Todays Atrocities

Caylee Anthony - Mom's Bond Posted

So, it looks like the Florida bond agents who were complaining about the way the Padillas were going to post the $500k bond (through a Tampa bondsman with the Padilla's Texas based insurer) have been surmounted.  Bail was posted for Casey Anthony late this afternoon, however she won't be going home tonight.  At the Padillas' request, she's also to be fitted with a GPS ankle bracelet, and she has court tomorrow morning. If she gets out, it's supposed to be between 1pm and 3pm per the jail's rules but FoxNews is reporting it may be as soon as noon.  She also has to have her psych eval cleared before she can leave. Leonard Padilla has changed his tune:  apparently, Cindy Anthony is going to get the truth out of Casey about what has *really* happened to Caylee.  Jose Baez has told reporters that if the bounty hunters think Casey is going to talk to them, they're "living in a fantasy world."  Little late for that - Leonard Padilla let enough slip last night that we have a pretty good idea what new and exciting things Casey will tell her mother are going to be.

Law enforcement hasn't said a word, allowing the Padilla drama to play out - it's probably afforded them a welcome reprieve from the media, but one can soon image they will be in the "hot seat" to reveal if they have anything to charge Casey with.  You never know, maybe they do...and wouldn't it be something if they charge her the next day with more.  What would the Padillas do then?

Updated:

Check the comments for a link to MSN that appears to be a "must read" for anyone who has followed this case since the beginning.

Caylee Anthony - New Spin Starts

Have to give commentor Pat credit - he predicted the spin. My collaborator here at MissingAbducted is another genius, and spiffy props to him for his deductive reasoning. It's really freakin' scary how you both predicted this.

Bounty Hunter Leonard Padilla has been on every show he can be on all night including Greta.  In each of these shows, what could be the "new" defense story had started to blossom via Leonard's casual remarks.  The following assumes you know several things about this case thus far before reading further:

1. Who Casey called that wasn't a family member on June 16th (3 friends)
2. Where some of those people may have been or are at the present time (Georgia and Puerto Rico)
3. Which of these people are or were former law enforcement

In nearly every interview Leonard Padilla gave this evening, those pieces of information relate directly to the statements he made about what he believed may have happened and why he thinks Caylee is alive. As Casey's attorney Jose Baez said last night on Greta, the explanation of why Casey did not report Caylee missing for 31 days "would be covered in his opening statement" -- we think Leonard gave mondo hints about what that statement might contain tonight. For example:

• Leonard said that he believed Casey gave her to a "friend" (who isn't the Gonzalez chick Casey named long ago) for a couple of days who didn't bring her back
• He alluded to "Georgia" and "Puerto Rico" as where folks could be who have or have had Caylee
• Jose's co-council Mike Walsh said in an MSNBC interview a couple weeks ago that one of Casey's closest friends "had mental issues"
• Casey doesn't trust law enforcement

The allusion here is that one of the 3 friends would still have Caylee. (In weaving this tale, all defense parties involved would have to completely discount the car and it's contents - which we believe they have done for a while). In a murder or manslaughter defense to cast reasonable doubt, those friends would need to have an alibi for some period of time on June 16th when Caylee went missing. God forbid any of those people babysat Caylee on that day, or even just saw Casey and Caylee together that afternoon of June 16.  Start thinking about it, folks.  We can see this one coming, and why shouldn't we?  Casey's been in jail for a month and had lots of time to create a new drama. This time though, it's going to affect people around her who DO know her.

About the bond thing...the snag may be the FL bond agents who are complaining want Padilla to follow the rules they have to follow in posting bond (especially from one out of state), and not get an "exception" made for the way *he* wants to do things. The Padillas have to work with a local FL licensed bondsman, the name of whom is in the WFTV report linked in prior post. It's the Florida Department of Insurers that has to clear Padillas' company to do interstate business, because from what he can infer from Padilla, some other bond agents are complaining. He calls this competition, but we think it's more like "follow our FL rules, Amcehead Bounty Hunter." Thus, we have what we think is the following going on when the Padillas are referring to "red tape":

1) Tony Padilla's company is registered California bond company with Texas based bond insurer
2) Leonard has 50K, wants to give it to his nephew Tony Padilla thru the California company to have the Texas insurer secure the bond
3) Tony has to have a licensed Florida bondsman to post the bond - he's not registered to do so in Florida
4) The Florida bondsman, in effect, is the one posting the bond for with Tony's company with the Texas insurer
5) The Florida bondsman's own insurer is now involved in the mix here and that wasn't planned for
6) We think the Florida bondsman's insurer wants to be assured that their client (the Florida bondsman) won't be held responsible for the bond -- and that assurance may also be the reasoning behind the Padillas allegedly petitioning the judge for GPS ankle bracelet rather than an electronic proximity monitor for Casey
7) Other Florida bond agents are crying foul with either the way the bond is being insured, or the fact that an out of state bonsdman is collecting the $50K

None of this debacle has anything to do with whether anyone wants Casey to have bond or not: it's more about following the "rules" and not making "exceptions", which may be why Leonard mentioned the FL Department of Insurers has to make a decision.

The thing we find compelling is Leonard also said on Nancy Grace that interstate commerce for the Texas insurer to secure the bond is being interfered with. WE think what's being interpreted  by other bond agents in Florida controversially is who gets the $50 K downpayment towards the bond.   It appears that the correct procedural way in Florida this is to be done is by giving the Florida bondsman additional $50K  (for his insurer, who has some rights here because the Florida bondsman is the one who will be filing the bond), which makes Leonard put out $50K ($100k total) to 2 companies, rather than just $50K.

It really is all about who is bonding and who is insuring and who is permitted to do so and what way under FL statutes.  And yeah, about money too.

Caylee Anthony - Issues in Bondland?

WFTV.com is reporting that perhaps all is not well with the Padilla arrangement for Casey Anthony's bail. According to WFTV, Al Estes is the Tampa bondsman that the Padillas are working with, and the most recent issues that seem to be impeding their ability to bond Casey out are:

• Al Estes' insurance company
• The Padillas seem to be trying to get a judge to ok a GPS ankle bracelet rather than electronic proximity monitor to protect more against financial risk. (It would seem somebody's insurance company is concerned, yes?)

Orange County says that the soonest she could be bonded out now is Wednesday.  That is, if Al Estes doesn't back out of the deal.  (Yes, that's in the article too.)

UPDATED 7:16pm:

FoxNews happened to catch film about 90 minutes ago of Yuri (the detective who wrote Casey's arrest affidavit) and John Allen, the lead Orange County Sherriff's Department detective, arriving and meeting at the Anthony home. When asked when they left what the meeting was for, they replied it was a regular meeting and left.

Caylee Anthony - Still Missing and the Bounty Hunter Cometh

Nancy Grace is on vacation so some vapid blonde (Pat LaLama) from California took tonight's show...only appropriate we suppose, since her guest for the entire night was....Leonard Padilla.  Yes, Leonard Padilla admits he's a media whore (we're not kidding, he did say that very thing about himself) and he insists that he believes that Casey (whom he called "Stacy" on an earlier interview with CNN late this afternoon) did not kill her own kid. Padilla gang of merry bounty hunters and bondsmen have not yet notified the court that they will be posting bond, and they went on to play some fairly interesting clips of him outside what looked like the OCSD. What he *said* in those clips is fairly interesting: he's changed his mind a little bit.  Why?  Well, for example, he has discovered through his talk that Casey only smoked pot and drank - she didn't do "drugs" the way he had originally thought she had. He says if she lies to him, she goes back to jail. Riiiiight, Leonard.  You're going to pay $50K to send this woman back to jail 10 minutes after her lips start flappin'? Might as well not unbuckle that seatbelt. He's also putting up the $50K out of pocket himself, and he said his folks will be with Casey 24x7 at the Anthony home.  Speak of the Anthonys, one of the local reporters on Nancy's show said that hello, she'd heard that there was some disagreement about that, and that she'd heard the family only wanted to allow 1 of Leonard's peeps in the house at a time. She did mention that naturally the situation was fluid and he sorta agreed. Another clip played was interesting: Leonard was adamant in front of the cameras that whoever has Casey can bring her back to him, since he's not law enforcement and no questions asked.  He said he'd even collected the reward money for whoever brought her back. Gotta give him credit for one thing anyway:  it was a plea, a very very direct one, that the Anthonys have never made.

Our observation is it feels like this bail thing is not necessarily a done deal. It is possible that Leonard/Tony Padilla could arrange bail for Casey just to have her slapped a couple days later with new charges, which of course means new bail.  The phone line still has to be installed, and there's apparently a secret condition of the bail which might not be so secret now because Leonard mentioned a "shrink evaluation" tonight on Nancy Grace. 

We shall see, hm? Meanwhile no words from the Anthonys other than earlier on CNN or Fox (we forget which one), the Anthony spokeman said that the family hadn't agreed to anything yet regarding Casey coming back to their house.  Some things don't even change with a spokesman, do they?

Updated 9:44pm

Dan Abrams had an absolutely 100% pissed off Clint Van Zandt tonight. He was almost yelling at Dan while venting his frustration about this bounty hunter who is bailing Casey out for personal gain, specifically for his own reality show. He's beside himself that the OCSD and FBI have thrown resources at this investigation just to have Leonard Padilla come in and say he can solve it all? One of the lawyers on the panel did remind everyone that bail is not punishment: it is to insure parties who are charged with crimes show up for trial. Clint doesn't like that, even though he knows it's true.  Another attorney mentioned that Leonard Padilla is a felon - which also is true, since Leonard did spend a year or so in jail as a result of the IRS bounty hunters comin' after him.

Caylee Anthony - Mother May Be Released Tomorrow?

Jose Baez and the Padillas have been meeting with each other to work out details: The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that Casey's release won't be today. The Padillas also met with the Anthonys and apparently Casey, once released, will be returning to their home.  They do have to have a line installed: with the phone companies the way they are and the fact that the line has to be "clean" (no voicemail, no call waiting), that may take more than just tomorrow to do.

More as it comes....

Update 3:39pm:

Shep Smith just tore into Robert Dick, who is a bounty hunter with the Padillas, GOOD lord.  He just pounced on this guy with both feet, and started drilling him regarding specifics about the case - Dick couldn't even answer what day Caylee went missing. Robert Dick says that someone has to have hope Caylee's alive.  Don't think we've ever seen Shep that curt and belligerent with anyone he's ever interviewed before - not even during Katrina, and he was pretty torqued up then.

Man, that was an ass-whooping.  You'd have thought he was Judge Pirro or Geraldo....

Caylee Anthony - A Big Week Ahead

We expect that the news we've seen prior on local Orlando media is totally going to be impacted as Tropical Storm Fay moves closer to Florida.  That's already appeared to be the lead story for most of them today. No Geraldo this weekend, so we're figuring Fox News and CNN will be in a better position to obtain information and report. The only items of news we heard today were that Casey rejected her visitation with Lee on the advice of her attorney, and  Leonard & Tony Padilla, the bondsmen, are supposed to arrive in Orlando this evening.  Fox News reported earlier that Leonard is expecting to meet with George and Cindy Anthony at their house, perhaps as early as tonight.  There do not appear to have been any law enforcement statements, other than they haven't heard from the bondsman that's bailing Casey out and that's yesterday's news.

What we have seen is a virtual crawl for information about the search from the Anthonys and their spokesperson this weekend, and that's a smart move if you ask us --take a break.  It's important to note that other people, who coordinated on a local media messageboard, got together to search Jay Blanchard Park - they did find some some clothes and other items which they promptly called the Orange County Sheriff's office about.  They came out and pick up a couple bags, but law enforcement doesn't yet know if these items are related to Caylee's disappearance.  Meanwhile Tony Padilla appeared late last night posting on the crime and missing person's forum WebSleuths, professing to want to clear up misinformation (actually, he called them lies) about what his uncle, Leonard Padilla, are doing and why.  Apparently, he appeared on Fox yesterday in the afternoon with Jamie Colby which he didn't feel went well, and now claims that he won't be doing any more media appearances (he's a simple guy, he says) and then later in the thread he lets everyone know he'll be appearing on the CBS Early Show.  Seems he's just as fickle as Cindy Anthony in that regard, simple guy or not. 

Do we think that the Padillas will be successful bailing Casey out on her $500K bond? We don't think it's going to be that simple or that easy to do. The only questions we'd want to ask of the Padillas, specifically in light of their statements to the media about hopefully getting more information from her, have you guys ever done anything like this in this way for any other missing persons case involving a child?  If not, what makes you think you'll be successful if you haven't?  Have to wonder why Casey's attorney would even want this for his client since he's supposedly so committed to protecting her. If it does happen and Casey gives them information, who would be the first to hear about it? Law enforcement or the family?

Speak of searching.....In every other missing persons case we've seen, child or adult, friends of the person or child missing were totally involved, searching daily, and actively assisting the family with the media too. Where IS that collection of people in this case?  Strangers like the psychics and another group from one of the media messageboards can take their time to take a walk looking - yet NONE of the family's friends or CASEY's friends have ever made this effort.  You gotta believe in the  kidnapping story or nothing, no search????  What manner of complete and flagrant bullshit is that? The excuse that's been made is "we don't know where to look" - well, you have some ideas already from the LE reports. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to pick one, take a couple hours and look around . You will NEVER know until you TRY.

3-Year-Old Boy Tried to Save Himself Before Dying in Hot Truck - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News

So a desperate 3 year old dies at the hands of a mother who forgot him in her truck for 9 hours in Houston, Tx. Apparently she even left the keys in the truck. The boy actually got out of his car seat and into the front seat, to attempt to save himself.

HOUSTON —  A 3-year-old who was left in his mother's truck in 90-degree heat as she worked her shift at a Houston hospital died after wriggling free from his car seat, climbing into the front seat and apparently trying to start the ignition or open the windows, officials said.

Cameron Thomas Boone is the second child to die in a locked, hot vehicle in the Houston area within less than 24 hours. Temperatures reached 94 degrees Thursday.

Sheriff's Lt. John Denholm said the boy's mother found him unconscious when she returned to the truck after her shift at North Cypress Medical Center about 3:30 p.m.

She broke the back windshield and called for help, but the child was dead when she brought him into the hospital emergency room. Authorities said she used a rock to break the windshield because the remote door locks with a key already in the ignition.

Denholm says the woman had meant to drop the child off at day care but had forgotten he was in the truck.

Link: FOXNews.com - 3-Year-Old Boy Tried to Save Himself Before Dying in Hot Truck - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News.

Caylee Anthony - Casey Cancels Visit, New Poll: What do you think?

Casey Anthony canceled a Saturday afternoon visit with her brother Lee. Her parents have a scheduled visit on what could be a very busy Monday. Word out of Orlando is that Casey met with her attorney's for 2 hours on Friday night. We have launched a new poll for the weekend that asks what you think happened to Caylee. It is on the right side on the page. We don't have a write up of Greta or Nancy Grace last night with the interviews with the Padilla's or Larry Garrison. CNN and FOX will have transcripts but suffice to say here are the highlights, paraphrased.

"We believe Caylee is alive."

"We believe Casey's story, there has to be some elements of truth."

"The media has spun everything that has been released."

We could go on but we think you see what kool-aid they drank. We could be wrong, although 98% of the time when a car is in any way involved in a missing persons case is found and the missing are not in it, they are usually found dead or never found at all. With such small odds of Casey's choice of story being true we could get behind it if there weren't so many other lies that would need to be true as well.

Link: Casey Anthony Declines Another Visit By Her Brother - News Story - WFTV Orlando.

Caylee Anthony - Bail Bondsman, Spokesperson, Friday in Orlando

A quick post before a night away from the case. News coming out of Orlando says Casey Anthony will be bailed out of jail between now and Monday by Tony Padilla Bail Bonds of Sacramento, Ca. We have read in passing he has a show on National Geographic channel or somewhere. A third party got Jose Baez to contact Padilla in this matter. In other developments the Anthony's have appointed a spokesman, notice this does not say hired, could be fo the rights to the story or some other non direct payment scenario. They have chosen Larry Garrison to answer questions from the media. We believe Garrison being the president of the SilverCreek Entertainment Company may have had some influence on the choice. He co-authored a book on the disappearance of Natalie Holloway and acted as spokesman for the family of John Mark Karr.

Earlier today, Cindy anthony met with OCSD alone for about an hour, and parked in a secure lot to avoid the media crush.

As they say more to come............. 

Link: Casey Anthony To Be Bailed Out Of Jail On Monday - News Story - WFTV Orlando.

Caylee Anthony - Poll Results:: Do you think the Anthony family running their own investigation benefits finding Caylee?

Thank you for the response to our first poll on MissingAbducted.com and TodaysAtrocities.com. After 209 responses we would like to share the results.

The question was:

Do you think the Anthony family running their own investigation benefits finding Caylee?

69% of you out there said an Anthony invesitgation did not help

Almost 21 % of the respondants said that they just wanted this to end.

Roughly 10% said the Anthony's investigations are helping.

The poll will be up for a bit longer, look for a new question for the weekend.

 

Link: Vizu Poll Results:: Do you think the Anthony family running their own investigation benefits finding Caylee?.

Caylee Anthony - A Visit and Silence

Cindy and George Anthony visited with their daughter Casey today at the jail - George freaked out on the media this morning, bigtime. Apparently mornings aren't too good for Mr. Anthony:  the last time he flipped out  it was very nearly close to the same time of day. We can't help but wonder what that conversation was like for 43 minutes, because other than "Hi", "How you doing?", "Fine and you?"  what else would they say since they're being recorded? What set George off was a question from a reporters as they made their way in to the jail to see Casey - the reporter asked what they (the parents) thought about the theory that Caylee accidentally died.  Since leaving the jail, they haven't been seen nor heard.  It's radio silence from the Anthony abode this afternoon - let's see how long that lasts.

Jose Baez, Casey's attorney, has now requested all information (including certifications, accuracy rates, animal and deputy performance histories) relative to the cadavers dogs which searched the Anthony backyard.  The question is....your client, Jose, hasn't been charged yet for murder or manslaughter, yet you want discovery of this information for a child neglect charge?Curious.

New information is surfacing via local Orlando stations that much like the Laci Peterson case, cell tower triangulation is starting to reveal where Casey was during the June 15th - June 18th timeframe.  One interesting triangulation on June 17th puts Casey in the area of the Orlando International Airport - a location which is not heavily traveled, has plenty of brush and ponds. 

More as we see it....

Buzz's Blackberry Links:

http://www.wftv.com/news/17193405/detail.html

http://www.local6.com/news/17191095/detail.html

http://www.wesh.com/news/17113783/detail.html

Man accused of locking family in trash-filled trailer - CNN.com

 

You are not looking at a candidate for father of the year. This guy, Raymond Daniel Thurmond, 36, locked his family in a mobile home for 3 years. It is really a shame they couldn't charge him with more than one count of rape, four counts of cruelty to children in the first degree and five counts of false imprisonment. I am sure in the trial we will get to hear his reasons.

When police got to the mobile home where the family was said to be kept, the conditions were so bad, Collins had to immediately run behind an adjacent trailer to vomit, she said. Another officer had to put on a gas mask, she said.

"You couldn't breathe," Collins said. "I have never in my life smelled anything like that."

During the three years they were locked inside the mobile home, the family was allowed out only once: to visit Thurmond's wife's family in North Carolina, Collins said. The 9-, 12- and 13-year-olds never went to school, police said, but the oldest, a 14-year-old boy, might have attended the second grade.

Thurmond, who has no criminal record, was charged with one count of rape, four counts of cruelty to children in the first degree and five counts of false imprisonment. He is being held in the Franklin County Jail.

Thurmond asked for a lawyer but hadn't been assigned one as of Wednesday afternoon, according to The Associated Press.

Police said they believe that Thurmond used intimidation to keep the family inside the home in northeast Georgia, about a mile from I-85.

A CNN reporter saw signs of a hasp commonly used with a padlock outside the children's bedroom and also on the front door. Another hasp was attached to the outside of the back door. Police said they were investigating whether padlocks were used to keep the family inside.

Man accused of locking family in trash-filled trailer - CNN.com

Caylee Anthony - If You Think We're Bad

UPDATED: New poll to the right (look for the blue box.)  Tell us if you think the Anthony family investigation benefits finding Caylee - comments in the poll are open for your thoughts too.

 

..you should hear the locals sound off in Orlando.

Seriously, we've watched enough Nancy Grace for more than 2 weeks: we can honestly tell you that Nancy did NOT report anything new tonight, and her hair didn't move. We mean it: the hair DID NOT MOVE.  Enough with the AquaNet, Nancy.  Like you, but eeeesh. 

In all the missing persons cases we've blogged about, we told you early on that this case is by far the most different we've ever seen, and that can be validated by reading local Orlando messageboards and forums. Never have we seen this amount of vitriol leveled towards the family of a missing child. We're not advocating either the boards or the comments, by the way, but you can't ignore them - it's indicative of public sentiment. We're saying that as a study in sociology, it's a classic response by an audience that has been fed far too much erroneous and contradictory information in a short period of time around a sensitive topic that relates to morality, values and ethics which most of us hold dear as a society. We have a mother who refuses to give information to recover her missing daughter, appears to have no emotional need to do so, she lies outrageously, and grandparents who appear to be starring in their own made-for-tv special with a plot that's slightly less believable than a real show.  Couple that with the countering law enforcement "facts" leaked or stated to the media prior to today which contradicts what the family believes and is acting on, and unfortunately, such an environment results in anger and distrust by the public and those who follow this case. Who do you believe? " It's REALLY tragic, especially since the grandparents very much care for both their daughter and their missing granddaughter Caylee Anthony.

Check' em out for yourself, and let us know

http://www.topix.net/forum/source/orlando-sentinel/TEI2E8UP4H39HKOR1

http://www.wftv.com/news/17088695/detail.html

http://www.wesh.com/forums/index.html?q=http%3A//forums.ibsys.com/index.cfm%3Fsitekey%3Dorl

http://community.myfoxorlando.com/blogs/WOFL/2008/08/04/The_Search_for_Caylee_Anthony#addcomment

Caylee Anthony - OCSD and Family Posturing

UPDATED: New poll to the right (look for the blue box.)  Tell us if you think the Anthony family investigation benefits finding Caylee - comments in the poll are open for your thoughts, too.

 

Only time for a quick post before the rest of the evening's notations. 

Today saw a roundtable conducted by the Orange County Sherriff's Department with media to "set the record straight" about the investigation.  Apparently, the Anthony's statements to the press yesterday created a firestorm of media questions for the OCSD - and they say there is no evidence of a babysitter nor a kidnapping in this case.  OCSD also says Casey was the LAST PERSON to see Caylee before she went missing.  She has yet to provide law enforcement with an accurate, truthful time and location when she last saw Caylee. OCSD was also careful to describe the Anthonys themselves as victims, yet they also discouraged the use of private investigators or the family doing their own investigations.

Meanwhile back in Anthony-land, George again claimed that the kidnappers are "being watched" and Cindy affirms that Casey has told authorities everything that she can. (Our note:  she's told them everything except the truth.)  George Anthony has lost his job, and now says driving the billboard around is his fulltime job.  Trips to Jacksonville, Daytona, and the Florida Keys were all mentioned.

Though all this, we only have one question (rare for us): if Casey dropped Caylee off with the babysitter/kidnapper on June 16th, where's the phone call when she couldn't find her? In the phone records released yesterday, one would have to assume that Cindy, George, Jesse, Tony,or Amy was watching Caylee and did something with her?

Caylee Anthony - LE and Family Investigations

UPDATED: New poll to the right (look for the blue box.)  Tell us if you think the Anthony family investigation benefits finding Caylee - comments in the poll are open for your thoughts too.

 

GRETA

According to Greta, Casey isn't meeting with her family because it may put her daughter in danger of she does talk to them and it's recorded and played publicly, etc etc.  Evidently, Jose just left the jail at airtime - he was meeting with Casey.   Greta started with the same focus on the phone records and the flurry of phone calls on June 16th and they (Fox) have the phone records.  Longer than normal interview with Padilla:

• Padilla couldn't confirm to FoxNews whether the car had or didn't have gas, however the tow company  driver would have been interviewed.
• They are still looking for Caylee as a missing child.
• Fox also asked him about the pizza Casey ordered and if the pizza guy had been interviewed - Padilla didn't know. 
• Padilla was asked about the OCSD child sex crime unit and their involvement in the case: Padilla says they are are a more experienced resource for the investigation, and there are 10-20 people fulltime on this case including investigators from that team. 
• The forensic evidence will not be released to the public right away - they will be assessed once they are received, which Padilla says they haven't.

Greta reviewed calls placed and received from Casey's phone on June 16th after 3:00 - and this taken from what FoxNews listed on the screen (thank GOD for digital cable and "pause"):

3:03pm Dad cell

4:10pm Mom work

4:11pm Mom cell

4:13pm Mom cell

4:14pm Mom work

4:19pm Tony

4:21pm Jesse

4:24pm Mom cell

6:32pm Mom home

6:33pm Voicemail

7:06pm  Mom home

The last call of the day, around 7:20 was to Amy, Casey's friend.  No calls for June 17th, yet.   On June 18th (perhaps when Casey borrowed the shovel?) the calls were:

12:33pm Mom home

12:34pm Mom cell

12:35pm Mom home

12:36pm Dad cell

1:09pm Mom cell

1:11pm Mom home

Speaking of Amy, Cindy found Amy's resume in the car - that's how she found out who Amy was as she never met her before. Make of this all that you will....

Panel interviews - Bernie Grimm, the most devote of defense attorneys, says that he's convinced that law enforcement believes that Caylee is not living. Ted Williams got into defending the Anthony parents, saying that they're grief stricken and under enormous pressure. She wanted to cut them some slack - Ted said emphatically he did not agree.  The trunk's contents have a lot more relevance to some of the panel they say, and Michael Cordoza insists there's blood and a lot of it in that trunk and that's why they are keeping the results close to the vest. 

Caylee Anthony - Boyfriend Says No Mention of Search

NANCY GRACE

Tony Lazarro is reported to have told authorities that his former girlfriend, Casey Anthony, never told him during her stays with him that her daughter was missing or that she was searching for her.  Several lawyers on the panel agreed that Tony's in a defensive mode, telling his story and cooperating with law enforcement before Casey points the finger at him. (Who the hell would believe her at this point?)  Nancy's gang of reporters, specifically Mark Williams in Orlando, say that those close to the investigation have told local Orlando stations that additional charges may be forthcoming against Casey to make her "crack" in the next 2 to 3 days. The panel believes that those might be for the stolen $700 from a friend, and the fraudulent charges on Cindy's credit card. We think that would be a flash in the pan to charge her with those offenses: pressure would be a child endangerment charge associated with Caylee's disappearance. A clip of Orlando County Sherriff's Department spokesman Jose Padilla was shown where he said that they have no evidence that Caylee is dead, and they are still pursuing leads. However, he says detectives don't believe she was kidnapped. In the same breath, he said they have more evidence than just DNA.  Information and statements from all parties involved make US feel like we're trying to solve the puzzle of what they're trying to say.

If you read the prior post's link to wftv.com, you know that George Anthony professes the family feels they know who is keeping Caylee and they're "being watched." So, if the family knows who is keeping Caylee, why aren't they telling the authorities? This either has to be the most elaborate ruse to make a mother talk about her missing 3 year old in the history, or it's just a complete and utter tragedy of denial on the part of the family.  If they would give this information to law enforcement like they should, perhaps something could be done to bring Caylee home faster and end this flagrant charade if that's what it really and truly is.  Mark Williams, the Orlando radio talk show host, relayed that volunteers who are passing out flyers to and taking donations from Orlando residents got some heat today from the local population: they want the volunteers to go away and the billboards to be taken down.  THAT'S how much negative public perception the local population has against the Anthonys - it's VERY sad.  They so need a spokesperson, unfortunately it's probably far too late for that.

The really interesting part, and the best so far that no one else has covered, is the arrival of a telecommunications expert who was on the phone with Nancy.  Ben Levitan said that each cell call made collects much more information than appears on your cell bill, and it's kept by the telcom carrier for 30-120 days. Levitan believes that Monday's meeting between the detectives and the Anthony parents was about these records and that investigators layed the data they'd gotten from the carrier directly in front of the parents.  He feels it was to show them that they know every place Casey was with her phone, when she was there, and what calls were accepted and received by the phone. Even one of the defense lawyers on the panel admitted that he'd try to challenge such records before in a case, to no avail.  (He basically said he got his butt whupped.) Gloria Allred did make some intriguing comparisons with the Lacey Peterson case: that case also involved similiar dependencies on cell records, which were used to pinpoint where Scott Peterson was.

Cayle Anthony - What the??????

Today WFTV.com has a report that you have to read to believe:

http://www.wftv.com/news/17169161/detail.html

We're still gaping, so it's hard to type a post about it - perhaps we'll do that later when the utter incredulity wears off.  Just read and don't have a cup of anything in your hand or you'll drop it. How dense do these people think we are?

Cindy Anthony is also saying that her mother (the great-grandmother) heard from Caylee after June 16th, the day authorities suspect she went missing.  According to news reports, when Cindy Anthony was asked how Caylee would know her great-grandmother's phone number, she said the number was programmed into Casey Anthony's phone. So, let's get this straight:  Caylee has Casey's phone???

What...the...??????

Caylee Anthony - More Family Standoffs

Lee's cancelled his visit with Casey tomorrow am - not a shock, and we imagine given some of his prior statements to Casey during the 1st jail call, the encroaching fact that none of what Casey has told him pans out probably is catching up.  A first new information tidbit came when Cindy was asked by a reporter earlier to today about the babysitter, who's name Cindy wouldn't say.   Cindy says Caylee didn't say Zenaida's name during her time with her, but did talk about her dog all the time.  Several weeks ago, Cindy made defensive comments that "Zanny's" name had been around for a while in number of conversations between all of them now it's a dog. Mark on the phone with Greta said there were neighbors on that weekend of June 15 (Father's Day) who reported loud confrontations between Casey and her mom before during and around those days. The Athonys assert nothing happened on that weekend.

About that cell phone thing....apparently the Anthony only have cell records up to July8th for Casey.  If the want more, they'll have to pay more than $700 bucks for it, because it was disconnected due to non payment.  Weird, because then in another inconsistency, threats are coming thru on Casey's phone?  Did they hook it back up???? CONFUSING.

Is there more?  Yes.  Cindy Anthony made comments to the press today after meeting with investigators about her daughter's refusal to see them.  In a very passive aggressive way, she has addressed the question in saying it's Casey's perogative not to see them, and she's sure she had her reasons.  The singular sentence she uttered which leads us to believe a rift is really starting is her mildly stated "we're here for Caylee and will be" no matter what her daughter does... Other words used right after that statement was one about Casey's  "sides", and the Anthony's are on on Caylee's side.  Distinguishing remarks, and a possible glimmer that the Athonys too are tired of Casey's BS and have chosen their priority to be Caylee.

Caylee Anthony - Psychics and Nancy Grace

Ok...so the best part of Nancy Grace was Dr. Kobalinsky's statement that this "sniff" type of test by The Body Farm, while rare, is viable at detecting the presence of human decomposition. He actually explained it in layman's terms, so while we understand it better it's still a little disconcerting that such activity would be revealed the way it has. Dr. Kobalinsky also said the reason that the DNA evidence may not be back yet would be if the DNA was degraded, however he said with time and a different procedure it still could be done.  He used the World Trade Center victims identification as an examples of degraded DNA which could still be identified.

Nancy also said, and how she got this we have no idea since Casey isn't "visiting" with anyone, a "friend" says Casey is studying law books. Maybe she got them from her "friend', lawyerin' Jose Baez.

The absolutely freakiest Nancy manuever is the "guest" appearance of Gail St. John, who is leading a team of psychics (yes, we mentioned them in a prior post) "blind" driving and taking their cadaver dogs about Orlando. Gail says they searching specific places with their dogs, which are certified cadaver dogs? (Anyone know if this is really true???)  The postive thing one can say about this is at least they're looking.  Gotta hand them that, and gotta hand it to Nancy after the fact for tagging them on their "visions" that at first they weren't going to discuss.  If you're wondering what they've seen, it's flowers, wild flowers, grass and trees in the background. (There you go, Pat - it was in your comment in the prior post.  Validated!)

A caller asked a really interesting question:  if Caylee does show up alive and is found, does Casey still get remain behind bars and does the person who has Caylee get charged?  The consensus from the panel is yes indeed, they still will prosecute Casey for child neglect and potentially child endangerment. (Are those 2 separate charges or the same thing? Pat? Buzz? Eva?  Sabrina? Anybody?)

Caylee Anthony - Casey Denied Another Bond Hearing

The 5th District Court of Appeals has rejected Jose Baez's sealed motion for a re-hearing to reduce Casey Anthony's current $500K bond. DENIED.  The motion's request submitted by Casey's attorneys do remain sealed after the decision.

After Casey cancelled her scheduled visitation with her parents last night, this morning found the Anthonys at the Orange County Sherriff's Department for a couple hours. Cindy Anthony came out of that "exchange of ideas" with the intent to have the OCSD review Casey's cell phone records again.  Casey specifically told authorities and the 911 operator she heard from Caylee at noon for about a minute the day her disappearance was reported, but the call showed up as "private" on her phone.   Law enforcement who wrote the search warrant say that no call was made to Casey's phone from a "private" number for that timeframe, and even listed out in the search warrant which ones had called her. When asked how Cindy knew that Casey had the babysitter's number, she stated it was programmed into her phone and it's no longer in service. So naturally, this begets the question how Cindy would know that -- and also how it relates to a story on the news yesterday that when Lee started calling certain folks in Casey's contact list (either off cell phone records, a phone, or an electronic contacts list) the numbers he called didn't match the name of the person as the contact name Casey listed?  Read carefully. For example, one story we heard is that when Lee called the number for a contact named, like say, "Barney" (and we're making up the name, so bear with us), the number was actually a totally different person not named "Barney", a neighbor, down the street. If true, there's all sorts of scenarios and disquieting things one could think of about that.

In an move that defies comprehension at this point, someone close to the investigation has told Local 6 in Orlando that law enforcement has sent samples of the air in Casey's car to be tested at The Body Farm lab in Tennessee. Evidently, this lab professes to be able to test the air and reveal the presence of human decomposition and decay. Ok so anyone...raise your hand if you think this isn't the kind of "lie" you'd hear Casey say? And even if it isn't a lie, why would you want ANYONE to know?  (The Body Farm , BTW, does exist.  You can read about it here.)

The psychics have come out to search for Caylee. George and Cindy Anthony had a particularly levelling moment for the viewing audience today when they were filmed hooking up the missing Caylee billboard and towing it around town.  At least they're looking.  Caylee, however, is still missing.