Let's forget what we all observers (believers and non-believers) think and let's see for a minute what the PROTAGONISTS of this case really think through their actions.
Is Baez preparing to find the baby alive or is Baez preparing for a child negligent case? Neither! Baez is preparing for a murder/accidental death case. All his actions, all his dealing with Casey, all his press releases are those of a defense attorney in a murder trial. The latest? Why stop the process of examining physical evidence? That would confirm an alive Caylee and an abduction, the existence of another person involved. Does he really want us to believe he discuss Caylee with Casey for 8 hours in his office when he actually files for something like this? Why is he not allowing his client to talk to police - under his supervision and guidance to make sure nothing is twisted - and let Casey tell the police who really has her baby? Because nobody has the baby. This might be a game for Casey but it is not for Baez. And he very well knows that this could be a death penalty kind of trial. So why would he play with his client's life if he thought the baby is alive and they can find a formula to work with LE to get to the bottom of this?
Is what LE doing, the work of Law Enforcement that looks for a baby still ALIVE?Unfortunately not. And I am not saying they don't want to do that. The facts and evidence they have unfortunately makes them do things that says only one thing: They are looking to locate a body and how that baby died. I am saying their actions are not the actions of LE who has even 1% hope/info/evidence that the child is somewhere alive and they are bringing in people of interest for questioning daily and gave a sketch to new stations to play and addressed the kidnappers publicly. What is LE doing? Looking with the help of Equusearch for a deceased Caylee, and building a case of physical evidence and circumstantial evidence agains the mother. They are only being PC when they still say ''we are looking for Caylee alive or dead''. That's what they say and that is the right thing to say. But their actions say differently.
Are the Anthonys acting like people who think Caylee is alive? No they are not. Even if publicly or/and privately hold on to that hope, none of their actions is in accord with people looking for a baby still alive or people who their grandchild has been abducted or hidden someplace. Beth Holloway and/or relatives-friends of the Holloway family went down to Aruba immediately to search for her MISSING at the time daughter. Why Cindy and George not even visited the embassy of those countries they believe Caylee has been to? Why they haven't been on an international campaign to inform those countries about Caylee? Why they are not travelling to those states in the US where they say they receive tips from? Why are they spending money and energy on Casey's bail if they really think the child is alive at the moment? Why are they holding vigils when they could be walking through neighbourhoods and following tips?
Why did Mark Nejame spend all his valuable time on tv trying to make people understand that Cindy and Anthony are through a process of grief and people should allow them to do that? If the Anthony's hired this layer to help them with their quest and campaign to find an alive Caylee as Nejame said (even though a PRIVATE DETECTIVE would have been a more appropriate choice don't you think?), why did he spend all that valuable on-air time explaining the grief the grandparents are going through and the possibility that their daughter Casey is facing serious jail time for horrendeous crimes? Why didn't he spend a few minutes talking about organising a search for an alive Caylee? Why HE REFUSED to speak about areas and tips given to them about possible sightings of Caylee? Why did he said the LE asked them to not talk about this tips this since the LE are working a theory on a dead Caylee and since Cindy attacked the LE for looking for a dead Caylee? If Cindy and George were really looking for an alive Caylee they wouldn't give 2 cents what the LE instructed them to do. I mean they surely had no trouble going on-air and attacking the LE. So why nobody can act as someone who is looking for an alive baby?
Because at this point none of the PROTAGONISTS of this case really believes the baby is alive. Grandparents might have sunked in their denial and hope and despair to find her alive, but their logic is what is keeping them from taking appropriate actions for an alive missing baby. Now all of us are just observers, and I don't think we can convince one another to chance their mind about little Caylee being alive or not. We all come to this with different perspectives and life experiences.
But how can anyone denied that all the main protagonists of this case are preparing for a murder trial?
I couldn't agree more!
Clearly, Jose Baez is preparing for a murder trial. If he had evidence to suggest that Caylee was alive and being held by someone, he would be on a mission to work with LE to clear his client.
LE knew early on in this case that Caylee was deceased. Their efforts have been to find a body, and put together the evidence to go forward with a murder trial. None of us here are privy to the amount of evidence LE has, but one statement by LE in which it was said that they have evidence that there was a decomposed body in the trunk of Casey's car and that decomposed body was Caylee, should be enough to convince anyone that Caylee is deceased. In a age when lawsuits are rampant, no one in LE would make such a bold and final statement such as that for fear of the department being sued if later evidence suggested otherwise. LE has all the evidence, which the public won't be privy to until charges are made or until trial.
The Anthony family has done nothing that would suggest that they truly believe that Caylee has been kidnapped and is being held by someone. First and foremost is the fact that Cindy, George, Lee, and most especially, Casey, have not used the media to make a tearful plea to the kidnappers to release Caylee unharmed. The Anthony family has not searched for Caylee, and never intended to. They deny that Caylee is dead, never once considering that a kidnapper could kill her, because they know a dead Caylee means Casey will be charged. Its been evident since July 17th that the Anthony family has been engaged in a cover up, and has impeded the LE investigation with diversionary tactics. Why?
We all have opinions, and as much as we'd like to believe that Caylee is alive, all the actions of Casey's attorney, Cindy and George's attorney, the Anthony family, and LE suggest otherwise. Logic tells me that Caylee is deceased.