Not necessarily true. Sociopaths do cry and most often it is for themselves, but they can have momentary feelings of sadness. This is a new subject - it really is. years ago they said sociopaths cannot be cured. Now they say they can. It use to be get them early, which I am sure is the best, but not anymore, psychiatrists say they can be helped.
I agree that most of the time in this courtroom 99% of the time Casey is putting on a show especially with the dabbing of her eyes. But this last time when she cried after her brother said I love you - her face showed real emotion. So she may not have cared about Caylee and will use whatever she needs at the moment, but that is not to say that when she sees her brother she can not feel something.
These absolute statements about disorders are just, imo, incorrect. I would agree that she is a sociopath and if the moment presented itself again and she saw no other way or did not like the situation, she is capable of killing again. But she is also capable of feeling something for her brother and that has nothing to do with her killing her child who she was a bother to her to say the least.
Just my opinion.
BRAVO Solace! You said it so much better than I could have! I agree 100%. Casey IS a sociopath, she DOES feel things for her brother (and I would wager her parents as well) and you are absolutely right on. That would not and DID not stop her from killing her child. (Please note.. I did not say she feels love or empathy for her family.. I just said she feels.. as in affection for things they have done for HER.. not as persons in their own right)
I personally think she killed Caylee for the reason her grandmother SP, stated. Casey hated Cindy more than she loved Caylee.
Cindy does NOT hold her tongue, she has proven she is scathing, bitter and vindictive beotch when worked up, and it's pretty much a given that during that "non existent" blowout that she and Casey had before Casey left.. that Cindy would have pulled the "oh yeah? JUST WATCH ME TAKE YOUR DAUGHTER FROM YOU.. she already loves me more than she loves you". This has always been the ultimate betrayal for Casey.. just like when JG loved Caylee more.. she pulled out of that relationship without a hesitation because she wasn't wanted as much as Caylee was.
So Casey left and suffocated Caylee, tossed the heart sticker on the duct tape (betcha donuts to dollars that Cindy bought Caylee those stickers and that one was chosen specifically as a message to Cindy), primarily as a big ole middle finger on that duct tape to Cindy. Plus too..Caylee WAS her little girl and she did love her in her own way (selfish, surfacely).. she was a cute little sidekick until she started cramping Casey's lifestyle and she had more use to Casey dead than she did alive.
It was the ultimate.. "well if I can't have her .. you aren't going to either, you effin Beotch".
That's why this trial was so much fun for her and why she doesn't have any real issue sitting on her behind in jail, enjoying her fan mail, munchin her snacks, reading and writing, radio and TV, occasional net access and holding court with her defense "boys" when she gets to go to a show (court hearings) with all its media attention. Honestly, is any of that REALLY any different from her days BEFORE she got tossed in jail?
Casey made her peace with her decision way back in those 31 days Caylee was missing. She figured it was just a matter of time until her fancy wonderful defense team got her off. From there on in.. it was just a matter of sitting back and coldly enjoying her mother's suffering. She gets upset when mom "enjoys" the media attention or has a party or yummy food or doesn't have to work because she's "milking" disability. But Casey,... coldly, very coldly, gets to enjoy her revenge every single time Cindy begs for a look or a smile or a word or a visit from her. That's why she never took her eyes off her mother while she was testifying at the last hearing. She WANTED to see mom crying on the stand. She WANTED to see mom suffer because she doesn't have Caylee or herself any longer. Its validation that she accomplished exactly what she set out to do by killing Caylee in cold blood.
It's only now.. almost two years later.. that reality is finally settling in and she is starting to clue in that she isn't walking away from this one.
Casey is capable of doing or saying ANYTHING. Is she a sociopath? YES. Does she feel emotions? YES. Do they bother her enough to care? NEVER. It's ALL about her and she will do whatever it takes to get what she wants.
Lie Cheat Steal Kill.. what else is there left to do .. for ICA??
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