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Officials Seek Search Warrant For Home Of Caylee’s Grandparents

Authorities said on Thursday that they are seeking a search warrant for the Orlando home of a missing 3-year-old girl after a child’s remains were found nearby

Orange County sheriff’s spokesman Carlos Padilla said that investigators cordoned off the home belonging to the grandparents of Caylee Anthony, who lived at the home with her mother, Casey Anthony, although the two often stayed elsewhere

An Orange County water meter reader found the skeletal remains of a child around 9:30 a.m. Thursday in a wooded area near South Chickasaw Trail and Suburban Drive, less than half a mile from the Hopespring Drive home of George and Cindy Anthony, Orange County sheriff’s deputies said.

 Orange County Sheriff Kevin Beary confirmed that the skull of a child had been recovered. Deputies said it’s too early to tell if the remains, which were later taken away in a medical examiner’s van, are that of Caylee.

 Local 6 News reporter Jessica D’Onofrio confirmed that the remains are likely that of a girl. D’Onofrio said the worker saw the garbage bag, opened it, saw the remains of a child and called 911. The skull was found nearby, and there was duct tape in and around the garbage bag, D’Onofrio reported.

 ”Deputies did respond to that area, and once we were on the scene, we determined that we do have the remains of a young child. Obviously, our concern is that it’s in close proximity to some recent activity in that part of the county, and it’s incumbent upon us to determine what we have,” said Orange County sheriff’s spokesman Jim Solomons, referring to the Casey Anthony case.

 The age and gender of the remains are not known.

 The area of the discovery has been blocked off, and FBI agents, along with sheriff’s detectives, continue to investigate the wooded area.

 Tim Miller, the leader of EquuSearch, a Texas-based group that has performed numerous searches for Caylee’s body, said he talked with FBI agents, who told him that they believe the remains belong to Caylee.

 ”It would be inappropriate to speculate,” Orange County sheriff’s Capt. Angelo Nieves said. “Our investigators are on scene, evaluating and processing the situation. It’s very early.”

 Nieves said that George and Cindy Anthony have been notified about the discovery. 

Leonard Padilla, a bounty hunter who initially bailed Casey Anthony out of jail and searched for Caylee, said, “It’s a bittersweet day.”

 ”We drove by (the wooded area where the remains were found) dozens of times. We heard that there were searches going on in that area,” Padilla said.

 An elementary school is located nearby, forcing officials to devise a plan for getting students home without interfering with the crime scene.

 Local 6 News showed buses transporting students from Hidden Oaks Elementary at about 3 p.m. Thursday through the area, which is lined with crime tape.

Channel 6 News  3:44 pm EST December 11, 2008

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Small Child’s Skeletal Remains Found Near Anthony Home

The skeletal remains of a small child were found Thursday near the home of a missing Orlando toddler’s family, FOXNews.com confirmed.

Orange County sheriffs and forensics teams were at the location where the remains were discovered, near the home of 3-year-old Caylee Anthony’s family.

“All we know is that remains of a child have been found,” a police spokeswoman told FOXNews.com.

Orange County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Jim Solomons told The Associated Press that a utility worker found the body at 9:32 a.m. Thursday. There is nothing that immediately indicates that the bones belong to Caylee.

There was no immediate confirmation on whether the body is that of a male or a female. (source)

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Computer Password Used As Code In Casey Anthony Jail Conversation

Local 6 News continues its investigation into the Casey Anthony case as reporter Tony Pipitone deciphers the words and figures she used to communicate with her family from jail.

Casey Anthony told authorities she had left Caylee with a baby sitter in mid-June and the two were gone when she returned from work. She said she spent the next month trying to find her daughter and didn’t call authorities because she was scared. Investigators said they have poked several holes in her story. 

In a jailhouse visit in July, Lee Anthony, Casey Anthony’s brother, seemingly played the role of family detective, but she did not offer much information until he mentioned computer passwords. 

“Any meaning behind the passwords that would be clues to any of this?” Lee Anthony asked. 

“Yes,” Casey Anthony replied. 

“Does that include the MySpace sign in passwords as well as the computer passwords?” Lee Anthony said. 

“The computer passwords, no. MySpace and Facebook, yes,” Casey Anthony said. 

“All right, so there is meaning behind those?” Lee Anthony said.

 ”Yes,” Casey Anthony said. 

“Password for that is?” Lee Anthony asked. 

“Cays234,” Casey Anthony said. 

But less than an hour later, Casey Anthony gave her mother, Cindy Anthony, a different answer. 

“I don’t know your MySpace password,” Cindy Anthony said. 

“Facebook account (is) timer55 (and the) password is the same as my MySpace,” Casey Anthony said. 

“I’ll let you elaborate if you want to. If not, it’s OK,” Lee Anthony said. 

“Move on to something else. We’ll cover that by other means,” Casey Anthony said.

 The siblings met again in a jailhouse visit three days later, and Casey Anthony communicated with her brother via her attorney, Jose Baez. 

“Do you got anything for me outside of what I’ve already heard?” Lee Anthony said. 

“Did you guys get my messages from Jose?” Casey Anthony asked. 

“Yes,” Lee Anthony said. 

“That’s where I’m leaving it , so,” Casey Anthony said. 

Two days later, on July 30, Cindy Anthony told the FBI that she had figured out her daughter’s password code for timer55. 

“She told Lee the other day timer55 meant she has 55 days,” Cindy Anthony said.

 ”Fifty-five days from when, as Casey now claimed, mystery baby sitter Zenaida Gonzalez and her sister threw her down in Blanchard Park and took Caylee to teach her a lesson,” Pipitone said. 

“Fifty-five days to Caylee’s birthday, and she said Caylee would be returned on her birthday,” Cindy Anthony said. 

Caylee’s birthday is Aug. 9, which is 55 days after June 16, the day Casey Anthony was last seen with Caylee. 

“And that, at least according to Cindy, was the secret code in Casey’s password,” Pipitone said.

Channel 6 News   5:53 am EST December 11, 2008

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