be able to exercise them. Yes, we are innocent until proven guilty and no additional charges have been filed. However, aside from legal posturing on those issues, if not guilty, what risk is there of incrimination, and doesn't that risk carry a greater reward, if as the family stated finding Caylee is the top priority?

EquuSearch is an admirable organization. However, they are being pulled in several different
directions. Cindy Anthony wants them to search for Caylee in Dallas and random other locations. The police want them to search in areas known to have been visited by Casey following the disappearance. How could they not be frustrated?

"Albritton said she believes that the Orlando community is not coming forward to help in the search because they harbor a lot of ill will toward the Anthony family." I agree with this statement to a certain extent, but also that people at large do not want to discover the corpse of a child. Without Casey Anthony's cooperation, that's all that they fear they will encounter.

[Mary]

PLEASE PLEASE TEXAS EQUUSEARCH AND CAYLEE NEED YOU!!!
STOP MAKING THIS ABOUT THE ANTHONYS!!
THIS IS ABOUT CAYLEE!!!!!!!

WE NEED THE ORLANDO COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER!
DIVIDED YOU WILL FALL AND YOU WILL LET THE WHOLE ANTHONY CLAN WALK FREE!!!

BLESS CAYLEE"S HEART AND SOUL!!

EVERYONE THAT IS CAPABLE OF GETTING OUT THERE SEARCHING BUT INSTEAD TYPES AWAY ON THE COMPUTER ABOUT THEIR HATRED FOR THE ANTHONY'S WELL KARMA AND GOD WORK IN FUNNY WAYS...

I AM NOT IN FLORIDA BUT I AM WORKING MY BEHIND OFF MAKING PHONE CALLS TO COMPANIES ASKING FOR ANY HELP POSSIBLE..I AM TRYING! ARE YOU?

I HOPE CAYLEE VISITS EVERYONE OF YOU TONIGHT AND SAYS "PLEASE HELP ME!DONT LEAVE ME BEHIND BECAUSE YOU DONT LIKE MY FAMILY."

OR JUST SIT THERE DONT HELP AND PLAY RIGHT INTO THE ANTHONYS HANDS..

[Terri]

IS IT POSSIBLE THAT CASEY DROVE OUT OF STATE AND DISPOSED OF THE BODY? I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYONE MENTION THIS POSSIBILITY. IF THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED THEN IT REALLY MAKES THE RECOVERY EFFORT (if she is deceased) SEEM FUTILE. IF ANYONE NEEDS WATER BOARDING...IT IS CASEY!

[patty]

It's so exasperating to think that all one has to do is LIE, and continue to lie and deny, and that will result in an offer of immunity. I am glad the opportunity for the immunity deal passed, and I guess Casey's lawyer thought it wasn't going to help them. But I sure hope this case doesn't result in some sort of "deal" in order to find little Caylee. It will send a strange message to criminals and potential child abusers that all they have to do is lie, and things won't be so bad for them!

[ellaine]

Cindy is not in denial. She is distracting the search of the body because if she thinks that if the body is not found, murder is harder to prove. She wanted Equusearch to pull off from searching in the woods, and go somewhere else. It is a distraction to help Casey. This is a Mother-daughter team. Leonard Padilla mentioned somthing about a dumpster last night at Nancy and he said that Cindy, Lee and Casey were aware of dumpster thing since the beginning.

Their defense is that "Caylee is still alive". Truth is she did not want the dead body of Caylee to be found, because she thinks that it will be the ultimate piece of the evidence to indict Casey for murder . However, murder can still be prosecuted without the body but the body is very significant because it will help investigators thru forensic analysis in finding out the cause of death of the child. Whether by drowning, trauma by blunt object, strangulation, sexual abuse, etc. In proving the murder case, prosecutors need to prove how the murder was committed and in this case, because there was no witness to the actual killing of Caylee, forensic examination and autopsy of the body are very important.

Let us not give up the search for the dead body of Caylee. Let us not be distracted. If volunteers would stop searching the wooded area and if the body is not found, that will be the end of the story of Caylee. Let us give justice to the death of this Child. Let us find her and give her a decent burial. Let us help the prosecutors bring criminals to justice.

[skylonda]

I believe the reason for low turnout in the search for Caylee is that the public is totally confused and buried in lies and inuendo from every angle. We have Padilla, the Anthony's, Jose Baez, talking heads, media leaks, etc. Everyone is spinning and no one can focus on the main reason for all this chatter.

For once, we have a extremly creditable organization taking lead in the search for Caylee yet the public is now "shell shocked" and unmotivated. It takes a village and this little girl needs our help. Let's put on blinders to the chatter and concentrate on Caylee. Release your anger, frustration,grief and disbelief in this case and focus your energies and resouces on finding Caylee. It's the only way to counterbalance the shame displayed by her family.

[drkaye]

Unfortunately, this IS also about the Anthony's. Nancy Grace has to give some credence to Cindy Anthony's remarks if she wants her to keep talking to her. I would like to know what this evidence from the trash is. I believe that Lee Anthony has finally seen the light and realizes that Casey is a sociopath and that there is no way she's going to change her story. The evidence is there..decomposition, hair, what else do they need? In a way I feel sorry for the Anthony's. Casey has gotten them all twisted up in her mis-truths. I think the gasoline she stole was used to burn the body of Caylee, and she was hoping that her vehicle would be stolen by enticing would-be thieves with an exposed pocketbook. Cindy had it right when she called 911. The car smelled like there was a dead body in it, and at some point there was. The police have stated that there is no indication that Casey received any phone calls from an unidentified source. Not that cops don't lie, but to what avail? Questioning the veracity of the FBI labs is insane. It will take nothing less than a miracle to find Caylee's remains. The sooner the Anthony's realize this, the sooner they will have some sort of closure.

[Sandy]

I'm too scared to donate any money to that cause. I'm afraid it will be going toward Casey's mounting legal bills.

[lori]

I'm so sad by this case. This is so bizarre. I don't understand why Cindy is in such denial. I wonder what Casey has over her. I wonder if Cindy is feeling guilty for maybe not getting her daughter help before this. Cindy needs to not feel guilty. Anyways why can't they say the evidence is a 100 percent postitive its Caylee? That would really help this move on. What are they lacking?

I have children and I don't just give them to anyone. But if I had to under different circumtances I would definatley have a number, an address, a backround check and a license plate number, Something!!!

I wish the protestors would leave the Anthonys alone. That is just crazy. They need to have faith in the justice system. Let the police do their job and have a little more faith in God that would help too.

I too will continue to pray for Caylee and the family.

[Bob]

Why does our legal system protect people like Casey by not letting them be part of the general jail population. If you do something bad enough to be in jail, then you deserve to live 24/7 with other people that have done bad stuff. Stop protecting criminals in jail. Let them join the others and deal with it. If we did this nationwide, I wonder how much money it would save us? Lastly..... if she had to be with the general population, it might cause her to want to cooperate with officials a tad more.

[tara]

The reason volunteers do not want to help look for Caylee's body is very simple. Casey knows where it is. Why doesn't she just talk? Why didn't Cindy beat Casey into submission and make her talk when she was home? I promise you if Casey was my daughter she would have told me what happened to Caylee. Cindy is a sociopath just like Casey is. I have never ever heard such stupidity when she tries to explain away lies, DNA, cadaver dogs, gas cans, dead body odor that turned into rotten pizza, Zenaida Gonzalez, photos of Casey partying? Cindy wake up and snap out of it.

Why isn't Cindy out there looking? Because she is dead.

[Holly A.]

Posted by: Lou Thorsby | September 02, 2008 at 10:32 PM

What happen to the money that was raised by the family on the vigil they held in July

Donations made to Equusearch go directly to their search for Caylee - not to the Anthony family! The donations made directly to the Anthony family go to whatever they choose to put them towards. Please to those out there who do not want to donate to Equusearch because you feel that enough money has already been donated to the Anthony family and you question their use of it, etc,... that has nothing to do with Equusearch! They are working to find Caylee. Caylee needs to be found so that we have real answers to her disappearance and justice can be done for her.

[Heather - ATL]

I think its interested that Leonard Piddallia said.... "after the meeting w/the FBI that Lee, Cindy and Casey had last Wednesday, they know the truth"

Lee? Like other posters I have been wondering where the heck he's been. Looks like he vanished... do you think the stuff they found out last week convinced him that Casey killed Caylee and he has backed off?

And something Cindy said to Nancy last night stuck with me.... "You guys are going to put the coffin — Caylee in a coffin because eventually something is going to happen to her if we don`t find her."

I think when they do find Caylee... and shes dead (God bless her soul) Cindy will say... The Baby Sitter or those people who had her did it.. Not My Casey!
She's building her back story.. mark my words.

And lastly about beating the truth out of her when she was home.. Cindy says "Casey was under full instruction not to speak to outside, you know, people, even including the family, so that we weren`t put in any jeopardy of, you know, obstructing justice if she told us something."

Whatever! If she really didnt know already.. I don't think an order from Casey's lawyer would stop her. She's scared of Casey. She's always been scared of her and shes scared of the truth right now. Call it denial but I honestly think its fear.

Even though I don't believe a word coming out of the Anthony camp.. I wish I lived closer to Orlando.. I would go help search. I've been tempted believe me.

[Ironside]

I'm with you Mayra and Chris. What happened to Investigater Lee Anthony? He was saying Casey and him could confide on things on a level where they wouldn't have to share with anybody else. Because of the relationship they have with each other, they connect at a level above anybody else they can tell each other things they may not feel comfortable telling others. Including family members ?? And they love each other unconditonally. But he never heard of the nanny until Caylee was missing? And was he not aware of Caseys friends or lifestyle she was living or where she was staying? If their love is so great,maybe he needs a little pressure also.

[BillML]

There may be more than what we read about going on in the background.
I ran across a blog on the subject and in a psychic arena was posted the "seen" numbers 15 and 10. Also from another: "ramp". The 15 suggested State Road 15 (also runs adjacent to the Anthony residence), also known as Narcoossee Road. In looking over Mapquest and what I remember about the area. I tended to think about the lower end of 15 where it is more-so rural and a location adjacent to a lake. Today, I make the trek. Interestly, the street address is the 10,000 block of Narcoossee and has a boat dock. I couldn't envision anyone burying someone on the property, a seedy trailer park with little yardage; unless someone would have known someone who lived there and in the middle of the night. There seemed to be a number of trailers for rent (unoccupied). Is this a possibility?
I am not a psychic or seer. I tend to believe that there are those who can "see" beyond the present.

[Kim]

This case will never be solved without the help of Casey and Cindy. Some questions that need to answered TRUTHFULLY are:

Did Casey actually have a nanny?
Why did Casey have a nanny if she didn't have a job?
If she left Caylee with a nanny where did Casey go and what did she do?
Why did she tell some people that Caylee was with a nanny, other people that Caylee was with the grandparents and yet others that Caylee was with friends?
Why has there been no physical description of the nanny?
Why hasn't anyone come forward with information that they took care of Caylee within the past year... or even the past six months?
What did Casey do with Caylee when she was pretending to go to work?

It is obvious that there never was a nanny. What Casey did while pretending to work for the past two years is anyone's guess.

Cindy also needs to come clean with info that she talked/texted Casey almost every day from June 16 - July 15. (I do not believe this) but where did Casey claim she was during that time? At first the story was she was traveling around for work/vacation. (I don't believe that either) and if Cindy was in contact with her why did she needs Amy's help to track Casey down?

Caylee will never be found until the Anthony's get real with some information. It would certainly help to know who had been taking care of Caylee, what Casey's activities were, who she was associating with, etc.

[Teresa]

Suppose for a moment that the "kidnapper" theory is true (evidence to the contrary aside): Why would Cindy or Casey believe that by remaining silent that Caylee is not being harmed? What proof do they have that the "kidnappers" have not already harmed the child? Why would the "kidnappers" believe that Casey has not given any information to the authorities throughout the entire time she has been in custody? Casey has given them the name of the person she said took her daughter, if true, the whole world knows so what would stop this woman from harming her like she has "threatened"? Has there been contact with this person that the authorities are not aware of? None of this is believable. Her silence serves no one but herself. This story line will only buy her someone to blame when the child is eventually found. Her silence will also buy her time in the event that Caylee is deceased: the longer it takes to find her, the harder it will be to prove cause of death, and harder to prove that Casey did it.

[Crissie T]

You know what is sad is there is a little girl out there dead or alive that is probably scared out of her mind not knowing what is going on or why its going on. They need help looking for her and know one is helping???? I mean I am not a big fan of the family right now either but that is a child we are talking about and even if you think the family doesn't deserve for her to be found think of Caylee. She didn't deserve any of this but she got it. Now she deserves to be brought home to be reunited with her family be it alive or to be laid to rest the PROPER way not the way her so called mother done it!! If I had the resources I would be down there looking for her myself. I have 3 children and would hope that if something like this happend to them rather my community liked me or not they would help bring them home where they belong!!
I also think that if the media and evryone else stopped covering this case for a few days that Casey would probaly start talking so she could be the center of all this again she is craving the attition so if you take that and her computer away and anything else she is requesting where she is just sitting and pondering she might just give alittle bit!

[Renee]

Hello Orlando - is anyone out there?

Cynthia Anthony went on television last night and announced that the reason no one from Orlando was out helping TES search for Caylee is because they all think Caylee is still alive. I've seen thousands of correspondance to prove otherwise. The community is angry at the family for various reasons. Just read any article regarding this.

STOP the madness, quit giving Cindy Anthony precious air time and give it to the people who are actually out there searching.

TES is a non-profit organization and they out there giving of themselves each day and people from out of state are feeding them, providing for them and supporting them. We do not have the capabilities of going to Orlando and helping to search so we've found other ways to help. When asked last night during her television interview, exactly where SHE was looking to find her granddaughter, Cindy Anthony's answer was, on the phone. She had answered phone calls, helping to search.

She also stated that she does NOT want any more searchers to show up to help TES. I beg you to not listen to her. She does not need any more media attention. Caylee does.

I challenge the entire state of Florida to go out to the TES command center located at 5750 TG Lee Blvd behind the Holiday Inn in the parking lot, and start helping these searchers in any way possible. They need runners for supplies, searchers, organizers, donations. Anything besides being told that they are a "waste of time" by the very people that they are trying to help have some closure.

Otherwise, go help Cindy with her phone calls.

This article deserves to be printed or aired because Cynthia Anthony is allowed to totally degrade, yell at, and defame an organization that has done NOTHING but good things. They are not out to hurt anyone! Get to know Tim Miller and Mandy Albritton instead of getting to know Cindy Anthony.

Folks, none of us will ever connect with someone that thinks nothing of defaming a whole law enforcement agency, the bond company who helped bail her daughter out, the media and the volunteers. So stop trying to understand and start helping in a positive way.

Thank you for listening,
Renee

[Ula]

I think we have all established that Cindy Anthony is a dellusioned nutcase. Her thought process defies all logic. As for George Anthony - SHAME ON HIM TOO. This is an ex homicide detective who knows the protocol. Either he is on some serious mind altering drugs, suddenly stupid, or is just following his wife's antics in defending that POS daughter. Get your B@lls out of your wife's purse and do whats right. Seriously.

[baleigh]

I THINK THAT CASEY IS LIEING BECAUSE A MOTHER THAT DID NOT KILL HER CHILD FOR ONE THING SHE WOULD TELL THE POLICE WHEN SHE FIRST WENT MISSING AND ANOTHER THING SHE WOULD NOT GO PARTYING WITH FRIENDS!!!!I THINK THAT UNTIL THEY KNOW IF THE ADORIBLE CHILD WAS IN THE TRUNK.SHE SHOULD STAY HER BUTT IN JAIL AND IF THE BABY WAS THEY SHOULD PUNISH HER.RIGHT NOW NOBODY LIKES HER EXCEPT FOR HER FAMILY AND HER CRAZY MOTHER!!!!!I HOPE THAT THEY FIND OUT SOON BECAUSE I REALLY WANT TO HURT HER RIGHT NOW.HER MOTHER NEEDS TO STOP DEFENDING HER AND SAY THAT SHE IS GUILTY.I HOPE THAT CAYLEE IS OKAY AND I WILL KEEP HER IN MY PRAYERS!

[Nic]

This is absurd! The entire family is not mentally right. The Grandfather is an ex detective, I certainley understand why he is not on the force amymore; actually saying that it was not Caylee's body in the trunk, some one elses! That kills me. Good luck to Casee getting a fair trial... to much hatred around the world for that sociopath.... They poor little girl :(

[Mandi]

As we all already know Casey and her family will remain to tell lies and remain silent in this whole thing. Yes, it is very frustrating to all of us but at the same time we have to remember that baby Caylee is still out there and needs to be brought home to rest. Everytime I read about this little girl it brings tears to my eyes. And as each day passes and Casey has nothing to say, it makes me furious to know that she has no heart, nor does her mother Cindy. My prayers go out to you Caylee baby. May God Bless you.

[Brad]

Could somebody tell me how how good the smell of a cadaver dog is...can they smell through multiple plastic bags, dirt and brick or cement? That family knows what is going on and probably in on it, at least to a degree. And with Caylee being the life of Grandma Cindy, she would want her to be buried close by. Trash that back yard, especially under the bricks and/or cement recently laid in the back yard!

And I still wonder if "Lee" is Daddy to Little Caylee...hmmm.

[FAYE]

Re:Chris's Question,wasn't the cop who was fired for lying about seeing Casey also named Tony? It would explain why she didn't know his number(anymore). If I were getting arrested, I'd want to call my cop-friend..?

[Chris johnson]

I believe that cindy needs to be put in jail for giving false statements to the law enforcement agencies and for the obstruction of justice and dose cindy have a non profit number for the money she is collecting.

[joan]

I only heard it mentioned twice about the 46,000 tha casey took from her grandmother. I think she lived on that for the two years since she lost her job. cindy didn't know it and didn't know the nanny. now the guilt is hitting her. she was the one that even turned her in. boy the story sure changed when casey announced to her and lee that the baby was dead.

[Patty]

I have never in my life seen a case like this. The Anthony Family are asking for so much help, but doesnt want to help!!Cindy is in sooooo much deniel that it defies logic. She fights with everybody...she needs her head checked for sure. What is in the dumpster! I hope that the police will end up having so much evidence against Casey that they will throw her under the jail...and Cindy needs to join her.