I wonder how long it was between the taping and the poor little thing passing away? I can't help but think Caylee would have struggled violently to get the tape off and to breathe. If she wasn't restrained surely she would have tried to get away from KC. If CA or GA were home at the time, surely they would have heard that struggle going on, and come to investigate. If she were restrained, KC must have been restraining her with her own body. It seems to me that surely she would have felt little Caylee struggling, seen her struggle, and relented.. I just can't come up with a scenerio that seems right.
I so wish I believed that she were chloroformed first, but I just can't buy that anymore, either. I believe she died in the house, but if she did, then it would have smelt of chloroform if it were used.. (seems much more likely to me that they used the chloroform to clean the trunk with, and in an attempt to rid it of maggots and odour)
Perhaps she taped her up and put her in the closet to die, where she didn't have to watch the struggle, and perhaps if the parents were home, the noise would have been muffled a bit.