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To a mental health professional, Casey fits the description of someone with an antisocial personality disorder - just a fancy name for “sociopath.”

Psychopaths are superficially charming in their ongoing attempts to get their own way. Casey has the capacity to read others quickly and recognize their vulnerabilities. Once recognized, she knows how to exploit others’ weaknesses. She seems to have no qualms about violating the rights of others.

It is typical for sociopaths to engage in illegal or deceitful behaviors.
Compulsive lying is the norm. Guilt and remorse are not in their vocabulary.
All sociopaths are incapable of feeling sorrow or sadness for their wrongdoings and destructive behaviors.
Any tears you might see are for themselves. “I am crying because I got caught, not because I am sorry for anything I have said or done.”

On some level, a sociopath takes perverse pleasure in getting away with illegal, irresponsible behaviors.
Yes, a sociopath takes great joy in taking from others. “Joy” is the correct word.

To a sociopath, others are always expendable: family, friends, acquaintances.
Once others have been bled dry, the sociopath moves on. Loyalty is not a part of who they are.
They have no desire to change and no insight into their own behaviors and motivations

Sociopaths are narcissistic and exhibitionistic, with no sense of shame.
Nothing exists in their world but what they want - the ultimate “Me, Me, Me” syndrome.
They are characterized by an excessive superficiality, in both thoughts and behaviors.

They are easily bored and made restless by day-to-day responsibilities, an attitude which makes consistent parenting a drag and an impossibility

Sociopaths create their own reality, and in this instance, Casey’s world did not include her daughter..

A sociopath always views his or her problems as stemming from flaws in others, rather than taking responsibility for his or her own issues and the havoc they have created.

As a sociopath, Casey wants to control her own destiny and create her own reality, abhorring any form of criticism or denigration. At some point, she might experience feelings of depression. These feelings would not be because her daughter is missing or dead, but because she lacks the freedom she craves. Having been arrested and accused, she is no longer in charge of her own fate, and for a sociopath, who values freedom more than anything else, that is devastating.

Interestingly, sociopaths like Casey will expect others to attempt to belittle or use them......At times, the sociopath will willingly act in such a manner as to induce others to legitimately respond in a hostile or angry manner....Casey has repeatedly demonstrated this with her continued lying, lack of sadness about her daughter’s disappearance, and few displays of emotions related to the fact that her daughter Caylee is missing or dead. Listening to the taped interviews, one can easily discern that Casey expresses almost no emotion when discussing her daughter’s disappearance

Sociopaths are incapable of remaining in love, or of even selflessly loving anyone.....
Their sex lives are most often impersonal and chaotic, and frequently they are bisexual. There is in them an emptiness, a coldness, a disconnection from others and themselves. Casey is incapable of truly understanding how much others can be made to suffer as a result of her behavior. It does not compute.

A sociopath’s motto is: Competition is king, survival the agenda, and no one is ever, ever, ever to be trusted. A sociopath’s mantra: “Do unto others before they do unto you.”

Great posts and links at the end of this thread. I was outside with the fireworks or I would have responded. I will be reading the links you provided, thank you. Off now to actually do some work!

I probably won't do a new live thread until the verdict comes down, unless I decide to do a "verdict watch" thread for today. We may not hear much until verdict time. TK

That describes Casey to a "T".

I couldn't find anything in those paragraphs that I'd disagree with in regards to Casey's behavior based on what we've seen.

Very good assessment of Casey. Explains why she does things in the way that she does.

Probably most people who really don’t understand what they are dealing with can easily feel sorry for Casey. Poor Casey, it was just an accident and she was scared. I know some who think that. And they are wrong because they don’t see who she is.

Those are the people we have to worry may be jurors.