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The Untold Story of Caylee Anthony

October 17, 2009 7:45 PM

In Full: "48 Hours" teams up with CBS News' "The Early Show" anchor Maggie Rodriguez for an exclusive interview with three members of Casey Anthony's defense team and an in-depth look at a case that has become a national obsession.

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by gojobuddy December 7, 2009 9:54 PM EST
Susan Smith did not kill her little boys b/c she was mentally unstable and had been molested. She murdered her sons b/c this well to do guy she had been dating told her he wasn't ready to have an instant family and become a stepfather.Then broke it off with her in a letter. She could have given those boys to their father but decided to end their lives instead. She was Ruthless. The only reason she didn't get the death penalty is b/c she pleaded guilty.
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by gojobuddy December 6, 2009 9:52 PM EST
Susan Smith did not kill her little boys b/c she was mentally unstable and had been molested. She murdered her sons b/c this well to do guy she had been dating told her he wasn't ready to have an instant family and become a stepfather.Then broke it off with her in a letter. She could have given those boys to their father but decided to end their lives instead. She was Ruthless. The only reason she didn't get the death penalty is b/c she pleaded guilty.
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by jcr103 December 6, 2009 4:32 AM EST
Innocent until proven guilty, remember?
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by KIM9438 December 3, 2009 7:40 PM EST
You are right JoGirl.....everyone one who has worked toward solving this case has done a horible job.....The only ones who can not be accused of a horrible job is the media and the Judge.......SPINDY AND JOJO AND LEE couldnt tell the truth if their lives depended onn it....much less their daughter....Brad CONMAN keeps changing his story about Casey's innocence and BOZO THE CLOWN is so smitten with Casey he couldnt tell a truth from a lie if it slapped him in the face!......Its a very sad story about a very beautiful child who had a very selfish mother.....What sickens me is how they continued to EXPLOIT their grand-daughter.....Its sad enough she died at the hands of her own mother but to sell pictures and distribute bracelets and give bears away is beyond my comprehension.....I would think that they would want to keep something as heinous as the murder of their grand daughter by their own daughter as much away from the media as possible...threats name calling and almost acting in a violent sense is not the way I would want my family to be seen or remembered if I were to have to enter a court of law.

These are my true feelings on this case:


OMG all these people lie.........INCLUDING BRAD CONWAY....what kind of lawyer is he anyway.......Lets get this show on the road.....Casey Killed Caylee and SPINDY is covering it up...there is no nanny ..or they cant find anyone who wants to own up to being the nanny.....Casey is a Liar and a Thief and a MURDERER...SPINDY obstructed justice.....JOJO is a low life dead beat dad.....all the lawyers in this case are BOGUS....they are all broke living off the money made by exploiting poor little Caylee's demise...AND the whole world knows everything there is to know about the Anthony's.......LIKE IF WE CARE ABOUT THEM.......OMG LETS FRY THE MOTHER,INCARCERATE THE GRANNY......forget about JOJO and LEE and move forward.....This poor baby needs to be put to rest...hasnt she been through enough?......If we put the whole lot of them on trial maybe we can elimate the whole family then maybe things could get back to normal.....WHERES MALLORY's interview....or did Mallory THROW THE WHOLE DEFENSE UNDER THE BUS...OMG I hope she did......I wonder what JOJO's ex-wife has to say about him....I'm sure he isnt the saint or the submissive little hubby we have all viewed thru the media...surely to God anyone who pushes their own father through a window isnt as calm cool and collected as JOJO appears...I wonder if they make rugs big enough to sweep all this dirt under?...OH YES and BOZO the clown sure did say if Caylee was found not to contact the police.....he needed time to create a story (LIE) for the police to believe...They all deserve one another they are all the same type people they thrive on SHOWBOATING THIS DECEASED SWEET ANGELS demise thru the media only taking the attention away from CAYLEE and putting the spotlight on CASEY and the Anthony family...WHICH IS SO SICK! Do they have a desolate island somewhere that could have a sign posted population 6 (we must include Mallory) the Anthony's,The CONMAN AND BOZO the Clown? :P
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by JoGirI December 1, 2009 10:39 AM EST
The interviewer did a terrible job of getting answers from the defense team. They have no answers about the pack of lies that Casey told.
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by jessyaby November 28, 2009 1:14 PM EST
This is a sickening story...Caley`s mother was obviously guilty and the grandmother is making a scene,what a weird family..any dumb person could tell by the tone of one`s voice if he/she was lying.i can hear the lies of Caley`s mother talking at the phone with her parents..i think she can go to any court of justice in any country and this woman is guilty without doubt,i pity zenaida gonzales,too,she was drag into a crime that at first was all lies..RIP little girl and whoever did the horrible thing to you may had a justice in front of our Higher judge...this is so unbelievable!!
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by Cantabridgian November 24, 2009 4:21 PM EST
One other thought. I see that the grandparents took a cruise less than a year after their grand-daughter totally decomposed body was found. These are not normal circumstances and I don't know about anyone else on this board, but I would be a wreck. My hair certainly wouldn't look like grandma's, my clothing wouldnt be new, and I'd certainly not be talking or appearing in front of reporters with a baseball bat! If they'd stayed in the house while the crowds were outside, they'd have been okay. And I certainly wouldn't have believed the unbelieveable lies my daughter was telling me about my grand- daughter! After the body was found, I'd be laying low especially given the forensic findings and autopsy report! How low can you go!

C
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by Cantabridgian November 24, 2009 4:11 PM EST
Fanning's book 'Mommy's Little Girl' is a detailed account of the lies Casey continually told the police during those 'first' hours that Caylee was reported missing BY HER GRANDMOTHER! According to police records, it was grandma who frantically and willingly turned in her own daughter to get the answers she wasn't getting from Casey. The police booked her because of stolen checks and I believe lying. They did not immediately book her for her daughter's disappearance. The judge held her on such high bond because he couldn't believe that a woman who's child was missing would take police on a wild goose chase, LYING to them regarding her work status, etc., etc.

After reading this book, I'm wondering whether Casey was planning to return to mom and dad's house to get rid of them, too.

Also, details of the autopsy report show that the child's mouth AND nose were duct taped. I'm wondering if chloroform (sp) knocked her out because if it didn't, that poor child could have awakened and suffocated!

All evidence points to CASEY. No one did this to her but herself. In the taped interviews from jail, she's interested in herself.

P.S. The WORLD doesn't know about this case. I live in the Ft. Myers area and didn't really follow it until I saw the book and read the shocking details of both Mom and Grandparents actions! There is no jury that is going to find this woman innocent given the FACTS provided. For some reason, she killed her daughter. Hold the trial in Orlando and have a jury of her peers convict her BASED ON FACTS!

Perhaps it was post partum depression, perhaps it was living with her mother who seemed pushy and out of control (obviously with the police and the press) but whatever, you don't just 'lose' your daughter! And if you do, you report her missing IMMEDIATELY!

Caylee was an object to Casey. Once she was done with her, once she started to really intrude on her life, she decided to just 'abort'...Life doesn't matter to someone like Casey.

And isn't it strange that she never has revealed the father of this child!

C
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by KIM9438 November 21, 2009 11:43 AM EST
Yep change of venue might work for the prosecution... maybe even get them the conviction they are looking for.....but I think it only fitting since this trial will be about the death of Caylee Anthony that the family members who take the stand be held out in the hallway or in seperate quarters, so as to not let SPINDY and JOJO as well as other family members and friends to have any eye contact with Casey. It might also be in favor of the prosecution to use the taped depositions that were given by family members as well as the 911 call in order to show that they are all deceptive in their depositions....The fact that they would have eye contact would give Casey hope that they could actually pull off a NOT GUILTY verdict. This case even today as I write this is taking on a new shape and form.... everday there is something new ....The statement Spindy made when she walked into the garage and said George what died?...OH YEAH ITS THE PIZZA is still bothering me....HOW DID SPINDY KNOW THERE WAS PIZZA IN THE TRUNK?....because there was no pizza ..just an empty box....and the fact that on the 911 call Spindy claimed the car spelled like a DEAD BODY....but then claims she didnt say that..this case is so bizzarre...I just got the book.....Im going to read it....should be fast read for all the things that are posted online....and as they cannot be changed....I want to see how closely Ms. Fanning really did or did not follow.....and if at all possible there might be additional clues. I am waiting to see how badly Mallory has been coached....Lose Lips Sink Ships..So I wonder about Mallory...So I'm off to read more lies.......
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by snoopy1950 November 21, 2009 12:32 AM EST
What a sick, twisted family. The excerpts from Diane Fanning's book concur with my theory when this case hit the news and the media showed the behavior of Cindy and George. A seemingly normal family with a deceptive, manipulative daughter and a missing-then-found-dead granddaughter. One minute Cindy is berating her daughter all the while enabling her behavior; next she defends her like a vicious mother tiger in the face of blatant lies and the smell of death. Deep down, George knows his daughter is a liar, yet passively accepts this charade thereby enabling both his wife and daughter. They all play the roles they honed oh so well over the past 20+ years. How on earth can any parents expect to raise a noraml child when they don't teach them the consequences of their actions? Casey Anthony strikes me as an articulate, intelligent, albeit soulless, woman who might have made something of herself had she not been raised in this way. This, folks, is just one textbook way to raise a killer in a seemingly normal family. The only one I feel some shred of sympathy for is George. He's expressed great sorrow at losing his granddaughter and having a daughter in jail. He apparently stays with Cindy because she is all he has left.
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