ORLANDO, Fla., July 23, 2008
Evidence Mounts Against Missing Tot's Mom
Fla. Police Say Mother's Car Smelled Of A Decomposing Body
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This undated photo released by the Orange County Sheriff's Office in Orlando, Fla. on July 18, 2008, shows Casey Marie Anthony who has been arrested for alleged child neglect and providing false information to law enforcement. Her daughter Caylee, 2, has been missing for more than a month. (AP/Orange County Sheriff's Dept.)
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This undated photo released by the Orange County Sheriff's Office in Orlando, Fla. on July 18, 2008, shows Caylee Marie Anthony, 2, who has been missing more than a month. Her mother, Casey Marie Anthony has been arrested for alleged child neglect and providing false information to law enforcement. (AP/Orange County Sheriff's Dept.)
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Play CBS Video Video Search On For Missing Toddler Casey Anthony, an Orlando mother, is being held by police as they search for her missing two-year-old daughter. Lara Spencer talks to Cindy and George Anthony, Casey's parents, and lawyer Jose Baez.
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Casey Anthony, 22, is charged only with child neglect and lying to investigators. Circuit Court Judge Stan Strickland set her bond at $500,000 Tuesday, saying the law did not allow him to hold her without bail.
CBS News correspondent Kelly Cobiella reports that for two and a half hours, Anthony listened, and at times cried, as witness after witness - five in all - took the stand in the bail hearing that sounded more like a murder trial.
Strickland set the unusually high bail amount after hearing about evidence of human decomposition allegedly found in Anthony's yard and car. Her daughter, Caylee Marie Anthony, has been missing since mid-June.
"Not a bit of useful information has been provided by Ms. Anthony as to the whereabouts of her daughter," Strickland said. "And I would add that the truth and Ms. Anthony are strangers."
Anthony is charged with child neglect, making false official statements and obstructing a criminal investigation. Authorities say she did not report the girl missing until last week, and only then at her own mother's insistence.
Sheriff's deputies said Anthony's car smelled of decomposition, and a cadaver-trained German shepherd noted a smell of human remains in the car and her yard. They said they found a stain, dirt and what seemed to be Caylee's hair in Anthony's trunk. A search of the yard turned up no body.
Cobiella reports that detectives say a neighbor remembered Anthony asking to borrow a shovel around the time her daughter went missing.
"The risk of her flight if she is released on some low bond increases exponentially, especially now that she's heard this additional evidence and that she is their person of interest," said assistant state attorney Linda Drane-Burdick.
Deputies emphasized they were still looking for the girl - alive - and urged anyone with information to step forward.
Defense attorney Jose Baez requested bond around $10,000. He said Anthony's family can't pay a high bond and she has the right to freedom while facing lesser charges.
"This is not a capital case, and if it were they certainly would file it, if they had evidence to," Baez said. "There is circumstantial evidence of a possible homicide, I will give them that. But circumstantial evidence has not made them confident enough to charge her with any specific homicide or kidnapping, or any capital offense."
Anthony's parents became concerned after her car was towed from a check-cashing business where it had been parked for days. She and the child lived with her parents, and she told them she worked as an event planner at an area theme park.
Investigators say Anthony was unemployed, and a purported babysitter seems to never have existed. The mother and child hadn't been home in the month before investigators were notified that Caylee was missing. Investigators believe the girl's father is dead.
Anthony's mother, Cindy Anthony, acknowledged in court that her daughter had lied before, but said she was a caring mom. The registered nurse believes the girl is alive, and Casey Anthony lied to police because she was somehow threatened. Cindy Anthony said she would even sell her house to free her daughter.
"I know Casey as a person," she said. "I know what she is for a mother and I know there's only one or two reasons why Casey would be withholding something about Caylee. I believe that it's something that someone is holding over her and threatening her in some way."
Casey Anthony's face filled with tears at the hearing, watching her parents at the witness stand and again after Strickland set bail.
"Casey, we love you!" yelled Cindy Anthony as the courtroom cleared.
Her daughter nodded and sobbed before being led away in chains.
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See all 136 CommentsIt is very tragic when something like this happens to a child, and we must protect our children and see that justice is done to those who kidnap and murder innocent children. I have to wounder though, why if CBS cares about this kids would they not cover and do an investigation of the Franklin Cover-Up that occured in Omahah Nebraska where they were operating child slavery and child *** rings where there was prominent local offcials involved and this ring even went all the way up to the white house and to other power officials. Former Neb Senator Jon De-Camp wrote a book about his investigation and the state senatorial committee investigation that was formed to investigate these matters. These child slavery rings do exist amd are ran by our own CIA and they include some very powerful people, why are we not demanding a real investigation into these facts? Where is the justice for these kids?. Our own CIA was running mind control experiments using torture and drugs under the Mk Ultra Program declassified many years ago and entered into congressional record, this program had an offshoot called the monarch program where children were tortured and exposed to satanic ritual abuse and sexual abuse because they figured out that if they tramutized a child enough that their mind would fracture into alternate personalities and then they could in effect brainwash and program these kids.
While you are lashing out with your proclaimations about the posters here, maybe you should toddle off and take a pill...something to take away that cynical and ignorant edge, some kind of dose of reality so you will understand that YOU are the arrogant big mouth, YOU think you know everything about everyone, and YOU are the stereotyping namecalling bully in here. And for SUER, kindness and tolerence are two concepts you have no clue about.
Posted by toldyouso12
OMG, speak for yourself!! Who do you think you are generalizing all women??? You are hardly the all knowing truthsayer for all women - and I can tell you that you sure as heck don''t know what I want!!!! Yo uthink that WOMEN are the only ones who expolit, take advantage, and SUCK off of their birthrights???? Your perspective is blind and very narrow.
Posted by mstamos05
It wasn''t just the pizza that sytunk, there were maggots, and the biologics from them dying, defacating...
Casey and Caylee lived with the grandmother but Casey said she wanted some time to better bond with her child and so she left for awhile with Casey. After that, the grandmother spoke to her daughter several times, and each time she asked to talk to Caylee, Caylee''s mom said she was with a babysitter and at the beach or an amusement park. That sounded reasonable to the grandmother, so she never suspected that her granddaughter was missing. It was only when she met with her daughter (I think I heard that the grandmother picked her daughter up from somewhere) that she found Caylee was not with the mother. Casey told her mother that Caylee was asleep at the babysitter''s and she did not want to wake her up. The grandmother reportedly said "I am selfish and I want to see her now". I guess it was at this time that either the daughter admitted she didn''t knpw where Caylee was, or the grandmother just got suspicious. I think that the grandmother said "If you can''t show me Caylee, then I am calling the police" and that is what she did.
My sincere prayers are the she is found Alive and healthy.
FYI--People who are really "kind and good" do not have to tout that or reiterate it on a computer or anywhere else--their actions speak for them. Usually, people who say that they are really "kind and good" or "nice" or "tolerant" or decent or whatever, usually are not--but they really, really hope you listen to their words and never get wind of their actions. Goodnight, you kind and good and tolerant and will hire anyone white woman who brought up your race and quotas and gender as cause to whine--you need some sleep--tommorrow you can start your laments anew--but here''s the deal--if you really only cared about the issue of the missing child--no one--I repeat No one, would have made you slip up and begin that long, lonely walk on the "poor me, I''m white and so mistreated by all the other races" kr@p. You needed to get that out of your system. Maybe--this is a daily thing for you, eh? LMAO. See that angry, whiney being in the mirror? That''s YOU. LOL
Posted by lovesamerica at 10:22 PM : Jul 23, 2008
Who says--all women? all whites? Stereotyping is just that--if you don''t like it when it is done to you, you might want to stop with it yourself.But we digress.
You say "Good night" "..have to go..later" YOu are done...what does that mean? Is the language the same on that very small and narrow version of America that you live on? Rotflmao. You are rather pathetic, you know--but you have an excuse---you are a woman. If you weren''t raging and whining --you''d be raging and cryin''...yeah--we KNOW. LOL
It does not matter what Miss America is or Mrs America, of Sports Illustrated is, or Ms Universe, America''s next top model... or any other "man''s stereotype" ---the fact is women still vyy to enter, expoit their own gender and sexxx for money and prizes and in the next breath want to be President and not have anyone discuss their cleavage.
Until women as a group respect themselves and stop taking advantage of handouts or opportunities that come their way due to gender or color or who they know or who they are married to or who they are born to--they have no room to talk about equality, respect, fair competition or anything else. I am a woman also--but I will be the first to say that my gender does not want equality nor do most races--what you really are whining about is that you want advantage and lament the rules that take it away from you and may allow opportunities for someone else.
There are lots of preferential treatment rules in this country--if you don''t think so--just talk to the next native American, Swedish, Dutch, French, German, Asian, Indian, Pakistani, etc person here who has to either speak and learn and conduct business in either English or Spanish--as if they, and their race and mother tongue do not matter.
I don''t have to know you. When you pointed out your race and gender and started the the poor white person lament--the same rules and info applies--what you do or do not do, does not negate the fact that some do it and one thing is for sure--very few whites are judged first based on color, before they ever open their mouth or show a degree--but we see other races coming and already have formed an opinion about them--even you. You did it when you whined about quotas, jail and uncle Sam handouts. And finally, when you say goodnight--that usually means you have stopped posting and are retiring--what does it mean in your personal lexicon?
It does not matter what you do or personally do not do--and I am 1/4 Cherokee myself. The deal is this--we stereotype and blame races and many of us regurgitate what we hear that is biased and prejudiced without ever knowing what we are saying.
The fact is not that you do or do not do something--the fact is by dint of race and or gender what you could do. Presently less than 2.9 million people of all races are on welfare in the US Even if all those who were on it are black--that leaves about 34 million who are not on it. Yet, most Republicans whine and *** about Affirmative actions and handouts and "JAIL" as a black problem. Incidentally, there are only 2.3 million people of all races in jails and prisons of any sort. Even if all those in jail were black, that would still leave at least 28 million blacks who are not on welfare or in jail--but there you go.
On the other hand, women do get abortions even if their partners disagree, women of any race do use men and their gender and desirability as stepping stones to better jobs and to net a wealthy husband or at least one with a good paying job. Women do still want to be respected while continually buying into the idea of contests that grant prizes based on their figures, beauty or wiles, when did you last see Mr. America? next post
Posted by lovesamerica at 09:19 PM : Jul 23, 2008
Obviously, you do not know the actual law of Affirmative Action. It states that for every 95 jobs filled by white males, the other 5 (or 5%) in jobs must be filled by blacks or other minorities, or women, or the handicapped or the elderly--provided that a qualified applicant is available and the firm receives at least 50% or more of its revenue from government or public sources. (like government contracts) This is because the money for the contracts is paid from taxes by all races, so all races must be allowed a chance to be represented.
The groups that has benefited most from Affirmative action are Black Americans and Females of every race--including white. The group that has benefitted the least is Native American of every race.
When you talk about a quota--as a white female--you are part of that quota and for every job a white female takes--that is a job that a white or other color male cannot get. So what is fair? Should the male dominated society only hire other males--or do you like it when you get your shot to work too? LOL
Actually, you can--and it is done all the time--you just can''t say that is what you are doing. Unless you speak English or Spanish, you can''t demand that all other cultures and races learn your language and do business in it. You can march in a NOW or other gender oriented parade. You can have lots of magazines that are directed for your gender. You can have the right to decide life or death for your child without the other contributor to that life having a say.
You can scream rape if you change your mind about having sexxx. You can smile, flirt or otherwise use wiles to get out of a ticket, gain financial wealth (by marrying it or being the lover of someone with that) You can avoid being targeted by police or hate groups based on your skin color, you can find beauty products marked by the description as "natural" and it fit you as a white person or as "sheer" and it fit only the lightest of colors--and your "dark" fit only the lightest of other races..
The thing is--you can name about 20 things that other races get that you don''t get to say or do--but the other 80% belongs to the white race. If you want to find out what it is like to truly be a minority where you are judged and treated by color first--move to South Africa--then you will get a better view of what a minority of white people can be like, when that shoe that has been kicking others for so long--is on the other foot.
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