Denial is not just a river in Egypt (Anthony’s Today Show 10/22)

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George Anthony expected to testify infront of grand jury

WFTV reports it with this headline

Casey Anthony’s Father To Testify Against Her In Front Of Grand Jury

I think that’s probably an overstatement to draw attention and sensationalize Georges expected statments.  While it’s true what he adds probably won’t help Casey, I doubt he has turned the corner and decided to align himself with authorities.  Obviously, that’s just my opinion.

Detectives think they have a solid case against Casey Anthony and Eyewitness News found out Thursday that Casey’s own father will testify against her in front of Orange County’s grand jury next week.

Sources told Eyewitness News that prosecutors now have all the forensic evidence they need to ask the grand jury to indict Casey for the murder of her daughter Caylee.

Two members of the Anthony family now have key roles in the case against Casey, her father for what he’s going to do and her brother Lee for what he didn’t want to do.Sources told Eyewitness News the Orange County grand jury will hear about high levels of chloroform in the trunk of Casey Anthony’s car.

The panel will hear how lab tests on the hair and the stain in the trunk will show that Caylee’s body was in that trunk and that investigators also believe the little girl’s body was at some point in the Anthony’s backyard near her playhouse.The focus on when Caylee was murdered is on the afternoon of June 16, sometime between mid-day, when Caylee’s grandfather last saw her alive with Casey, and the evening, when Casey went to her boyfriend’s apartment without Caylee.

Eyewitness News has learned George Anthony will testify against his daughter next week before the grand jury about, among other things what he’s already told investigators, how in late June Casey prevented him from going near her trunk, which he later found exuded the smell of death.”Her and I got into a little verbal, she don’t want me to go in the trunk,” Anthony told investigators during questioning.

George and Cindy Anthony voluntarily gave up DNA samples this week so investigators could scientifically exclude either of them as the source of the hair and stain in Casey’s trunk, but investigators had to get a search warrant to get Casey’s brother Lee to submit to a DNA test.He also has refused to take a lie detector test for the FBI.

The fact that a grand jury is being called to hear the case at all does not bode well for Casey. In Florida, a grand jury only has to be presented with a case for “capital” crimes, a charge of either first-degree murder or felony murder.

It won’t be as difficult to convince a grand jury to indict Casey as it would be to convince a regular jury to convict her.Trial jurors have to convict defendants beyond a reasonable doubt. Grand jurors only have to have probable cause, meaning a reasonable person would conclude from the evidence that Casey committed the crime.(source)

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More on Casey Camps private investigators

Private investigators working for Anthony’s attorney Jose Baez are out of state following up on a lead they said is significant.

Jose Baez’s spokesperson Todd Black said their investigators are out of state talking to a man and getting pictures of the Zanaida Gonzalez Casey says took Caylee.

Black says the picture was taken at a park and has all involved parties in it: the woman they say is the Zanaida Fernandez Gonzalez, Casey and Caylee. No information at this point as to when this picture was taken.

And Black added they have been trying to find the man who has the picture for weeks and they just located him and got in touch with him. (source)

Baez mentioned this yesterday. I’m anxious to see this photo, though I doubt it will happen. There’s a better chance of seeing more photos like the one below.

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Investigator describes Casey Anthony, talks of new evidence

A veteran investigator in the case of missing Caylee Anthony describes the child’s mother as one of the toughest individuals he’s ever run into, according to Orange County Sheriff Kevin Beary.

Read more on Local 6 interview with Kevin Beary here.

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Dozens gather at Vigil for Caylee

Cindy Anthony also said they should not believe media coverage of the case — presumably the reporting of investigators’ suggestion that Caylee may be dead — that she says is “fabricated.”

You can read what AP has to say about it by clicking here.

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Docs: Casey Anthony Sent 553 Cell Text Messages, Two About Daughter

ORLANDO, Fla. — A series of more than 550 text messages sent by Caylee Anthony’s mother reveal the woman did not appear to be worried about her daughter in the days the girl was missing.

According to cell phone documents, in a two-month period between April and June, Casey Anthony sent her friend Amy Huizenga 553 text messages.

Of the messages, only two references are made to Caylee.

On May 13, Casey Anthony sent a text message that said, “My mom is taking the kid for the weekend for part of her vacation (with a smiley face).”

Then, less than a week before the toddler’s disappearance, Casey Anthony announced, “Caylee just pooped in her potty for the first time. Sorry, proud mama.”

The message was the last time Casey Anthony mentioned her daughter to Huizenga in text messages.

A week after the toddler vanished, Anthony sent a text to Huizenga that said, “Leaving for work in a few. I’ll call you on my way to the house.”

Casey Anthony did not have a job at Universal Studios or apparently anywhere else, Local 6 has learned.

On June 26, Casey Anthony wrote, “I need a freaking vacation.”

The next day, a text message told Huizenga about how her car smelled like a dead animal — and how it was possibly a squirrel that was run over.

Fifteen minutes later, Casey Anthony wrote, “My car ran out of gas again. Two weeks in a row. On Friday, my stupid car runs out of gas. Wow.”

It now appears that Casey Anthony stole the gasoline cans from her father’s back yard shed after she ran out of gas for the first time, Local 6 reported.

George Anthony seized the cans back from Casey Anthony.

Then, her vehicle’s tank ran dry again, forcing her to abandon the car at an Amscot.

Two days later, on June 29, Casey Anthony sends a message to Huizenga,” Can I borrow you and your gas can today?” By that time, the car had already been towed.

Anthony told Huizenga that her father had picked up the car, which was not true, Local 6’s Mike DeForest said.

Local6.com News UPDATED: 8:39 pm EDT September 24, 2008

LINK TO TEXT MESSAGES:

http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Sidebar/2008/9/24/files_released_in_casey_anthony_case.html

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Zenaida Gonzalez Hires John Morgan For Lawsuit Against Casey Anthony

 

High-profile attorney John Morgan is seen on TV ads & has a firm of 130 attorneys. 

 

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — The young mother of Caylee Anthony is being sued. High-profile Orlando attorney John Morgan filed a lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of a woman named Zenaida Gonzalez, the same name as the so-called nanny that Casey claims kidnapped her little girl.

Zenaida Gonzalez says she has had enough. The civil suit was filed Wednesday afternoon. She wants Casey Anthony to pay for her lies. 

T-shirts like reading “The Nanny Did It” and “Zanny the Nanny” are just some one of the reasons why Zenaida Gonzales is suing Casey Anthony. Gonzales has never shown her face, but says thousands of people believe she either kidnapped or killed Caylee Anthony. 

“What we want to make sure is that Casey Anthony does not profit for throwing Zenaida Gonzalez under the bus. They are out there talking about movie deals, book deals. There are t-shirts being sold,” attorney John Morgan told Eyewitness News (watch full interview). 

After Caylee was reported missing, Casey told detectives she dropped off the child at Zenaida Gonzalez’s apartment off Conway Road and now has no idea where the child is. Gonzalez says she’s never met Casey and wants her name cleared. 

“We know this is the right one. They not only knew she was the right Zenaida, gave the names of her two children and type of car she drove. They knew the color of the car she drove. All given to them allegedly by Casey Anthony,” Morgan said. 

Morgan said his client’s private life has been turned upside down. They want a settlement that could be partly paid out of the Anthony homeowner’s insurance policy. 

“She never asked for this. Casey Anthony asked that she be brought in to deflect her own issues,” Morgan said. 

Eyewitness News tried to get a comment form Casey Anthony’s spokesperson, Todd Black, but phone calls were not returned.

WFTV.com Channel 9 News

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State Attorney’s Office Releases Documents In Casey Anthony Case(2)

TODAY’S UPDATES:

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — The State Attorney’s Office has released nearly 600 of pages of documents in the case against Casey Anthony, the mother of missing 3-year-old Caylee Marie. The documents, including interviews with family members and other investigative material, are released as part of discovery, which is procedure where the state releases information to defense.

According to the newly-released documents, Lee Anthony said Casey’s mother was immediately worried about Caylee’s wellbeing because of the smell from the car Casey had abandoned that “went over [their] garage like a wave.” Lee also said Casey said her mom constantly reminded her of what an unfit mother she is.

You can read the documents by clicking here.

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‘It Doesn’t Look Good To Me,’ Dr. Phil Says During Anthony Show

 

“I cannot assign a diagnosis to her but as everyone can see, this is very consistent with what we are describing as anti-social personality – the repeated lying and embellishments and ducking accountability and the absence of remorse that you are talking about.”

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ORLANDO, Fla. — The case of missing Orlando 3-year-old Caylee Anthony was featured on the popular “Dr. Phil” Monday night after the show received a series of questions from viewers concerning the girl’s mother, Casey

What so many people have asked is, “Dr. Phil, how could a mother do this if this is happening?” Dr. Phil McGraw said. “Let me say, I’m not saying she is guilty (but) it doesn’t look good to me. I mean my common sense meter is pegged. But we don’t know. It is too early to conclude.” 

McGraw then discussed some psychological aspects of the case. 

“You could be talking about somebody who is psychotic here,” McGraw said. “Whether it be a schizophrenic disorder or something where they just don’t know who are where they are. But one of the most common personality patterns I see in situations like this is what is called the anti-social personality.” 

McGraw talked with Local 6’s Jessica D’Onofrio, who has broken four exclusive reports surrounding the case.

 ”Talking to Cindy on the night her daughter was arrested, she was very accommodating that night and invited us into her home,” D’Onofrio said. “All she wanted to do was get her granddaughter’s picture on television. She was completing sentences at that time. Now, if you talk to her, she is more breathless. She is not completing sentences as much.” 

D’Onofrio was asked whether it was her sense that George and Cindy were concerned about the whereabouts of Caylee.

 ”Absolutely,” D’Onofrio said. “I have been watching this case progress. I’ve being watching Cindy and George get more and more desperate. (Cindy) has lost 25 pounds since all of this started.”

 D’Onofrio said from what everyone has been telling her, Cindy Anthony seems to be acting more like Caylee’s mother and how people would expect the mother to react to their missing child. 

 UPDATED: 9:37 pm EDT September 22, 2008  Local 6 News Orlando

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Casey Anthony May Have Made Up Names Of Nanny, Friends

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — There appear to be more lies and more deception in the Caylee Anthony case and only Channel 9 Eyewitness News is blowing the lid off the nanny mystery.

Eyewitness News has learned Casey Anthony might have made up the name of Caylee’s so-called nanny, Zenaida Gonzalez, from former classmates’ names and the street name for a drug. Investigators are now looking into it because of Eyewitness News’ questions. 

Casey Anthony said she used to call Zenaida Gonzalez “Zanny,” which Eyewitness News found out is also the street name for the anti-anxiety drug Xanax. Eyewitness News has also learned that investigators have asked at least one of her friends questions about Casey and Xanax during a lie detector test.

 Eyewitness News has learned that Casey Anthony had apparently asked her ex-fiancé Jesse Grund about Xanax while they were instant-messaging during the time they were engaged. Grund was asked the questions when he was hooked up to a polygraph by the FBI.

 Xanax goes by the name “Zanny” on the street, which has some wondering if “Zanny the nanny” was a reference to the drug and not the nickname Casey says she used for the mysterious nanny, Zenaida Gonzalez.

 Eyewitness News has discovered that a girl named Zenaida was in Casey’s homeroom at Colonial High School before Casey dropped out. She had a different last name, not Gonzalez, but there were seven students in her class whose last name is Gonzalez. 

The names Casey has made up as her friends who introduced her to Zenaida also show up in her Colonial High School classmates roster. She named a Raquel Ferrell, who investigators say does not exist, but there was a Raquel Rosa in her class. Casey also named Jennifer Rosa as a friend whom investigators can’t find. She had a classmate named James Ferrell and the name Jennifer shows up close by. 

Investigators are now checking into it to find out whether it’s more than just a series of coincidences.

 
WFTV.com Channel 9 News, Orlando          POSTED: 4:45 pm EDT September 17, 2008

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