Casey Anthony Trial Update: Witness contradicts Cindy Anthony's "chlorophyll" search claim
(CBS/WKMG/AP) ORLANDO, Fla. - After a brief recess Friday afternoon, the prosecution continued to call rebuttal witnesses in the trial of Casey Anthony in the 2008 death of her daughter, Caylee.
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Orange County Sheriff's Office computer forensics examiner Kevin Stenger was called to testify about a search he was asked to do by the prosecution in response to previous testimony by Cindy Anthony.
Sgt. Stenger testified that there was no search for "chlorophyll" on the days that searches for "chloroform" were made, according to the deleted Internet history files he was given to examine.
He also testified that he got no "hits" for the word "sanitizer" and confirmed that there was a specific Google search for "neck breaking."
Cindy Anthony said her search for chloroform stemmed from a search for "chlorophyll" in regards to her dogs eating plants in the back yard.
She also testified that she had searched for the ingredients of hand sanitizer because she had heard of some children getting sick from eating it and that a friend had recently been in a car accident and she had run a search for typical injuries from a car accident.
Cindy Anthony said the record of neck breaking could have come up due to a pop-up ad of a skateboarding video she remembers seeing.
The state then called OCSO computer forensics expert Sandra Osborne. She said she only found one reference to chlorophyll, and it was in a dictionary file, CBS affiliate WKMG reported.
Lead detective Yuri Melich was then called.
He was presented with the home phone records for the Anthony family that he previously testified to as well as Cindy and George Anthony's cellphone records from June and July 2008.
In cross-examination, Baez asked Melich if he pulled records for George Anthony's work cellphone. Melich said he did not know at the time that he had a work cellphone.
Following Melich's testimony, the state concluded its rebuttal case, and court adjourned for the day.
Court spokeswoman Karen Levey announced that closing arguments will be on Sunday.
Levey made the announcement Friday afternoon. Both sets of attorneys asked for a day off to prepare closing arguments. The closing arguments will begin at 8:30 a.m. Sunday.
Closing arguments are expected to last all day. Deliberations could begin Sunday evening.
The Casey Anthony case was recently reported on by "48 Hours Mystery."