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Home › Politics

Politics | 10/02/2008 12:00 pm

Florida Mom Named Suspect in Tot Caylee Anthony's Disappearance

By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Caylee Anthony © AP

A Florida mother is being investigated for killing her own three-year-old daughter.

Investigators have named Casey Anthony a suspect in the mid-June disappearance of her daughter, three-year-old Caylee Anthony, CNN reports. Police previously called Anthony a "person of interest." She didn’t report the three-year-old child’s disappearance until mid-July – a month after the tot went missing.

"Casey is a suspect," said Orange County Sheriff’s Department Capt. Angelo Nieves. "She has been uncooperative, leading investigators down the wrong path and lying to them. She has not provided any credible information about the last time she saw her or where she was left."

Casey Anthony of Orlando, FL, was arrested on July 16 on suspicion of telling detectives lies about Caylee’s disappearance and for child neglect. She was released on bail after that arrest and subsequent arrests on unrelated theft charges. On September 15, Orange County, FL, investigators arrested her for criminal use of personal information and other charges in connection with the investigation of her illegal use of a friend’s bank account.

Casey Anthony’s arraignment for check fraud — initially set for Thursday — has been rescheduled for October 14, the Orlando Sentinel reports.

Authorities said weeks ago that evidence suggests Caylee is dead; evidence of human decomposition and chloroform were found in Casey Anthony’s car. Police sources also suggested that a strand of hair found in the trunk of the car was Caylee’s, and authorities discovered Internet searches of chloroform websites on the mother’s computer.

The Sentinel also reports that residents of the subdivision where the Anthony family lives asked the Orange County Commission for money to help them quiet protesters and onlookers they say are disrupting the peace.

"I will not dignify these miscreants by calling them ‘protesters,’" said Mark NeJame, the attorney for Caylee’s grandparents, Cindy and George Anthony. "They would not know the Constitution if they threw that against their [the Anthonys] home."

Read more about: Casey Anthony, Caylee Anthony, Florida, Missing Child, News, U.S.

9 Reader Comments (so far…) Sign In or Register to comment

LucindaHerbert
Innocent until proven guilty, but it’s all pointing toward the mother’s guilt. The police know it, the grandparents know it, and the former boyfriend knows it.
By LucindaHerbert on 10/02/2008 1:25 pm
JJGB
There’s too much that indicates the mother is either guilty or knows who is and she’s not talking. She knows more than she’s telling. The police are being way too soft on her and I wonder why? Her behavior is not normal for a mother who has lost her child under suspicious circmstances.
By JJGB on 10/02/2008 1:35 pm
SandbeeFB54
This mother has been telling different lies to the police since the beginning of the investigation. There is something very wrong here. And very sad for the child.
By SandbeeFB54 on 10/02/2008 1:51 pm
JB1
I have been following this case from the beginning…all I know is, if this was MY daughter, and MY grandchild was missing…she WOULD talk…if it meant locking her in the garage and slamming her hand in a car door until she spilled the beans..so be it. I believe the self absorbed Ms. Anthony was jealous of the bond between her Mother and her daughter, resentful of the “drag” being a Mother put on her partying…so she did the un-thinkable. She is an animal, and at this point, her parents and brother are enablers. I watch this on Nancy Grace each night, and am stunned that the prosecutors haven’t nailed Ms. Anthony yet.
By JB1 on 10/02/2008 6:19 pm
kathyhurt
J B, I believe they are being extremely careful so this case IS NOT thrown out once it goes to court.This is as crazy as the mother who drove her kids into the lake and lied about it.Yes! her family are enablers,no mistake about it,the authorities don’t want this thrown out so steady as she goes is the name of the game.
By kathyhurt on 10/02/2008 8:05 pm
HABIBI
J B, You nailed it! This is exactly what I think, only dif is, I don’t think she cared about the bond her daughter had with her mom. I think it was just a matter of this child interfering with her ability to party and be completely without responsibility. I too have been following this terribly sad story on Nancy Grace’s show, as I truly love and respect Nancy’s advocasy for the victims of crime.
By HABIBI on 10/02/2008 9:19 pm
TeeZee
This story is just too sad for words…
By TeeZee on 10/02/2008 8:59 pm
ChromeToe
Yes… to sad for words… and even sadder if those grandparents had any part in covering this up. didn’t i read that cadaver dogs indicated there had been a body on their property?
By ChromeToe on 10/03/2008 10:25 am
TinaWalden
Since I live here close to the Anthony family here in central florida, I have been inundated with news of this case. As a former child abuse investigator I originally thought that perhaps she had sold the child or given her away. But as the days passed and then the cadaver dogs did their job I have become convinced that the child is deceased. Some here would say that she may have harmed her by accident, but the only true accident could only occur if she was not involved (ie-giving her a bath and coming in to discover she had drowned or a pool incident, etc). If it was a true accident why would she not have called for help? Whether the mother is guilty or not, something happened to this little girl. Her mother has not cooperated with the police and has told lie after lie to all around her. But I have questions: she was living with her parents for the last 3yrs, why didn’t they realise she was no longer working? Why did her parents not insist in seeing the child since they had such a close relationship (was at nursing home on June15th photos)? Why did none of her friends and family question not seeing the child after being told she was with her nanny more than once? This is a totally sad situation that happens to children who fall under the radar of schools.
By TinaWalden on 10/06/2008 2:55 am