“I don’t know where she is, and thats the God honest truth.” - Casey Anthony. These are just some of the words Casey lied about to judge Belvin Perry face in the 2008 case. In July of 2008, Caylee Anthony was murdered by her mother. Casey was wrongly acquitted of her charges of First degree murder, Aggregative child abuse, and aggregative man slaughter. In the 2008 controversial court case of Casey Anthony, the innocent verdict incorrectly acquitted her because of false information, location of remains, and hurtful intentions. Casey’s first lie involved her saying she has talked to Caylee. She was already dead. “Casey Anthony told police that she spoke to her daughter Caylee on July 15, 2008, the day Caylee was reported missing. She told …show more content…
A small childs skull was found not to far from Casey’s house. ”The water meter reader reportedly picked up the bag and a small skull rolled out that sources say strongly resembled that of a little girl.” (Donaldson-Evans). A small young girls skull rolled out, and witnesses said it definitely looked like a little girl. They were devastated, and yet Casey new where she was at all along. In addition to that, Jim Solomon’s, A spokes person said that a utility person found the body at 9:32 AM in a forest-y area less than 1/2 a mile away from Casey’s household. Sheriff's Office spokesman Jim Solomons said that a utility worker found the body at 9:32 a.m. EST Thursday in a wooded area less than half of a mile from the house Caylee lived in with her grandparents and mother. This meaning, Casey could have easily hid the body after the murder. Lastly, Investigators found duct tape, and suspected Casey killed Caylee by taping over her mouth and nose. Casey is then charged with first degree murder, but was acquitted of them. With this, it adds another factor to how Casey killed her daughter.(“Caylee Anthony’s remains found steps from road, investigators testify”) This obviously, wasn't an accident. Its no coincidence that Caylee’s body was found behind their
When the police were called to Andrea Yates suburban Hudson Texas home in June 20th 2001 they were not prepared for what they were about to see. The police were shocked to see Andreas five children dead while Andrea acted completely calm and admitted to drowning them one by one in the family bath tub. Andrea had previous mental health issues which she had been hospitalized including suicide attempts. She had been suffering with very sever postpartum depression and post part partum psychosis, two illnesses that would make Andrea very dangerous to herself and those around her, especially her children. Andrea went to trial against the Harris County Texas District Attorney who were convicting her of capital murder and asking for the death penalty,
Also, Grand Jury indicted Casey for aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter, and four counts of providing false information. Since she was found guilty, she now faces the death penalty. Casey appeared before a judge and was also charged with a capital crime then places in protective custody at the Orange County Jail. When Anthony’s bond was denied, she then hired Defense Attorney, Jose Baez. There were four hundred parts of evidence.
A second crime scene was Casey Anthony’s car. The theory that investigators had was that Casey Anthony stored her daughter in the trunk of her car after subduing her with chloroform. It was not determined how long Caylee was stored in the trunk. It was known that Cynthia Anthony originally stated during one of the multiple 9-1-1 calls she made, “I found my daughter’s car today and it smelled like there’s been a dead body in the damn car.” (5).
Caylee Anthony was reported missing July 15th, 2008. She had been last seen June 16th, 2008. The mother of Caylee Anthony is Casey Anthony. The day Caylee Anthony went missing, Casey claims to have gotten off of work to go pick 2 year old Caylee Anthony up from her nanny’s house. But when she got there none was home.
Casey Anthony and the Missing Girl Caylee. Casey Anthony killed her daughter Caylee, she later then used multiple lies to cover it up. December 11th 2008, a body was found little under half a mile away from the Anthony residence. Later found out the body was confirmed to be Caylee. Several months before this, Casey anthony did not report Caylee Anthony until 31 days after she was actually missing.
The Casey Anthony case is the trial of Casey Anthony for the death and murder of Caylee Anthony. The two parties in this case are Casey Anthony against the state of Florida. The trial is a criminal case because it is involving a murder of a child. The trial was originally heard in state court. Although Casey Anthony plead not guilty on the first degree murder charge, aggravated child abuse, and aggravated manslaughter of a child, she was convicted of the misdemeanor which was giving false information to the police and authorities and was given 4 consecutive years of jail time (one year per count) and was fined 1,000$ for each of her four counts (4,000$ in total).
USA TODAY published an article “Casey Anthony breaks her silence: I sleep pretty good at night.” Anthony did an interview with Associated Press speaking about the case and her daughter’s death for the first time. The Associated Press said that the interview with Anthony was “revealing, bizarre and often contradictory, and ultimately raised more question than answers about the case.” In the interview with Associated Press, Anthony admitted to lying to the police about a number of things such as her employment, leaving her child with a babysitter, and receiving a call from Caylee before she went missing. During the trial, the defense stated that Caylee had drown in the pool and then Casey Anthony’s father tried to cover up the accident.
On July 5th, 2011 Casey Anthony was found not guilty for murdering her two year old daughter Caylee Anthony in Orlando Florida. Caylee was found in a trash bag, with duct tape wrapped around her head to cut off air supply. There are many key pieces of evidence in the case that points toward Casey being guilty of the crime. I truly believe Casey killed Caylee, here are a few reasons why.
The murder of Caylee Anthony caught the world’s attention as soon as the story hit the news. Today, six years later, the mystery still bewilders the world. Looking behind the most controversial questions and digging deeper into them reveals just how blind the world was to what actually happened to two year old Caylee. The story behind what happened says Caylee’s mom was an avid partier and considered her daughter to be a nuisance and distraction from her desired lifestyle. That led her to murdering her two year old so she could live the life she wanted to live, free from the responsibility of a child.
Andrea Yates conviction was a unjust trial at first and later on the conviction changed to a just one. She was convicted for the murders of her children (Chan). She suffered from depression and had tried to commit suicide (Chan). Yates was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison (Chan). This convictions was later over turned and she wasn’t found guilty anymore because, of insanity (Chan).
In the Casey Anthony trial, a controversial piece of evidence had been brought up about whether or not the “smell of death” from the trunk of Casey’s car can be linked to and used as evidence in the death of her daughter, Caylee Anthony. The smell that was in the trunk of Casey’s car could have been used as evidence in the trial. Why? Because it would have proven that, her daughter Caylee decomposed body was in the trunk of the car.
After a 10 and a half hour meeting, they absolved her on the charge of murder and only found Casey Anthony guilty of perjury. The verdict exasperated American society. America felt pity towards Casey and had no sympathy for her mother. Everyone who listened to the case all over the world was shocked by this verdict of the jury, all of the evidence, the surrounding the murder of the child was indicated only one person, the girl's mother, Casey therefore, this evidence was just enough for the jury to plead a guilty verdict. After this case, many americans believed that the justice system in America failed completely and In this case it was almost impossible to bring forward charges under articles regarding the death penalties It wasn’t optional to produce the first degree murder.
The prosecution did not prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt; thus, justice was not served for the real victim, Caylee. Although Casey Anthony won in a court of law, she lost in the court of public opinion; thus, being punished by society just as OJ was. References Anthony v State of Florida Case No. 5D11-237 (FL Dist. 5 Ct.
Casey Anthony Trial Casey Anthony, who is now Twenty-Eight years old, was accused of murdering her two year old daughter, Caylee Anthony around June 2008. In 2011 the mother was acquitted of the charges of murdering her daughter. While researching for information on the case, I found that the young child had been missing for nearly a month before the mother had mentioned anything about her daughter missing. Casey’s mother, Cindy Anthony, called into the police the disappearance of her granddaughter, after Casey had made up several lies about where Caylee could possibly be. In this paper it will discuss the trial thoroughly from the lies, the evidence, and the verdict with more information from the trial.
On May 25, 2010 Casey Anthony 's lawyer states to the court and jury that Caylee was unintentionally drowned in the swimming pool of their home , and that Casey and her father had cover it up. The prosecution presented that Casey Anthony did research on chloroform at her home computer but her mother Cindy Anthony 's asserted that it was her that made the searches that implicated her daughter but the records showed that Cindy Anthony was at work when these searches were done. On July 5, the jury found Casey not guilty of first degree murder but she was found guilty on four misdemeanors because she provided false material to a law enforcement officers.