all signs point to she either drown her or smothered her which seems to be how most mother's that murder thier children seem to kill .....esp young children they can't fight back
I think a drowning or poisoning, purposefully, on the 16th. I think she maybe left the house on the 15th (GA never saw them the next morning), but came back in on the 16th after GA left for work, as she probably did every day. (Have to look back at cell pings, to make sure, I get confused!)
She finally got up the mojo (Don't love using "mojo", but I don't know how else to put it) to act on what she had fantasized about. She "empowered" herself to make the decision to be unencumbered. So many things were coming together for her alter-life, if she was free from Caylee and the obligations of motherhood, she was untouchable. Even with AH's bad check fiasco, she could always leave town if she had to, as long as she did not have a baby in tow.
And she was going to show CA what a spiteful b**ch she could be.
Caylee's birth caused CA to pay way more attention to KC than she had in all of the rest of KC's life. By then, KC didn't want mom's attention, or input, or friendship, unless it involved the usual one way must kiss KC's behind or babysit her child type of friendliness...And she resented CA deeply, and was ready to assert herself. CA did nothing but invalidate all of KC's (immature, irresponsible and twisted) thoughts and actions. KC was subconciously extremely angry, but I don't think she was angry in the way that would cause her to beat Caylee that day. As jeepgirl (in my home state of Va.!) pointed out, that is typically what a male would do in filicide. I think her anger was channeled to CA and rooted in KC's own failures.
She did not snap out of it that day and have a second thought, perhaps she experienced a "euphoria", as has been reported in behaviors in suicide cases. She felt all would be right . So sick to write about, so sick.
She felt no remorse for Caylee at that moment. As SP alluded to, it was so much more about CA at this time. KC was also desperate, as one can be when they are flat broke with no prospects for success.
She applied the heart sticker as if to say "you're a cute, kid,' (Makes me :furious
but I think KC had achieved sufficient detachment from Caylee, in those hours, to follow-through, A-Z. When she was done, she got paranoid about anyone coming home, made calls to see if the coast was clear, and got the hell out of there ASAP.
What is surprising is that she didn't run like hell. She stayed around the scene of the crime-I believe it is not because she did not have the means, she could have conned evey person on her phone list out of $20.00 and gotten on a train to somewhere-Maybe she was actually going to try to establish a life where CA did not ever get to see Caylee, where eventually she could go to Cali or NY, and CA would never get to "visit"....i dunno know, I have lost some clarity when it comes to that part...
Of course, MOO!