BBM- When this case first started, I too thought Casey was another Susan Smith, but it didn't take too long for me to figure out that these two women are nothing alike and their cases are nothing alike. Susan Smith is a pathetic, horrific human being. Casey Anthony is a monster!!
I don't think Tony had anything to do with Casey murdering Caylee. She was stringing along a few men (Mark and Ricardo to name two) and I believe she had every intention of making her way out to California by Caylee's third birthday. Casey was not in love with Tony... Casey does not even know what love is... she is incapable of it... he was simply convienient for Casey at the moment. Someone Casey could use for her own personal benefit. He was a place to stay and Casey knew she could mold herself into what she believes a perfect little housewife is. Cook for her man. Clean the house for her man. And lay with him every night. He'll be happy and she will get what she needs out of him for that moment.
I don't even know if I believe Casey murdered Caylee because she couldn't find anyone to watch her that day? It may have played a small role in it... but Casey had murder on her mind way before she even met Tony. Tony never said that he didn't want children, he said he only wanted boys. I do believe he was joking. I had a boyfriend in my early 20's who jokingly said if he had any girls that he would send them up the river. Tony was not ready to have children... and he was honest with Casey that his apartment was not the ideal place for Caylee to be. I don't think a lot of college kids apartments are ideal for children of any age. I commend Tony for thinking about Caylee's well being... which Casey was incapable of doing. If Casey was thinking of Caylee's well being, she would have left Tony and attempted to find a more suitable, mature man who would have no problem accepting Caylee in his life... but not our Casey! Casey loved the fact that Tony was more interested in HER and not Caylee. It was probably a feeling she hadn't felt since Caylee was born. Someone loved Casey more than Caylee. Caylee was not the center of attention. Casey was.
I think the differences between Tony and Susan Smiths boyfriend are huge. Tony was a young guy trying to go to school and work to better himself and simply wasn't ready to have children (a mature decision if you ask me). Susan Smiths boyfriend was a rich, established man who didn't want a woman who was carrying extra baggage. He broke up with Susan. Rejected Susan. Tony never did that with Casey.
Heck, even when Susan Smith was lying during that first press conference (I remember it well) and was accusing a black man of carjacking her car and taking those precious boys... she was crying. I believed her! She looked like a mother should look when her children are missing and she is worried about them... which it was her capability to have emotions that made her confess.
Casey on the other hand can not even muster up a tear for Caylee. In three years she has shown no emotion (other than the occasional poking of the eye and holding her breath to make her face get red) when it concerns Caylee. Only herself. Casey can not even fake emotion for Caylee because she completely lacks emotion when it comes to Caylee. She is one of the most scary people I have ever witnessed. I do put her up there with the more monsterous serial killers... simply because I believe Casey had every intention of killing her parents too and if she is capable of killing her own child, and her own parents, Casey is capable of killing anyone. She is truly evil!
Susan was sleeping with three men, not just the rich guy (Tom). She was also sleeping with his father.
LE was suspicious of her at first because she cried with no tears. She was good at fake crying but couldn't manage tears. I guess she didn't think to poke herself in the eye.
She took sedatives and slept a lot while the husband was frantic trying to find the boys.
When they pulled the car out of the water and flipped it right side up, the lights came on. They believe she intentionally left the lights on to make sure the car sank. The boys were most likely screaming as they were dangling upside down strapped in when the car flipped over. The cold water slowly crept up on them. The car bobbed up and down like a cork and took a long time to actually sink. She was able to tell them exactly where the car was so they believe she actually stood there and watched it go under. I think it took ~ 7-8 minutes to sink during the reenactment. That's a long time to stand there and hear/watch your kids screaming to their deaths. She never tried to save them. She set her fake kidnapping plan in action. There was no way for her to know where the car sank if she didn't watch, it had drifted that far.
Both children were alive when they hit the water. Cause of death-drowning. When the first diver went down he saw a little hand pressed to the glass. The casket had to be closed.
Guess whose sweatshirt she wore during one of her press conferences. Tom's college sweatshirt. Sending a little message to one of her flings. A big deal was made of the sweatshirt because she used it as an excuse to see him--to give it back to him. He told her to keep it. Similar to Casey wanting to talk to Tony.
She also asked the detectives if she looked alright when she was on TV. She was every bit as self absorbed as Casey. The viewing public simply didn't see it because they didn't have the Sunshine Law.
She was not very happy with the second pregnancy-mostly because she didn't want it to ruin her body.
When the husband visited her in jail she complained that no one cared about HER. She was locked up in a tiny cell 23 hours a day. She also told her husband they could have more kids if/when she got out. Me me me me me me me.
The only difference is we didn't hear those jail house phone conversations. No one was sitting in the house reporting that she was sleeping while everyone else was frantic trying to find the kids. Her demeanor was different at home.
They are a lot alike, I didn't realize it until I read the book. If she had lawyerd up quickly I don't she would have ever confessed.
IMO
