If you look at some of the transcripts, Cindy had started threatening Casey with taking the plum Caylee from her. After all, the family was getting tired of Casey’s antics.
The pressure was on Cindy. She used Caylee. Not good, because that brought out the unconrtollable rage. Oh no you are not Mom, you aren’t keeping Caylee and rejecting me. In otherwards, Mom was threatening to take away that which Casey used to control everyone.
It wasn’t going to happen. Casey made sure of it. Forgot about it for 31 days and had a good time.
I thought Jesse Grund gave the real scenario/motive (without his knowing it) last night on Dr. Drew when he told the story of how Cindy picked a fight with Casey when he was at their house. She asked Jesse what he was doing with a loser like Casey who hadn’t finished high school, couldn’t get a decent job, didn’t support her baby, and so on and so on.
I bet the backyard fight was full of similar words...not that I’m defending a rotten person like Casey who stole money from her aged grandpa and grandma. But clearly Cindy knew how to push buttons and I think the result of this one was payback time using Caylee to do it.
But indy...Casey also threaten to leave with Caley if Cindy didn’t back off with her demands straighten her act out....and she did do just that after their last arguement. So they both used Caley to barter their way with each other.
Remember also that though the family told Cindy she needed to kick Casey out for all the “stuff” she was pulling. Cindy told them she couldn’t fo that or she’d not see Caley again.
Looks like we pretty much agree with the main factors...Caley was a pawn between Casey and Cindy..and they both have major “issues” in dealing with life and relationships. And the men were basically useless in resolving any of it.
So you see this pull and tug, with Casey in the middle, could not possibly go on indefinately. Cindy got the upper hand by looking into how she could get legal custody of Caylee...and Casey knew Cindy could prove she wasn’t Caley’s primary caregiver,.. and that her lifestyle was more than questionable for a mother,... let alone her record of thefts etc. from the family. It wouldn’t have been hard to prove Casey neglected her roll. No job, etc. etc. etc.
The only thing Casey had in her life which was of value, and rightfully “hers” was Caley. The tension wire between them broke that night and off Casey went with her daughter.
Trouble is Casey did not have the monitary means to care for her daughter... without stealing. And she could only do that for so long. She certainly couldn’t provide a roof over their heads without references and some sort of credit history,, and that was zip. And we know she herself was staying with friends... So I don’t believe Caley was with her for very long before she put her out for good.
Casey was unfit to establish any sort of life for Caley outside of her parents home. And we know the rest of the story.