Yes to Mickey Mouse, No to Caylee Anthony

September 03, 2008

Fifty thousand - That's roughly how many people will visit Walt Disney World today.

Twelve - That's how many people showed up this morning to search for missing 3-year-old Caylee Anthony.

Think about that.

According to Caylee's grandmother, Cindy Anthony, the community is not helping in the search because they do not believe Caylee is dead.

"[The search group] wants to know why thousands of people aren't out helping them look in the woods," Cindy Anthony told CNN's Nancy Grace during a Tuesday interview. "I'm getting phone calls from people saying why they're not out looking in the woods, because they don't believe Caylee is out there. They believe Caylee is alive and that Caylee is with somebody. So that's my reassurance."

As a result of the Orlando community's unwillingness to get involved and the lack of cooperation by Casey Anthony's family, Tim Miller, president and founder of Texas Equusearch, was ready to call it quits today. Luckily, the Orange County Sheriff's Office stepped up and encouraged Miller to keep his team in place.

According to Miller, Sheriff Kevin Beary contacted him this afternoon and personally requested that his team stay in the area and continue to search for Caylee. In an effort to show the departments sincerity, Beary made a $5,000 donation to Texas EquuSearch and also offered the assistance of the departments mounted patrol and their 25 air boats.

"Why do you think he [Beary] doesn't want us to leave this search? He wants Caylee found," Miller told WESH, an NBC affiliate in Orlando. "I would do anything in the world for Cindy and that entire family and we're doing that and trying to find Caylee alive, but if something has happened to her out here, we need to find her. We need to bring this little baby home. She deserves that dignity of having the funeral so everybody can say goodbye and people can put their life back together. Caylee is not where she chose to be."

In related news, bounty hunter Leonard Padilla made headlines again today for comments he made on CNN last night, suggesting that something big is going to happen in the case.

"When the FBI, who has got some of the finest labs in the world, comes back, it is going to shock the world over something Lee, Casey and Cindy have known since Wednesday when they released their preliminary findings," Padilla said. "And also, the Dumpster located a mile and quarter away from the boyfriend Tony's home is going to play a big part in this."

Padilla did not elaborate any further; however earlier today he told FOX 35 that he believes Casey Anthony got the name Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez, someone friends say she often referred to as "Zanny the Nanny," from a book. According to Padilla, the book "Double Trouble Squared" features a nanny with the same nickname.

Meanwhile, the sheriff's office has filed six additional charges against Casey Anthony. According to a department spokesperson, Anthony has been charged with two counts each of fraudulent use of personal identification, uttering a forged check and petty theft. No further details were made available.

Anyone interested in volunteering in the search for Caylee Anthony should go to the EquuSearch command center in the rear parking lot of the Holiday Inn at 5750 TG Lee Blvd., in Orlando.

Discuss The Caylee Anthony Case

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Photo Credits:
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Caylee Anthony: Associated Press
Casey Anthony: Orange County Corrections

Comments

[Susannah]

What sickens me the most about this case, are the attempts by the grandmother, on national television programs, to repeatedly try to make the police the bad guys. Also troubling are her attempts to send people to now search Texas, Puerto Rico and Mexico for little Caylee.

If she indeed believed that her granddaughter had actually been spotted in any one of those places, she'd be there looking for her herself. The reason they're not getting volunteers to help look is because I truly believe, that the citizens of Orlando have had enough of this circus. They're tired of the grandmother trying to make the family out to be the victim, while they sit and protect this obviously troubled young woman who continues to sit silently in jail, and who likely murdered her own child.

[Barbara]

Listening to Cindy Anthony one realizes that one factor is predominant. This woman is an enabler.

She has a child that she rightly(all evidence would so indicate) labeled a "sociopath" and yet she continues to enable that child at every turn. It is a pattern which no doubt has repeated itself all Casey's life allowing her to not accept responsiblity for her actions and suffer no repercusssions for the lies, thievery and unaccountability she displayed at every turn.

We know only a little of her history but I imagine it is strewn with similar events of moral culpability and self serving actions with little regard to the effect on others.
Mom was there to smooth it over, forgive and forget and never bring little Casey to accountability. How sad that the ultimate victim was a sweet and innocent 3 year old

[Krista]

I have followed this story from day 1 - I have always, since day 1, hoped and wished that every time I check the internet for new news stories that one would say "Caylee found ALIVE" BUT I, myself, am starting to lose faith. A friend and I were discussing this case today and she said her mom believes that maybe Casey left Caylee in her car and Caylee died accidently and Casey got scared. Which is logical BUT Casey is heartless. How can any mother "Accidently" kill her beautiful child and not show any emotion?? I have a 4 yr old and I couldn't even imagine my life without him or what would happen if something were to happen to him. Honestly, her parents aren't much better - they don't seem genuine to me. Something is not right with that family.

[Marya]

Thanks for the info on Texas Equusearch. I donated $100 and had my employer match another $100. Hoepfully that helps.

Also, Microsoft has a search engine insiative to raise money for any charity you choose - including Texas Equusearch. They donate a penny per search - and right now they only have 2 contributors - check it out at www.searchandgive.com.

[Star LaBranche]

Er, if Caylee is alive then who was decomposing in the trunk of Casey's car?

[Yogg]

As a resident of Orlando and someone who watches this case as if it's reality tv, I can assure you...

...100%

That the lack of participation is directly attributable to Cythia Anthony. We all have long known Casey was guilty of something horrible, but the lack of volunteers is all about Cindy. She's condescending to the media, the general public, the Orange County Sheriff's Department, the FBI, Equusearch, and any and everyone else. Cindy conjures up outrageous and incomprehensible theories, and she blames everyone - including the general population of Orlando - for her ill wills. The question should be, "Why doesn't Cindy participate in the searches she demands other participate in?"

Cindy is the reason we don't help...and Cindy is the reason we will maintain our position in the future.

[A Person From Orlando]

I live in the area and the reason I'm not helping is that there is no need to search when there is a person in jail who can tell exactly where Caylee was last seen. So why put up with the heat/humidity, bug bites, snakes, lost time away from my own family, etc to be a pawn in one of Cindy's little games? It is not because we think Caylee is alive, it is because we are pretty certain that the evidence is pointing to her being deceased and if the family wants the body, then let the mother tell where it is.

[SAM]

I do not believe that Caylee Anthony is still alive. I would like to know if anyone has checked on Casey Anthony's tax return or even the parents. If they claim that someone wathced the baby for a year and a half, there should be a cash trail and certainly a tax return showing who they supposedly paid to watch the child. If Zenida is listed on the tax return, it would be time to add tax fraud against her.

[Trixie B]

The Equusearch receiving a large donation from the sheriff's department is a problem for me - what about the other missing kids in their district? Money from private individuals is one thing, but law enforcement should not show preference to one child. There are several children listed as missing on their website - a person has to wonder if the department spent as much time, effort, and money to find those kids. http://www.cityoforlando.net/POLICE/missing/juveniles.htm

[David Lohr]

Yogg Wrote: "Cindy is the reason we don't help...and Cindy is the reason we will maintain our position in the future."

So because of Cindy you refuse to help find a missing child? I'm sorry, but that is a very poor excuse. You should be ashamed.

Regards,

David Lohr

[Jennifer]

I wannna know how a woman can call 911 and say she smells a dead body in her daughters car then yells at everyone who interviews her to stay focused on finding Caylee when she herself obviously didn't think she was alive at one point.

[lilbitshorti]

there is a quarter of a mil. reward for this baby, and thats a lot of money someone knows something..children dont just vanish in thin air..u dont care for nurture and raise something so beautiful for this kinda crap to happen and that person or persons that know what happened to this baby the shows over u need to come forward

[Angie]

Casey never had a job so why did she need a babysitter? it was proven she didnt work at universal studios so why was there a need to drop Caylee off if she wasnt working?? Cindy is in total denial omg she makes me sick.sorry to say this but i cant wait for them to find her body so she can look foolish.Come one she was in denial for 7 months during Casey's pregnancy.

[Lori]

I agree with the comment regarding Cindy Anthony being an enabler. She shows obvious signs of this behavior by justifying her daughters irrational behavior. Her sad and desperate attempts to put a "spin" on Casey's action borders on being delusional. I understand being in denial but her behavior goes beyond sane intoa sphere of its own. The whole family appears to be residing in their own reality of deceit and lies fueled by Casey and supported by Cindy and George. Casey reminds me of someone who has been raised to believe that the whole world revolves around her and that there are no real consequences for her sick behavior. That pattern would only take a stronghold in a family who supported such self centeredness and dysfunction. Where is Dr. Phil when you really need him???????????

[Lori]

To Yogg who posted the ridicoulas comment below. At this point it is obvious that Casey Anthony is unwilling to provide any information more than likely in fear of implicating herself in Caylee's death. The justice system will certainly have an easier time convicting this criminal if they find Caylee's body. Besides the child deserves to have a proper burial and I believe putting up with the heat and bug bites is a small price to make to make that happen. Sometimes it is not all about us and is just about doing the right thing. So...if you live in this area get off your *** and go help find this little girls' body.

"So why put up with the heat/humidity, bug bites, snakes, lost time away from my own family, etc to be a pawn in one of Cindy's little games? It is not because we think Caylee is alive, it is because we are pretty certain that the evidence is pointing to her being deceased and if the family wants the body, then let the mother tell where it is."

[Elaine]

David, Thanks for your coverage of this case. Little Caylee deserves to be found!

[Texasdreamer1]

Sam I personally think that $5000 will go towards finding all the children that the Equusearch is looking for not just Caylee Anthony. I realize they donated it due to the fact they are looking for Caylee but if Caylee were found tomorrow that money would go towards others. I myself am going to donate money to this organization and make it one of my top organizations I donate to. I think it is a good cause.

As far as Caylee, I believe she needs to be found so she can be laid to rest not for the family because they do not seem to care but for those of us throughout the world who grieve for that precious little girl. Honestly the Anthony family disgusts me and all I care about at this point is for Caylee to rest in peace.

[Sherry C.]

Good grief, people who blame Cindy for not searching for Caylee just gets me. If I could, I would search for her because 1) she needs to be found regardless of the mother and grandmother, and 2) to shut the grandmother up about her being alive, of which now, it is nearly impossible to believe. Like Tim from TES said, Caylee is not where she chose to be. Do it for Caylee. She needs justice. Don't let her mother get off scot-free in this, please.

[CB]

Finding the child will put an end to this case.

My comments yesterday were meant to answer the question as to why the media had mainly focused their attention on Casey. I was also speculating as to why there wasn't an onslaught of volunteers in the search. Being more than a thousand miles away, I admit it was an armchair hypothesis.

Cindy Anthony doesn't want searches in the woods and insists."I'm getting phone calls from people saying why they're not out looking in the woods, because they don't believe Caylee is out there. They believe Caylee is alive and that Caylee is with somebody. So that's my reassurance."

I guess if anyone wasn't searching because of animosity toward the Anthony's, this would be, although a negative motivation, good reason to hoof it out there in the woods, and demonstrate that you're not buying into the "Zanny the Nanny" theory.

At any rate, it is an individual's decision to participate, or not. I don't think that we should be judging others in that choice. Some people may not have the physical fortitude, nor the emotional ability to cope with the discovery of a dead toddler.

That said, I hope that there is resolve in the case soon , and that Caylee will be found, dead or alive.

[NT]

My mother always used a phrase "you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink", and I know that the public is not at the jail 24/7, but I would like to think that Casey would get no rest at all by the constant team of police investigators drilling her for the facts. If it were the same questions day in and day out, something should make her crack. This is so senseless and sad to think of the time so many are investing in this search (Equusearch Team, Orlando police, area residents, etc.) when the answer sits safely in jail. As many have said, "a liar not a murderer makes", however Casey's demeaner, silence and unwillingness to help in this investigation has led the public to their belief that she killed her daughter. I like and believe Dr. Phil's saying "those who have nothing to hide - hide nothing".

Cindy, if you read these posts, YOU need to drill your daughter about your granddaughter's whereabouts. If she would have been in my house for any amount of days, I would have been drilling her relentlessly. Your love for your daughter will always be there, but step back and look at this case as if it were not your family. You and your husband have educational/work backgrounds that would bring you to the same conclusion as most of the public. Unfortunately, denial will not change the facts.

In addition to my above comments I would like to know if anyone has heard where Casey may have left Caylee while she stayed with Tony. His roommate claims that Caylee was there during the day, but never stayed the night. With the new chloroform evidence, could she have been putting Caylee to sleep (with chloroform) in the trunk of her car and it built up in her system and killed her? I don't buy into the accident theory - I think she would have cracked by now.

[Angie]

I have to say this is the most ridiculous case in history!
Casey Anthony should be sent to gen pop to let other convicts to get the truth out of her just offer them extra pudding or a pack of smokes! I do know that listening to the whole case Cindy Anthony is being told to support her daughter. Cindy isin a bad situation If her daughter did this she is a failure, Her grandbaby is missing which is heart wrenching and she probably has a lawyer telling her that she needs to show her kid support for the sake of finding the kid or in court when she takes the stand they need to paint this family as a very well balanced family even if she believes her kid killed her granddaughter ITS FACT They have to be brought into this even if they know in their hearts the truth they have to show some positive character. When something like this happends the whole family must get involved wheter its a lie or truth. Legal process f*&^% up!
Take Casey to the towns people and hang the witch!

[Yogg]

You are equally as judgemental Mr. Lohr. I...like hundreds of thousands in the Orlando area....have a profession and a family that needs my attention and steady work ethic more than they need me cancelling work to look for a deceased child out in the woods.

Shame on YOU as well, for your snap judgement of me.

Yogg

[janine]

To CB- The theory that she was using the chloroform as a babysitter is exactly what I thought when i heard about it. Also, people are donating money to the Anthony's and this is why Cindy keeps coming up with more ridiculous theories to cover up the forensics. Someone broke in the wrecker impound lot to put a dead body in the car before anyone knew that Caylee was missing, or had even heard of them. They either had chloroform with them and spilled some in the trunk or they were bleaching the trunk and doing their nails and happened to spill the perfect mixture of acetone to mix in with it and form chloroform. Then they broke back in to grab the body, because they just needed the trunk for a couple of days. And it was just a coincidence that Casey was researching chloroform and lying to her mother about the child's whereabouts while partying it up on the sleuth to find the real culprit in her hideouts which happen to be the same bars that her new boyfriend works at. And the phone company lost every call that Casey and Zaneida ever made, they lost some of Cindy's calls too, she told Nancy Grace. Okay this is getting too ridiculous to even continue writing. STOP DONATING MONEY TO THIS FAMILY, YOU ARE FUNDING CAYLEE'S MURDERER AND THE COVER UP AND DEFENSE. DONATE TO THE EQUUSEARCH TEAM WHO SAID HE NO LONGER HAD ANY RESPECT FOR CINDY ANTHONY AND THE SEARCH IS BACK ON!!!!

[janine]

I just read the new police report, two of the places that the Anthony's want us to donate to are two of the places that have filed charges against Casey for fraud and check forgery and petit theft. Boy the coincidences just keep on rolling in. Please donate the money to the places that are in reality and looking for Caylee, not protecting Casey. Donate to Texas Equusearch, the people who are helping find all missing children, and every penny will be spent on finding children not funding defenses!!!!!

[G]

Florida Residence, please get involved!!!! Cindy does not want anyone searching is MORE reason for people to go out there and do it! She does not want Caylee's body found. She does not want to face the reality of it and Casey does not want to be charged with murder. Cindy would rather believe her grand daughter is alive and well and send everyone out on a wild goose chase, for her own selfish reasons! Orlando needs to go against what this family wants. The community is actually doing exactly what Cindy wants, not to search for Caylee's body! She is getting her way and Casey will get away with murder if people don't get involved! Remember this is about a little girl who never had a fair chance to live her life, will never go to school, never play again, never laugh again, never had a parent that would protect her. She at the very least deserves to properly be layed to rest. I am on the other side of the country or else I would be there! this is truly sad that the community is not stepping up. For all of you, look at the video of Caylee again and than see if you can still say, No.

[Tgar]

Cindy Anthony claimed in her call to 911 that her daughter had been missing for a month. When she saw the pictures of Casey at the local bar didn't she see what we saw. A woman without a care in the world. I think Casey killed her daughter and went on a self-indulgent party binge. Does anyone know if she is on drugs? That sweet little girl deserved better than Casey for a mother.

[porchia]

i think casey should be in population too ,where she is at,she has it easy no one to bother her.she is a liar ,murderer and a skank. her mother need to stop saying things to us and the media thats why people are not lookin, i mean casy doen't care ,she nos where that chid is,

[pak31]

If Cindy knew where Caylee was then you would think that she would have found her by now. So, if she's innocent, then she honestly doesn't know where she is. So Cindy should let people look where ever they feel necessary. She wants Caylee to be alive but she shouldn't stop anyone from searching every nook and cranny. I also feel that regardless of what Cindy has said or done so far, it doesn't change the fact that Caylee is missing and that she is an innocent human being. So no matter what happens or has happened with this family, people should never stop looking for this little girl. In fact, it should make you want to find her even more. We need to do what's right, and having sore feelings toward the Anthony's, even though it's a natural way to react, shouldn't alter your feelings about Caylee. Especially since there is nothing that a 2 year old could ever do to deserve this.

[Debbie]

I think the Anthony's are now having a tough time trying to remember what they said before? covering up ,making excuses and sounding down right ridiculous. I agree in not wasting any more time on searching for a child alive. Texas & Mexico What? A 100 calls coming in a day of sightings of Caylee? again What? Why aren't the authorities given this information on leads?? What? Also Cindy states she has phone records ,well Hell give them to Police, help prove your case or Casey's and let's get on with it! I believe the public and Police are doing what they can with what they have. So Cindy should pipe up and quit wasteing everyone's time and intelligence. The Authorities will have the truth eventually it just would have been easier if this family had gotten there act together and if they really wanted this child found they would be supporting the authorities.They are stalling so the convicting of their daughter will be tougher to prove. With Caylee never found or found and unable to process any information to convict the Mother (oh sorry person who had child, not even close to a "Mother"). They believe she may just get off or receive lesser charges. Which ever happened to this missing child,murdered, alive,dead,accidental death,stolen or sold. This Casey person just is not acting as a Mother would should ANY of these scenarios had happened.Cindy you cant pretend away the truth..Whatever the outcome,this is a sad sad situation for this family.

[Nelly]

I've had a strong dislike for Cindy since the first time I saw her in a news interview complaining about how sleepy and tired she was about having to be there so early to talk about her missing grandaughter. That pi--ed the crap outta me because so many parents of missing kids out there would give an arm and a leg to get the media attention that this family has gotten and she has the audacity to be annoyed at how tired and how everyone kept asking questions of where the child had last been seen.The basics so people could at least know where to look. But nonetheless if I lived in Orlando I'd be there in a heartbeat to look for that child first and foremost because that little girl deserves to be found and for my own selfish desire of helping in getting evidence against Casey.

[Patty]

How can anybody be so arrogant to know more than the FBI. I hope they put both %^^&&^ in jail.

[Tami]

It brings tears to my eyes to know that only 12 people showed up to help search for little Caylee Marie. God Bless the 12 that did show up. I pray that people will forget about the circus that surrounds the rest of the Anthony family and focus where they should...finding Caylee.

[Pam Y]

I have to admit I am as equally upset about this case as the next person. I had to take time yesterday to sit and think about why I am so upset about it. I realized I don't know these people. How do I know who is telling the truth and who isn't. I would love to join the search but like many others I live too far away and cannot financially afford to go to Florida to live for awhile. I think the public is tired of hearing about missing children cases where parents and grandparents refuse to cooroporate with police to help find a child. I don't like it when people talk in circles and expect you to quess where you are supposed to look for the child like you can read their minds. I don't like seeing good, honest people put all their love and effort into a search that appears futile because the people they are helping are unwilling participants. It's a waste of public effort and finances. I do know when peoples minds are in a constant state of emotional termoil, they are less apt to think rationally. One thing the police don't need is groups of angry, irrational people beating on the Anthony's door because it takes their time away from the search. If the police are being sent in circles then they will more than likely miss something thats right in front of them.
If Casey did murder her own child, why? There are so many women who want children and can't have them. Anyone of them would be willing to take a baby into their homes. There aren't any reasons why anyone should kill their own kids just because they don't want them. That's what angers me.

[Shannon]

Cindy Anthony makes me sick. Which is it - the car smells like a dead body or it didn't? Casey knows where she is or she doesn't? As far as I'm concerned she ought to be arrested for obstruction of justice or hindering a police investigation. She has contradicted herself so many times, she looks like an idiot. She claims that "everyone" around her is railroading Casey. Mr. Padilla believed her lies, and that's why he committed the money and time to get her liar of a daughter out of jail. Tim Mitchell with Equusearch believed her lies, and he committed time & money to find Caylee. Now all of a sudden they have "turned against her". Poor Cindy, she (like Casey) thinks the whole world is turning against them for now reason. Mr. Padilla and Mr. Mitchell saw first hand Cindy's ability to lie as well as her daughter and pulled out for good reason. She is in complete denial about everything. Anyone who donates to Cindy's Mexico, Puerto Rico, is a fool. Donate to the people who actually want closure for all of us in the "extended family" of little Caylee. God rest her precious little soul.

Casey's latest mugshot pierces through me, and shows absolutely no emotion. If I truly had lost my child to a Zanny the Nanny, I would be hysterical. I would be pleading to every news channel I could to have her returned safely and I would offer up the reward and immunity. She's guilty as hell. Am I the only one who picked up on the fact that some of the names Casey gave to police during the original interview are names or combination of names of movie stars: Juliette Lewis; Jeffrey Hopkins.

One more thing: I read in the discovery papers that Casey knew her attorney Jose Baez because he was her best friend, Christina's dad. She sure did spend a whole lot of time at her attorney's office most attorney's interviewed agreed that 6 hours a day for 3 or 4 days solid is excessive. Does Mr. Baez not have any other clients?? - I think it was because she was sitting around watching t.v. & hanging out with her friend. She couldn't wait to get out of the house with that crazy, lying enabler of a Mother (not to mention a liar of a Father).

[stonermoog]

wow, nice snippy attitude, david lohr. who do you think you are? rather high and mighty of you. i think yogg has the right to that opinion.

[janine]

David Lohr,
Somehow my comment was posted under Yogg, and the one that starts out with Florida residence was posted under my name.
I really do not know how that happened, and I am not concerned with this mistake, however I rarely blog on subjects unless they are very important to me, and I am very careful of who I blog with, so could you please figure out how this happened and let me know that I can feel safe that my opinion gets posted under my name. Now for my blog today: I was adamant yesterday that people not donate to the Anthony's, as I had started to wonder why the police had to donate the money to equusearch instead of the Anthony's fund. After a little research on their site I realized that they were asking for money and resources in a questionable manner. In my estimation it really doesnt cost that much to write on the back of your window with shoe polish and buy no trespassing signs. I became instantly suspiscious that the bond was going to be reposted by "anonymous", just as it was. "Anonymous" is all of the good hearted people who feel for little Caylee, and want to help. Their money went directly into a fund conrolled by the Anthony's. Unfortunately I don't think that most of them wanted to help bail Casey out of jail, which is almost certainly what they did. I went to the sites that I felt most credible and passionate about helping and started to warn people to donate to the equusearch instead of directly to the Anthony's. I am not sure that grandma is as crazy as she seems. She may just have been stringing us along until she could get the one thing that seems to be most important to her- her precious little Casey- not Caylee-back in her arms. I am very suspicious of the parents as I have not seen them do anything in the way of looking for their grandaughter. Anyways, I am new to your site but I love it, and I will be following closely with everyone until this little girl is found and sees justice.

[janine]

David,
Oh my god, i am so stupid!!!! David please accept my apology, I was reading the positioning of the statements wrong, please forgive the first half of my previous comment. It was my error not yours, again forgive me!!!!!

[janine]

It is understood why many cannot help, careers, family, etc. Just please don't let Cindy be the reason, that is exactly what she wants you to do. Try to think if it was your loved one that had been murdered, and what you would want for them. No one is being judged for not helping, I think people just get emotional about Cindy and Casey controlling those who do have time and resource to help, but may not because of this families obvious dysfunctional, sociopathic craziness. I just think that they are all crazy like a fox.

[Donnie]

I have volunteered (3) times now in my spare time to help search for this little girls body. I say body, because that is what we are looking for. There is no way that the Orange County Sherriffs Office is going to lie to us like the Anthonys do, and have us put up with the "elements"if they think she is still alive. If they discovered decomposition in the car trunk of the top suspect....how much more evidence do we need to realize this little girl is dead, and all that is left is to bring her remains home for a proper burial.Please read this blog, and come out this weekend and help search. I look forward to seeing all who read this.

[Ben]

Sadly, turning the public away from searching will allow the focus to remain on casey...........so many aspects of this case show that the family wants that to be the situation, focus on casey, not CAYLEE.......just now, casey leaving the jail and her car traveling on the road was shown....this circus has lost the focus because the family pushed it that way.

If large groups of people are out, taking the time to do something that they may or may not think is hopeless, you draw attention. Drawing attention to the problem and not the possible source should help, keeping the focus on the possible source only serves to inflate ego....

If you have a true hand full of people, they are easier to ignore.

I don't agree with allowing cindy and her attitude to keep anyone away. I personally believe that any and all options should be explored in a situation such as this until an answer is found.
At the same time, I'm not going to pass judgment, I can't travel to the area at this time to assist.

I can understand the emotions from all sides, but, if if you take the time to really listen to this family, confusion and the likes are what they want.

Very early on the brother spoke as if he would not cooperate with the police with any information he may or may not have, just as he figured the police would do to him. This statement was from the interview he gave before , I believe, the first time his sister refused to speak to him at the jail.

cindy has repeatedly tried to lay blame on anyone possible, nothing done is right or enough.

The jail house phone call that was released very early on displayed the fact that casey was concerned with her own situation, not that her daughter, CAYLEE.

No parent wants to think their child may have harmed their grand child, but putting on blinders and claiming that it is trying to maintain focus in one direction only is a false pretense. It is misleading. It is harmful to the situation because you put off those that can help and you assist those that have done wrong.

Remember, if the situation is as bad as many of us see it, pointing fingers at each other is playing into the game....if the family does not display the attitude and effort to solve this problem, don't pander to them, remember the reason, finding out what happened to CAYLEE, not putting a bunch of face time searchers on the television.

This family has tried too hard to keep everyone confused, don't allow it.

as a note, the names are not typos...remember the focus

[az13west]

Whatever someone feels about Casey. (Whacko), Cindy,(Yacko), or George. (Dot), it would definately serve to shut them out and shut them up if more got involved in the search.
For christ's sake, what about how you feel about that little girl, screw her parents, or grandparents-lets find that little girl, because she needs to be laid to rest.
Good job David, I think you are awesome.

[Amanda]

I just wish, pray, and hope that Casey would just talk. She Knows everything. . Rebuik the devil demons out of her and may God take control just open her mouth and lets honest true words flow out. This is so crazy. This is a little girl if she is alive she needs help, and i feel that she isn't safe with the Anthony Family. And God forbit but if she has been murdered may there be justice. I close my eyes and I just see Caylee in the arms of God. . Dead or Alive God is with her and won't leave her side.
In the end all this will pass and God will handel it the way it should be. Keep Caylee in your prayers. May God will be done. Amen

[beccy]

My husband and I live 15 minutes from Orlando ...We work 6 days a week ,have 2 kids that we adore. I got pregnant at the age of 18 & of my 2nd baby at 19. Now theyre 13 & 11...Oh God how many nights loosing sleep thinking about a better future for them...We even left our country that we love to get a better life for them... how many times that we have to spent the last dollar in the pocket to buy milk...

we truly understand that Caysee was happy to finally get rid of Caylee ..pics speak louder than words & she was planning to keep going like that forever with no trouble. That disgusted us...how many times we wanted or want to go out, travel, or just do something different & we wont b\c of them , b/c our responsability & commitment is bigger than anything....now everybody is either a sociopath or mental ill. Thats the excuse for this society of selfish people who just think about themselves & dont want to pay for their actions or take care of the consecuences...

do u think Ill be willing to participate VOLUNTARILY in a search for a baby that we believe was murdered????? Do we want to find something horrible in that search? If you heard that they found blood, stains,a cadaver stinky trunk, gas cans,a knife, SHE BORROWED A SHOVEL. Do we need to find more??? What do you think were thinking? We dont want to search cause We dont want to find NOTHING!!

[Jax]

In my opinion, in her psychotic state, I think Casey killed Caylee in a way that she wouldn't suffer. I think she did this to get to her mother. Cindy would not let Casey put Caylee up for adoption and I'll bet she was on that girl's ass (Casey's)about how she was mothering most of the time, and then passive about it later. I think Cindy wanted to take Caylee away from Casey, and Casey was not going to let that happen. Maybe Casey put the body in the yard first and was going to leave it there for the grandparents to find, but then she panicked about prison, or death row, and had to dispose of the body. I think the body no longer exists and Casey knows this. But I wonder about the boyfriend/cop who apparently picked Casey up AT HER CAR when she abandonded it at the check cashing place.
I'm not making excuses for any of them. Obviously this is a very disfunctional family.
I think Cindy is in such a state of denial because she knows she may have pushed Casey over the edge.
I was a single mother at age 19 also. No father in the picture and my parents nor any other family members were supportive in any way. (At least Casey and Caylee had her family's help, and support). I was a great mother but my mother still B!t(hed about everything I did anyway. And always threatened to take the baby.
I have been homeless numerous times through my child's life and threatened by my mother with losing my child, and it is a panic situation. Again, no excuses. I didn't kill my baby. But I think I understand Casey's twisted thoughts and actions. Cindy should have kept her nose out of the whole thing.

[Pam Y]

My comment was posted under Tami, and the one beginning with Cindy Anthony makes me sick was posted under my name.
I am happy to hear more volunteers have come forward to help. You all have my prayers. I had a sneaky suspicion something was up when I looked in the Anthony's website and the donations were to be given directly to them. I may not be able to come there to search but I can donate to Equusearch.
Thanks for the info.

[gertie]

In the beginning I tried to think positive about this case. Maybe she sold the girl to a loving family and she was lying to buy her new family some time to leave the country or something. Possibly she had been duped by someone into handing the child over and that person sold the girl etc. The police claim the apt. where Zenaida lived had been vacant for quite sometime but has no one ever heard of squatting? etc. But the family has not done anything that you would think the family of a missing child would do. I can understand concerning the media circus how they may not be able to do a live statement on tv. But why haven't they at least made a video of the family pleading for the girl to be returned and for information regarding her disappearance? Surely some news station would circulate it. Why won't Cindy hand over copies of phone records that supposedly prove her contact with the babysitter? All the new 'evidence' of decomp only adds to all of this and they are all acting oblivious. Which could also lead you to believe that they actually have known all along that the girl is dead. I would say the last ray of hope here is that Caylee is alive but Casey truly doesn't want Caylee found because she doesn't want her growing up in that family! Now that might actually be the sane thing to do! Anyways I can not keep tuned out of this case and I hope the little girl is brought home alive, but it doesn't look that way. Even if she is dead hopefully they find her and put her to rest and it doesn't go on like poor Adam Walsh who's remains were never really recovered.

[Pam Y]

I have wondered why Cindy, Casey and Lee haven't left the house to go search for Caylee on their own. From what I am seeing on TV, these people cannot step outside their home because they are being bombarded by news reporters and angry mobs of people who want to cause physical harm. They have no privacy whatsoever other than the security of their own home. (I am not defending them, saw it on the news.) I am wondering if a prosecuting attorney can use copies of news media coverage of Cindy lying to the public on National Television as evidence in court that any testimony given by her may be false. I can understand why these people feel victumized because they are basically being held captive in their own home by the public. Innocent or guilty, that is for a court of law to decide.I love freedom of speech and the right to exercise it. When there are mobs of people screaming repeatedly over a period of time it becomes harrassment and something should be done about it. There is a proper way to exercise that freedom. I hope this does not discourage people who have lost a child from calling police to report a missing child. I personaly believe Casey had a hand in all of this and she does know what happened. Why she hasn't come forward with the truth is beyond me. The only thing I can think of is she is afraid for her life, her attorney told her not to make any statements because it could harm her case or mommy and daddy have told her to keep her mouth shut so she doesn't incriminate herself. I do wonder if Cidys original 911 call to report a missing child was truthful since she did state she did what she felt she needed to do to get help. What a mess!

[lauren]

I was watching CNN when the bouty hunter said something about there being dumpsters around the area that the car was found. It is very possble that something happend to the little girl and Casey wrapped her body in a rug or something like that. When the trash is emptyed in a landfill, tons and tons of trash are covered on top of each other. It is impossible to go through all the landfills and discover the body. Caylee is only 3 years old, shes very small and this idea is very feasible to have occured.

[Jo Lu]

I don't get it. Casey said that the babysitter had been watching Caylee for 1 1/2 years. Did the grandmother never meet her during that time? Can no one confirm that she exists?

I think the brother is the only one who appears remotely normal and in touch with reality

[bethy]

I think they should revisit the timeline of when the last time is that someone other than family saw the baby alive. If you think about it, the only one that can substantiate seeing Casey and Caylee leave the house on 6/16 is Pap George. We all know how credible he has become. Also, one of the questions that has arisen on Nancy Grace is where was Casey the evening before she called her boyfriend to pick her up, that she ran out of gas with groceries at 7 a.m., where did she get them and how did she pay for them. Also, why did she come up again with a really lavish story about her father getting the car and taking it to be checked, naming names of salespeople and mechanics that worked on the car and now knowing that the car hadn't moved. Does she not think that these details will be explored. And now, the story changing that she didn't leave Caylee with the babysitter at her appartment, no, now she left the baby at a park with the babysitter and was told that she better not report that the baby was going with the sitter or something terrible would happen. How many stories does she have? Also, how much can anyone take? Why haven't the grandparents been subpoenaed for information that they have? I agree with a comment that I heard, once the police knew that gram'ma washed and distroyed potential evidence in the slacks and shoes that she found in the car, she should have had her butt put in jail. I'll bet she would have sung like a canary!