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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Stupidity and neglect should be painful in mho..

I have a bad, bad feeling that she knows were her daughter is ... and she has sold her on the blackmarket or poor Caylee is already beyond any help we can give her.

this will not have a happy ending

Casey Anthony, 22, was taken into custody Wednesday after her daughter's grandparents called Orange County sheriff's deputies over concerns about the well-being of Caylee Marie Anthony, 2.



Detectives said when they contacted Anthony it was determined that she apparently never told anyone that Caylee has been missing for more than a month.

Thursday, Orange County Judge John Jordan asked Anthony where her daughter was.

"Mrs. Anthony, the court would say to you, 'Where is Caylee Anthony?' Jordan asked Thursday. "But I can't force you to answer that question but that is the question I leave with you. Do you understand?"

"Yes, sir," Anthony said.

Anthony did not say anything else.

"It appears to the court that you care so little for your child that you did not even report her missing until five weeks later," Jordan also said.

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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- Crews were digging in a back yard belonging to the grandparents of a missing 2-year-old girl Friday after cadaver dogs zeroed-in on areas at the property.

Several sheriff's dogs were called to the home of Cindy and George Anthony, located on Hopespring Drive in Orlando after a tip about a borrowed shovel led officers to the home, Local 6 reported

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Meter reader says report of Caylee Anthony's skull ignored
By Barbara Liston | Reuters – 2 hrs 0 mins ago

ORLANDO, Fla (Reuters) - A meter reader recounted on Tuesday how he found the skull of 2-year-old Caylee Anthony in August 2008 but couldn't get anyone to take him seriously until four months later when investigators recovered the body in the spot he identified. Roy Kronk is a key witness for the defense in the first-degree murder trial of 25-year-old Casey Anthony, accused of smothering daughter Caylee on June 16, 2008 and dumping her remains in woods near their home.

Kronk is one of several people who defense attorney Jose Baez has said may have played a role in the disposal of Caylee's remains.

Kronk has so far said that on August 11, 2008, he parked his work truck on Suburban Drive -- around the corner from the Anthonys' home -- and walked into the woods to relieve himself. Kronk said he noticed about 30 feet away what appeared to be a small, white skull. He said he told two co-workers with him what he saw, but they were too distracted by the body of a water moccasin snake to pay attention. Kronk said he called a crime tip line later that night to report the skull-like object.

At the time, a nationwide search was underway to find Caylee, who Casey claimed was kidnapped by a nanny.

But detectives were zeroing in on Casey, who they knew had lied extensively about Caylee's disappearance. Special tip lines were created to handle the thousands of tips and leads sent to authorities. Kronk said he called the Orange County Sheriff's Office again a day or two after his first call. This time, two deputies met him on Suburban Drive. But they did not go into the woods or ask him to show them the skull-like object. "I just pointed in the area," Kronk said.

Kronk's meter route brought him back to Suburban Drive on December 11, 2008. This time when he reported the skull, investigators came to the scene and found Caylee's remains.

PSYCHIC TIP

The defense maintains that Caylee drowned in the Anthony family's backyard pool, and no one reported her death. Defense attorneys have also tried to raise questions about what happened to Caylee's body in the six months between her death and the recovery of her remains.

Earlier in the morning, the defense team continued for a second day to stress that numerous other people had fruitlessly searched the same woods in the general area where Caylee's remains ultimately were found.

Private investigator Dominic Casey and his helper, James Hoover, testified on Monday that they searched the same general area in November 2008 based on a psychic's tip and did not find the body. Casey's mother Cindy denied under questioning by defense lawyers on Tuesday that she had directed the private investigator to follow up on the tip. However, Casey's brother Lee testified that his mother told him prior to October 2008 that she had sent the private investigator to follow up on the psychic's tip.

Lee said he specifically remembered the incident because it was the first time anyone in his family had indicated a willingness to search for a body rather than a live Caylee.

Casey's father, George Anthony, also took the stand briefly again on Tuesday, denying assertions by defense attorney Baez that he had an affair with search volunteer Krystal Holloway. George testified he only went to Holloway's condominium to comfort her after learning she had cancer. "I never had a romantic affair," George said.

He denied ever telling Holloway that "Caylee's death was an accident that snowballed out of control." He also said he never told her that he grabbed Casey by the throat, threw her against a wall and demanded Casey tell him where Caylee was. "She (Holloway) is not a good person," George testified.

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