Cindy is indeed a victim of her daughter's crimes, as is every other member of the Anthony family.
Unfortunately, she and her husband have squandered the compassion felt by the public on their behalf, by continuing to defend the person who has victimized them, in some odd form of Stockholm syndrome.
If my grandbaby went missing I would find it utterly impossible to believe that my son had done anything to her. Unless I was shown absolute, irrefutable proof that I was wrong I would defend him to the death. "Compassion" from the public be da**ed. But I would have the right to expect that deranged lunatics would not be allowed to camp out on my street screaming and cursing at me. Anyone should have the right to expect that.