I am new to this thread and was VERY upset by Wednesday's courtroom proceedings. What got me was the so called trauma and grief "expert" who never even evaluated KC. I am a licensed psychologist specializing in trauma (submitted my CV to Websleuths to be a verified profressional here), AND parent-child attachment. This witness was not an expert-she is a Pop Psychologist and could not even describe the difference between an online article and a peer reviewed article. Yes people grieve in different ways, but NO ONE grieves like KC....with duct tape on the child, tossing the body, and partying for 31 days on stolen checks and credit cards. Young people DO sometimes act out, but with an angry edge. KC was neither angry nor did she even tell anyone what happened. It was ALL USELESS testimony and made me angry that the witness was smearing my profression. There is no official title "traumatologist." You can probably get that title by paying a hefty membership fee to an organizatin that SHE began.
To make it worse, aside from working in mental health, I have gone through SIGNIFICANT trauama and grief in my own life as has my daughter who was adopted from deplorable conditions in Russia when she was 8 years old. She is now 14 and was the apple of her daddy's eye until he got cancer and died 2 years ago. This is a chld who has seen more grief and trauama than any of us can imagine, and she is a GOOD girl!I was just SO offended by the mischaracterization of the wide range of grief responses. Plus, George Anthony's testimony really brought home to me how much a daddy loves his daughter and granddaughter. There is just nothing like it. Even if GA was a flawed man and not a perfect father, Thank God little Caylee got a chance to know the love of her grandfather for even a short while just as my daughter had a chance to learn what it is like to be positively adored by her father. The tragedy of losing his grand-daughter at the hands of his daughter who he also loved was just too much to bear for me.
I am not sure why WED got me when days upon days of testimony about decompsing bodies, bugs and lies kept me captivated. I have no doubt that KC is a sociopath and know that the concept of a true sociopath is very hard for even seasoned professionals to wrap their heads around. We try to fit their behavior into what we believe to be normal, or even "sick" behavior, yet it never sticks. Sociopathy is a personality disorder, one that is very very scary when you closely look ino that world. The trauma and grief expert today is probably a very nice person, good thersapist and good teacher. She was NOT an expert witness. Like many empathic people, she cannot even come close to comprehending the calllousness of a sociopath and I guess I cannot either. Thanks for listening to my 4 am vent.
