Time's almost up

So I have been scrapping so much lately because my classes at U of A start in a mere 10 days. I am going full time, so I know that once the classes start I won't have time to scrapbook. This could possibly be the last lo reveal for a while...

Based on Sketch 10 over at Paper Secrets. This lo uses the Indie Girl collection from Sassafras. I love this collection!!!

The manu for the month at Paper Secrets is Basic Grey. I created this lo of my sister and her bf.

This lo was inspired by the sketch over at Creative Scrappers, sketch 169. I dug deep into my stash & came up with some SEI from years ago, Petals & Paisley.

This last lo, well I can't remember where the sketch is from... Sad isn't it?? I used items from the Paper Doll collection by Crate Paper. I titled it "Budding Fashionista" my niece is all about her accessories!! She is so cute!!

I hope to get a little more scrapping done before classes start.





Insert Clever Title Here

I have been at home for 3 days with a sick Aidan. It is very difficult to get much work done when he is around. I really hope he feels better soon.
I did a little scrapping this weekend.

This lo was inspired by sketch 77 over at Inspired Blueprints. Everything in this lo is from Sassafras Lass.

This lo was inspired by July 28 reveal at Sassy Lil' Sketches. This lo uses all Echo Park paper.

I had a really hard time with this last lo. Inspired by the sketch over at Sketchy Thursdays, 7.28. I knew what photos I wanted to use, it was the paper that I had a really hard time with. I am not thrilled with the lo. It is reather basic and is def. not my best work. I used an old Colorbok line for this one.

Creative Time

Creativity has struck lately.

Here is a lo I did of my Memaw and her two besties. The quote is from The Design X challenge. I used papers from the Basic Grey Lemonade line & the large flower is from MM Vintage Findings.

This lo was inspired by the sketch over at Sassy Lil' Sketches. The photo's are from last summer, swimming was just too much for these two. Papers & embellies are from Echo Park Summertime.

This final lo was inspired by a lo I found in the Big Book of Scrapbook Pages, I picked up this book at Hobby Lobby. I have found lots of inspo in this book!

On this lo I used papers from Sassafras Monstrosity line. I just love that paper line!!

Happy Birthday!

Today my sweet boy, Gavin, would be 4.

He loved to eat, he wanted to be eating all the time. His favorite food was bacon. When he said it there was this rise at the end, I guess that was his excitement over just the thought of it. Poptarts were a close second, you could usually find a wayward piece stuck in his curls. His favorite drink was “Da Pepper”, he would drink it give that sigh & say “Oh Da Pepper!” He carried his blanket with him everywhere. Every morning we danced with the Mickey Mouse Club to the Hot Dog dance. He would talk Azure to sleep & be her alarm clock in the morning. He loved playing babies & barbies with Tamia. “Burrnin it up” across the living room with Aidan was a daily ritual. Gavin was almost always happy, a twinkle in those big brown eyes, a smile on his sweet face & a bounce in his walk. He loved to sit with me & watch tv, while he sat in my lap I would touch that mess of curls & inhale his scent.

In celebration of him I wanted to share this slideshow.

I hope that his sweet smile will brighten your day. Always remember, today is a gift - make the most of it. Tell those you love, you love them, give some extra hugs today.

Happy Birthday Sweet Boy!! Momma loves you!!!

Paper Secrets

I came across this site, Paper Secrets, while I was searching for sketch & challenge sites. I loved the colors on their page, so I checked them out.

I easily found their challenge section, where there were lots of options! I started with the July sketch. Here is the sketch

I used papers from Girls Paperie & the Fleamarket collection from Colorbok. The quote says, "The best way to behave is to misbehave." Mae West. Here is my take on the sketch,

I liked this sketch!!

Got My Scrap On

I had a very scrappy weekend. It is funny how much I can get done when I am not focused on a trial.

This first layout I did Friday night. I used the sketch at Sketchy Thursdays as my inspiration.

This lo features my niece Sheila & myself at the Chattanooga Aquarium this April. The papers & embellies are from the Jack & Jill collection by MME. The only piece that is not from that collection is the banner piece on the left side, that is from Sass.

I love this photo of Dimitri. The "D" card is the only embellie I didn't print from online. I hand stitched on the baseball & the red sheet to the blue sheet. I was going for kind of a Field of Dreams, "If you dream it they will come" kind of feel. The very back ground paper is from Bo Bunny.

This next lo I created using the sketch at Creative Scrappers. I used the Abbey Road collection from MME. My sister's in-laws own a trucking company so my niece loves big trucks!!

I think I might have one more lo in me before the weekend is over. I have to get a new blade for my trimmer & replacement for my tape runner this week. Just my luck that the 40% off coupon was last week at Hobby Lobby. I gotta check & see what JoAnns has on sale & the coupons.





Marcia Clark Gives Insight

I have had a thought about what maybe the jury got hung up on. The problem was I couldn't figure out how to get my thought into understandable, followable words. Marcia Clark, the prosecutor in the OJ Simpson case, did it for me.

Marcia Clark wrote an article for The Daily Beast, here is the excerpt that I found closest to what I was thinking.
"

So it was a circumstantial case. Most cases are. But the circumstances were compelling. Maybe not sufficient to prove premeditated murder—and I never believed the jury would approve the death penalty—but certainly enough to find Casey Anthony guilty of manslaughter at the very least.

Why didn’t they? My guess, since I’m writing this before the inevitable juror cameos, is that the jury didn’t necessarily believe Casey was innocent but weren’t convinced enough of her guilt to bring in a conviction. The thinking goes something like this: Sure, Casey’s behavior after her daughter's death looks bad—dancing, partying, lying—but that doesn’t mean she killed the baby. Sure, that duct tape was weird, but that could’ve been done after the baby was already dead—no way to know who or when that tape was put on the baby’s face. Sure, the chloroform computer search seems damning, but that may not even have been done by Casey (her mom took the fall for that one).

And so, every bit of evidence presented by the prosecution could’ve been tinged with doubt. At the end of the day, the jury might have found that they just couldn’t convict her based on evidence that was reconcilable with an innocent explanation—even if the weight of logic favored the guilty one.

Jury instructions are so numerous and complex, it’s a wonder jurors ever wade through them. And so it should come as no surprise that they can sometimes get stuck along the way. The instruction on circumstantial evidence is confusing even to lawyers. And reasonable doubt? That’s the hardest, most elusive one of all. And I think it’s where even the most fair-minded jurors can get derailed.

How? By confusing reasonable doubt with a reason to doubt. Some believe that thinking was in play in the Simpson case. After the verdict was read in the Simpson case, as the jury was leaving, one of them, I was later told, said: “We think he probably did it. We just didn’t think they proved it beyond a reasonable doubt.” In every case, a defense attorney will do his or her best to give the jury a reason to doubt. "Some other dude did it," or "some other dude threatened him." But those reasons don’t necessarily equate with a reasonable doubt. A reason does not equal reasonable. Sometimes, that distinction can get lost."

Reason to doubt is not the same as reasonable doubt. This, to me, is the best explanation of what happened with the Casey Anthony jury. Then I started looking at those all important jury instructions.

The jury instructions was 26 pages long. That is a huge amount of instructions, don't forget that JP pretty much read these instructions to the jury. I know that understanding the directions is a huge deal, but listening to an hour of lawyer speak.... well I would have tuned out after 15 min. You can read the jury instructions here. I read the instructions as to how to convict on each count. Let me tell you, had I been a juror I would have had to sit down with the instructions and rewrite them in plain English!!

So here is what I came up with:

First, you must decide if Casey Anthony killed Caylee Anthony. If yes, then you proceed through the counts. If no, you move out of the homicide & murder categories. Without the belief that Casey killed Caylee you can not consider Felony Murder.

We know that the jury did not believe that Casey killed Caylee.
So now we move to Aggravated Child Abuse
"To prove the crime of Aggravated Child Abuse, the State must prove the following two elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
1. Casey Anthony knowingly or willfully committed child abuse upon Caylee Anthony and in so doing caused great bodily harm, permanent disability or permanent disfigurement.
2. Caylee Anthony was under the age of 18

Child abuse means the intentional infliction of physical or mental injury upon a child or an intentional act that could reasonably be expected to result in physical or mental injury to a child."

In reading this as defined by the courts Casey was not proven guilty. At no point did the state prove that Casey caused intentional infliction of physical or mental injury or that Casey did some act knowing it could injury. Did Casey use the chloroform? Did she put that duct tape on Caylee's mouth & nose? I believe she did. In order for the jury to have found Casey guilty of Aggravated Child Abuse they would have had to believe Casey placed the tape over Caylee's face or that Casey used chloroform on Caylee based upon the evidence.

The key line in the entire instruction is this one--
"It is to the evidence introduced in this trial, and to it alone, that you are to look for that proof."
That sentence means you have to take out how YOU feel, what your GUT instinct is & look only at the evidence.

When I take a step back, remove my emotions this is what I see.
Most probable cause of Caylee's death ---duct tape over nose & mouth
Said duct tape is linked to the Anthony home but not linked directly to Casey
Items Caylee was "buried" in --- linked to Anthony home but not directly to Casey
Heart Sticker --- similar stickers were found in Casey's belongings but not the EXACT one
Decomp in the car-- I felt this was proven, but without a link from Casey to Caylee's remains it doesn't matter.

So, now that I have had days to calm down & I have looked at the instructions the jury had, they made the only decision they could.

Do I agree with it, hell no.
Would I have held out in 11-1, you bet your sweet behind.
Did Casey kill Caylee so she could live that "Beautiful Life", those photos of her partying proved that. Did Cindy most likely know from at least August where Caylee was, yep.
Should Cindy face perjury charges, without a doubt.
Will I continue to boycott the Anthony family & anything that will make them $$$ from Caylee's death, you can count on it.
The evidence did prove that Caylee was murdered & Casey had help in the cover up.

What this says to our children is that if you lie & hold tight to that lie, get everyone to lie along with you, you will not face any consequences.

The biggest problem in this case was that Caylee's body wasn't found until there was absolutely no soft tissue left. Without that soft tissue key evidence could not be recovered, key questions could not be answered, thus on July 17 Casey Anthony will go free.
I urge you to continue in the boycott of all things that will bring the family $$$ from Caylee's death.

Not reporting Caylee missing does not fall under child abuse, thus we must support Caylee's law.

Justice for Caylee.

As always this blog expresses my own personal opinion. I have no intent to misrepresent facts of this case. What is contained here is not intended to be slanderous or malicious.

Hide Yo Kids

Casey Anthony received her sentence today for the 4 counts she was found guilty on.

When she came into the courtroom today her hair was loose & flowing. Her spirits were high, it was obvious, as she flipped her hair & batted her eyes at Baez. I nearly barfed.
Her face changed quickly when JP gave her the maximum sentence & she realized she would be spending more nights in jail. JP also gave her the highest fine possible, $1,000 per charge, plus court costs.
With time served Casey will be released on July 17 (date was changed late 7/7), her total fines are $4, 618. She will begin making payments Feb. 15, 2012 (my birthday) at the rate of $20 a month!!!

All reports say that Cindy, George nor Lee have had contact with Casey since the not guilty verdict came down. Through their lawyer they did make a statement saying Casey's defense was baseless. They also stated they had hoped to get some kind of information as to what really happened through the trial, that didn't happen.

Tim Miller, the founder of Equusearch is considering filing a suit against the Anthony's. Quoted from click2houston.com
""We ended up and spent a little over $112,000 on this search," Miller said.

He also said he went to Orlando because Caylee's grandmother, Cindy Anthony, called him and asked him to come.

"Basically crying and saying, 'Can you help find my granddaughter?'" Miller said.

Miller said he was shocked to hear Casey Anthony's attorney, Jose Baez, tell the jury that the toddler was never missing. During opening statements of the murder trial against Casey Anthony, Baez said that Caylee drowned in the family's back yard swimming pool.

"Why in the world did you call us on a girl that was not missing?" said Miller. "So, we were misled. We were lied to, and right now, we are certainly looking at all of our options to possibly file a lawsuit."

Texas EquuSearch relies on donations. Miller said he owes it to his donors to try and get that money back.

"I think it is only fair that we try to recoup that money," Miller said.

Miller said he is talking with his attorney to discuss his options and said if he does file a lawsuit, it will happen soon. "

The state of Fl also filed papers to have Casey Anthony pay the costs of the investigation & her prosecution. Which is only fair, being as she now says she knew Caylee was dead the entire time. The next court date on this matter is set for late August with JP.

I urge all of you that are unhappy with this miscarriage of justice, to boycott anything that will have Casey Anthony benefiting from Caylee's death. #1 ABC, not only did they pay a juror to speak also Baez. This Facebook page details what companies are paying for information.
Also go here & add your signature for Caylee's Law. This law would make it illegal to not report a child missing within a specific amount of time. One would think that child neglect would cover this, but as we have seen in the verdict it does not.

No more nightly posts surrounding this evil woman. I will continue to pass on interesting pieces of information & articles.

Failure of Common Sense

As is most others, I am still trying to wrap my mind around this verdict.

Details that I have learned today:

Juror #3 spoke to ABC. Here are portions of the article from abc.com
Jennifer Ford, or juror No. 3, says the jurors were "sick to their stomachs" after voting to not convict Anthony in connection with the death of her daughter.

Ford, a 32-year-old nursing student, told ABC News in an exclusive interview that she didn't think there was enough evidence to convict Anthony.

"I did not say she was innocent," Ford told ABC. "I just said there was not enough evidence. If you cannot prove what the crime was, you cannot determine what the punishment should be."
The jury's jaw dropping not guilty verdict shocked court observers, but it was also a difficult moment for the panel, Ford said in an exclusive interview with ABC News. No one from the jury was willing to come out and talk to the media in the hours after the verdict.

"Everyone wonders why we didn't speak to the media right away," Ford said. "It was because we were sick to our stomach to get that verdict. We were crying and not just the women. It was emotional and we weren't ready. We wanted to do it with integrity and not contribute to the sensationalism of the trial."

Instead of murder, Casey Anthony, 25, was found guilty of four counts of lying to law enforcement and could be released from jail as early as Thursday.

Ford praised the jurors.

"They picked a great bunch of people, such high integrity. And there was high morale," she said. "We all joked. We are like a big group of cousins."

Casey Anthony Prosecutor: 'All Came Down to Cause of Death'

Earlier today, the prosecutor and an alternate juror agreed on why the jury had refused to convict Anthony: They couldn't prove how little Caylee Anthony died.

"It all came down to the evidence," said Florida state attorney Jeff Ashton on "The View." "I think ultimately it all came down to -- at least from what the one alternate said -- it came down to the cause of death."

Prosecution was hampered by the fact that Caylee Anthony's body wasn't discovered until six months after she disappeared. She was found lying in a swampy, wooded area. Her body was so badly decomposed that the autopsy could not determine a cause of death and stated only that she was a victim of homicide by undetermined means.

"I don't think it was the lack of DNA" connecting Casey Anthony to her daughter's death that undermined the case, Ashton said. "It was the cause of death."

Ashton said that he and his team felt they put on a good case.

"We were pretty shocked" at the verdict, he said. "We put on everything that an investigation, a really thorough investigation over three years, produced. That's the way it goes. I think I mouthed 'Wow' five times."

One of the most powerful pieces of evidence, he said, was the photo of Caylee's decomposed skull with the pieces of duct tape where her mouth and nose would have been.

"What I've said all along is if a jury looks at that photograph and doesn't see it the way I do and doesn't know how she died, then so be it," Ashton said. "I wouldn't have been involved in this case if I didn't think she did it."

I have also read that the "escape plan" is for Casey to go home with Mason & his wife.

I can not understand how if you knew/felt that she was guilty you would find her not guilty. Why not be a hung jury? Did they not think about that a not guilty verdict means that there could be no retrial?
A lack of cause of death?!?! Based upon the evidence it was obviously either chloroform or suffocation by duct tape.

I am listening to this juror speak & it is almost as if they did not feel they could choose anything but death. I can't help but cry. This juror seems so detached.

LDB said her greatest fear was the jury not using their common sense. That is exactly what happened. This juror just stated, don't be mad at the jurors, be mad at the prosecution for not doing their job.
A + B = C

Skull + Duct tape over mouth = murder

A Voice Silenced

As I sit here, more than 7 hours after the verdict was read, I am still stunned. I could not imagine that the jury would find Casey not guilty on all counts that had anything to do with Caylee. It is difficult to even put my emotions into words.

It seems our technologically advanced, CSI loving society needs DNA evidence or a video of the defendant clearly committing the crime in order to convict. Very few crimes are this black & white. Most often it requires taking pieces of the puzzle, the evidence, & putting them together to reach a full picture. Is the lack of a cause of death a missing piece? Yes it is, but it does not obstruct the vision of Casey Anthony's face. Millions, like me saw this same picture, yet 12 people saw something totally different.

An alternate juror did a phone interview with cnn, he said that the prosecution did not prove their case, that the biggest question was not answered, how did Caylee die. He said he did not believe that Caylee's body had ever been in the trunk. He stated that it was a horrible accident. My question is this, If it were an accident why did Casey not admit that when she was given the opportunity? Why did Cindy & George & even Casey, when she was not in jail, hunt for Caylee, use all of these resources, post flyer's? In the 3 years since Caylee disappeared why would you not stop the craziness & admit that it was an accident?
Believing that this was an accident that "snowballed" out of control, makes Cindy & George as responsible as Casey. How disgusting, twisted do you have to be to place your loved one in garbage bags & throw them into a swap blocks from your home? Did they think of her there submerged in water for months, decomposing? Did they realize that animals would chew on her bones? That does not show love.
Grief or no grief, sexual abuse or not, Casey's actions between June 16  & July 15, when she was practically dragged from her boyfriends home by her mother, are not those of a loving, devoted, caring mother.
I fear the message this is sending is that it is ok to lie, lie lie. In the face of exposure of your lie, divert attention. Having no respect or regard for human life is ok. It is ok to say whatever necessary in order to confuse your questioner.
Jose Baez will now be regarded as an excellent defense lawyer. I shudder to think that someone who appeared so incompetent could be used as an example to look up to.

Will Casey go home to George & Cindy when she is released? The defense says they have an "escape plan". Bet Casey thinks she is going to live with Baez. How long before Baez leaves his wife? Or before Casey threatens or harms Mrs. Baez? Casey takes out whatever obstacle is in the way of what she wants, & a jury of her peers have told her that is acceptable.
This is not the last we will see of Casey, a leopard can not change its spots. Casey will be back in court one day.

Did the jury notice that the tears Casey shed today were MUCH different than the ones she "shed" during the trial? As they got on that bus, refusing to speak to the media, returning to their homes in another county, did they begin to rethink their decision? Could they have just been tired of being sequestered & did the quickest thing that would get them home?

I do not feel justice has been done for Caylee. Caylee's father is unknown, there will be no civil case as there was with OJ. Without a doubt Casey will now profit from the death of a beautiful little girl whose voice has been silenced forever, in more ways than one.

Dear Caylee,
I know that you are in Heaven & I hope that what is happening here on earth is meaningless to you. Yet I can't help but express how sorry I am justice was not achieved for you today. It is my hope that you joined Jesus in the most peaceful, fearless, painless manner possible. Your pretty face & big brown eyes have captured the hearts of millions. Your memory will live on in the hearts of them all. Give Gavin a hug & tell him mommy loves him, his mommy loves you too sweet girl.

No matter what I think or feel, there is a higher court that will judge Casey Anthony.


I had planned to tell you about a letter LDB received regarding Casey inquiring on ways to kill, poisons to use, how to dump a body and even how to find someone to commit murder. At this point it just doesn't matter.

As always this blog expresses my own personal opinion. I have no intent to misrepresent facts of this case. What is contained here is not intended to be slanderous or malicious.

"A lie told conviencingly - is still a lie." LDB

Hello all, I forgot to ask you about heeding my admonitions yesterday. It was late, please forgive me.

Ashton's closing arguments yesterday were movie worthy, I was not sure that anyone would be able to do as well as he did. Then LDB spoke on the rebuttal today. I am not going to summarize all that she talked about, if you have not seen it, it is defiantly worth watching. I am going to mention points that stood out to me. First, I loved how she began. The football analogy was perfect, I think this also clued the jury in that the defense was the reason for all those extra long breaks. She strategically pointed out that in her opening statement she did not make any promises that the state did not deliver upon. Without using the word "slut" she pointed out all the other derogatory terms the defense used & how they were too busy placing blame & name calling to seek the truth. I read on some other blogs that some felt that LDB was choppy in her speaking, I don't think that at all. Her pauses were to let what she had just said sink in with the jury. Despite Baez multiple objections she did not allow him to get her off track, she never even acknowledged him. The playing of the video's & audio drove home how flippant Casey Anthony has been since July 15. Not only did she advise the jury to step back & look at "the big picture" she brought the entire thing into focus with one question, "Whose life was better without Caylee" The final thought she left with the jury, "The only question you need to answer considering why Caylee Marie Anthony was left on the side of the road dead," she then showed a split screen photo with Casey partying on one side & a close up of the "Bella Vita" tattoo on the other & simply said, "There is your answer."  I hope she felt the applause & standing ovation so many were giving.

The jury deliberated for almost 6 hours today, I did think they would possibly come back with a verdict before the day was over. My money is on tomorrow, though. I would bet by tomorrow mid/late afternoon there is a verdict. The prosecution did such an amazing job presenting the evidence & reasons for Casey's guilt the decision won't take long. I did learn that the jury verdict form is 9 pages long, each page has to be answered as to the charges. Those 9 pages will take some time. Also consider that jurors took very very few notes during the closing arguments, this indicates most have already made up their mind.

I found that the transcript from a side bar on June 24 had been attained by the media. I learned several things from this, remember we can not hear what is being said during the sidebars, here are the key items:
Baez wanted to get in an additional picture of Casey pregnant, but while Cindy was on the stand Baez did not question her about concealing the pregnancy, so there was no predicate for the photo. JP also tells Baez & Mason during the discussion about the picture, that it is not his job to tell them how to get things into evidence. This inability to get things into evidence is the exact reason they could not discuss any sexual abuse in their (defense) closing.
Baez also wanted to put up several of Cindy's coworkers, having them testify that the pregnancy was concealed until Casey was 7 months pregnant. This of course is heresay, so not admissible. JP again has to inform the (ignorant) defense that they have not tied the concealment of the pregnancy into their defense. At this point JP asks Baez just what their theory of defense is. Baez states, “The theory of defense is that this was an accident that was covered up and that the behavior of the defendant is consistent with, of course , she reacted that way, acted that way, for various reasons, family dysfunction, her abuse, and she --- this is a family that’s used to covering things up, like the pregnancy. And, in addition to that, the defendant did – it was an issue where, um, you have …    All that was done during the defense’s ---- I mean, the State’s first two weeks we’re talking about her behavior, and why would a guilt ---you know, why would an innocent person act in that manner, this is inconsistent with innocence and only consistent with guilt. That’s allegedly what their –what their consciousness of guilt argument has been."
LDB, at this point, points out that by bringing up the family dysfunction that opens the door to Casey's criminal activity. Mason grunts an agreement. LDB says, "There's hundreds of checks, that she wrote on her mother's account. Hundreds" How does Baez respond, "It's her mother" as if that is supposed to make it ok.... Bozo does seem to be a more proper name for Baez.

I then read an article that was disturbing. The EquuSearch leaders say they always knew they were close to finding Caylee's remains. EquuSearch received a tip from a man working with the Anthony's PI that they should search that specific area off Suburban Dr. That tipster turned out to be Hoover - who a week later shot that video shown in court of DC searching off Suburban Dr & at the abandoned house. EquuSearch was never able to search that area because parts of it were always under water.
--So, this makes me think that Cindy also perjured herself regarding asking DC to investigate that specific area.  More to say on that in a minute.

During the time Casey was bonded out of jail, this had to be in August between 21-30, an EquuSearch leader was at the Anthony home sitting around a table with George & Casey. Holding a map of the area, George presses Casey, "Where do they need to start searching? Would you make a spot on the map? Would you make an X?" At this point Cindy becomes very angry & Casey gets up & goes to her room.
Why does Cindy get so angry? Why would she not want Casey to tell them where to search? Remember up until the remains were found they contended that Caylee was alive. Could Casey have told Cindy at this time what she had done? Did Cindy not want the body to be found because she knew it would not have been fully decomposed? Did she know that there would still be evidence to be found? Hoover calls EquuSearch & tells them where to search & then a week later goes to the same location & records video of DC searching.... Did Cindy tell them to go there & to take the video? This way Baez would be able to say, "Look these guys were out there at the end of Nov. & they didn't find a body so it could not have been there."
Could Cindy's intuition have told her Casey was involved from the time they picked up the car that smelled "like a dead body's been in there"? Remember Cindy cleaned the car, left those dryer sheets & washed all the clothes she found in the car. Could Cindy have not told George what she thought, b/c she knew he would be unable to stand up under the intense scrutiny? Could all that weeping in court when the 911 call was placed be about the guilt Cindy feels for not protecting Caylee from Casey???

There's is your food for thought today.

Tomorrow I have a read doozie to tell you about that you did not learn during court.
I also hope to have a (guilty) verdict to discuss.

Please remember all of my previous admonitions regarding this blog and what I post here. This is a personal blog, I am expressing my personal opinion. I have no intent of misrepresenting the facts of the case. What is contained here are not meant, nor intended to be slanderous. Please remember these admonitions regarding the content you find on my blog.

Weave Me a Tale

At the start of court today it was obvious that JP was in no mood to deal with any bs today. Baez must not have gotten that memo.... Back about June 24 or so JP had Baez redefine what the theory of defense was. Baez again said it was accidental drowning & sexual abuse. At that time JP warned him that there had not been any evidence presented to show that the defendant had been sexually abused. Therefor Baez could not bring up any sexual abuse in his closing. I enjoyed that JP pointed out that no one asked Lee about the abuse... Course Baez didn't think that was important.

Ashton's closing was movie worthy. I sat on my couch entranced by Ashton, I hung on every word. I can only imagine that it was even more dramatic to be in court. Ashton took all these pieces of the evidence puzzle & put them together showing a clear picture of Casey Anthony. As Ashton began assembling these pieces you began to see how Casey Anthony's mind worked. You began to understand the how & why Casey created all these lies. Ashton didn't repeat over & over that Caylee was dead. After about every three pieces where together, Ashton would gently remind that Caylee was in the trunk decomposing, or in the swamp thrown like garbage. Amazingly Ashton was able to do all this without making you think he detested Casey. He "complimented" her on her quick thinking and agility to change the story as a lie was exposed. Ashton points out Casey changed her password to "timer55", & explains why. Ashton says this was the amount of time that Casey knew she would have from the disappearance to Caylee's birthday. Casey knew that on Caylee's birthday she would no longer be able to put off Cindy. Upon hearing her web of lies laid out, as she thought only she could understand, Casey began to "cry". As Ashton continues & Casey realizes that she has been figured out, Casey mutters something to Dorothy Sims beside her. I quickly saw that she called Ashton a son of a _____. Two pieces of Ashton's closing really resonated with me & were difficult to forget. Ashton quotes Dr. G, that there is NO reason to put duct tape on a child's mouth, dead or alive, and when he explains the reason for Caylee's death, "She died because her mother decided the life she wanted was more important than the life of her child."

After Ashton's closing a "short" break is taken. It didn't end up being so short.... When court started this morning, I turned to my husband & said "Baez is going to try to pull some shiz." Sure enough... As the defense begins putting up their props both Ashton & LDB notice some issues. LDB notices this giant poster Baez has, at the top it says "Imaginary Friends" around in a circle is faceless people with descriptions & in the middle is a smiling Casey. So what's the problem? The smiling Casey in the photo is 15!!! A good 6 or 7 years younger than Casey was when she committed the crime. Of course Baez tried to play it off, but JP saw right through it. Baez had to cover up the photo, he went with plain white copy paper. If I had been on the jury I would have immediately noticed this, & would have known that he tried to pull something. How totally unprofessional to present something to the jury that is unprofessional. I am sure the jury noticed, knew that this was probably the reason their "short" break went so long. It seemed like Baez spent a good 5 min. telling the jury what he was going to do... don't talk about it--be about it. I have to honestly say I didn't pay super close attention to what Baez said. Why.... well he rambles, looses his place, his verb tense changes through out. The overall lack of preparation disgusts me & lessens his credibility.

I missed Ashton laughing... I can't say I am surprised he got caught... I had noticed him doing this all through the trial. At the same time, it is difficult to keep a straight face when Beaz is saying such ridiculous things. Thankfully I totally missed all the ridiculousness that Mason had to say. I did feel like Baez & Mason both treated the jury like stupid children. Repeating the same instructions over & over. When someone repeats the same thing over & over, telling me I shouldn't pay any attention to it, that is a red flag to me that I better give that thing a more detailed look.

So the defense uses almost the total 4 hours they were allotted. The jury had to begin tuning them out at some point. I actually think this works out very well for the prosecution. Tomorrow the jury will come back, ready... ready to hear prosecutions rebuttal & ready to deliberate. It was mentioned on twitter several times today that the jurors were not taking notes, what does this mean? Have they made up their mind? Did they feel like the had a total picture & didn't need any additional notes.....

I am looking forward to tomorrow.

How'd you get that way?

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Casey & her lies.... It seems we don't know much of what Casey was like as a young child. The picture I have of her (in my mind) starts around 17. From what I have read Casey was a good student, had pretty good grades until her senior year. Casey never graduated high school, even though she was only a few credits short. This indicates that something serious happened during that time. Next I see the photo of, a very obviously pregnant, Casey at her uncle's wedding. Yet we know from court that Casey did not tell her parents she was pregnant until her 8th month, shortly before Caylee was born. Also, the Anthony's pretended not to see her basketball belly. Why did Casey keep it a secret? Why did Cindy & George turn a blind eye? Poor Lee tried to ask about it & testified that he was quickly told to drop it. This indicates to me that the Anthony family as a whole did not address things that were.... unpleasant. Cindy & George both testified that when they did learn Casey was pregnant they were excited. Hit the BS button ladies & gentleman!! What parent is "excited" when their 17/18 yo child is pregnant with no father in sight? Oh & what about the father? Dorothy Sims said that Casey was never asked who the father was until AFTER Casey was born. Now, lets think about that one for a minute. Lets say your single friend says to you, "I am pregnant." You know your friend hasn't had a steady boyfriend, what is the first thing that comes to your mind???? "Who is the daddy?" Seems George & Cindy didn't want to know. Ignoring something you know is there is the same as lies of omission. Are you beginning to see a trend here? So Caylee is born & everyone is so happy. Well you can't look at that adorable little face & not fall in love & be happy. From what I have pieced together Casey continued to live at home & Cindy & George provided for all of Caylee's needs. This can't have gone over well. Even being so happy to have Caylee, you know they were not happy that Casey was not paying for anything. That is one of the nagging questions I have, how did it go unnoticed that Casey didn't have any money? Perhaps it was because she was stealing it... writing checks off of Cindy's account, stealing Cindy's credit cards, writing checks off of her friends accounts & even her grandparents. Cindy knew about this, she even told the police on that July night that she wanted to press charges against Casey. I bet that Casey had done this several times in the past & the Anthony's took care of it. Reinforcing to Casey that lying is ok. I don't think that the jury heard about Cindy & Casey getting into a physical altercation on June 15, 2008. Allegedly Cindy found out that Casey had stolen money from Cindy's fathers account & upon confronting Casey things got physical to the point that Cindy began choking Casey. Lee broke up this fight. The next day is the last time Caylee was seen alive.

I think what is so surprising about Casey is how detailed her lies were & how she just kept going & going. In her early statement to police she gives her version of what happened on June 16. Here is a portion of that statement.
I got off of work, left Universal driving back to pick up Caylee like a normal day.
And I show up to the apartment knock on door nobody answers. So, I call Zeniada cell
phone and it’s out of service. It says the phone is no longer in service, excuse me.
So, I sit down on the steps and wait for a little bit to see if maybe it was just a
fluke if something happened and time passed and I didn’t hear from anyone. No one
showed up to the house so I went over to J. Blanchard Park and checked a couple of
other places where maybe possibly they would have gone; couple stores, just regular
places that I know Zenida shops at and she’s taken Caylee before. And after about
7:00 when I still hadn’t heard anything I was getting pretty upset, pretty frantic
and I went to a neutral place. I didn’t really want to come home. I wasn’t sure what
I would say about not knowing where Caylee was still hoping that I would get a call
or you know find out that Caylee was coming back so that I could go get her. And I
ended up going to my boyfriend Anthony’s house who lives in Sutton Place


First of all it seems she doesn't start at the beginning of her day, she starts at "I got off work, left Universal.." Note the added detail, she could have just said "I got off work & went to get Caylee." Liars LOVE detail. It makes their stories sound so much better, notice all the extra details.
Caylee's remains were found Baez maintained that Caylee was alive. Yet now, he claims she was never "missing", that she drowned on June 16. There have been numerous times when Baez has forgotten the previous lie he told, stepped all over it & showed everyone he is a poor liar. Casey defiantly did not give him any tips on how to be believable. Has Baez known from the beginning that Caylee is dead? Does he know what truly happened to her? Maybe & no. I don't think Casey even knows the truth anymore. When you continue with one lie & repeat that one part over & over even the liar begins to believe it is true.

Now for the pet burials....  Even when you lie some portion of that language you use comes from somewhere. What Baez hoped these burial descriptions would show to the jury was that George disposed of Caylee in the same way that he disposed of family pets. Instead, Baez caused a light bulb to go off, & several things became clear. We & the jury now see why Caylee was wrapped in such a manner. Casey wrapped Caylee similar to the way she had seen her parents wrap deceased pets. "What was the point of the shovel?" "Why did the cadaver dog hit on that one spot in the back yard?" Both of those questions now have answers. Just as her parents had done with family pets, Casey was going to bury Caylee in the back yard. Either she decided that was too much work or the change in the dirt would have been too easily noticed. Casey's jail house statement "in my heart, I know she is close" & "look close" are now understood. Where did "Zainda Gonzalez" come from, is now understood, Casey saw the name in Sawgrass apartment records.

Casey Anthony is no brilliant liar, only a liar whose lies had never been challenged. Casey thinks only of herself, feels no true emotions & has no empathy for others. I do wonder, why did she "cry" during Lee's "emotional" testimony, yet when George broke down she was stone faced. Could she not force out the fake tears that day?

Tomorrow is the closing arguments. I hope that I get to watch them completely, if not I will watch them on youtube. It should be interesting to see how Baez will follow up his opening statements that have not been proved. Tomorrow I will also tell you my guess on how long deliberation will take.

Never fear, I have LOTS of stuff left to say about Casey, the Anthony's & this trial.

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Ain't No Rest for the Wicked

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Court got off to a rocky start this morning. Baez, as usual, came in complaining about the state. Baez first renewed his argument about the computer records that would refute Cindy Anthony's testimony. You can't pull one over on JP! JP repeatedly asks Baez, "did you put Mrs. Anthony on the stand knowing that she would testify that she was at home when her records show that she was at work?" Again & again Baez dodges the question. He goes all around it but never truly answers it. Finally Baez admits, yes he knew. JP was not happy at all. Baez is in some serious trouble when this trial is over. Baez said he wanted more time to review & to have his computer expert (what? they don't even have an expert!) to review them. Baez also objected to testimony by an expert witness stating that the witness was offering new opinions that had not been previously offered in court. JP denied the request regarding the expert testimony, yet he gave Baez & Clowns time to depose the witnesses about new evidence. Court went to recess indefinitely. Court would resume about 1:30.

So let's go back in time a little, remember when Cindy Anthony testified for the defense? Raise your hand if you thought she was being truthful. ...... Anyone? ..... Bueller? We all know that I said "liar liar pants on fire". I also said "I expect that the prosecution has already made contact with Cindy's previous employer to see if they have anything time stamped showing Cindy was at work on those days and times in March" in this post. The key dates here are March 17 & 21.
First up for the prosecutions rebuttal case, Chief Compliance Officer for Gentiva John Camperlengo. Gentiva is where Cindy worked back in 2008. Yes, JC's testimony was long & pretty boring. My Mom said, "He put me right to sleep." There were lots of big words & talk about HIPPA, the point is that JC was able to prove that Cindy was, in fact, at work on March 17 & 21. He could even tell you what screens she was in, no specifics - HIPPA & all. JC talked about how if you were to get up from your computer for an extended amount of time the computer would lock, & the user would need to reenter their password. --Let me point out here that at my job, if we get up from our desk it is policy to lock our computers. This is because of HIPPA. If you don't lock your computer, most likely one of my uber fun coworkers will send an email to the team saying you are buying lunch for every, or that you love to ride bikes in the park or talk about your inappropriate feelings for our boss. I am sure that Gentiva has this same type of policy, regarding locking your computer. ANYWAY, all this goes to prove that Cindy was not home & could not have done those internet searches she claimed. Strike 1, Cindy.

Next up is Cindy's, former, direct supervisor Deborah Polisano. DP (how lucky is she her initials are the same as Dr. Pepper?!) gets up says that Cindy was a hard worker, didn't leave work for hours at a time in the middle of the day, didn't have a work laptop or any other way to access the Gentiva system outside of work. DP also says that if one of her employees was not at work that she would have to do their job & she would use her own login information. Oh, & that giving out your login information was against policy.  Strike 2, Cindy.

Dr. Bruce Goldberger, forensic toxicologist testified next rebutting (old man) Spitz testimony about the possible decomp brain matter. Dr. BG says they did two saline washes from inside the skull & testing did not find any brain matter.

Dr. Warren was up next rebutting (old man) Spitz & his criticism of Dr. G's autopsy. (How dare (old man) Spitz speak ill of Dr G!!) Dr. W went over why it was not necessary to open the skull. Dr. W testified that he was unaware of ANY protocol stating it was mandatory to open the skull. He explained all the reasons you wouldn't need to & how it is invasive to the remains & defiantly not necessary on the skeletal remains of a child. Ashton showed Dr. W a blown up photo from defense evidence of Caylee's skull after (old man) Spitz cut it open. Dr. W said he had examined the skull prior to (old man) Spitz & the crack was new. If you remember (old man) Spitz didn't even know he had caused the crack... On cross Baez focused on Dr. W not being a pathologist. Dr. W, said no but this was more of an anthropological area. Dr. W is an anthropologist. Baez asked if Dr. W had ever read Dr. G's autopsy report or Dr. BG's tox report before forming his opinions. Dr. W said no he had not. In my opinion, Dr. W not reading those reports has no impact of his opinion of protocol & obvious reasons why it would not be necessary.

Let's do a quick recap here, prove Cindy Anthony was at work & could not have done internet searches, Check. Strikes 1 & 2 for Cinday. Show (old man) Spitz was stuck at JFK's assignation, Check.

Now for the fun part. Sgt. Stenger is up next. He examined that deleted internet history from March. Not only does LDB have Sgt. explain how he did the search, she walks the jury through it step by step, showing them just how easy it was & those searches in black & white. Searches for Chlorophyll ZERO. Searches for hand sanitizer ZERO. Searches for bamboo ZERO. And "neck breaking" that wasn't from a pesky youtube popup like Cindy said, Sgt. showed how it was typed into Google.
Next up is Det. Osborne (probably not related to The Osborne's), she searched the entire hard drive of the Anthony computer for those same terms. Chlorophyll appeared only in the dictionary. Bamboo came up several times but never regarding being poisonous. Oh, & dogs, well the only thing related to that was a search for fleas. Det. O did admit that the information could have been deleted or overwritten. If Cindy were playing horse, this would be the R & S.

Last is Det. Melich. Remember how Cindy testified that she was sure she called George on June 16 or 17 when she came home to find the pool ladder attached & the gate open. Det. M testified that there were no calls from Cindy to George in the week of June 16, 2008. There were no calls from the Anthony home phone to George's cell phone & no calls from Cindy's cell to George's cell. On cross Baez asked Det. M if he was aware George had more than one cell phone. Det. M said no, he was never asked to look into phone records for George's work phone. Baez successfully insinuated that George had another phone that  Cindy could have called.
Strike 3 Cindy!!! We will get back to Cindy in a few.

So the state rest's its case. The defense declines to recall Cindy to explain all these inconsistencies with her story. Mason renews request for acquittal, who cares why. It was a joke, JP denied. Moving on.

Closing arguments are expected to begin at 9 am on Sunday. JP gave Saturday for preparation of closing, where he will allow multiple attorneys to speak.

Now, let's go back to Cindy. Her lawyer gave a statement after court that Cindy stood behind her testimony that she did do those searches for chlorophyll & chloroform. Well kudo's to you Cindy. You make it so obvious where Casey gets her behavior from. At the close of the prosecution today Cindy had effectively been impeached. By doing this the state has reaffirmed premeditation - Casey sought ways to kill Caylee; has proven that Casey needed lies to cover her claims. People don't lie for no reason, the jury sees that Cindy had a need to lie for Casey. Cindy's perjury was an attempt to derail murder charges against Casey, a slap in the face of our justice system. That State will not let this slide by. JP sentenced the guy yesterday to 6 days for flipping the bird.... imagine what he could sentence Cindy to. If Casey gets a guilty verdict & death penalty they won't even be in the same jail.

Cindy, you better call Little Kim & ask her what you should do to survive the big house.

Tomorrow I will discuss Casey & how obvious her lies were & how she got to this point. Those questions about the pet burial & how that fits in. Do you have something you would like my thoughts on? Leave a comment or email me!

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Will She? Won't She?

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First I need to take back my example of Casey's narcissism. It appears that "Marie" is a family name, it is also Cindy's middle name. So, I take back that statement.

The day started with Baez saying there was a discovery violation by the state. *Eye Roll* Baez claims that the prosecution had additional information about Cindy Anthony's work records. JP doesn't let him get very far into it, says Didn't you expect this? I cracked up. The issue was tabled until presentation of evidence was done for the day.

Defense calls Crystal Hollaway aka River Cruz to the stand. She says yes, she & George were intimate, that he came to her house maybe 12 times. RC goes on to testify that one night in Nov. she was telling George that she could not imagine that he could raise someone who would kill their own child. She says at this point George tells her that it was an "accident that snowballed out of control". RC states she could see his eyes full of tears & she did not push the issue. RC testifies the affair lasted until the balloon release. She says they broke up because he was texting her, not actually calling or coming over & she felt that she was worth more than that. RC gets upset, her twin sister notices & responds to George's text with something rude. No further contact was made.

I found it...humorous... that this woman who is claiming to have an affair with a married man, is ALSO involved with another man at the same time!!! Yet, she felt she was "worth" more than just some text messages, are you laughing???

RC says that she told her story to the National Enquirer because the reported told her that she could tell her full story in a fair & non sensational way. RC, did NOT sell her story to NE.... Her twin sister did, for $4000! Oh and RC didn't approach the NE, her (evil) twin sister did. Who do you think ended up with the bulk of that $4k??? I am willing to bet that NE offered the most $$$.

On cross, Ashton brings up a letter that George sent to RC. In this letter George refers to RC's "husband". She says no, I am not married. Then admits she was in another relationship & George was aware of that. The letter goes on to say how important RC's "friendship" is to both George & Cindy. This letter was also signed by both George & Cindy. Also on cross RC says yes she lied to detectives on the 17 of Feb 2010, when she said she & George did not have an affair. Yet, with in days the NE had been contacted. In her initial statement to detectives RC gave a different version  & of what George said.... What was really said was "I really believe it was an accident & it went wrong & she (Casey) tried to cover it up. It was an accident that snowballed out of control" Leaving out that first sentence makes the whole thing sound much different. RC was very rattled by Ashton. She goes on to agree that George did not say he was there when Caylee passed or that he knew about it or that Casey told him about it. JP reads a note to the jury stating that they should take RC's testimony only in an effort to discredit George & should not be used to decide Casey's guilt.

Up to this point I was unsure if George did have an affair. After hearing RC's testimony, that the letter referred to a "friendship" between the 3 & that Cindy signed the letter I don't think he did. I believe that RC's (evil) twin sister was there when the police showed up & interviewed RC. ETS saw $$$. She probably tried to talk RC into saying she had an affair with George, when RC refused, ETS contacted the media. Even that scenario gives way too much leeway to RC.

The next key thing to happen is a news video that the defense played. The news video was one of the search command centers. It clearly shows Henkel brand duct tape sitting on the table. George is then recalled, says it could be his tape or someone else's Baez says you are from OH right? George says yes, Baez says Henkel's headquarters is in OH isn't it? Big objection on that one.
Baez moves on to talking about how the family buried there previous pets, Baez asks if the put them in a blanket, garbage bag & then wrapped them with duct tape.  George pretty much says he can't remember. Ashton on cross simply asks, "Have you ever taken a dead pet & thrown it in a swamp?" George says no.
Cindy is up next, Baez asks her about buryng the previous pets. Cindy, good mom that she is, says yes the first pet came from the vet that way & they buried the rest in the same manner over the years. LDB is up for cross, she goes over the pets. Cindy says in 2004 Casey was there when two dogs were prepared. They were wrapped in trash bags & taped to keep them compact. Cindy says yes this became a tradition, & that the pets were buried in the back yard. She concedes this is a tradition that both children were aware of. LDB then asks, "Did you use chloroform to euthanize your pets?" No.
"Did you cover their nose & mouth with tape?" No. I say BAZINGA! to that one.
Now Lee gets up and he backs up Cindy's story & that his parents were in charge of pet burial.

I am not sure what the defense was trying to get across with this pet burial stuff. Was it supposed to point a finger at George? If anything it says this is how Casey learned to bury things she loved. That is what I would have gotten from that if I were on the jury.

Casey did NOT testify. While this was the best thing she could do for her defense, I don't think the jury will like it. I think they wanted to hear her side of the story. To hear her explain just what the accident was & how Caylee came to be dumped like trash, to hear/see some remorse from Casey.

The defense rests, jury leaves. JP tells them that tomorrow should finish the presentation of evidence, Saturday morning would have closing arguments, then jury would receive their instructions and deliberations would begin Saturday afternoon.

Of somewhat humorous note here is 28 yo Matt Bartlett. Prior to the jury leaving, Matt was seen giving the bird. This of course is against the law. JP did not give the man ANY slack. Bartlett ended up with 6 days in jail, a $400 fine plus court costs. You can see JP hand down the sentence here.

Baez argues the alleged discovery violation... Poor JP, you know he wishes Baez would get a clue. He tried in several different ways to get Baez to see how silly he was being. Baez wasn't having it. JP ruled it was NOT a discovery violation, no surprises there.

You can see George Anthony's suicide letter by clicking there. My heart goes out to both George & Cindy, I understand ,all to well, the pain that George writes about. I really hope that when Dr. K left yesterday she tried to speak with both Cindy & George, they defiantly need to seek professional help dealing with Casey & Caylee.

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She Speaks

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Court started this morning with JP hearing the motion for mistrial, what was surprising to me was that at 8:30 Casey sat alone at the defense table, at 8:32 Finenll is on the phone to present the motion. 8:35, 8:40 Casey is still alone JP asks Casey if she wishes to speak without Baez present and she says yes, that she agrees with Finnell. This is the first time we have heard her speak in a long time. Baez & Mason don't arrive until about 8:45. I found that pretty surprising. JP reserves the mistrial motion, says he will rule on it prior to a verdict, "if we make it that far".

The defense parade continued today. First up was Cindy, Baez asked if she had ever been told about Lee going into Casey's room, she says no. There was alot of questions & the ladder being on the pool & when Cindy told the detectives. LDB is up for cross, big point here, Cindy says that when Casey says "Surprise, surprise" on the jail video she is referring to the media saying that Caylee drown. Baez was not happy about that one.
George is up next, I am not going to spend a long time on his testimony. He was up there a long time going back & forth with Baez. George broke down several times on the stand, Casey showed zero emotion. George confirms that he is 100% sure that Casey's car smelled like human decomp. He did tell the police that Caylee was missing & Casey must be lying, "Casey was the last person to see her. 1+1 makes 2" While he is saying this Casey is shaking her head no, she did this several times during his testimony. George says that Casey lived on the edge & took things as far as she could. George has to defend his actions things he says to Baez, at one point George says, "You are trying to take my joy away & I'm not going to let you." My heart went out to George. Baez keeps bringing up the media interview's & the motive behind them, to which George says was to bring attention to Caylee & other missing children. Baez asks about molesting Casey, George says No, he would never do anything like that to his daughter. Now Baez makes a big ol' mistake, he brings up George purchasing a gun & attempting suicide. The suicide portion brings about a big proffer so out goes the jury. During this we learn that Ashton is happy as a clam that Baez has brought this up. He is ready with the suicide note, etc etc. Ashton will be calling George back to the stand during rebuttal & will introduce the note at that time. I understand it to be a 6 page letter, that goes directly against the defense's claims. The funny thing, Baez tells JP "Well Ashton didn't object when I brought up the gun." JP says No, as Ashton kind of laughs. Ashton says no I was glad you opened the door. JP says, now he is gonna steam roll right through it. It is too late now for the defense to learn from any of their mistakes in this case & do any damage control, lets hope Baez doesn't try to argue a murder case again. So, the jury comes back they hear about the gun & the suicide letter, not in great detail. George also says that he did not speak to DC, the PI, about searching in the woods. Nothing here was that big of a deal, especially for the prosecution. Oh yea, there were some questions about the gas can, blah blah blah is how I feel about that. More of the defense trying to haze over the real issues/evidence. The next defense witness was Kronk's son (a mini Kronk)

MK (mini Kronk) had only began speaking to his father in 2008. He testified that Kronk told him in Nov. that he knew where Caylee's body was & that he had found a skull. MK says he didn't really give to much weight to Kronk's statement. Then come Dec. when he sees Kronk on the tv, his wife & mother reminded him about Kronk's statement. MK could not say what specific day in Nov. this conversation happened.
Kronk is then recalled Baez focused on inconsistencies in Kronk's statements to police. Mainly what exactly he did when he found the remains & telling the police about his previous calls. Kronk maintained all of his previous statements.
An officer and Det. Melich testified next.
I honestly did not expect the next witness to be allowed by JP. Dr. Sally Karioth, testified as an expert on grief & trauma. The first thing I noticed about Dr. K, is that her voice was very soothing, she came across very intelligent & sympathetic. Dr. K has been at FSU for 40 years. She has written two books, both of which I found to be out of print, & been included in numerous others. Ashton did not want Dr. K to testify or to be considered an expert, so he wasn't very nice to her. Things learned from her: In most cases, if risky behavior caused the death of a child, that behavior will continue & may even increase. Dorothy gives the direct, she gives Casey's past in a hypothetical. Here are some of the items that Dorothy said about this hypothetical family, dad blamed daughters obvious pregnancy on daughters athletics, Mom says is result of a sedentary job, Bro. feels left out as he sees the obvious pregnancy but no one is acknowledging it, daughter waits until 8 months to tell mom she is pregnant, no one asks who the father is until after baby is born, dad picks up daughters car, says it smells of decomp but doesn't call police or the daughter. Dorothy asks Dr. K, how all these things would affect grief. Dr. K says it would be the result of a very shut off family, that if discussions did occur they would be strange to anyone outside the family. Dr. K says that the shopping, partying, tattoo- acting as if nothing happened is caused by the dynamic at home and can last for years. On cross Dr. K says that yes pretty much any emotion can be consistent with grief, but it would fall into positive or negative grief. Dr. K says that all she knew about the case was that it was about a young girl who had "lost" her daughter, she did not speak with Casey at all or read any reports. Following Dorothy's lead Ashton gives a hypothetical listing out all of Casey's lies. Dr. K says this would be someone in crisis who needs help. The behaviors that Ashton laid out is not typical of denial, is typical of "magical thinking". During the direct of Dr. K Casey openly cried, during the cross she looked angry. In my opinion, Dr. K's influence was not heavy on either side. I do think that with a listing of Casey's lies & Dr. K's opinion of someone in crisis who needs help being the last thing the jury heard for the day is going to be heavy on their minds.
After the jury is dismissed JP asks Baez when the defense should rest. Baez says that should be tomorrow. JP says the prosecution should have rebuttal witness' ready to testify tomorrow, with possible closing arguments on Saturday. He also tells them not to make any plans for Sun. or Mon. as it will be up to the jury if they work those days.
Nothing was mentioned today regarding Casey taking the stand. If she does not testify I think that will be due to whatever comes from her conversation with JP. I can't imagine that Casey's testimony could be of any help to her defense, I think it would be in her best interest to remain silent. I lean more towards her testifying. Casey's narcissistic personality is going to push her to show everyone what & why she did this. Look at the Mayo Clinic's definition of narcissistic personality disorder . One of the most shining examples of Casey's narcissism is Caylee's name. Caylee, a combination of Casey & Lee, Marie - Casey's own middle name.


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Love the Way You Lie

Hello all, did you heed my previous admonitions?

I want to take you back in time to Thursday June 23, on this date Cindy Anthony lied testified about her work schedule in 2008. At that time I looked inside my crystal ball & saw that the prosecution would be contacted Cindy's employer, Gentiva, & that they would have evidence to present on this during the rebuttal. WELL, this morning an updated witness list was released & two Gentiva employes have been added for the state. Hate to say it, but I told you so Cindy!! The two representatives from Gentiva are a lead tech specialist & a senior VP/general counsel. I do wonder if Cindy discussed her possible testimony, surely he would have told her that the likelihood of Gentiva not having exact records to prove if she was or was not at work was very low....
The first witness today was Joe Jordan (JJ), he volunteered to help in the search for Caylee. Mason did the direct. JJ lead teams & was involved in searches off Suburban Dr. JJ states that at about 5 ft in there was standing water & they did not go further in. After remains were found JJ did send email to police saying that he & a team with dogs had searched the same area & he believed the body must have been moved to this location recently. On cross by LBD, JJ admits that he was speculating that was the place where he searched based only on media coverage.
George Anthony is the next witness. I was more impressed with George than I was with any of the other Anthony's. He was very well spoken, not very hesitant in his answers, he was some what defensive in his answers. Regarding the alleged affair with River Cruz (or whatever her name is today), George says it is laughable. He did not confide anything to her. He went to her home to console her because of her brain tumor & Cindy was aware of this. Throughout the questioning Baez phrases questions in this manner, "During a romantic time with River Cruz did you ______" Each time George says, I did not have a romantic relationship with her. It gets totally annoying. On cross Ashton only asks George how long his "friendship" with Cruz lasted.
Cindy is up next. The point of her testimony was for her to state that she did NOT ask either of the PI's to search or to shoot the video. She also states that she did tell a detective, during a Dec. search, that a blanket was missing. Cindy denies having an argument with Lee regarding her sending the PI's to search.
Next up is Lee, it is an Anthony family parade. Lee gets up & says, oh yes I had an argument with my Mom regarding the PI's search because of a tip from a psychic. Lee says he expressly remember this because it was the first time he had heard of looking for a deceased Caylee & this was highly upsetting to him.
Sidebar- Do you think these people get tired of being recalled & recalled & recalled???
Dt. Melcih is up next, he testifies that yes Cindy did say in Dec, that she had had her people to look in that area over a month ago. So now you have 2 people contradicting Cindy's testimony.
Now is when I got a little excited... Kronk is called to the stand
Sidebar- every time they say "Kronk" I think of The Emperor's New Groove"

Krunk is on the stand for under direct questioning for 2 hours! He did get a break for lunch in there, but still. 2 hours of cross from Mason, 2 hours of Mason asking the same 6 questions over & over. The majority of the time was spend with Kronk telling Mason he didn't go in the woods, that Mason wasn't making sense, for Mason to be more specific. Key points: Kronk says in Aug. he went into the brush (woods) to relieve himself, he did not go very far in, he saw what looked like a skull farther in, in standing water. Kronk says he tried to tell his coworkers that were also there that day, but his news was over shadowed by the finding of a dead snake. Later that night Kronk calls the crime line about finding something that looked like a skull. On Aug. 13 he calls again, this time 2 officers come out to Suburban dr. He did not take them into the woods, he simply pointed in the direction where he had seen it. The calls to the police are played & Kronk does state that the area was near the Anthony home, he maintained that at the beginning of the day on Aug. 11 he did not know where the Anthony family lived, but by end of day he did. On the 13th Kronk explain more in depth on cross that when the 2 officers arrived, one of them went towards the brush where he pointed, slipped & fell. The officer then berated Kronk for wasting their time. Kronk said he let the issue go because of how he was treated. On direct Kronk says that when he found the remains in Dec, he put his meter stick into the right eye socket & "pivoted" the skull to make sure it was real. This goes into the defense saying that the remains had been moved. LDB does the cross which lasts, 15 min!! Kronk tells LDB that he did not know the Anthony's or the PI's, he did not have access to the Anthony home, cars, backyard, computer, clothes, blankets or duct tape.

A coworker of Kronk's testifies next, of most importance from this guy is that they stopped in the area off Suburban Dr. to take a rest. At that time he told Kronk that he felt Caylee's body could be in this swampie area. Says he didn't think Kronk was serious about seeing a possible skull because he didn't push the issue. On cross he says that he thought that was a good place to hide a body & because Casey said, "look close to home" on the jail house videos. POW!!! Turn that witness over to the prosecution!

The jury gets released at 4:30. Everyone else stays for some fun proffering. Baez has two guards from the jail testify as to how Casey acts in jail where she spends 23 hours alone. Both testify that she is pleasant. Of course JP, says that both guards testimony is not relevant. Casey's former fiance, Jesse Grund is called to the stand. He states that Lee was always standoffish with Casey & Caylee & himself. Jesse says he asked Casey why that was- she says that she woke up once & Lee was standing over her staring at her & on another occasion she woke up to him groping her. Jesse says at that point he told her that was all he needed to know & the conversation ended. JP did not rule as to if Jesse would be allowed to testify, prosecution argues that it is heresy. JP will rule on this tomorrow morning. Next is some lengthy arguing over a grief Dr that the defense wants to call, mud is slug between Baez & Ashton. Boils down to Dr will be there tomorrow for proffering.

It seems that JP will hear the mistrial motion at 8:30 tomorrow morning.

Now for the BIG news.

JP asks Baez how many more witness' he has. Baez says 6 after the Dr & then pauses. JP says, at that point he will speak with Casey Anthony regarding her decision to testify or not to make sure that it is truly her decision. Wowza. To me this explains the reason for the competency motion. Casey probably told Mason & Baez that she was going to testify. Mason tried to talk her out of it, when she wouldn't back down he went to JP requesting competency testing.

Could we see Casey Anthony on the stand by Friday? I think so. Tell me what you think!

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Incompetent?!?

Hello all, did you heed my previous admonitions? (I forgot to say this yesterday... it was late cut me some slack)

Well, this morning we learned just what all of Saturday's craziness was about. At the start of the proceedings today JP revealed that the defense had asked that Casey be evaluated for mental competency. I know my jaw hit the floor!!! Casey was evaluated by 2 psychiatrists on Saturday and another on Sunday. After reviewing the Dr.'s findings, JP ruled that Casey IS competent to stand trial. This differs from a mental exam. In requesting this, the defense team stated that they did not believe Casey to be competent, based on privileged discussions with her. The motion does not explain further what Casey did to make the lawyers feel this way. Was she doodling "Mrs. Jose Baez; Mrs. Casey Baez" and got caught? I have read that people in the courtroom Saturday said that she was openly snearing at Mason. Mason's signature does appear on the motion & it was reported that Mason could be heard yelling in JP's chambers. Common thought is that Casey wants to testify, maybe she has come up with another story to tell, & the defense wanted to have the competency hearing first (probably covering their own a$$)The defense also filed (yet another) motion for mistrial on Saturday also. This motion is based off a new court ruling saying that the death penalty is unconstitutional in Fl. I read all the reasons it could affect Casey's case, either way I don't see JP ruling in favor at all.
Testimony of note today:
The cadaver dogs did not search any other of the Anthony's cars, nor the house.
The defense forensic chemist Dr. Kenneth Furton was set to testify. Ashton had some issues, Baez said he was tired of proffering and letting the prosecution know all his questions giving them extra time to prepare. So a mini proffer was held, Ashton didn't want Furton to be able to give his "opinion" but JP ruled it was ok. Don't you know that Baez & croonies were so excited about that! Once more, they failed to consider what the prosecution would do to this guy. The point of Furton's testimony was in regards to his research on chemical compounds related to decomp & doubts he has about Vass' findings. Furton was not overly critical of Vass, Furton stated that this is a relatively new area of research that was still ongoing, with the possibility of other sources being the reason for the chemicals that were identified.
From what I gathered the defense wanted to give the jury the impression that chloroform could have come from a bathing suit or the cleaning products that Cindy Anthony used. Ashton pretty much blew that to bits. Furton did do a good job holding his ground against Ashton. Furton does agree that something WAS decomposing in the trunk of Casey's car, the questions is WHAT. At this point I noticed that Furton had a really pointed nose..... Wonder if it helps him smell?!?
The afternoon/evening was all about some video. A PI, Hoover, who volunteered to help the Anthony's & a former PI, Dominic Casey (DC) now working for the Anthony family- Hoover had video of DC searching the woods off Suburban drive & later a vacant house. The video was shot over 2 days, Novermber 15 & 16. The audio on the video gave the impression that they were looking for trash/plastic bags, but Hoover could not discuss because of heresay. DC gets on the stand and reveals that the reason he went to these specific spots is because of a psychic, J. Lucas. Cindy Anthony had sent Lucas a teddybear that belonged to Caylee, at the advise of DC. After receiving the bear, Lucas then calls DC and tells him where to look, DC says this is who he was speaking to on the phone in the video. The point of the video is that the defense is trying to show that less than one month before Caylee's remains were found, DC was also there & did not find the remains. That means that Roy Kronk had to have brought the remains between Nov. 18- Dec. 10, at which time Casey was in jail.
I don't believe this video proves anything or gives any doubt. The jurors did pay close attention to the monitors & to the witness but eyes don't deceive. During their presentation the prosecution showed detailed photos of where & how Caylee's remains were found, from those photos you can clearly see all of the leaves & other debris that covered the items. Testimony was given that one bone was found buried in inches of muck, not to mention all of the roots and plant growth in the remains. I believe the video showed the jurors just how well those remains were hidden, which is also an indication of how long they had been there.
In his opening statement Baez admits that Caylee's death was an accident that Casey was aware of. Isn't this an admittance of guilt? Willful neglect + accidental death= First degree murder.
JP indicated this afternoon that he would most likely hear the motion for mistrial on Wed or Thur. This should be very interesting.


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Trial Friday & Saturday

It has been a busy weekend, I wasn't able to blog until now, Sunday night at almost 9:30.

So, lets get started with Friday...
Cindy Anthony was the first witness called. By question 2 LDB is objecting to the playing of a video. I am not sure if the video had already been shown in court, maybe just still photo's from it. LDB was overruled and the video was played. The video is of Casey & Caylee, Casey is laying on the floor bouncing Caylee on her knees. I looked at Casey watching this video, tears fell from her face & she had an almost wistful smile on her face. For a moment, I felt sorry for her. I know how it feels, what that smile means. During the sidebars of her testimony today, Cindy cries. She doesn't seem as prepared today. The defense shows photos of Caylee climbing the ladder to the pool at all different stages & then Caylee in the pool with Cindy still coming down the ladder. Cindy was very emotional during the showing of these photos, Casey was unemotional. Of course, LDB objected to all of them. Cindy did say that prior to her disappearance Caylee had swam 3-4 times a week, always with a life jacket. Also during Cindy's vacation she & Caylee swam daily. Cindy did go over all the precautions that they had taken with Caylee & the pool. I have to admit that this line of questioning did make me think that maybe Caylee did drown, yet that still doesn't explain the duct tape....
Rather than do more summarizing, details that you have probably already read, I am gonna talk about something that have occurred to me....
George Anthony was the last one to see Casey & Caylee when they left the house that day. Did Casey have a bag? Did Cindy find clothes for Caylee in the car? Did she wash them along with those of Casey's?
I have a hard time getting past what Dr. G said, 100% of the time people call 911... That is your automatic reaction, trust me I know. If it was an accidental drowning, why try to hide it?
Also, in the pics of Casey partying are difficult to take. She appears genuinely happy. I know personally pics of me 2 months after losing Gavin, it is obvious the smile doesn't come easy & it doesn't make it to my eyes. You don't see that in the photo's of Casey....
During Lee's testimony he and Casey cried... Cindy was also crying. When they recessed for lunch I noticed that as Lee left the stand Baez speaks to & comforts Lee. I am very suspicious of both Cindy & Lee's testimony for the defense. Lee's demeanor on cross was totally different. I can not see how he could have lived in the home, room next door to Caylee's & not known that preparations were being made for a baby. What is Baez trying to point out with the possible "cover up" of Casey's pregnancy?
As Friday went on with objection & sidebars & sidebars, I do not think that the defense thinks about what the prosecution will ask in response to their questions. This is legal 101, before asking a question you need to know how the witness will answer, & you must anticipate where opposing council might take that line of question. It seems the defense doesn't do this, or maybe they just like to be cry babies.
During the proffer I could sense the tension, you know the jury must sense this when they return.

Oh team Baez.... will you ever learn? I was honestly surprised that Saturday's proceedings had to be cancelled because, yet again there is a discovery violation by the defense. Poor JP & that jury.
I don't think that the defense will rest & the prosecution be able to rebut by weeks end. How sad that these jurors have to spend the holiday without their families. Surely JP will have something special for them.
When do you think we might see the jury begin deliberations?