Jose Baez Lashes Out at Orange County Sheriff's Office

December 19, 2008

Casey Anthony's attorney, Jose Baez, held a small press conference today, during which he expressed his anger towards the Orange County Sheriff's Office - specifically, for the way his client was notified that remains found last week had been positively identified as her missing two-year-old daughter, Caylee Anthony.

According to Baez, he had specifically asked that he be notified ahead of time, so that he could relate the news to Casey Anthony himself, rather than have her receive the news from a third party, as was the case today when a jail Chaplin notified her of the news.

"The lack of professionalism has become predictable," Baez said. "Unfortunately, I predicted that they might do this and I had sent an attorney from my office to be here with her today just in case … we believe they had preliminary results as to who this child was a long time ago. Before DNA [testing], bodies were identified all the time through other means and I just think it was not a professional way of doing things and I am extremely disappointed."

Baez refused to discuss Anthony's reaction, stating that it is her "private moment," but he did say that she is maintaining her innocence in her daughter's death.

Meanwhile, Roy Kronk, the Orange County utility worker who found the remains, held a separate press conference today, during which he said that he had contacted Orange County authorities in August to report that he had seen "something suspicious, a bag, in the same area."

Kronk said that he was cooperating with the authorities; however he refused to divulge any further information.

Kronk's lawyer, David Evans, also spoke at the press conference. Evans said that his client had no involvement in Caylee's disappearance.

"His participation in this matter is strictly as a concerned citizen with a sharp eye, good instincts," Evans said. "Those who have speculated to the contrary could not be more wrong."

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Comments

[Jessi]

Ooohh got to love the spin on everything to make the prosecution less credible. Baez makes me sick. He needs to grow a pair and tell Casey he can no longer represent her instead of allowing her to continue to believe her lies are the truth!!

PS. Does anyone really think that Mr. Kronk would have moved the evidence where it was more visible for police to investigate? I've seen that online today which I think is absurd!! Or is it more of the case that the remains weren't there originally in August and recently placed by someone who is also involved in the crime? This whole thing makes my head spin. . . gets more complicated by the minute!

[Lyn]

Typical Baez posturing drama ...

[kris]

Casey is seen in survailence video at blockbuster holding her boyfriend the next day she killed her daughter or taped her mouth shut and put her in the trunk- because the day before she got in a fight with her mom- she had planned to kill caylee for along time never getting the nerve yet(she searched her computer on how to kill her own child)- but when she got angry at her mom i believe she took out ALL her anger on caylee- the records show she resented her mother she was angry- neighbors say Casey was hostile in public. She has shown NO remorse AT ALL for Caylee. I belive she killed her out of hatred and taped her mouth shut in a quick hurry to be with her boyfriend and just let her die in the trunk. thats what my gut tells me.

[kris]

also would like to say the police dept. was doing thier job by having a chaplin tell Casey- they can do that it is policy. I know Baez is her Attorney. Im sure he did not want her to tell the truth to anyone- She needs to tell the truth!

[John]

I've done work in a county jail a while back and know for a fact that standard operating procedures for death notification is through the chaplain. It's one of the chaplain's responsibilities, death notifications.

Just because Baez asked to be notified first doesn't mean the sheriff department has to comply, they're the ones in charge, not Baez. I have no doubt in my mind that he knows the procedures and is just being difficult to try and get attention away from his client.

[Paul Coombs]

Who does he think he is anyway.Get the show going Baez!

[Stacie]

i have been so upset by this case..but i am also at ease now that they have identified the skeleton as Caylee..Now her earthly body can be laid to rest DECENTLY, rather than thrown off the road like a piece of garbage. The piece of garbage in this story is her "MOTHER" She is a *explative* sociopath!!!
She cared for NO-One other than herself, and her MANY MEN!!
I read documentation of her first phone call in prison, and it seemed to me that she was more concerned with having "Tony's phone number" than the fact that her precious daughter had been missing for more than a month.....

She is the apitamy of a selfish low down CHILD KILLER!!!
She deserves DEATH!!!!!!!!!!! Even if this was an accident, who in their right mind would "knock their child out with chloroform".... to make them sleep!! She was a #@$# who's child got in the way of her partying.

Casey Anthony is not Human, she is a monster.
Last thought..How funny was it that she put trash in her car to try to discuise the smell of a decomposing body..

REST IN PEACE LITTLE ANGEL, YOU ARE OUT OF HARMS WAY NOW.

[Paul Coombs]

Hey bAeZ $#@$ dude that screw ball client of yours if she had co-operated,instead of spewing all the crap about Z.G./and underworld ppl involved.Defend the whack job as best ya can,hi ho hi ho off to prison she goes.Got caught up in own lies over and over.this case will be more then interesting,poor jury.

[amzvideos]

I belive she killed her out of hatred and taped her mouth shut in a quick hurry to be with her boyfriend and just let her die in the trunk. thats what my gut tells me.

[Dave, UK]

Isn't the mother presumed innocent until proven guilty ? Has that changed in the last few years ? Must have missed it.

[annonymous]

Maybe, just maybe, truth is stranger than fiction, and that's all we really have here. There is not concrete evidence for anything. What we do have though, is a lot of people falling for the age old tricks and lies that have put innocent people away for life. In a true and just court of law, you are innocent until proven guilty. The press, media and the public that thrive on sensationalism have convicted people time and time again for crimes they may or may not have committed! To play judge and jury before the evidence is complete, makes fools out of us! There's so much in the news about child abductions,the black market, the slave trade, it makes you sick! So many criminals out there getting away with murder, so to speak!! So, why this case in particular received all the attention is interesting. I guess we needed someone to convict and make a public example of, and so, armed with some circumstantial evidence, we chose this story, a real life drama in the making. We quickly drew our conclusions and then after a long unbearable wait, we decided it was time for the exciting conclusion, and the verdict of course!! Off with her head???? Ok, just give her life! But what if some day 20 years from now, they discover that she really didn't do it? What then? A quick public apology to a woman who was innocent all those years she sat in prison. I've heard of stories like that. They don't get much attention at all. They aren't the dramatic stuff shows are made of, and they

[annonymous]

Maybe, just maybe, truth is stranger than fiction, and that's all we really have here. There is not concrete evidence for anything. What we do have though, is a lot of people falling for the age old tricks and lies that have put innocent people away for life. In a true and just court of law, you are innocent until proven guilty. The press, media and the public that thrive on sensationalism have convicted people time and time again for crimes they may or may not have committed! To play judge and jury before the evidence is complete, makes fools out of us! There's so much in the news about child abductions,the black market, the slave trade, it makes you sick! So many criminals out there getting away with murder, so to speak!! So, why this case in particular received all the attention is interesting. I guess we needed someone to convict and make a public example of, and so, armed with some circumstantial evidence, we chose this story, a real life drama in the making. We quickly drew our conclusions and then after a long unbearable wait, we decided it was time for the exciting conclusion, and the verdict of course!! Off with her head???? Ok, just give her life! But what if some day 20 years from now, they discover that she really didn't do it? What then? A quick public apology to a woman who was innocent all those years she sat in prison. I've heard of stories like that. They don't get much attention at all. They aren't the dramatic stuff shows are made of, and they

[Dawn J.]

Baez is now beginning the foundation for doubt. That is what Casey's mom and dad were doing when they were going on various programs. If they can get just one person to be on her side on the jury they think it will help her case. I don't see how it can. Casey personifies every nasty descriptive word I have heard throughout my long life. Baez says the state doesn't have enough evidence to convict, but who really knows what the state has at this time? Defense lawyers are great at throwing everything at the ceiling and seeing what sticks, no matter how ridiculous it may be.

[Tina]

They need to bring the electric chair back in; one last time, for Casey Anthony.

[snowy owl]

finally poor baby caylees remains have been found & she can be laid to rest at last. so sad to think a mother thinks less of her child she carried under her heart for 9 months , than a roll in the hay with some man.i hope she spends the rest of her life locked away like an animal. hanging is too good for her. i hope when she goes to the big house she will know what it feels like to put in the general population where she will be used & abused . i hope she never sleeps another night thru. i hope caylee haunts her every momentthe rest of her days. . god bless caylee. she is an angel in heaven.

[Paul Coombs]

Baez says ,WE do not no half the story,well if you do share it.Your the one defending this SCOUNDRAL.Or does it go something like this.She wanted to get scr#### and Caylee was in the way,so she duct taped the childs the childs mouth shut,after she cloroformed Caylee.I can see he's going to baffle the jury with a load of BS,not brilliance.When the jury sees crocodile Casey,I'm sure they will understand!!
I think even if she does walk ,heaven forbid,her days are numbered.

[TJGRW]

Is it possible that the vacant Sawgrass apartment is actually where Caylee died?

[Dina]

Jose Baez makes me sick. It is only typical that this lawyer (who doesn't seem like a smart one as of yet) would attempt to turn the spot light on the OCSD. No one with an ounce of intelligence will buy it.

Why doesn't Baez have a news conference about ALL the "things" Cassie knew about the so-called kidnapping but was scared to say out of fear that "Zenaida and her people" would harm Caylee and the Anthony Family??? Caylee has been found..."THEY" have already harmed her.

What happened to this story line Baez? Did it take you this long to realize that was all Bull $*#*&???

I pray to God that more hard evidence can be found just to have an end to this tragic story.

[kris]

the defense's story is stupid/ If there were kidnappers- HELLO THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN FOUND BY NOW/with NO witness's and ALL the evidence and ALL the lies- Casey will be prosected to the fullest extent! I dont understand why the news keeps implicating that it will be hard for prosecuters- because its really a piece of cake for them. I agree with the persont that said Baez would be better walking off this case- it will get harder for him. He looks aweful in the public eye- not very wise. I do feel sorry for Caseys parents even though they made alot of mistakes and they have made me fusterated with their behavior. I hope they have open eyes now and will start to live the right way. God forgives us all- if we want it anyway.
This case is not complicated - the FACTS are there- Casey did the searches online, did not report her missing, killed her own daughter to be free and out of resentment- to her own mom. EVERYONE CAN SEE THIS - goodness! Baez wake up too!
& Padilla - thank you for trying so hard to get the truth out/ I think she killed her out of hatred- it would be really sick if she taped her mouth after she was dead- but its not hard to believe.
God Bless you all! May Caylee have a fun time in Glorious Heaven with God away from the evil world!

[ElleC]

Seems to me he should be worrying about much more serious matters than the jail following procedure, having a chaplain tell Casey that her daughter's remains have been found and identified, instead of his REQUEST being approved for him to tell her.

Sounds like he's whining to me. For an Attorney, he's not that well spoken either. He sort of trails off in thought in the courtroom and seems to lose his focus a lot.

[MissMarie]

I wonder if that guy ever stops to listen to himself sometimes. I remember back when they found the pics of Casey partying while Caylee was missing, and he had the nerve to say "That doesn't mean anything." Any defense attorney worth his salt would have seen that kind of statement as stupid before it ever left his mouth. Of course it means something. I'm not even a defense attorney and I know it certainly damn well means something.

Where did he get his degree anyway, a box of Lucky Charms?

[Debbie Hollis]

Look's like Baez has been drinking to much Casey koolaid as well. What a cry baby. Looks like he and Casey make a great team. They are both full of crap!

[Brooksie]

I am sorry Mr. Baez, but your client already knew the remains where her daughters, as did the rest of her family.

No one was fooled by the fake McDonald's photos of the child that was photoshopped. Come one, America is not as stupid as your client Casey wishes.

[Bonnie]

Baez just wanted an excuse to fondle and be fondled. Casey could care less about the idenity. She KNOWS who the body belongs to because she put it there. I THINK IT'S MORE THAN A LITTLE BIZARE THAT GEORGE AND CINDY AND LEE HAVE NOT BEEN TO THE JAIL TO CONSOLE CASEY????? I think it would be hard to face her now and even pretend..........

[Ben Thar]

This is entirely predictable. Any time officials do not treat him and his client as exceptions to standard procedures he cries foul, they aren't cooperating. This is posturing and laying the basis for putting the Sheriff's Office and Department of Corrections on trial instead of KC, the last person seen with a living Caylee, and the person responsible for choosing those who could be trusted to care for her.

He claimed his client was cooperating when she frankly stated she wouldn't talk to a cop. He shouted about grandstanding when they handcuffed her in front of cameras. Why did they treat his client this way? Because she kept sending investigators on wild goose chases.

What help did the defense provide in locating the remains? They insisted officials were wasting their time looking for a dead body or investigating KC as a possible murderer. Now that a body has been found and conclusively identified, the defense will somehow insist that they were right all along about shoddy investigation - because the investigators were kept busy responding to what the defense was saying in August and lost these crucial tips under the flood of garbage which came pouring in because of publicity.

Go back and check defense statements in August to see for yourself. Give them one point for every time they clarified an issue and subtract one every time they introduced confusion. After that, you can decide if they want truth and justice. To me it looks like the defense was preparing to defend against a charge of first degree murder long before investigators decided to seek such an indictment.

[Paul Coombs]

Big question is why the Whack job A.K.A.[cindy] is not being charged with aiding and abetting,she was the last person with little miss Psycho,who in turn was getting into another auto when arrested.All in the family!!And BaEz is blowing smoke out the other end,it's all he's got to fall back on.Lets get to trial.Give him some cheese to go with that whine.Anyone heard from cindy lately???

[Paul Coombs]

Let him spew he is going to need the practice.This bunch seem to be well suited for each other.There's more to come,so wait and see what comes next!!

[Glynne1964]

Baez needs to get over himself already!!! The authorities DO NOT answer to him PERIOD!!!

It is perfectly acceptable to have a jail chaplain give Casey the news (which is NOT news to her!!!). I'm sure that the chaplain is under the same cover of confidentiality that ALL spiritual advisors are. So Baez should just shut his yap!

I'm so ready to see him & Casey go down in flames. Casey was the only one with anything to gain in having Caylee gone. There is no nanny, so she couldn't do it. My only questions are...how much does George & Cindy REALLY know & when did they come to know it? I'm sorry I'm very suspcious of them & their asking for AMMUNITY. Something's really wrong with this picture.

[skylonda]

Baez you are not doing any favors for your client. Like Casey and her family, you lack any semblance of credibility. The general public cringe every time you open your mouth . . . at each press release you dig yourself deeper and deeper. Yes, you like the hugs and adulation from Casey but please take a plea bargain and move on. We've had enough of your ridiculous defense strategy, lies and innuendo.

[Kim D.]

Re: Anonymous. I understand what you're saying and in another case this may prove true. However, the reason this case got so much media attention in the first place was because of the unusual circumstances surrounding the initial reports of a missing child. What person, any person would wait a whole month before telling someone her child had gone missing. Not just the police, BUT ANYONE?! She and Caylee lived with George and Cindy for God's sake. And THEY didn't even question Caylee's absence until Cindy found Casey a month later, and that was only because of a money issue! If Casey hadn't been stealing money, Caylee's disappearance may have never been reported at that time. There have been WAY too many misleadings from Casey herself as well as the Anthony family for this to be any kind of a basic missing child case. People noticed there was something up from the beginning and that's where the media attention factored in.
With regards to someone taking Caylee? With all we know (and don't yet know) about the case, it is very UNLIKELY a stranger (or Nanny) had anything to do with Caylee's death. When you do the research, and not just what's shown on Nancy Grace, it shows a very UNCONCERNED mother just hours after she claims her child went missing. She continued on with her life claiming to anyone who asked, Caylee was with the Nanny. The nanny that no one ever met or saw. Wouldn't George and Cindy have known about the 'nanny'? If she had been watching Caylee for two years prior to this, wouldn't someone somewhere see Caylee with this so-called nanny? Oh, and the street name for Xanax is, 'Zanny'.

[Nina]

Baez realizes he has an impossible case ahead of him as well as a completely uncooperative client. I would imagine he rues the day he decided to take this case on in order to make a name for himself. I'm sure he requested, as he claims, that he be the one to notify Casey, and I'm sure, as he is most likely omitting, that his request was denied and that the police were going to follow standard operating procedure (hence is "surety" that they'd do this and hence his having a defense team member at the location).

[Todd Courtney]

I am starting to think that in order to become a trial lawyer, you must first be willing to relinquish all decency and above all, respect for truth. Those that pass the first test, go on to become Jose Baez clones. I have a five year old daughter, and I cannot even BEGIN to fathom someone who still longs for their "freedom", all the while compromising their own child. What this all comes down to is TRUTH. If the Anthony's, the whole family, after all this time, are truly and completely innocent of any wrongdoing, then that would present absolutely, absolutely NO reason to LIE. If Casey has nothing to do with the disappearance, unless you're doing some essay on primative assault tactics; what are you looking up the terms "neckbreaking", "chloraform", and "household weapons" for? A special interest group?

[Nana]

Re: annonymous [sic]:

Kim D is right--in another case, what you said just might be true. But here? If Caylee's disappearance were, as you suggest, a child abduction, the black market, or the slave trade, her mother would have gotten the grandparents involved from the beginning, and would have been searching from the beginning. Her blase attitude, her shopping, her partying, all point to a mother who KNOWS her child is in no danger.

Commenting on blogs is not a court of law with law's inherent innocent until guilty stance; here, if I want to suppose and speculate, I can. And frankly, that seems to be the purpose of commenting on true crime blogs such as David's--voicing theories, suppositions, speculations, etc., not necessarily discussing the facts of any case. I'd much rather attempt to fit my theories to facts, as I get a lot of satisfaction when I can come close to imagining the actuality of what has happened. Unfortunately, the reality of some situations is beyond what my mind could have conjured up; what some people will do to others is almost unbelievable.

[JMHO]

I do not know who killed that dear little baby for sure and do not know how she was killed. What I do know is that Law Enforcement has decided, in this case, to release tons of partial evidence documents and misleading information from "sources close to the investigation"!

My question is why?

Why have they released volumes of selected documents, partial recorded phone calls, and allowed vile demonstrators to continue to rant in front of the Grandparents home?

Before you say "Florida has liberal public information laws" let me ask you - what case in the past have you ever seen this amount and kind of information released? The answer is never. I have never seen this done in ANY case nor ANY state before.

Before you say "people have the right to protest", ask yourself if these people had showed up in front of one of the LE's homes, how long do you think they would have let them go on the way they did? The answer is they would NOT have. Ask any teenager who has gathered with a bunch of friends in the parking lot at the mall if they have the right to gather like that - they will tell you the LE would not allow it and they did not have to go to court to get permission to break them up and make them leave.

LE knows they only have weak circumstantial evidence in this case. The air composition testing is not ready to be used in a court by the developers own admission. The hair with the "death band"? That banding occurs in other situations besides death. They only have one partial hair to make that determination with. Dr. G was not able to determine a cause of death from the autopsy.

You think Baez is asking for unreasonable things? Look back to the Scott Peterson case. His lawyer's experts were granted access to the bodies after the initial autopsy. His lawyer called many request for discovery hearings and prosecution was ordered to turn them over. Experts for the defense have been granted (in other states, other cases) permission to observe autopsies. They have also been allowed access to the crime scenes both as an observer and to do their own testing when the prosecution was done.

Once again, I ask you why?

Personally, I believe I know why. 90% of the posts here and elsewhere tell me why. Because they don't have the evidence to convict her in a court of law beyond a reasonable doubt.

Law Enforcement has tried this case in the public eye and convinced most of YOU that this woman is guilty killing her child. The jury will be made up of people just like YOU.

[betty]

NOTHING...WILL BRING CAYLEE BACH..
SHE HAVING CHRISTMAS WITH JESUS THIS YEAR.
BUT IF THE COURTS WILL STOP LETTING KILLER OFF SO EASY THEY WOULD BE LESS
CHILDREN KILLED. HOW CAN A CHILD BE KILLED ON THE 4TH DUI.
IF THE LAW TOOK THE FIRST TIME HARDER.
STOP LETTING KILLER FREE TO KILL AGAIN.
GET A LAWER WALK FREE AFTER KILLING CAYLEE. BS.

[SJAZ]

I LOVE how Baez has the audacity to call anyone unprofessional! If he was hired to represent me on such AWFUL charges, I would prefer he spent his time working on my case and NOT spend so much valuable time making appearances all over the TV dial. If I was up on murder charges and learned that my attorney didn't have the experience required to represent me in a murder case, I would hope HE would be professional enough to step down and let someone with the required experience represent me.

[cb]

If they followed standard protocol then he cannot really expect 'extraordinary' measures to be taken simply because he made such a request to be informed first.

If he complains about every little bit of minutiae, he will not be taken seriously by the court or jurors. He should learn to pick his battles, or he will come off as whiny.

He would have done himself some favors earlier in the case by not taking any particular stance on a defense strategy. He could have simply stated that my client is innocent and I will prove that in a court of law. Instead he is now locked into the nanny kidnapping story. All the while, his experts aren't even standing by this theory.

Dr. Reichs is on TV exclaiming that since there is no method of death included in the autopsy, then the death could have been accidental. If we follow the bouncing ball, according to the nanny theory, then is she saying that the nanny killed the baby accidentally?

I believe the only way that that theory (accidental) will work is if there is a plea bargain on the table, or if you start clean with that alone. Otherwise, if I were a juror, and you tell me: first, she didn't do it, but hey, if she did it , it was an accident, then you lose all your credibility. For me, it would need to be one or the other. Does anyone else feel that way?

I wonder if all these miscellaneous TV interviews will end up in court. Since they are talking all over the place about what happened , it may come back to bite them in the butt.

[Rhonda M.]

I understand that we need defense lawyers, and I admire the men and women who take up the job because I know that 1) They are needed and 2) I personally wouldn't have the head, heart, or stomach for it.

If I were on the wrong side of the law, I would want a defender and everyone is entitled to them.

That being said, Baez is one slimy little cretin. He is mad because the prison chaplain informed Miss Innocent of her daughter's death...? As another poster pointed out: That is what the chaplain is for! Spiritual services, guidance, and compassion (another job I couldn't do- giving compassion and kindness to a woman like Casey).

The reason Baez thought he should break the "news" to his client is because he was afraid of her giving an incriminating initial reaction to someone ELSE (like, seriously, could she possibly look more guilty at this point?), and damage his case for her defense.

The prison chaplain did the right, appropriate, and compassionate thing; maybe Baez and his client should try it out sometime.

[Marsha]

So we are supposed to be angry that the jail followed regulations and allowed a clergyman to tell an inmate of a death in her family, the death of her child? The clergyman was there to comfort her if she needed him, and that seems logical to me.
By the way, Jesse Grund (Casey's ex-fiance) was on the N.G. Show and said that Casey left him because she said she felt he loved Caylee more than he loved her. This jealousy of her own child may really be at the root of the later tragedy. In fact, when the police interviewed Casey at Universal Studio at the beginning of the investigation, she said that Caylee had called her from the kidnapper's just the day before. Casey stated that Caylee was friendly and chatty and discussing her book. When the police asked Casey how her child, who hadn't seen her in a month, could be so calm and not even seem to miss her, Casey said that Caylee NEVER MISSED HER, but it was a different story with Cindy. Casey said that Caylee always missed Cindy if they were separated. This may be the key to why Casey did not just give Caylee to Cindy to raise. Maybe Casey just wanted to get rid of that adorable "younger sister" who took mom Cindy's attention away from that spoiled baby Casey. If Cindy was raising Caylee, the Anthonys might just have kicked Casey out instead of putting up with her lying and stealing.

[Lucifer]

Be seeing you soon Casey!
I'll get the fires on the plains of Hades stoked.
Not before old sparky has had some fun with you though!

[Robbie]

Another poster provided a link to watch the actual tape. It is gross. Jose is so sick. He just wants to be there so he can squeeze and hug the little psycho. And one poster was right to comment on his ability to spit out a good sentence. My 13 year old has better public speaking skills than that! He is not very articulate.

[sginNV]

NANA... You left out that Dr. G has said that Caylee died as a result of a homicide. That makes it clear that she was killed and did not die from natural causes. JMO that her mother who went to a tatoo palor and got a tatoo saying "the good life" after her daughter was "missing" was thinking that she was going to get away with MURDER.

[Todd Courtney]

I am trying to assertain why the Anthony's,(at least Cindy), has not been charged with obstruction. My belief is that of once Cindy realized Casey had been the one to cause Caylee's "disappearance", she went into protective mode realizing she had already lost her granddaughter, and she wasn't about to lose her daughter as well. My guess is Casey felt Caylee was a "hinderance" which threatened her "lifestyle" of drinking, clubing, etc, now it may just be me, but does anyone here disagree with the disturbing fact that in following days and nights while Caylee was missing, Casey was out frequenting bars and clubs? Not only that, when asked why she was out nightclubbing in that timeframe, her response was "well, I was going to the places where Zeinaida Gonzalez hung out". I suppose I'm naive, but something tells me if my daughter went missing, I wouldn't take time out from my busy "schedule" of searching for my daughter on my own, to go and down a few drinks at a nightclub and be photographed doing somekind of gang signs all the while being halfway naked holding pitchers of beer.

[Diane in Utah]

As the mother of a child who was kidnapped I can tell you from first hand experience I DID NOT WAIT 31 DAYS TO REPORT MY CHILD MISSING!!!!! That alone is the one fact that proves Casey had something to do with her daughter's death.....All these nonsense stories are just that NONSENSE....What mother would go off partying, laughing, dancing, etc when her child is missing???? I could hardly keep two thoughts in my head.....I was soooo panicked... I am happy to report my daughter is now 37 yrs old with two beautiful children of her own.....And I can tell you that I spent 30 minutes searching for her & waking everyone in my apartment complex up to ask if they had seen my daughter before I called the police.....NOT 31 DAYS!!!! No matter what the circumstances, whether it be intentional or accidental there must be justice for this child & the person responsible must be held accountable.....I have always been a believer of "Innocent until proven guilty" but in this case it's not hard to figure out who would benefit (in her mind)the most if Caylee disappeared, oh could that be Casey???? I truly feel Casey was soooo jealous of her parents feelings for Caylee that she wanted her gone so all the attention could be heaped back on her.....that is very evident in her jailhouse tapes...At first when they were questioning her actions she was very hostile to them, now that they are backing her up she is much sweeter....While I feel for George & Cindy I also feel like it's time to take off the rose colored glasses & accept the reality of Casey......

[K]

Ohhhh of course Baez is going to hold on to any little thing he can! I imagine it's tough representing a guilty person though! It is SO OBVIOUSLY Casey that did this to her own daughter. You can not ignore the facts of decompsition in her trunk, all the things searched on her computer, and mainly all the LIES she's told to steer the investigators away from the truth. I think the brother is suspicious also. They are going to find out what happened to this poor girl and Casey WILL get what she deserves.
To David Lohr-have they said anything about matching her DNA from the first hair in the trunk, to what they have now? Also can someone explain the mother giving the wrong hair brush? Obviously I understand the basics of it, but whose hair was in that brush if she didn't want them to have Caylee's?

[Felicia]

Ok, I agree entirely that Casey Anthony is a piece of &*%$ that deserves to rot in jail for the rest of her life. The death penalty is an easy way out. Let her live the rest of her miserable life in a tiny cell surrounded by the memory of her choices and her beautiful little girl, Caylee. But come on people, how are you going to bash the defense attorney for doing his JOB? Every person in this country has the right to an attorney to defend them. I keep hearing people say, "How can Baez defend her?...He needs to quit!...He is scum for defending her!" That is his JOB. How would you like it if you were accused of some horrific crime, guilty or not, and no one would defend you? If it weren't Baez, it would be someone else. So lay off him. Casey Anthony won't walk off with nothing, she will get what is coming to her. But as American citizens we have the right to defense, and a defense attorney's job is to defend their client in any way they can. As a member of the Bar Association, it is their ethical responisibilty to defend their client and show every effort to try to win their case, no matter who their client might be or what they might be defending them for.

[Shaida C]

Lack of professionalism? His client killed her daughter. Who needs to be professional with her? Does she deserve it? Not one bit.

[Mrs V]

What if she gave her daughter something so she'd sleep and then she could go out partying? What if she gave her too much and killed her by accident? Rather than face what she did, she panicked.

[Marsha]

Hi K,
To explain the hairbrush stuff:
Cindy purposely gave LE a hairbrush that Casey and Caylee shared to try to confuse investigators and help her daughter. Although Cindy didn't know it, they actually didn't really need Caylee's hairbrush because they already had Caylee's DNA profile and a saved sample from a paternity test that disproved that Jesse Grund was her father. This paternity test DNA was used by Dr. G. to ID the remains.
I don't know if others share this view, but I just heard an interview on Greta Van Sustern last night that actually shocked me, when I thought that I was beyond being shocked by this horrifying case. Casey's tatoo artist told Greta that CASEY HAD MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO GET A SECOND TATOO THE DAY BEFORE HER FIRST ARREST (mid-July). She couldn't keep the appointment for the second tatoo because she was in jail. As many of you remember, Casey had already gotten a first tatoo on July 2nd (two weeks after she claims her child was kidnapped) that said "The Beautiful Life" in Italian. The tatoo artist said she was quite jolly and and chatty and was discussing her boyfriend (Tony) a lot during this first tatoo session. Although the tatoo artist said he never asked about Caylee, Casey did volunteer that fact that Caylee was on vacation at the beach with her nanny, who she never named. I keep thinking of the Superbowl winner interview:
Casey Anthony, your child was just kidnapped. What are you going to do now? I'm going to get some way cool tatoos!!!

[Paul Coombs]

The Whack-job[cindy] is awfull quiet,isn't she.Now that she knows the crazy one is a kiddie killer.