Posted on 08/25/2008 12:14:55 PM PDT by Red Badger
New details have emerged in the case of missing Caylee Anthony - Sacramento bounty hunter Leonard Padilla has revealed that he believes Caylee Anthony is with friends of her mother, Casey.
Let's start with case facts (Scroll down for latest updates): The mother of a missing Florida toddler is a "person of interest" in a possible homicide.
Casey was formerly charged with child neglect and other charges involving alleged lies to police about her daughter's whereabouts. Caylee Marie Anthony, 2, has not been seen for more than a month. Caylee allegedly disappeared on June 9th.
Investigators have said stains, along with hair and dirt, were found in the trunk of a car belonging to the mother, Casey Anthony. There also was the odor of human decomposition, the same odor detected in her parents' backyard. Two separate cadaver dogs hit on the car, indicating the scent of death.
Investigators found nothing when they dug in the backyard of Caylee's grandmother Cindy Anthony's home, however.
Cindy Anthony, Casey's mother, told an interviewer on the "Early Show" on CBS that her daughter "has her reasons why she can't be completely honest" with police. Caylee's grandmother, Cindy, has maintained that she does not know anything about her granddaughter's disappearance and will not discuss her daughter's unwillingness to be honest with police.
The 911 tapes in which Cindy reported her granddaughter missing have been released. In the first tape, Cindy said her daughter Casey had been missing for a month and that she just found her. (Cindy recently said in court that she spoke with her daughter everyday between the time she disappeared and the time she returned.) She wanted Casey arrested and reported that she had stolen her automobile and "some money" on the 30th of June. Cindy said Casey would not tell her where Caylee is.
In the second tape, Cindy Anthony is obviously panicked and goes into detail about her granddaughter's disappearance. She told the dispatcher that her daughter just admitted that her granddaughter was taken by Casey's long-time babysitter. "There's something wrong," she said. Cindy found her daughter's car and told the dispatcher that the car smelled like there was a dead body in it. (Cindy recently insisted she did not smell a dead body, but a rotting pizza.) Casey then talks with the dispatcher, confirming that her daughter has been missing - and that she's been trying to find her through "other resources" before reporting it to police. Casey claimed she knows who took her daughter - her nanny. Her name is Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez, a woman that doesn't exist and may have been made-up by Casey.
It was revealed earlier this week that Casey Anthony was out partying a week after her daughter went missing. Casey was photographed partying with some lovely gentlemen at a club on June 20th - well after the date she told police her daughter went missing.
Casey has changed her story, as has her attorney, claiming the date she gave police as the day her daughter disappeared is false and that Casey was lacking the guidance of an attorney at the time. Apparently Caylee disappeared "much later" than the date Casey gave authorities, perhaps even early July. The grandmother Cindy, however, says Caylee was gone on June 15th.
Casey was also seen partying with friends on July 4th.
Crime Scene Investigators, or CSI, took "evidence" from the home of Cindy Anthony after arriving with empty bags and leaving with two full bags recently.
It is believed that CSI officials collected bags of evidence in the search for Caylee. Reports suggest Casey may have borrowed a shovel around the time Caylee disappeared. A new 'concrete slab' in the backyard was also brought into question.
Caylee Anthony's grandfather has alleged in a television interview that Caylee's mom stole two gas cans shortly before the youngster disappeared. George Anthony told Fox News Tuesday night the containers and about $50 worth of gasoline disappeared from his backyard tool shed in Orlando June 24 and he saw one of them in the trunk of a car belonging to his daughter, Casey Anthony, later that day.
The Orlando Sentinel said Orange County, Fla., sheriff's investigators recovered the cans from Casey Anthony's home Aug. Casey Anthony remained in jail Wednesday after being formally charged with child neglect and lying to police.
Authorities were searching lakes nearby the Anthony home last week, but claim the dives were not related to the Caylee case.
On August 11, the family of missing Caylee reached out to psychic detective Gale St. John, who has appeared on several TV shows and has been hired for other cases, for help. Gale planned to search the streets of Central Florida for a "person signature".
She says, "We will not even look at street names."
"We drive and go completely on feeling instinct, chasing down what we call a person signature."
Also, Casey has been refusing visits from her family, including her parents. Her brother canceled his August 12th visit.
August 18 - 19th: Sacramento bounty hunter Leonard Padilla has arranged for the $500,000 bail for Casey Anthony because he has a "hunch" that Caylee is alive.
Padilla's people plan to work with Casey to get her daughter back and believe it will 5 days to find the missing girl.
Some believe Padilla's sympathy and bail are part of a publicity stunt.
August 21 - Casey was released from jail.
August 25 - Leonard Padilla said he thinks Anthony left daughter Caylee in the care of friends and did not drop her with a babysitter as she initially told police, The Orlando Sentinel reported Monday.
"I think what she was trying to do was break away from her parents' home," said Padilla, adding the 22-year-old was "in the process of re-establishing herself and her daughter."
Padilla admitted his theory is speculation, saying he has had no contact with law enforcement and bases his theory only on what he's seen.
"She's not concerned," he said. "You've seen her. Her demeanor is that of a parent who knows her child is safe."
BS, She knows her daughter is dead. Her demeanor reflects that and more.................
Ping!..........
Bookmarked for later read.....
Thought you might find this article interesting....especially the last sentence...... :o
Why aren’t George and Cindy out looking for Caylee? Instead they shout at the media and beg for money to be donated....
Yeah right. That’s why her car smelled like a dead body, according to her own mother, and cadaver dogs hit on the trunk that had an “odor of decomposition”.
Yes, I believe this. (do I really need a sarc tag here?)
Her demeanor is that of someone totally detached--like a sociopath.
Lots of documents to be released this afternoon:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orange/orl-casey-anthony-082508,0,7716236.story
Put her on The Rack (ò¿ó)
She’ll spill her guts (+¿+)
That's very neat. I'll have to remember that when I forget an important date such as a birthday or anniversary. "I'm sorry but I didn't have an attorney to advise me this was your birthday!" What a bunch of baloney!
Unfortunately the child is dead. The grandmother's flip-flop is disgusting. Irresponsible parents who make excuses for their kids and blatantly teach them by word and example to disregard the rights of others = a new crop of Sociopaths!
My daughter teaches elementary age school children...she estimates about 20% of her class clearly demonstrate sociopathic behavior and have enabler parents.
Thanks! I bet these documents are “redacted” of any possible criminal evidence, so as not to poison the jury pools..............
And if the grandmother is refusing to talk about certain issues, perhaps it's time to bring her before a grand jury for a chat. I'm unaware of any privilege she could assert, unless she wants to plead the fifth.
MM
She’ll spill her guts (+¿+).....?.......That would require being “drawn and quartered”...............
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drawn_and_quartered
Just last Friday I went to check on an old friend who had not been answering the phone for over a week, and found him deceased in his apartment. I am extremely familiar with that smell of death now, and will never be able to forget it.
Finding that smell in the car trunk is a huge factor in this case.
Good Idea Red Badger! (ô¿ô)
Off topic but I’m sorry about your friend, and sorry you had to find him.
And back on topic, if not for the smell in the car and the cadaver dogs, I would hold out hope that the baby IS alive somewhere, but I just can’t believe it in light of evidence. How I would love to be wrong.
susie
Thank you. He had been there for seven days. It was an experience I need to learn to forget.
An old pizza just dries up it doesn’t stink.
do we know who,if anyone, is paying for the atty? or is he doing this pro se for the publicity it will bring him?
wow that’s horrible. i am so sorry you had to experience that.
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