Former Casey Anthony friend says she’d never mention Zanny the Nanny

A former close friend of Casey Anthony testified today she had never heard of Zenaida Gonzalez or Zanny the nanny.

Annie Downing answered all questions during an hourlong deposition taken by Gonzalez’s lawyers, WESH-Channel 2′s Bob Kealing reported this afternoon. But Downing and her attorney didn’t take questions from reporters, Kealing added.

The importance of Downing’s insights? Her testimony contradicted Anthony family members, who said they heard Casey mention the nanny, Kealing said. Downing also said that Casey Anthony had never mentioned Zenaida Gonzalez, Kealing added.

Gonzalez is suing Anthony for defamation for linking her to Caylee Anthony’s disappearance. Anthony is charged with the first-degree murder of Caylee, her daughter.

Gonzalez’s lawyers said Downing’s deposition helped their client and gave insights into the Anthony family, Kealing reported.

Casey and her mother, Cindy, had clashed over Caylee, Downing explained. Gonzalez attorney John Dill summed up the situation, “Cindy [was] kind of overstepping her bounds as far as being the mom to Caylee and how that was … an ongoing point of friction between the two of them.” (source)

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Anthony’s Spend Christmas Without Caylee, Plan To Keep Donating Toys

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — While the Anthony family spends its first Christmas without Caylee, dozens of needy children are enjoying hundreds of gifts donated in the slain toddler’s honor.

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Article from Scared Monkeys

I received an email this morning from another Crime Searcher pointing me to an article written over at ScaredMonkeys.com titled Caylee Anthony, She Deserved So much Better fromher Family Eventually She was Saved by her Father at Christmas.

It’s a good read so good infact I’m posting about it here in hopes that you’ll go over there and read it.

The article starts off:

“A special Christmas wish to Caylee Anthony and all missing children during this Christmas season. In the end the little girl who had no father listed on her birth certificate; it was her Father who cared the most and her Father who brought her home for Christmas.”

read the rest of the post at the new blog by clicking here.

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Hard to keep up today

Here are two more recent developments

Clothing Also Found In Bag With Child’s Remains

Also on that same page at the bottom is this story.

Zenaida Gonzalez Prepares To Fight Further Involvement In Anthony Case

Interesting…..George and Cindy Anthony expected to give depositions to Gonzalez attorney, if they no show, he’ll file contempt.

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In Session Interview With The Anthony’s Attorney 12/17

Part 2 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9Asjz10KWU

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Conway To Ask For Full Immunity For The Anthonys

The new lawyer for George and Cindy Anthony spoke to the public Monday. He said he didn’t know about plans to prosecute them on charges related to the case, but he did tell Eyewitness News that he is seeking immunity for Caylee’s grandparents.

 Attorney Brad Conway says he just wants to make sure his clients are protected. He wants to make sure charges aren’t filed later.

George and Cindy Anthony were not ready to address the media, but issued a statement  through their attorney Monday. The Anthonys do not plan on making a public statement until the remains found near their home are identified. 

Conway said the family is realistic, but hopeful it’s not Caylee.

 ”The last six months have been the hardest six months of our lives and we understand that the ongoing investigation and prosecution of our daughter, Casey, will consume our lives with conflict,” Conway read from the statement. “Based on recent developments we are realistic but continue to hope and pray that these remains are not those of our precious granddaughter Caylee Marie.”

 Once the medical examiner and the defense examine the remains, the remains, if Caylee’s, will be released to the Anthonys. 

“If it is Caylee Marie, they will make proper burial,” Conway told Eyewitness News.

 Eyewitness News reported last week that sources close to the investigation said they are possibly building a case against Caylee’s grandparents for obstruction of justice. Sources told Eyewitness News, if charges were pursued, it would be after the remains were identified and it would come from the forensic evidence that was recently taken from the Anthony home.

 ”They have cooperated. They have done nothing,” Conway said.

 Conway said he plans to meet with the lead prosecutor and detectives later this week to ask for full immunity for the Anthonys.  

“We will not speculate. If the attorney officially decides to ask our office, well will address it then,” said Danielle Taverneri, spokesperson for the State Attorney’s Office.

 Conway admits the Anthonys have made conflicting statements in the past. They will be re-interviewed by investigators. He said, for the next interview they give to authorities, there will not be any conflicting statements. 

Attorney Brad Conway also said he is representing the Anthonys for free.

ANTHONYS’ STATEMENT: http://www.wftv.com/news/18282364/detail.html

WFTV.com News  Monday, December 15, 2008 – updated: 4:18 pm EST December 15, 2008

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FBI Processes Evidence In Caylee Anthony Case

Cindy and George Anthony are at home on Hopespring Drive this afternoon after attending Sunday services at Eastside Baptist Church.

FOX 35 was the only crew at the Conway Gardens Road Church this morning, where the Anthonys’ pastor prayed for hope.

This afternoon the family’s attorney Brad Conway and Casey’s lawyer Jose Baez are inside the Anthony home, which investigators declared a crime scene earlier this week after a child’s skeleton was found Thursday less than a half mile away.

The scene where the bones were found on Suburban Drive remains active today, with FBI investigators combing the woods for a fourth day.

Official sources confirm some evidence has already been sent to the FBI lab in Quantico. While investigators won’t say exactly what evidence the FBI is processing, they say the majority of evidence will be sent after they conclude their search of the woods.

Although law enforcement previously expected to be finished searching the area today, officials now say there is no timetable set.

Detectives are they’re tight-lipped on whether any more evidence has been found.

On Thursday, a utility worker found a child’s skull around the corner from the  home of Caylee Anthony, who was two when she went missing in June.

Her mother, Casey Anthony, waited a month to report her daughter missing and has been charged with murder.

Orange County Sheriff’s deputies and the FBI are still combing the area where the skull was found. Orange Sheriff’s spokesman Carlos Padilla wouldn’t say what else has been recovered.

On Saturday, Anthony’s lawyer and his forensic investigators conducted their own investigation at the Anthony family home.

FOX 35 News   Sunday, 14 Dec 2008, 3:13 PM EST

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CASEY’S PARENTS MAY EVENTUALLY FACE CHARGES

Sources close to the case told Eyewitness News that Casey’s parents, George and Cindy, may someday face criminal charges. Sources tipped Eyewitness News off that George and Cindy Anthony checked into the luxury Ritz-Carlton Hotel on Thursday night. 

Meanwhile, Eyewitness News has learned the sheriff’s office is looking into charging the Anthonys with obstruction of justice. 

Rooms go for about $300 a night at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel and sources say they Anthonys had dinner at Normans on Thursday night, where dinner could cost $100 a person. The Anthonys recently hired attorney Brad Conway to replace Mark NeJame.

Conway could not tell Eyewitness News who is paying for the room, but said the Anthonys needed peace and quiet.

 ”They want to be left alone. They want to grieve and go through the process without the publicity that’s been focused on them so long,” Conway said. 

The Anthonys have spent months insisting Caylee is alive, but with the news of the remains Conway said they are prepared to accept Caylee may be dead.

 ”They are realistic about the possibilities and about the fact that this is likely Caylee, but continue to pray that likely it’s not,” Conway said.

 In the meantime, sources told Eyewitness News investigators are building a case against the Anthonys. They may face obstructions of justice charges. 

Conway said he’s talked to the State Attorney’s Office and is not aware of any pending charges and maintains the Anthonys have done nothing wrong. 

“Anytime the sheriff’s office cordons your house and serves a search warrant, there are a potential for charges. I don’t know what the sheriff’s office has in mind, but the Anthonys have cooperated fully and will continue to cooperate,” Conway said.

WFTV.com News Friday, December 12, 2008 – updated: 5:57 pm EST December 12, 2008

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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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Anthonys On State’s Decision Against Death

On Sunday evening, the grandmother of missing Orlando toddler Caylee Marie Anthony spoke with FOX 35 about the State of Florida’s decision not seek the death penalty in the first degree murder case against her daughter, Casey Anthony.

“I don’t think they have much of a case at all,” said Cindy following a candlelight vigil for Caylee at the Eastside Baptist Church in Orlando. “I don’t think they have a death penalty case at all, so I wasn’t surprised.” 

She added that the whole notion of raising a death penalty case against her daughter was ridiculous.  “I think we should be out there looking for Caylee and not focused on a few lies Casey told to the Sheriff’s Office. The evidence will speak for itself.”

The Orange County State Attorney’s Office said in a news release late Friday that “it is not in the best interest of the people of the state of Florida” to pursue the death penalty against 22-year-old Casey Anthony.

The statement by assistant prosecutor Linda Drane Burdick gave no further information on the decision. E-mails to a court spokesman were not immediately returned.

Anthony has pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder, child abuse, aggravated manslaughter and four counts of lying to investigators about the disappearance of her daughter. She faces life in prison if convicted.

Caylee Anthony was last seen in June but her mother did not report her missing until July. The child’s grandmother first called authorities in July to say she hadn’t seen Caylee for a month and her daughter’s car smelled like death.

The toddler has not been found.

FOX 35 News             Monday, 08 Dec 2008, 5:18 AM EST

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