With all this talk about what may have happened to Caylee, what I haven't heard or read has been what will the defense say? And if this is in another thread, my apologies.
As of now, they still stick with the premise that Casey gave Caylee to Zenaida on the 16th of June; she "went off to work", came back, knocked on the door, no one answers, she calls, number is disconnected, and then she starts her search for her daughter all on her own. The story has embellished a bit to - I think the story now is that Casey was pushed down by Zenaida on the street while she snatched up Caylee and drove away. And Casey doesn't dare talk to the police or anyone for fear that Zenaida will kill Caylee. And the defense will say that's exactly what happened to Caylee.
The defense will have quite a few problems:
- the incessant lies of Casey (her job, where she met Zenaida, the apartment, the lies she told her family and friends about where Caylee was, etc). they can argue she's 22 and dumb, but not criminal minded.
- the car. The car itself is the greatest albatross - it has decomposition in it and it's been verified by the tow truck folks, Cindy, George and even Casey herself that it stank to high heaven - as if there were a dead body. The defense will have to attack the DNA evidence (there was no decomposition), the chain of command (i.e. what the dream team did for OJ - that the evidence was mishandled and should be thrown out), or perhaps disconnect that the decomp and the DNA matching it to Caylee can be put together (which I think is impossible, but they will try). Even if they get over that great mountain, how do they explain Casey's actions in trying to get rid of the car and the lies surrounding it?
- the cellphone supposedly containing Zenaida's number. it's the only real link Casey has in proving there was a Zenaida. In her first interview she says she had two phones - her personal phone and the fictional one at her "office". She took out the sim card from her office phone and put it in her actual phone, but according to her, Zenaida's number is still in the "office" phone. I haven't researched this, but I think this is bullcrap. The sim card is the brains of the phone - without it, you can't call and you can't store anything in it. Likewise, if you pop a new sim card in a phone, you should have all the information, like phone numbers, in it. There could be format problems, i.e. if you have a Nokia phone and you try to put in a Samsung sim in it, the OS of the nokia phone may not accept the info from the Samsung sim, though you could conceivably still make calls. Even if what she said is true, she would surely know her own "office" phone number, wouldn't she? Of course not. What about the service provider of the "office" phone, so you can research the numbers through billing? Defense will have to prove she had another number. Also, Casey said herself that she received a call from Zenaida in July where she heard Caylee's voice. So what phone did Zeniada call? The office or her real phone?
- the physical evidence from the remains: the bag and the duct tape. I think that's what we're all waiting for - are there fingerprints of Casey and are there other fingerprints present? this alone can either be the final blow to Casey or be the only out for her, if there are other fingerprints present. I hope to God that guy who found the bag didn't touch the tape. The defense can easily say he put it there. If not, Casey will have to explain why her fingerprints are on the bag and tape.
- her actions. The partying, the tattoo, "everybody lies, everybody dies", etc. If this is going to be a circumstantial evidence trial, then the case will hinge on who the jury believes. As of now, there isn't anyone save Cindy who believes anything Casey says. The defense will do whatever they can to clean up her image, but i think it's close to impossible. The next best thing is to dirty up the image of LE.
LE has to make all the right moves, follow procedure and make no mistakes. One mistake can exonerate Casey Anthony.
