She starts out with CUSTODY of the kid. She loses the kid somehow, parties for a month, and finally tells a lie about why the kid is missing 31days later at the prompting of her mother.
That's a lot different.
Because of the custody and possession aspect of the case we necessarily treat Casey's statements a bit different than those of someone who was just a stranger.
People who have kids know these things intimately. People without kids find it incredible we might hold a parent accountable for their own child's whereabouts.
She's guilty ~
I hold her accountable. She was charged with murder, and it wasn’t proven.