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The sixth day of Casey Anthony's first-degree murder trial, which concluded late this afternoon, gave jurors a glimpse of the day her 2-year-old daughter Caylee Marie was reported missing. The prosecution continued to question Anthony's mother, Cindy Anthony, who cried and was clearly distraught during her several-hour testimony. Jurors heard the three 911 calls Cindy Anthony made, and also heard the first jailhouse phone call Casey Anthony made to her family. Cindy Anthony broke down in tears and slumped her body, nearly disappearing behind the stand, during playback of the 911 calls. Casey Anthony listened stone-faced and wiped a few...

Testimony resumes Thursday in the explosive trial of Casey Anthony, the Orlando, Florida woman accused of murdering her 2-year-old daughter Caylee, and RadarOnline.com is live streaming the proceedings starting at 9am ET. On Wednesday, Casey's former boyfriend, Tony Lazzaro, testified that Casey never acted upset or as if anything was wrong during the time her daughter was missing. PHOTOS: Casey Anthony Laughs In Court Caylee was last seen on June 16, 2008; her body was found in a wooded area a month later. Prosecutors said the girl died from three pieces of duct tape being placed over her mouth and...

State will call more witnesses on the third day of Casey Anthony's trial. Casey Anthony's ex-boyfriend will head back to the witness stand this morning on the third day of the first-degree murder case. The state called former beau Anthony Lazzaro on Tuesday afternoon, but court adjourned before defense attorney José Baez could finish his cross-examination. Prosecutors led up to Lazzaro's testimony by calling several of his former roommates and coworkers. They told the court Anthony acted happy and normal during the time when her 2-year-old daughter Caylee Marie was missing. The roommates testified that Anthony spent the night at...

Orlando, Florida - The judge presiding over the case of Florida murder suspect Casey Anthony warned lawyers Monday to expect long days in her upcoming trial and no more postponements. "This case must come to an end at some point. This case must be tried at some point," Orange County Circuit Judge Belvin Perry Jr. told lawyers at a status hearing Monday afternoon. Anthony's 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, disappeared more than two years ago, "and I know that everybody has placed this on their front burner," Perry said. Anthony has pleaded not guilty to capital murder in Caylee's death. Jury selection...

On Monday, a local Florida news outlet is set to air an interview with a prison inmate regarding letters between Casey Anthony and other inmates and an alleged conspiracy to fabricate a story about her, described in the headline as “Did Casey’s Pen Pals Lie?” Hal Boedeker of the Orlando Sentinel writes that Central Florida News 13 will air an exclusive interview with Robin Lunceford who spent an hour last week speaking to reporter Adam Longo at Lowell Correctional Institute in Ocala. She claims she met Maya Derkovic at the facility—one of the inmates who was pen pals with Casey...

Lawyers for the Florida mom charged with killing her young daughter want to interview the ex-wife of the meter reader who found the little girl's body. Attorneys for Casey Anthony are asking a judge Monday to let them depose the wife of Roy Kronk. He found the body of 2-year-old Caylee Anthony in woods near her home in December 2008. Casey Anthony's attorneys say Kronk's ex-wife is offering testimony that supports the contention that Kronk should be a suspect. Detectives have said repeatedly that Kronk is not a suspect and that the evidence points to Casey Anthony. Meanwhile, Casey Anthony...

Casey Anthony's attorney: Investigators never looked into Roy Kronk's background.Casey Anthony's lawyers on NBC's Today Show this morning said former meter reader Roy Kronk is as much a suspect in Caylee Marie's death as their own client, Casey Anthony. "There is as much circumstantial evidence implicating Roy Kronk as there is implicating our client," said Andrea Lyon, one of Anthony's defense attorneys, to Today's host Matt Lauer. "He's the only one who's been with the body. He's the only one who magically discovers it. He takes a day off before he discovers it in December." Lead defense attorney Jose Baez...

ORLANDO, Fla. — The grandparents of slain Florida toddler Caylee Anthony are set to make an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show sometime in May. The television talk show says Cindy and George Anthony will speak about their granddaughter and the investigation into her death. The interview with Oprah will be their first sit-down since Caylee's remains were found in December, six months after she disappeared. The girl's mother, Casey Anthony, has been charged with murder.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- George Anthony, father of Casey Anthony, was reported missing, early Friday morning after allegedly threatening suicide. He was later found at a Daytona Beach motel. The Anthonys' attorney, Brad Conway, said George was okay. He was taken into custody under Florida's Baker Act, which allows the state to hold people involuntarily pending a psychiatric evaluation. The lead investigator in the case and several Orange County sheriff's deputies responded to the house of George and Cindy Anthony late Thursday night. His family had grown increasingly concerned when George missed a scheduled meeting Thursday afternoon. Sheriff’s officials and...

A former bodyguard for Casey Anthony has addressed accusations that he knew where Caylee Anthony’s remains were before they were found in December. Dominic Casey, a private investigator, is still in the inner circle of the Anthony family and he has blasted reports that in November, while searching the area where Caylee’s remains were later found, he came across the remains himself. "Had I the misfortune of stumbling across any remains the first thing I would have done is, I would have prayed," Casey said. "The second thing I would have done is stayed at the location and called 911."...

ORLANDO — The lawyer for George and Cindy Anthony wants his clients to have immunity before they speak with prosecutors again about their daughter, Casey Anthony. Immunity would ensure the couple could tell investigators everything they know without fear of prosecution, attorney Brad Conway said. He doesn't think the Anthonys would say something that would land them in legal trouble, but he wants them protected. The Anthonys did not ask him to request immunity, Conway said. No deal has been made yet, he said. Casey Anthony, 22, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of her daughter, Caylee Marie....

WFTV-Channel 9 asked why private investigator Jim Hoover -- who was apparently working with the Anthony family -- was videotaping in November where toddler Caylee Anthony's remains were found a month later. "He says the tape shows Caylee's body was not here at that time," Kathi Belich reported. "But now investigators want to know why he was here with a camera in mid-November." The same could be said for anyone who has been following this story closely. Hoover had shown a short portion of the tape to a WFTV photographer, and it looked authentic, Belich said. "We'll definitely look into...

The remains of little 2 year old Caylee Marie Anthony was discovered Thursday December 11 by a utility meter reading man. Caylee had been missing since mid June as most people know. Her mother, Casey Anthony didn’t seem to think it was important enough to bother calling the police to report her daughter missing saying she thought she would do her own investigation to find her instead. The problem with that is that she looked in strange places like night clubs, Blockbusters and Target Department stores. It is quite obvious that this woman was not worried about finding her daughter...

A skull and bones found near the Florida home of missing child Caylee Anthony are those of the little girl and she was the victim of a homicide, the Orange County medical examiner said Friday."With regret, I'm here to inform you that the skeletal remains are those of the missing toddler," said Dr. Jan Garavaglia. The manner of death was ruled a homicide by unknown means, according to Garavaglia. Garavaglia determined the bones found in a privately-owned wooded lot were 2-year-old Caylee's through nuclear DNA analysis. "They are not intact. They are all disarticulated. They are completely skeletonized," the medical...

A major announcement is expected Friday in the Caylee Anthony case during a news conference from local police and the FBI, CNN has learned. Caylee Anthony, 2, has been missing since June in a case that has received national attention. Caylee Anthony, 2, has been missing since June in a case that has received national attention. Click to view previous image 1 of 3 Click to view next image The identity of the remains, believed to be Caylee's, found last week in a wooded area could be confirmed at the news conference. Earlier this week, the Orange County Sheriff's Department...

Florida police investigating the disappearance of Caylee Anthony say they are re-interviewing a county water meter reader who earlier this month discovered what likely are the girl's remains, but they deny that the person is a suspect in the girl's death. The worker found bones Dec. 11 near the Orlando home where then 2-year-old Caylee lived with her mother and maternal grandparents. He also had called in a tip to police on Aug. 11, 12 and 13, telling them to look in the same are for the remains, police said. Orange County Sheriff's officials say they believe the unidentified tipster...

ORLANDO, Fla. - The state confirmed Wednesday that clothing was also found in the trash bag full of a child's remains discovered near the Anthony home. The remains were found last Thursday just blocks away from the home of Caylee Anthony, who was first reported missing five months ago. Her mother, Casey Anthony, has been jailed on a first-degree murder charge. The clothing discovery is the strongest sign yet that the state believes the remains belong to Caylee, reported WESH 2's Bob Kealing. Authorities said they're uncovering new evidence almost every day. Sources said they believe the victim was dumped...

George and Cindy Anthony were "devastated" upon learning a toddler's corpse had been found near their Orlando, Florida, home, attorney Brad Conway said, but the couple is waiting for authorities to confirm the body's identity. "They're not grieving yet, because they don't know whose body this is, but if it is identified as Caylee they're going to go through that grieving process privately, and when they're ready to speak, they will," Conway told reporters. Outside agencies, including the FBI, were helping the sheriff's office sift through the area "in order to make sure that no stone, no area, is left...

Investigators found a trail of bones over the weekend in a wooded area near the Orlando home of missing child Caylee Anthony as the FBI worked to identify a skull discovered there last week. The new bones were located in an area less than a half-mile from the home the young child shared with her mother and grandparents, George and Cindy Anthony, and a lawyer for the couple said the family was preparing for the worst. "They're devastated," Brad Conway told MyFOXOrlando.com. "They're trying to deal with this the best they can. They're realistic about the probability that it's Caylee,...

-- A corpse has been tentatively identified as missing toddler Caylee Anthony's, attorneys for her mother told a Florida judge on Friday.