I pulled the following from a more lengthy post of mine on the July 15 sticky thread:
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Now Cindy wants some answers. She is angry and confused, and Casey is not giving her a story that makes sense. They drive to a police station, and from the parking lot Cindy makes the first 911 call. She also calls George. George calls Lee and asks him to head over to their house to help Cindy get to the bottom of whatever is going on. Cindy drives back to the home with Casey - Lee is already there.
Cindy makes a second 911 call. Continues trying to talk to Casey and get some answers. George heads home from work. Cindy leaves the room and Lee tries talking to her. It is then that Casey mentions the kidnapping story which Cindy overhears. She rushes in, gets more information from Casey, and goes into a panic. I submit that this is the point where Cindy first puts two and two together.
She calls 911 again, this time mentioning the car smell and missing baby, and George happens to walk in on the call.
Remember, this was a huge, emotional day for the parents, all of it starting with the discovery that the Pontiac had been towed to an impound lot over two weeks prior.
Thanks for posting that scenario and it does make sense.
One of the disadvantages of OT single threads is that focus it put on small snips and pieces, and circumstances leading up to those events are overlooked. I felt a twinge of pity for CA when her mother mentioned CA had planned to go away for a weeks vacation during those 31 days, and instead CA stayed home waiting everyday, because Casey had continually promised to bring Caylee over to visit the next day, and then the next.....
In addition to the impounded car, the smell in the trunk, and some of Caylees belongings being in the car, emotions were surely high.