The backyard as I know it.
The playhouse is too heavy for one person to lift, so say many folks here. I am not sure it is too heavy to push. Someone can help with this I am sure. The playhouse was at one time (before the July 4th weekend) located in the corner area where we now see all the evidence flags and where the bamboo shoots run wild. (they do if you have ever had them) Over the July 4th weekend, GA added a little slab of pavers for the playhouse to sit on. The little slab of pavers can be seen in the photo. It gives the playhouse a little patio and even a garden. Cute as can be.
The dogs hit at the playhouse, the corner where the bamboo is, and near the pool on the other side of the lanai.
The playhouse was moved from that slab during the official backyard search. CA told us about GA pouring sweat while doing the work and suggesting that GA's sweat and blood from scraped hands explained the dogs' interest in the area.
LE asked GA if he knew what caused the depression in the yard which was once under the playhouse. GA said he did not. The area shows an oval pattern of flags, about 4'x3', and excavated soil.
I suggest that the playhouse was raised above the ground when it was in the corner. Probably on a wooden platform similar to a big pallet, so no rain water would puddle inside. GA would never allow Caylee's playhouse to get too icky. If one person can slide that playhouse, I suggest that KC slid it over and took advantage of the soft soil underneath, put the baby in the soil and slid the playhouse back over her.
No matter what they now say, the A's originally stated that on the morning of June 17th, they became aware that the gate was open and the ladder was up in the pool. CA swears she put the ladder away on the 15th, hadn't used it since and even fussed at GA for leaving it up. He said he does not even get in the pool that often, only for brief periods if that and it wasn't him.
Caylee was last seen at 12:50 and maybe heard by Jesse 2 hours later on the 16th, then poof! She died at the house that afternoon and was shoved under the playhouse to be dealt with later. I understand that was a rainy day, so I don't see them staying in the pool all afternoon and this may be the reason the ladder was still up, they ran inside when it started raining. (or CA left it up on the 15th, or GA went in the pool and left it up - I dont' know)
When she returned to retrieve the body, on the 18th, she left the playhouse askew. This is what roused GA's suspicion. The hit by the pool is where she dropped her decomp scented and who knows what stained clothes before taking a dip in the pool. Then the clothes went into the pool too, they sunk to the bottom and were retrieved - with a shovel. Everything was already wrapped up in the trunk. Shower, shampoo, make-up, return the shovel, still looking fresh and clean and drive away. Wet clothes on back floorboard, stayed right there until July 15th.