I really don’t know. It sounds like bad reporting to me, but I suppose it is possible that the reporters have been told stuff off the record that accidentally slips into their articles.
My understanding is that the “Body Farm” confirmed that a body had been decomposing in the car but did not identify it. What identified caylee’s presence was her hair, and it was determined that she was dead when it fell off.
It’s reasonable to conclude that Caylee’s body was the one decomposing, but like you point out, it is an inference.
“It’s reasonable to conclude that Caylee’s body was the one decomposing, but like you point out, it is an inference.”
It’s the mitochondrial DNA (DNA found in the mitochondria of cells and passed through the female to offspring from generation to generation) that points to it being Caylee. It’s a fact that Casey, Lee, and Cindy are all alive - guess which family member with that DNA is missing? Geez, even Cindy’s mom is still alive (she would have the same mtDNA).
IIRC This DNA was found *in* the DECOMPOSING hair in the trunk. That’s more than an inference. Who else could it be?
I don't put much faith in speculations, but it's a huge stretch of imagination to believe that the tests which verified the small of a decomposing body in the trunk of the car Casey was using come from some other dead body in the trunk.
Who in that area has reported a missing person who could have reasonably ended up in this car trunk?
Putting 2 + 2 together, the logical conclusion is that it points directly to Casey's missing daughter.