Caylee Anthony’s autopsy report was released today after Judge Strickland denied the Anthony Grandparent’s request to keep it sealed until the trial. Casey Anthony was not required to be in court today and so she wasn’t. I wonder if seeing her father distraught while pleading with the judge would have made any type of impact on Casey Anthony?
The hearing itself was sad. As any of you who read this blog on a normal basis know, I am not a great supporter of any of the Anthony Family, but I am not without feeling either. It was really sad to see George Anthony begging with the judge to not allow the release of the Autopsy report. Some will say he was acting, some will say he is as crazy as his daughter. But what I saw was a man who is broken and has been broken many times in this unimaginable saga.
He sat with a framed picture of Caylee and was genuine. I do not doubt that he misses that little girl, I do not doubt that he is walking a very thing line between mourning and going over the edge. Mos of all I have absolutely no doubt that he wishes things could have been different, that he or Cindy would have interjected much earlier and saved this little one.
In the end Strickland did what he was supposed to do and released the report. When combined with the forensics report that was also released, it is a very long read but it was done methodically and with purpose.
While I was reading I couldn’t help but think that Caylee was not at peace even after her death. Some of the report brought tears to my eyes. While all along I had known about the duct tape across the skull, what I hadn’t known is that it was not one piece of duct tape, it was layers and layers. A psychologist has explained this as an act that is done in rage to quiet one or stop any air intake.
While I knew that the possibility of the bones being scattered by animals was the most likely, what I hadn’t been ready to think of was how each bone was labeled as to its position, location and the cause of where it was found and when.
I knew that there was alot of growth from trees and vegetation and yet it never occured that this growth didn’t happen around her but also through her little skeleton.
The missing pieces to alot of this story were summed up in the report. The question of when is pretty much answered. She was either not in a state of decomposition or in a very new state of decomposition when Casey dumped her there. (Yes dumped, not laid her, not buried her, dumped her) When compared to the forensic analysis of the level of decomposition in the car, it is their findings that when examined against the heat Caylee was in the car for less than 7 days when she began to decompose, and most likely with the Florida heat she could have started decomposing in just two days.
The decomposition was tested against that of a squirrel and yes a pizza. In the end there was nothing proven but that it was human decomposition… Not cleaning products, not an animal and certainly not pizza.
Is this the “junk science” that Baez referred to? Because if I were him I would have something way better up my sleeve.
I cannot tell you if the report included pictures at all because I would never be able to look at them anyway. Reading the account of what that little girl went through after her death was almost too much. She wasn’t at peace in those woods and I am not sure she is at peace now.
Casey Anthony deserves nothing less than a slow death and I would prefer it was in the trunk of a car with her mouth and nose duct taped shut and the temperatures unbareable. This is not an accident, this is not something that a mother does to her child, this isn’t anything more than a monster plain and simple.
A defense attorney said on tv tonight that the one thing the defense has going for them is that the toxicology reports came back with no traces of any type of drugs at all( it was said that it could not be determined if drugs were ever present ) so this shows that Casey only did this act to Caylee once and so therefore they will try to show that she doesn’t deserve death. ONLY DID THIS ONCE? SO AS A MOTHER YOU ARE ALLOWED ONLY ONCE TO DUCT TAPE YOUR CHILDS MOUTH AND NOSE, DEPRIVE THEM OF OXYGEN IN A CAR THAT MOST LIKELY WAS OVER 110DEGREES AND THEN DUMP THEIR LITTLE BODIES IN THE WOODS FOR THE ANIMALS TO TEAR APART AND HOPE THAT THEY LEAVE NO EVIDENCE TO POINT BACK AT YOU????? How could this act be done more than once?
No Casey Anthony does deserve the death penalty, and if we had an eye for an eye I would be one who would not shed a tear for her when she had to endure what Caylee did. She is the epitome of evil and I can’t help but wonder if George and Cindy have even put together the thought that they were probably next?
Caylee will get her peace but not soon enough.
I felt for the grand-parents until they started to lie. Then they was no longer the grand-parents they became Casey’s parents. I can’t imagine putting any kind of tape on my children and to say the defense has this going for them, I never want to see a child hurt but I would rather see a child that has had their arm broken a couple of times rather then a child thrown in the wood like garbage. I do not condone child abuse I am only saying at least that child would still have a life!
Good Morning Laura:
I am at a loss when I try to think of how the defense has the tape going for them. 1. It was done while the child was alive 2. It was without question human decomposition in CASEYS trunk. 3. The autopsy proved that she had been there the entire time and 4. All of the evidence that came from the home itself.
Unless of course they are going to try and pin it on someone else in the house.
The most damming evidence is that the first time they said they said to casey that they found her body, casey looked at the tv saw were they were looking in the wrong place and went back in her cell with no emotion. when in december she saw on tv where they found little caylee’s bones and she freaked our and needed medication was so incriminating to me. She knew the first time they were looking in the wrong place and had no emotion. When she saw they found the body where she put it, only then did she loose her cool. That along with all the other ecidivnce is clear she is the one who killed that beautiful perfectly helathy baby girl. I have a special needs child and I can’t imagine how she could do this. Her baby was probably saying Mommy don’t. My Child can not speak, she has no idea how lucky she was to have that angel that was healthy and loved her so much.
Hi Jamie: Absolutely! The judge himself knows that or the tape wouldn’t have been sealed. I do think it is funny that the thought is that by seeing the tape a potential juror could be “hardened” as to Casey’s guilt. I say find me someone who isn’t already there and more importantly, find me twelve of those people.
Even if Caley’s death were an accident; putting tape over her mouth and nose can not be in any shape or form considerd an accident. That is intent obvisouly she was not even feeling bad for her actions. My husband & I are currantly raising our granddaughter 20 months because our daughter didn’t wnt her child. The supposed father is in prison. We are hoping to be able to keep our granddaughter safe from the drugs and abuse that would be a possability by her parents. I don’t understand if Cayle’s grandparents were aware that Casie didn’t want her child why they didn’t step in?
Lisa: At first when I heard of the tape, I thought that it was put there to make it look like a kidnapping, although I thought it was quite the generic scenario. But after reading the report and seeing that it was mulitple layers along with the psychological input of this being an act of rage it sure seems more fitting of Casey and what we have seen of her behavior.
I too have a friend and her and her husband are raising their 2 year old grandson. The mother has chosen to become a heroin addict and is in recovery every other week. She has stolen from them, not taken care of that baby, and manipulated anyone and everyone she can. Her recovery period is really just until her next paycheck. She plays on peoples emotions and only that I had experience with an aunt who chose drugs over her child, who was raised as my sister thank God, was I able to see how she is incapable of even really loving that child. Thank God for you and that you stepped in. George and Cindy should have stepped in instead of threatening it constantly. All Casey got from the threats was enraged and more selfish. If they didn’t think she should have her, then no one would.
I think the sadist part of all of this is, if the person responsible for Caylee’s death would take responsibility and step forward and tell the truth the whole circus would end.
I believe if there was a proper lawyer as the head of the defense he or she would convince Casey to tell all and take whatever punishment is handed out.
That is how I see Caylee getting justice.
Did you notice that George was holding Caylee’s photo so that if he looked down at it it would have been sideways to him? He was holding it that way so it would be straight for the camera. Check it out if you ever see it again. Shame!
So that whole pathetic plea to the judge was no doubt scripted by Cindy (including the positioning of the photo). I think if they are commited to keeping this show on the road they are going to have to hire better writers and put more time into rehearsal. Yesterday’s performance was weak in my opinion.
It’s Father’s Day today. The anniversary of my dad’s death, unfortunately. He was killed in a plane crash when I was a child. The fall was about 3,000 feet, so you can only imagine what was found on the ground.
My mother identified the body…and to avoid our questions, told us that someone else did this horrific job, that she’d last seen him as he left the house that Father’s Day morning.
She did not want any of us to ever be able to access the coroner’s report. She didn’t want us to read a description of what our dad looked like and didn’t want the records available.
But they were. And when our mom passed away, we finally accessed them.
It was beyond what I was capable of imagining. And at first, I wished that these records were NOT available, that I never could have seen them.
But it was my choice, and I am glad I had to right to see these public records.
And after seeing that it was indeed my mom who had to endure identifying dad’s body and go home to a houseful of little children and act like nothing had happened, to live out her life with that horrific image in her head and make our lives wonderful in spite of that…it made me respect her more than I ever imagined possible.
I wish I’d seen this report while she was alive.
There is a need for these records to be public, and if the Anthony’s don’t wish to know the contents, they can turn off the television and stop reading the papers.
This Father’s Day, I feel for George, his only grandchild taken from him in an unimaginagle fashion. I understand his tears.
However, releasing these records can’t possibly make life any harder for them.
Their daughter is the person who has made their life a living hell.
And on Father’s Day, that must be a horrible thing for George.
Sophie, you reminded me of something I never put into my review of the last year blog.
I went looking for Caylee. I went directly to Suburban Dr as I has a hunch she was there. I could not get to where she was found because of water and it being so overgrown on Sept 6th but I was within maybe 100 to 150 feet, scary.
After the remains were found and hearing about the description of what was seen when they were found, I am so thankful I did not stumble upon that bag. I would not want that image in my head for the rest of my life. You and your mother (RIP) must be strong people.
Oops….Father’s Day is tomorrow! Sorry ’bout that. Today just felt like a Sunday to me, I suppose.
Good Morning All! Happy Fathers Day to all of you Dads!
Sophie: I am sorry for your loss and for the unfortunate way your father had to die. I cannot imagine the strength your mother had to have to keep it all together after losing a husband in such a horrible tragedy and raising small children. She must have been quite a woman.
Bees: Good point about the pic. I don’t know if it was intentional or not but you always give me food for thought:)
John: I too could not imagine being the one to find her. I don’t think seeing anything like that is something that I could handle.