Missing Fla. Girl's Mom Released From Jail

(AP)  The mother of a missing toddler was released from jail on $500,000 bail Thursday and returned to her parents' home, where authorities will monitor her with an electronic ankle device.

Casey Anthony, 22, said nothing as she left the Orange County jail Thursday. She faces charges of child neglect, making false statements and obstructing an investigation into the disappearance of 3-year-old Caylee, who has been missing since June.

Police say Casey Anthony lied to them and didn't report Caylee missing for more than a month. Caylee's grandmother reported her disappearance in July.

Anthony's attorney, Jose Baez, escorted her out of the jail under a black umbrella amid a throng of reporters. He got into a scuffle with a journalist, pushing him out of the way.

Baez said Anthony whispered into his ear on her way out, "I'm innocent. I'm going to walk out of this place with my head held high."

Anthony, who had been jailed since mid-July, arrived several minutes later at her parents' home. She was driven straight into a garage, which was quickly closed so camera crews and reporters waiting outside could not see her. She did not emerge from the house to comment.

Once inside, she was fitted for an electronic monitoring device that plugs into her home phone. Her attorney said the first thing she asked to do was take a shower.

"Right now the family is in there hugging and enjoying time as a family together," Baez said outside the home. "There's a lot of tears, a lot of emotion."

Anthony was also arraigned Thursday, but did not attend the hearing. A written plea of not guilty was entered, according to court documents. A pretrial hearing was set for Nov. 5 and a trial for Nov. 17.

"The most important thing is that Casey is home and her parents are very grateful," family spokesman Larry Garrison said by phone Thursday. "Now we are asking the public to please help us find Caylee. Now more than ever, we are convinced that she was kidnapped."

A group from a California bail bonds company flew to Florida on Sunday to help Clearwater-based bondsman Albert Estes post the bond. They said they believe Anthony might be more likely to talk about her daughter's disappearance if released from jail.

Anthony told investigators she left Caylee in an apartment with a nanny June 9. But investigators say the apartment had been empty for several months.

She told detectives she didn't immediately call authorities to report Caylee missing because she was conducting her own investigation, according to an affidavit.

But authorities say Anthony, a single mother, has shown no remorse or concern for Caylee under questioning. Cadaver-sniffing dogs detected a scent in her car, and hair, dirt and a strange stain were found in the trunk. Investigators are still awaiting FBI tests on that evidence.
A neighbor told detectives Anthony had asked to borrow a shovel some time in June. Her father said she had stolen two gas cans from the garage and refused to let him get something from the trunk of her car. A boyfriend said she never told him in June that Caylee was missing.

Bounty hunter Leonard Padilla was also at the home and said a member of his team is staying with the family and sleeping there while they work on the case. A $225,000 reward for Caylee's return has been posted anonymously.

"I believe she made a mistake, handed her daughter off and she is alive," said Padilla, who predicted his team would find Caylee within a week.

The Orange County Sheriff's Office said its investigation is continuing.

"The fact that Casey Anthony has bonded out of jail changes nothing in our investigation and our determination to resolve this case," the office said in a statement. "The simple fact of the matter is, people charged with crimes bond out of detention facilities every day."

[mydiatribe]

Sadly, this woman is ggoing to get way with murder.
She is obviously ''DISTURBED''.
She is obviously ''LYING''.
She is obviously ''IMPEDING JUTICE''.
Will she be made to answer?
Probably, make that likely ~ NOT.
Is she the first Mom to ever murder her kid ahd get away with it?
Likely, make that definitely ~ NOT!

[kevzgrl]

I had to laugh at this comment: "She was conducting her own investigation". Into WHAT, pray tell, the best place to hide a body? The easiest way to scam your parents and friends and lawyers and bailbondsman and the public? Every time I see a picture of this lying, pi-ss poor excuse for a mother, I want to spit on it. She must have gotten her "investigation" techniques from O.J., ''cause, remember - he still hasn''t found Nicole and Ron''s murderer either.....

[toldyouso12]

Anthony told investigators she left Caylee in an apartment with a nanny June 9. But investigators say the apartment had been empty for several months.

She told detectives she didn''t immediately call authorities to report Caylee missing because she was conducting her own investigation, according to an affidavit. "


A young single mom with a nanny? Riiiight. And she was conducting her own investigation so she did not call the police? Riiiight.

And she shows no remorse or concern in speaking about her daughter? She probably knows exactly what happened to her daughter--if she was alive, the woman would be a raving lunatic begging for help from anyone and everyone to find her baby. Something says the dirt, the gas, the car stain and the shovels was not for an investigation--and stopping her dad from going into her car was a huge clue--there is enough in circumstantial evidence to hang this heifer.

[toldyouso12]

believe she made a mistake, handed her daughter off and she is alive," said Padilla, who predicted his team would find Caylee within a week.

If "his team" can find her in a week, how come she hasn''''t been found?

Posted by nikkicatt1 at 05:44 PM : Aug 21, 2008


Handed her daughter off to whom? For what? MoneyZ? Drugs? did she sell her baby for sexxxx? Why can''t she talk? She should have not been let out of jail, no matter what. NOw we have to deal with her and her scheming lawyer''s lies and fake kidnap letters or something.

[toldyouso12]

The most important thing is that Casey is home and her parents are very grateful," family spokesman Larry Garrison said by phone Thursday. "Now we are asking the public to please help us find Caylee. Now more than ever, we are convinced that she was kidnapped."


WRONG. The most important thing is the baby is missing. The second most important thing is the explanation the mom gives for not reporting her child missing for over a month.

The third thing is--whereever the baby is--mom has dibs on knowing the real story--because she was with her and kept mum about it for months.

[fgoodroe]

All this mess started when the government took away parents rights to discipline their children and who knew 30 years later, no one takes responsibility for this, kids have no family values or morals anymore. We read the story and pass it along, no one knows how to be responsible, I can remember in high school 1976, one girl was "sent to live with her uncle on a farm" When she came back the next year for school, she was a young girl who you knew had a horrible hole in her heart. Today its who is pregnant now? They do not comprehend the ramifications at such an early age, so values of responsibilites are gone. Not ALL teenagers are like this but a good majority are. Sad

[xxjulixx-2009]

I dident leave the following comment I dont understand whay it is saying I did.
"Give her to me, I can make her talk. Nothing a good waterboarding in a toilet full of pooh won''''t take care of.
I dont know what "waterboarding" is
I just feel so sad and mad when I look at this little angle. To think that all they seem to care about is that sick mother. Shame on you Casey, SHAME

[xxjulixx-2009]

I dident leave the following comment I dont understand whay it is saying I did.
"Give her to me, I can make her talk. Nothing a good waterboarding in a toilet full of pooh won''''t take care of.
I dont know what "waterboarding" is
I just feel so sad and mad when I look at this little angle. To think that all they seem to care about is that sick mother. Shame on you Casey, SHAME

[xxjulixx-2009]

I dident leave the following comment I dont understand whay it is saying I did.
"Give her to me, I can make her talk. Nothing a good waterboarding in a toilet full of pooh won''''t take care of.
I dont know what "waterboarding" is
I just feel so sad and mad when I look at this little angle. To think that all they seem to care about is that sick mother. Shame on you Casey, SHAME

[nikkicatt1]

"I believe she made a mistake, handed her daughter off and she is alive," said Padilla, who predicted his team would find Caylee within a week.

If "his team" can find her in a week, how come she hasn''t been found?