She pleaded not guilty. December Many people, both locally and nationally, followed the case and searched for Caylee. On December 11, skeletal remains were found in a wooded area near the Anthony home by a utility worker.
On December 19, authorities announced the remains had been identified as Caylee. Pictured here is a memorial for Caylee where the 2-year-old's remains were found. May With prosecutors deciding to pursue the death penalty, jury selection began in the Casey Anthony trial on May 9, Spectators in the courthouse are pictured here as they wait for the trial's first day to begin on May 24, May Jose Baez, lead defense counsel for Casey Anthony, presented a different story during his opening remarks: he said Caylee Anthony was not murdered and was never missing.
Baez stated she died on June 16, , from an accidental drowning in the Anthony family's backyard pool. June During the trial, the prosecution alleged that Casey used chloroform on her daughter and suffocated her by putting duct tape over the little girl's mouth and nose. They also alleged that Casey put her daughter's body in her car trunk before disposing of it.
June Forensics expert Arpad Vass testified on June 6 that the only plausible explanation for the odor in Casey's car trunk would be the presence of a decomposing human body. Pictured here is an evidence photo of trash found in the trunk. June During his testimony, Casey's father, George Anthony, denied the defense's claims that he sexually abused his daughter and that he was involved in his granddaughter's death.
June Casey's mother, Cindy, also took the stand. Here, she's seen reacting to a photo of Caylee on a monitor during her testimony on June 14, , day 18 of the trial. June Judge Belvin Perry looks at evidence as it's presented during the trial.
June Jennifer Welch, a crime scene investigator with the Orange County Sheriff's Office, shows letters from Caylee's T-shirt that were entered into evidence. June Assistant State Attorney Jeff Ashton holds crime scene evidence during a cross-examination of entomologist Dr. Mason argued that prosecutors had not offered up solid proof of premeditation or child abuse.
If convicted of murder, Casey may face the death penalty. A forensic geologist discussed soil samples from shoes taken from the Anthony home, saying no evidence was present linking any of the shoes to the site where the remains were found—however, such soil evidence can easily fall off, so this lack means little. A toxicologist explained that the hair mass found with the remains did not show evidence of drugs, but that it was not tested for chloroform.
Still more witnesses testified about chloroform and hair samples. For more information on the forensics from the trial go here. There was some discussion of her records from work, however, which showed she was working at the time the searches were made, so it was up to the jury whether they found her testimony convincing.
The motion was filed, and Perry immediately had Anthony examined by three psychologists. He announced that, having reviewed the reports of the experts, Anthony was competent and the trial would continue.
The defense claimed he found the body far earlier and moved it to its final location to get a reward, a claim which he denied on the stand. They had a difficult time proving this history, however, as the only witness who connected Anthony to any molestation was her ex-fiancee, and his testimony was not allowed by Judge Perry.
This opened the door for the prosecution to bring in his suicide note as evidence during rebuttal, and that is exactly what they did. On June 30th, the defense in the Casey Anthony trial rested its case, and July 1st the prosecution began its rebuttal, expecting to finish by the end of the day.
Perry declared there would be no court on July 2nd, and closing statements would be made on Sunday July 3rd, allowing the jury to begin deliberation by the holiday. They argued that the defense theory of the case—that Caylee died in an accidental drowning covered up by her grandfather—was illogical.
On July 5th, they pick up where they left off after six hours the day before. They found her guilty of the four counts of giving False Information to Law Enforcement with which she was charged, but not guilty of the murder and child abuse counts. Since she has spent approximately three years in jail already, and has had good behavior, Anthony will complete her sentence in a week on July For more on the story, go here. This probation is for her check fraud conviction, unrelated to the murder trial that made her famous.
Among other things, her probation forbids her to consume drugs or alcohol, associate with known criminals, or own a firearm, and she must report regularly to a probation officer.
Her lawyers are fighting the motion in court. However, the defense attorneys argued this was an unfair amount to expect her to pay especially since she was only charged with four counts of lying to the police.
This limitation restricts her from being billed for any murder investigation or prosecution costs. A hearing determined that Anthony cannot be charged with any costs after September 29, since that marked the end of the missing person phase of the investigation. The judge gave investigators until September 18, , to submit revised reports and the total costs could then be raised accordingly.
According to the Florida DOC report, she had no violations this month to the terms of her probation. Informed of that, Baez now notes the login may have been automatic whenever someone started a browser. Even so, browser records indicate Casey's password-protected account is the only one that generated a login to her AIM account, as it did just before the foolproof suffocation search.
George Anthony's attorney, Mark Lippman, said he would relay a request to George Anthony for comment on what happened that afternoon, but neither has responded. In our October interview, Baez at first agreed George Anthony was at work by 3, but -- after Local 6 challenged his timeline -- he noted last week his assumption was based on work schedules, not time-stamped cards, and on George Anthony's unverified testimony.
He also said his expert found some computer system files with times that support his contention the browser's reported times were off by an hour. But those records have not been released and, therefore, cannot be verified by Local 6. So, 16 months after a verdict that shocked the nation, the case continues to leave heads shaking. How could a massive investigation fail to uncover crucial evidence created during the most important hours of its most important day? And why didn't prosecutors request the records sooner, making a more forceful, specific, wide-ranging demand for every byte of data on the computer browser, then followed up more vociferously, utilizing the vast array of experts and resources available to the sheriff's and state attorney's offices?
The incoming state attorney, Ashton, said he "can't think of a policy or procedure I could put in place to make sure this wouldn't happen again. He repeatedly cited Burdick's asking the Sheriff's Office for June 16 browser data, saying, "It appears Linda's question covered the material. But that request came less than two months before jury selection in a case that had consumed investigators and prosecutors for nearly three years by then.
The Sheriff's Office said its computer forensics section, where Osborne is still employed, "is walking away from it knowing there are things we can do better in the future. The times associated with the chloroform searches in March and produced by the Sheriff's Office were, indeed, off by an hour, because the software they used to extract it did not take into account the change to daylight saving time on March 9, Also, in trial, the sheriff's independent computer consultant inaccurately testified the browser made 84 visits in March to a page that showed a recipe for making chloroform.
The defense proved the software was flawed and there was only one visit — a major blow to a state case that rested on circumstantial and scientific evidence. Still, the Sheriff's Office stands by its work. I think the prosecutor and Sheriff's Office both had a huge job before them on this case and they both obviously worked very hard.
But, asked if she would have done more to make sure the state had the entire computer browsing history from that crucial day, Humphrey said, "Certainly, if I had been in the prosecutor's office, I would have. Copyright by ClickOrlando. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. A river flood warning and a special weather statement in effect for 3 regions in the area.
Cops, prosecutors botched Casey Anthony evidence Computer search for 'foolproof suffocation' never found. Tony Pipitone. Published: November 28, pm. Tags: Casey Anthony , Investigators , News. At p. Five seconds later, the user clicks on an article that criticizes pro-suicide websites that include advice on "foolproof" ways to die. When Osborn first seized the computer and started it on July, 18, at p. On June 16, at a. Eighteen seconds after the photo was accessed in Facebook it was uploaded to Casey's Photobucket account, according to Photobucket records subpoenaed by the Sheriff's Office in Cellphone call and text records also align with the times of computer activity logged by the browser, but only if one accepts the later p.
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