He does not admit the body was in the trunk. He says there should've been DNA, he says the hair with the band was caused by the elements because they only found one, he says the blow fly leg is just one leg, that there should've been more if there was a body. That blow flies are not JUST attracted to dead bodies.
He doesn't really talk too much about the Anthonys, or even Casey for that matter. The book is really about him, his trial prep, his experiences with the experts and the evidence. He says that the child was obviously loved. The story is pretty much the same as at trial, which he says is a story Casey told him. That her father woke her up looking for Caylee, then he found her in the pool and told Casey he would take care of it. He has reasons why George wouldn't report it. Perhaps he was abusing Caylee when she died, perhaps he thought he could be Caylee's father (he says Casey told George that he WAS Caylee's father) and didn't want anyone to know.
I still have a hard time understanding what they think happened to the body. He says Caylee's body was put where it was so that it would be found and it is implied that George puts her there. Apparently in Kronk's first call he mentions a white board or something that was never found. That this was to mark where her body was. Kronk then moved a fallen tree to hide the body better. At least I think that is his point. A lot of it is not totally clear, and I guess that is so he can't get sued.
As for the shorts, he states that Henry Lee would testified that, besides rips and tears from the elements/scavengers, etc, that they wore torn when they were put on the child. It doesn't state how he could tell this specifically. He says that this implies a person dressed her who did not normally dress her. That they had an idea of who this was and hoped the jury could make the connection as well. Clearly this implies it was George.
And yes, he says he bought a saw at Wal Mart. That it was 3 am on Christmas and they didn't have one available and nothing was open. they tried with a saw provided to them from the funeral home, because they assumed the skull would've been opened, Spitz did not bring his tools.
The book was a lot of finger pointing at the cops, that they should've looked at Casey like she was crazy, not like she was a liar. A lot of finger pointing at the media. There was a lot of making fun of Jeff Ashton. There was not a lot of Casey in the book. He explains how he finally got her to drop the "Zanny the Nanny" thing and how he got her to tell him about the "molestation."
I will say, and this is probably an unpopular opinion, that I have read both Jeff Ashton and Jose Baez's book and I have come away just really disliking both men. Not because of either book, I disliked them both before but I had hoped maybe the books would make them more likeable. I think both books recount the evidence from their own point of view and include a ton of name calling of the other side and justification for their own bad behavior. Jose's book does include more stuff I didn't know, but this is simply by virtue of the Sunshine Law and on top of that I have no idea if I believe any of it. Having finished the books, I am just saddened that there is really NO ONE in this case to really root for. I guess I was hoping for a Sharon Rocha to emerge and there is just not one.
