Thread: Caylee Anthony Case

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- A 2-year-old who police said vanished five weeks ago was never reported missing by her mother in a case that has baffled investigators.

Detectives in Orange County said they received a call from the grandparents of Caylee Marie Anthony, 2, about the well-being of the child.

When Caylee's mother, Casey, was contacted by officers, it was determined that she apparently never told anyone that her daughter was missing.

Detectives said Anthony said she was doing her own investigation into her daughter's disappearance over the past five weeks, Local 6 reported.

The woman also said she saw movies and reports that if people in similar situations went to police, they had gotten hurt.

Anthony said her daughter was with a babysitter at the Sawgrass apartments but on June 9, the sitter did not answer the door.

Detectives said they checked with apartment management and learned that no one has lived in the apartment for five months.

Late Wednesday, Caylee's alleged baby sitter was tracked down by detectives and the woman said she has never cared for the missing child.

Investigators also said that Casey does not work where she initially clamed to be employed.

Officers said she admitted to lying throughout her interrogation, von Ancken reported.

"It is difficult to sort through what we are being told," Orange County sheriff's Sgt. John Allen said.

Also, detectives said Anthony did not show any emotion over the loss of her child. She did not cry or give any indication she was legitimately worried.

Since investigators cannot get a straight story, they are focusing on finding Caylee.

"I feel the more media exposure we have, the quicker we can bring Caylee home and that is the whole point of all of this -- to bring Caylee home safely," Caylee's grandmother Cindy Anthony said. "I kind of felt hopeless last night but I kind of felt hopeful today."

Anthony was taken into custody Wednesday in connection with the case.

Watch Local 6 News for more on this developing story.

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