Posted on 07/11/2013 4:19:08 PM PDT by IbJensen
This is not really the sort of estate sale that makes you stop and go "ooh."
But George and Cindy Anthony had customers all the same.
The parents of Casey Anthony, who was found not guilty of murder in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee Anthony, held a yard sale over the weekend outside their home in Mount Dora, Fla., according to Radar Online.
The items up for grabs? Their late granddaughter's toys.
"When I pulled up, they were taking tarps off the yard sale items that were covered due to the rain," eyewitness Christina Werner told Radar. "I immediately noticed the two white canopies over the yard sale tables because they looked like the tents used in the search for Caylee."
Werner said that she seemed to be the only customer who realized who the Anthonys were and the significance of what they were selling.
Caylee's remains were found on Dec. 11, 2008, in a trash bag in a wooded area not far from the family's home, about five months after Cindy reported her missing to police, saying she had not seen her granddaughter in 31 days. The child's death was ruled a homicide by undetermined means.
After a televised trial that received an incredibly amount of publicity, Anthony was found not guilty of first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse and aggravated manslaugth of a child in 2011. She was found guilty of four misdemeanor counts of providing false information to law enforcement and was released from jail days later with credit for time served.
Werner told Radar that she bought toy heart lockets, a kid-size luggage set, a Winnie-the-Pooh backpack, a Tigger bag and several teddy bears.
She also found what appeared to be pants and purses that had belonged to Casey and she said that she bought a number of the purses at a discount—a fact that seemed to anger Cindy.
"When it came time to buy the items, [George] did not tell [his wife] he had discounted the purses and she was so upset about that," Werner said. "She began yelling at him and said he should have told her. I think the difference may have been a whole 10 dollars, but she was upset."
Whether it has anything to do with the yard sale or not, Casey filed for bankruptcy protection in January and is being sued for defamation by two different people in connection with accusations the now 27-year-old Casey and her defense attorney, Jose Baez, made during her trial.
Casey has largely remained out of the public eye, minus her appearance in several homemade video blogs that she made shortly after her acquittal, which may have been leaked online and not intended for public viewing.
"I did not mean for this to happen and wish it would all go away," the person who claimed responsibility for posting the videos told E! News in January 2012. "It snowballed out of control. I feel sorry for her because the media is ripping her and the video apart. They need to let the girl live. I respect the constitution and she was found not guilty."
I find it more disturbing that someone felt the need to “sell” this as news.
So what? This is a non story.
ditto!
Sick
Terrible. They are profiting from the death of their grandchild. Better to donate where the association with the murder will be unknown. I would not want my child to have those things.
I’m absolutely stunned.
Good point.
I’m amazed that George and Cindy Anthony are still together. After making the phone call that triggered the initial police investigation, Cindy suspended any attempt at rational thought and became a cheerleader for her daughter’s defense, even if it meant smearing her husband—and son—in the process.
As a parent, I can’t imagine having to go through what the Anthonys experienced. But it’s pretty clear that Casey was responsible for her daughter’s death, eliminating the main obstacle to her non-stop party lifestyle. From my days as a reporter, I’ve known families who come to terms with the crimes committed by their children and move forward as best they can. But Cindy’s determination to get her daughter off—no matter what it took—is repugnant and disgusting. As for George, I don’t know if he’s a sap, or just as delusional as his wife. But allowing your name to dragged thru the mud to support the defense team’s lies—and allow a killer to walk free—is simply incomprehensible.
But then again, so is selling your late granddaughter’s toys at a yard sale. If they were determined to get rid of those haunting items, why no donate them, quietly and privately, to a local children’s hospital or orphanage? Their little yard sale is just one more sad and bizarre turn in a tragedy where the real victim has been all-but-forgotten.
This is evil.
"Stuff" when it comes attached to its history brings those memories. Would anyone want their child playing with the toys of someone whose life ended so horribly?
If they wanted someone else to enjoy the toys, they should've been donated annonymously, maybe to a group home. Profiting from the loss of a child is wrong.
I agree with the prosecutor: “Someone in that house killed her.”
I knew a family who’s 12 year old daughter was hit on a bicycle. Her parents kept the room just like it was except they put the crumpled bicycle in the room and hung pictures of the dead body on the walls.
Close to where I live, a 20 year old guy was killed by a drunk driver. This was almost four years ago. The family has put a “shrine” up and are constantly updating it.
I guess some people just can move on with their lives.
It is as far as the murdered child is concerned.
The extremes seem to be those people with only one or two children. Not that there’s less pain if you have more children. Just that it seems there’s so much going on with the others it’s somewhat easier to move on with life.
“It’s stuff, not a person. How is this different than any estate sale?”
Yea you are correct. Still some here are correct in that people will put this stuff on ebay just cause of who the child’s mom was. That is where it gets sick.
” Would anyone want their child playing with the toys of someone whose life ended so horribly?”
Logically, one cannot support so much as donating the toys, given this rationale.
Is that the RIGHT way to be a grieving parent? Please do tell, I'd like to know if I'm doing it wrong.
I apologize. My post was unnecessarily hostile.
That’s on the people that Put the stuff on eBay. It’s not on the people who have the property. Throwing the stuff out or donating it could’ve resulted in the same thing.
S’ok. Everybody grieves differently. IMHO people who have 3 or 4 kids or more simply have too much to do to essentially fossilize an entire region of their hearts and homes. The extreme case I gave was mom to an only child. And she worshipped him. He was engaged to be married and only IIRC 2 or 3 months away from the wedding. His intended moved on and his mother essentially adopted her. The girl got married eventually to someone else but the first almost MIL treats her kids like they were her own grandkids.
And not everyone grieves publicly.
This case ripped me apart because this kid was only 10 days younger than my oldest. And I simply can. not. imagine. deliberately harming her. Or giving her ‘zanny the nanny’ (ie, xanax) so I could go party with whoever.
IMHO this whole family is just creepy.
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