I have followed this case somewhat loosely before the trial that means that as a Florida resident I could not help but hear some bits of news here and there about ICA, but I never read anything about the case or followed it actively, my initial thoughts were that she was guilty of something because ICA was the last person to see her daughter alive and most importantly I saw that she waited over 31 days to report her daughter missing, that for me raises some very big flags and should to everyone as well.
I did see in the news 2 years ago that she was out partying while her daughter was missing and that she had made up the nanny story, those parts are certainly not normal behavior or typical of someone who is innocent, but I can set that aside and remain open minded since their are two sides to every story, I wanted to hear what ICA had to say and explain how we arrived at this point, so I decided to watch the trial, on the first day of the opening statements the defense managed to single-handedly incriminate their client with their preposterous story regarding what really happened.
I found the whole story bizarre and insulting to my intelligence.
I agree that the state does not have DNA, fingerprint or photographic evidence putting the duct tape directly in ICA's hand to prove that she killed her daughter, however the state has enough of a circumstantial case and if you connect all the dots it leaves little doubt that ICA killed her child and that she did have motive and that allows one to see how premeditation came into play here, imo that is enough to get a conviction.
I would say at this juncture that ICA killed her daughter and it was premeditated.
I'm a Central Floridian and I was riveted by this case..not just because of the seemingly cold callous disguarding of such a precious baby...BUT more so because of the dysfunctional family CIRCUS the Anthony's presented PROUDLY ON TV. I truly believe Casey was abused but not by George...by Cindy. There is some hardcore mental and emotional abuse going back and forth between Cindy and Casey. Cindy has even said she was harder on Casey then she was on Lee...what does she mean by "harder"? Anyway, my point was...
I'm not seeing how the prosecution has presented solid evidence to get the Death Penalty. The heart sticker, the blow fly/flies/fatty acids, the chloroform, the lying/partying while Caylee is missing, the tatoo can all be "connected" to say:
the heart sticker is not related, it does not match, it was stuck onto something else and the evidence no longer exsists, was it really even there?....so how does this prove premeditation?
The blow fly/flies come not just when a human dies but when an animal dies too...the fatty acids were never identified as human, were they..hmmmm
The chloroform GOD only knows how such high levels of choloroform showed up in the air in the trunk that was left open for a few days BEFORE the LE came and towed it away. We will never know the extent of the clean up job done on the car once George and Cindy brought it home from the tow company. We also don't know what Casey did to attempt to rid it of the smell before she abandoned it. A mix of easily accessible household cleaning products could have been thrown in there by all three of them the result chloroform.
We all know that Cindy and Casey both respond to stressors with denial (think about the pregnancy and the years Casey stoled and lied and both George and Cindy excused or LIED it away).. Casey's partying could be "connected" to her pattern of denial of traumatic events..she just continued behaving like nothing bad actually happened. "If I act like it didn't happen then it didn't.." At least until your belly starts poking out too far...or the bones of your baby are found...
The tattoo could have been Casey's way of memorializing her daughter.. Casey's life and the life she was living wasn't beautiful but Caylee was truly a beautiful life.
The only thing we know to be true is that Caylee is dead and she was left in the woods to rot in two trash bags and a laundry bag with her favorite things. I honestly don't think we will EVER know beyond reasonable doubt what really happened to Caylee.