Casey Anthony Case Study

Casey Anthony became a recognized name in 2008 when she failed to report her two year old daughter, Caylee Anthony, missing until a month after she vanished, and then continued to lie throughout the investigation. It wasn’t even Casey who reported Caylee missing. It was Caylee’s grandmother, Cindy. Casey Anthony was born March 19, 1986 in Warren, Ohio. Her parents are Cynthia (Cindy) and George Anthony and she only has one sibling, who is four years older, Lee Anthony. George Anthony used to be a detective in Ohio, who worked on several homicides. This would explain his stoic attitude during the questioning when Caylee was first reported missing.

Casey has had a lying problem since she was in high school. One example is when she was a senior,

She was arrested June 16, 2008 for “suspicion of child neglect, filing false official statements, and obstructing a criminal investigation.” (Library, 2014) After she was arrested many people called in to tell the police what a liar she is. Even her best friend, Amy Huizenga. Casey took Amy and her boyfriend to the airport to travel to Puerto Rico. Later she started forging checks from Amy’s account. It seemed that Casey lacked remorse. A young mother should be acting close to crazy trying to figure out where her daughter is, but even when Casey called from the jail, finding Caylee wasn’t her top priority. She was mostly concerned with getting her boyfriend’s phone number and got mad when Caylee was brought up. Casey Anthony’s arrest was seen as helpful because she wasn’t helping the police get

Anyone watching the case had already put a guilty stamp on the young mother, but her defense team still managed to get a not guilty from the jury. It seems the foremost reason why Casey was acquitted is because there was not enough forensic evidence. There wasn’t even a true cause of death determined. The prosecutions core angle was painting Casey as a habitual liar and unfit mother. According to Donald Jones, “Prosecutors spent half of their case depicting Anthony as a liar and a bad mother, but that didn’t prove she killed her daughter.” (Bello & Welch, 2011) This is true. Just because someone is mean does not make them a killer, so just because someone is a liar, does not mean they are a killer. Casey was lucky to have Jose Baez as her lawyer because he managed to put reasonable doubt in the juries’ minds. She is getting sued by the search parties who looked for little Caylee. They say that Casey swore Caylee was alive and wanted help finding her, but it came out the Casey knew that Caylee was dead. Also, Casey can never walk in public without meeting the face of her haters and people who may want to get revenge for the death of Caylee. Everyone should keep in mind that Casey may have been acquitted by the courts, but she will never truly be