HHJP: any hesitation or reservation?
no
LDB: when you said you were out of the county, what time frame?
June of 2008 we went to Canada. We were on a boat and working long hours.
LDB: when did you return?
Jan of 2009
LDB: where have you been since 2009?
FL, Rhode Island, back down to FL and we were in Bon Air...then to the med. I have been back since oct 2010, in FL.
LDB: So the very first contact you had with this case was May 8th or so before you arrived for jury service last week.
My mom filled me in, I kind of remember something on the news but maybe not this trial.
LDB: you go on the Bay news nine website.
pretty comprehensive coverage, I was more interested if I was going to be involved at all. I looked at the time line.
LDB: did you have to enter a name in the search?
I was actively looking.
LDB: you put the name into the search engine, what popped up.
I can't remember what the site looked like, stories reports and history. I actively researched what this was about.
LDB: how much time did you search?
twenty minutes.
LDB: video photo? audio of any sort?
there was an audio link, but it was a transcript of Casey and her parents. I read the transcript.
LDB: what were they talking about?
about her, they were asking them questions about the child and she was concerned about being wrongly accused.
LDB: between her parents and her?
yes
LDB: click on videos?
no
LDB: photos?
the child, smiling happy. Pics of ICA. Facebook pictures. Hanging out pictures, partying.
LDB: what else do you remember about the pic?
I don't know, I don't think I had any.
LDB: how many?
four or five, clicking sequence.
LDB: the text, did that link you to blogs?
no
LDB: you have not reviewed the blogs?
no
LDB: did Bay news site take you to other sites?
I can't remember but I don't think so.
LDB: do you feel the 20 minute search gave you a complete idea of case?
no
LDB: you said based on what you read there was another person of interest?
it was about the person who found the remains, this guy had tried to alert people.
LDB: what made you think this was a person of interest?
the article may have said that or I may have come to that conclusion, I don't know.
LDB: George or Cindy Anthony?
The parents from that text. In Daytona George tried to take his life, along those lines.
LDB: As result of reading that any opinions.
I thought it was weird or strange. The more you ask the more I remember the research I did.
LDB: is it possible there are other things you have reviewed but not remembering?
no, (she speaks quickly).
LDB: when research?
Monday
LDB: did you follow the news after the search online?
no
LDB: did you check to see if a jury had been selected?
I thought I was in the clear, I thought it would be selected on Monday.'
LDB: If only.