These videos are adorable--and way overanalyzed. The fact there is no interaction, forcing of reactions, cues or directions by videographer may simply be an effort to avoid the kind of controlling over-staged video we've all seen (like CA when she is "directing" and telling everybody to do things on command) in favor of recording a more natural "slice of life" video. I have a mother, also controlling (who actually writes, directs, produces, stages and occasionally casts herself in real life dramatic performances). The rest of the family and I cringe and groan whenever she is behind the camera because it is so forced. Call it intuition but I can easily see KC or others in A family resisting, or radically departing from this when capturing their own. I do think it's evident from the sheer number of these precious videos and photos, as well as what we can observe of the interactions and of Caylee's home environment and from Caylee herself--her joyfulness, liveliness and lack of inhibitions etc--that she was truly loved and cherished by this family.
Quote: I think it's easy to overanalyze, especially in this off-the-wall case.
I see nothing but love from all of the videos, whether anyone is interacting with Caylee or not. The fact that there are so many pictures and videos of Caylee, and she is always dressed so cute and seems to be happy, nice and clean, has lots of toys and dress-up stuff, just tells me that she is one loved little girl. I am sure that KC loved/loves her in the only capacity that she can if she is truly a sociopath. It seems to me like there were lots of good times in this family. If you look back on the pictures and videos of Susan Smith and her children, you will see that she loved her children. If you look back on the pictures and videos of Andrea Yates and her children, you will see that she loved her children. People are not always "bad". Sometimes, they are "sick". I know that many do not have any sympathy for KC, Susan or Andrea. Would you want to be any of them? They all have to live with what they have done. KC has not shown us her grief for the loss of Caylee (whether she is just somewhere else or gone) but I have followed Susan Smith's case and read her mother's book about her and I followed the Andrea Yates' case to some degree as well. Nothing is sadder than a parent taking their own child or childrens' lives. But there is more than just evil behind some of these horrible events and I believe that both Susan and Andrea, in their sick minds, drowned their children to save them from them (Susan and Andrea). I do think that this case is unlike the Smith and Yates cases and I am hoping that that is because Caylee really is alive and KC is really the good mother that CA says she is and is doing everything in her power to protect Caylee and her family by staying quiet. PLease don't throw rotten eggs at me. I could be wrong. I am trying to think outside of the box.
Yesterday, I read an article in our local newspaper about 76 people who were arrested from our County in a sting relating to gangs, drugs and weapons. I still think that KC was involved in something criminal, maybe something underground, and that is the reason why Caylee is missing. Crime is everywhere. It is right in your backyard. It walks the malls, it goes to the movies, it goes to the grocery store, it's at the park. So let's not rule out entirely that KC isn't a part of that world and now facing the music from some very scary people. That doesn't mean that she doesn't love Caylee. That could mean just what CA said on the Today Show the day after KC's arrest - that KC loves Caylee more than CA loves KC . . . because maybe CA knows that she wouldn't be able to keep quiet for as long as KC has to protect her child. Also, don't forget all of the people in KC's life who are now saying "We don't know this KC." There is a reason for that.
Some day, and I hope it is soon, we will have answers. Remember when Yuri is saying to KC in the Universal interview that there are only 2 case scenarios . . . one that something bad happened to Caylee by accident and KC was covering it up or that KC was a monster? I think there is a third scenario that could be possible and that is what I have stated above - that KC has been threatened to keep quiet (remember the PB visit in which he tells her to hold her head up high and if she needs to talk "just let it go". His father has a party boat company (easy to get to Mexico)).
Can I get a H#ll Yeah?
With all due respect, (H#ll) no (with no offense intended). I see few comparisons to either Susan Smith (who never believed she was protecting her children but ridding herself of them since it came out during trial she saw them as in the way), nor to Andrea Yates (who was experiencing psychotic delusions and found criminally insane). We do live in perilous times--and these times call for discernment! This isn't some soap opera, there are not and have never been any "kidnappers," and there is human decomp inside KC's own trunk to prove it. There is however a fourth option few are willing to consider: and that is negligence. KC isn't a "martyr" in fear of a mafia kingpin, nor a "victim" sucked into some invisible underworld--IMO she is far more likely an immature, irresponsible or self-centered mother who couldn't admit to her own mother that she allowed harm to come to Caylee. Even manslaughter in FL requires a finding by the jury that there wasn't just negligence but "culpable" negligence. The State has even afforded KC this option--but under a theory such as this must show KC did not take reasonable measures, or use "ordinary care," in protecting Caylee from accidental injury resulting in her death (and rising to level of "flagrant" disregard). Thus in the case of drowning eg, given all the variables and hypotheticals and under the circumstances (they have yet to get a single credible story from the only surviving witness), this would seem a difficult distinction for the State to prove. But we should reserve judgment until the State at least presents its theory. JMHUO (unprofessional)
