I agree, Ziggy. This is a very personal symbol.
Natsound, I am very curious as to what this means - that's what makes cases like this so fascinating to me - trying to understand why
The heart sticker screams that this was personal. A stranger would not do that, but a mother would. A last symbol of love, whether YOU get that or not doesn't matter - it's a gesture of someone close to the child.
It fits with Casey as she is very immature as shown by her doodling her name as if she were married to Tony.
You provided the correct answer when you stated that the heart and Winnie the Pooh blanket do not even indicate premeditation (much less prove) which requires prosecutors to prove beyond a reasonable doubt four specific elements: intent (wilful), planning, deliberation and malice aforethought.
The evidence here works against premeditation, not for it. Hence, the heart and Winnie the Pooh represents exculpatory evidence that greatly favors the defense, not inculpatory evidence.
HTH
LE went back to the house with a warrant looking for evidence of chloroform and decongestant. If they found these drugs 6 mos after the fact, it will prove just how smart KC thought she was, the ultimate "up yours" cause she never thought LE would know enough to look for it.
Wudge you keep saying this about the evidence being exculpatory. But if KC was medicating Caylee to make her sleep, either through baby decongestants or illegal narcotics. Using medications for something other than they were intended is a premeditated, illegal act. Giving drugs to a person, other than who they prescribed is an illegal act. If KC went to the store and purchased them or if she went to C & G's medicine cabinet, took out any drug not prescribed for or intended for use in a child, again shows intent, planning, deliberation and malice.
What exactly is so exculpatory about grabbing whatever blanket is handy to place under a 2 y o before medicating it? No one wants that mess on the bed or the sofa. Most medications don't taste great to a 2 y o. It can end up all over just by the baby letting it drool out of their mouth. Not to mention the very real chance the medications could make the baby vomit. So you place a blanket or a towel to contain the mess, once the deed is done everything gets wrapped in the blanket and shoved in a bag. Including the baby. Nice and neat, and premeditated.
It makes no more difference to me that KC used a Pooh blanket,`than if she had wrapped her in satin and silk. Caylee was dead after being fed medication that didn't belong to her and was never intended for use in a 2 y o. Her little face was covered in duct tape from one side to the other covering her mouth, obviously not meant to revive her or extend her life. What other purpose could there be other than to silence her forever?
But KC isn't done yet, she has one more task before saying good bye forever, she takes a sticker of a red heart and places it on the tape that was covering Caylee's mouth. What was the meaning of this macabre act? Was it a sinister good bye kiss? A tender touch by a loving mother? It doesn't matter what it means. This mother had just murdered her precious baby, stuffed her lifeless body in a laundry bag and a plastic bag. She put more tape on the plastic bag, then stashed it in the trunk of her car. Within a couple days, the heat and humidity of FL in June took it's toll. The odor from the decomp was unbearable, with no other manageable dump spot on the horizon, KC remembers that spot right down the street, hops in her car and zips down to Suburban Dr, pulls her car over to the side of the road and quickly tosses Caylee towards the pool of water. Done and done.