stmarysmead
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Remember...Cindy cut off Casey's MONEY! The big NO, NO
Cindy was the only consistent wage earner in that family. That alone gave Cindy tremendous power in the allocation of whatever extra resources there might be...if any. I would bet that before Caylee...Casey and to a lesser extent Lee...were the major beneficiaries of whatever expendable income Cindy the Wage-earner was doling out. I think George was Low Man on that Totem Pole...and that's probably why he took to internet gambling.
Cindy's control of the money essentially meant that she controlled everyone's lives. Everyone in the family had to come to HER...and then she said "yes." or "no." I think Casey knew how to play that game with Mom...and through a combination of flattery and rages...pretty much got what she wanted. Cindy might be the type to deny herself...just to have a princess to indulge.
Then came darling Caylee....a new Princess. I have always been amazed at the amount of things that this family...struggling with money problems...had in Caylee's nursery and in her play-area outside. IMO, it borders on extravagance under the circumstances. But in order to indulge her grandbaby, Cindy had to deny her other supplicants financially.
I believe Casey has always been a liar but I wonder when she actually started to steal? Was it something she justified to herself because there WAS money..in her mind..but her Mother was spending it all on Caylee. If there was no Caylee...Mom would be giving her money to go to Puerto Rico..buying her underwear. Giving her cash to run with the new friends.
I think Casey conned Cindy into thinking her salary went for this "nanny"...to provide superior child care for Caylee. I think in Caylee's infancy days...Casey could still scam money for herself especially when George..her competitor for "The Buck"...was thrown out for months. But with George back...and Caylee being so indulged by Cindy...I bet Casey's rage and sense of betrayal grew. All those years, she had been indulged..bought pretty things. I think she found it easy to justify stealing. In her mind...Caylee was stealing money that should have been coming to HER.
Cindy's power over that family was money. I think they all competed for her largesse. But when beautiful loving Caylee became the untouchable winner...I think a foundation was laid in Cindy's jealous, lazy daughter Casey...for tragedy.