Chris's Crime Forum

Stain Shaped Like Child's Body In Casey's Trunk.
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- Over 1,000 new pages of documents were released Tuesday in the case against Casey Anthony. They include a statement that an FBI investigator saw an outline of a small body in the fetal position in Casey's trunk.

According to many of the emails among the documents released, the Anthonys’ private eye, Dominic Casey, was really looking for dirt on key people involved in the case, innocent people who have never been considered as suspects in Caylee's murder and he was looking for a conspiracy theory, too.
There are also new revelations in the new documents about the mysterious stain in Casey Anthony's car trunk. FBI investigators say the stain is shaped like a child's body in the fetal position. The FBI says the child's back, bottom and legs could be seen most clearly.

WFTV legal analyst Bill Sheaffer says it adds to the hair and air in the trunk showing evidence of decomposition.

“Why is a child's body gonna be in the trunk of that car dead or alive? It's significant that the child's body was in the trunk of that car,” Sheaffer said.

The new records also include dozens of emails exchanged between Cindy Anthony and private investigator Dominic Casey, which focus on digging up dirt on key people involved in the case.

One of the most bizarre emails accuses Casey's ex-fiance's father, Richard Grund, of having weird religious beliefs that might lead him to human sacrifice rituals. Dominic Casey was also focused on finding connections between Grund and meter reader Roy Kronk, who found Caylee's remains near the Anthonys' house in December, and was investigating Kronk's relative and the relatives of Casey's ex-boyfriend, Ricky Morales.

Cindy said finding a connection between Kronk and Grund would be "huge." She wrote, "I want him to go down for this if he is involved. I have people that can fly under the radar and make it happen."

“There's always been a sense of desperation about the defendant's case, especially because Casey has made so many inconsistent statements,” Sheaffer said.

Eyewitness News also learned that Dominic Casey expects to be paid by the Anthonys, according to their contract, and that he had offered Casey's brother Lee an internship. Dominic Casey’s emails are marked "privileged and confidential,” but they are now public record.

Among the documents was a chart that showed the people the Anthony family considered "threatening" (see chart) and weren't invited to Caylee's memorial service. They include former bounty-hunter Leonard Padilla, Casey's ex-fiance Jesse Grund, ex-family spokesman Larry Garrison, Zenaida Gonzalez, the woman who's suing Casey, talk-show host Nancy Grace and WFTV’s own Kathi Belich, who's uncovered more about the case than anybody,
http://www.wftv.com/news/21146562/detail.html

No link to Casey Anthony in DNA on duct tape, FBI says..

hummmmm...

FBI officials found DNA from one of their own lab technicians on duct tape taken off Caylee Marie Anthony's remains, according to documents released Tuesday by the State Attorney's Office.

Authorities also found a partial DNA profile from someone else on the tape — and the FBI acknowledged in documents that it doesn't know who that person is.

The FBI said it ruled out members of Caylee's family, including mother Casey Anthony, who is charged with the toddler's death.

Details of DNA and other physical evidence collected in the case, as well as e-mails between FBI officials and investigators — plus a cheat sheet of reporters and hecklers and others involved in the case kept by private investigator Dominic Casey — were among the 1,000 pages of investigative documents made public Tuesday by prosecutors.

One DNA expert, asked to assess the FBI's report on the duct tape, said the mystery DNA profile is only a partial.

That means it can be used only to exclude people, such as Anthony family members, said Dr. Henrietta Nunno, a professor at John Jay College in New York.

Another new detail revealed publicly about the case came from correspondence at the FBI involving a large stain in the trunk of the Pontiac Casey Anthony drove.

An analyst said several people examined a photo of a trunk liner, where a stain "appears to be the outline or silhouette of a child in the fetal position."

"You can make out what may be the back, bottom, and legs most clearly ... several of us can see this image and agree there is good chance we are seeing something significant," FBI intelligence analyst Karen Cowan wrote in a September 2008 e-mail.

Two days later, an FBI photo technologist responded to the e-mail: "I would note that, although we may be able to draw conclusions about whether marks represent impressions or stains, for example, we do not report conclusions about what may or may not have left any marks or impressions in cases like this — it is too speculative. Others can draw their own conclusions about that."

Anthony, 23, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 2-year-old Caylee. The toddler was reported missing in July 2008 — about a month after she was last seen alive.

Caylee's remains were discovered in December in woods just blocks away from her family's east Orange County home. Anthony's first-degree murder trial is expected to begin next summer.

The list created by Dominic Casey, the private investigator working for Anthony's parents, George Anthony and Cindy Anthony, shows pictures of people involved in the case and notes on the probability of them carrying a weapon.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/services ... 2689.story

Judge: Hand Over George Anthony Testimony
A judge ordered Tuesday (read order) that the grand jury testimony George Anthony gave in October 2008 be handed over to state prosecutors in the case against Casey Anthony.
Prosecutors wanted a transcript of George Anthony's secret grand jury testimony given on October 14, 2008 that led to the first-degree murder indictment against his daughter Casey. Casey was arrested the very next day. Prosecutors asked for the testimony to be used in the murder trial of Casey set for next summer.

"... the original of said transcript shall be delivered to the State Attorney," Judge Stan Strickland wrote in the order issued Tuesday afternoon.

George, a former detective, told investigators he recognized the unmistakable odor of a dead body in the trunk of Casey's car when he picked it up at a wrecker service.

Prosecutors presented the grand jury case and George is working with the defense team, so both sides likely already know a lot about the testimony, which is supposed to be secret.


MORE DOCS EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED

Also this week, the state is expected to release more documents in the case.

Eyewitness News has learned they are releasing every document the state has received to date that hasn't been released.

With the latest released expected this week, there will be a total of 10,400 pages released so far.

BAEZ ANSWERS "PLEA DEAL" QUESTION

For the very first time in the case against Casey Anthony, her lawyer says he won't rule out the chance of a plea deal.

"Any plea that would ever be taken would have to be taken by Casey,” Jose Baez told Geraldo Rivera during an interview over the weekend.Up until now, Casey's defense team and her family have insisted there would be no deals made. They insist she's innocent and say she would have to admit to something she didn't do to take a plea deal, even though she could face the death penalty by going to trial.

Prosecutors still haven't publicly offered a deal to Casey, but over the weekend talk show host Geraldo Rivera asked Baez, with all the evidence against Casey, why not agree to a plea deal to save her life. Baez says it’s up to Casey.

“Well, that’s not my decision to make. Umm, that, any plea that would ever be taken would have to be taken by Casey and she would have to accept a plea, if one were offered,” Baez told Rivera.

“The proper response would have been, ‘Are you kidding me? She’s innocent! We pled not guilty. We are going to trial,” WFTV legal analyst Bill Sheaffer said.Eyewitness News received no response from Baez in attempts to get his comments Monday.
more here at this link
http://www.wftv.com/news/21218784/detail.html?treets=orlc&tid=2658219508813&tml=orlc_8pm&tmi=orlc_8pm_1_07000110062009&ts=H

How many think Casey is innocent? Raise your hand!

Oh, that's what I thought.

Now what exacly is it the lawyer thinks she has to lose by making a plea deal? It seems to me that ship has already sailed.

So we have the same duct tape on the posters, the gas can, and on the child's skull. Looks like that roll went a long way. Seeing as how the posters went all over town, there's no telling how many hands that evidence went into.

Thank you, Doreen!
I've been waiting to hear some more on that case.

Judge Won't Dismiss Charges, Fraud Trial Date Set


Casey Anthony will stand trial in January not for murder, but for stealing her best friend's checks. An Orange County judge Friday set a date for her check fraud trial. The judge also granted a motion (read order) filed by the state to dismiss the defense motion to have murder and child abuse charges dropped.

The judge also gave Casey's defense team until February to provide proof that someone else placed Caylee's body in the woods near the Anthony family home.Casey was in court Friday for the first time in months. Casey appeared before Judge Stan Strickland Friday wearing a sea-foam green, puffed-sleeve, belted shirt and her hair looked longer.The court hearing was a lot shorter than it was supposed to be, because Casey's defense team made some legal snafus. The defense took a pounding in court; it couldn't have some of the hearings it wanted to have because it didn't do what it should have.The defense failed to provide a witness list for one of the issues and gave legal notice to the sheriff's office instead of the county to prepare for the jail camera issue (read motion), but the sheriff has not run the Orange County jail since 1987.

“It’s a farce. It doesn’t even come close to the legal requirements necessary for the court to even entertain a motion to dismiss,” state prosecutor Linda Drane-Burdick argued Friday.

That's how prosecutors described Casey Anthony’s defense team motion (motion | state response | defense reply) for the judge to throw out the murder and child abuse charges against Casey.

“The entire motion, from top to bottom, it is replete with errors, it’s insufficient as a matter of law,” Drane-Burdick said Friday in court.

“It cannot be the intent of the Florida legislature that a person swear to something that they do not have personal knowledge,” Casey’s attorney, Andrea Lyon, argued.

The judge decided not to rule on whether he'd throw out the charges against her during the hearing, but issued his order not to dismiss the charges just after noon.

“The content of the motion, as well as Ms. Anthony’s brief affirmations, are not enough to carry the day under Florida Rules of Pleading,” Judge Strickland wrote in his order (read it).

Meanwhile, the defense was ordered Friday to turn over, by February 1, any evidence it might have to back up its claim that someone else placed Caylee's body in the woods last year (motion | defense response).

“Is there gonna be a bombshell on February 1st,” WFTV reporter Kathi Belich asked Casey’s attorney, Jose Baez.

“There will be something. There definitely will be something,” Baez said.

The court issued details on the check fraud case against Casey less than an hour after the hearing. A pretrial status hearing was set for Friday, December 18, 2009 at 10:00am and the trial date was set for Monday, January 25, 2010.

The defense did win the right to have the photographs of Caylee's remains copied on CDs, which they will send to their experts.

http://www.wftv.com/news/21314971/detai ... 0110162009

Thanks or the good laugh, Doreen!

I'm sorry. I know it's not supposed to be funny, but I couldn't help laughing when I read the above post!

It seems to me that all the good lawyers in Florida won't touch this case, (to defend) so only the ones who really need the work are the ones the Anthony family can get. It's really pitiful to see them trying to work with what little they have,... but really....(Sorry! There I go again!)

I'm sorry I didn't get to see that court session. It sounds like it must have been a circus!

So does anyone think these clowns can get their act together by February? I'm curious to see what they come up with. If I were in there, I would just give up and say she's guilty. Perhaps by prolonging the trial they can get more money out of it. They charge by the hour, don't they?

Say! I wonder who's providing the wardrobe for Casey? She must be smashing!

yes Bill..Casey..was wearing a sea foam green, belted, puffy-sleeved blouse...walking down the runway..

Anthonys Familys' P.I. Deposition Postponed

The Anthony family's private investigator will have to answer questions under oath in the case against Casey Anthony, but he'll get more time to prepare.

Private Investigator Dominic Casey was set to be deposed on Thursday, but it's been pushed back until December 16. Dominic Casey filed a motion (read) on October 21, to stop his November deposition.

Dominic has been trying to get out of the deposition. He says because he once worked for Casey’s defense team, he shouldn't have to answer any questions.

Dominic Casey was videotaped in the woods near the Anthony family home in November, one month before Caylee Anthony’s remains were found there on December 11.


CHLOROFORM, EVIDENCE AMONG NEW CASEY DOCUMENTS

Over 2,000 pages of new documents were released Friday, including information that Casey Anthony may have had a bottle full of chloroform and a used syringe.

The newly-released documents are shedding new light on the evidence prosecutors are using to build their case against Casey Anthony including details about the evidence at the scene where Caylee's body was discovered.

At the scene where investigators found Caylee Anthony’s remains, they recovered a Disney bag that contained a Cool Blue Gatorade bottle. Even after the six months from time Caylee was last seen alive and the time her remains were found, the bottle contained a liquid that still smelled of household chemicals and a used syringe.

http://www.wftv.com/news/21573563/detai ... 02009&ts=H

I thought chloroform was inhaled, not injected.
What's with the syringe?

Who knows with a demented mind like Casey,maybe she give herself a small shot in the ass to see if she could get high off it.Her defense team is a huge joke,Baez obviously thinks he is going to be famous after this,maybe he is going to start each day in court like Nancy Grace does with some "Breaking or Bombshell news",that will free his client.

It does surprise me how much information they have released to the public,yes all of us enquiring minds want to know but it makes you wonder how much is left for the trial.I hope she will not get an appeal after because the jury pool is tainted because her face and story has been pasted everywhere for just about 18 months now.