Everytime I start thinking about Casey Anthony going free, I look back on a few things that I know the jury will hear/see during trial that will have a huge impact even before they get to the forensics of the case.
The 911 calls.
By the time they get to the third 911 call, Cindy is hysterical and Casey is cooler than a polar bears toenails. We also hear from Casey's own mouth that Caylee has been "missing" for 31 days. That the nanny, Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzales, was the one who took Caylee Marie. Lie! That Casey had been searching for Caylee on her own. Lie! And that just as recently as that afternoon, Casey had talked to an alive Caylee Marie from an unknown number. Lie!
Casey's original written police statement.
"On Monday, June 9, 2008 between 9am and 1 pm, I, Casey Anthony, took my daughter, Caylee Marie Anthony, to her nannys apartment. Caylee will be 3-years-old on August 9, 2008. She was born on August 2005. Caylee is about 3 feet tall, white female with shoulder-length, light brown hair. She has dark hazel eyes (brown/green), and a small birth mark on her left shoulder. On the day of her disappearance, Caylee was wearing a pink shirt, with jean shorts, white sneakers, and her hair was pulled back in a ponytail. On Monday, June 9, 2008, between 9am and 1pm, I took Caylee to the Sawgrass apartments, located on Conway Rd. Caylees nanny, Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez, has watched her for the past year and a half, to two years. Zenaida is twenty-five years old, and is from New York. She is roughly 5foot 7 inches tall, 140 pounds. She has dark brown, curly hair, and brown eyes. Zenaidas birthday is in September. I met Zenaida, through a mutual friend, Jeffery Michael Hopkins. She had watched his son, Zachary Hopkins, for about 6 months, to a year. I met Zenaida in 2004, around Christmas. On the date listed above, June 9, 2008, after dropping Caylee off at Zenaidas apartment, I proceeded to head to my place of employment, Universal Studios Orlando. I have workd at Universal for over 4 years, since June of 2004. I left work around 5pm, and went back to the apartment to pick-up my daughter. However, after reaching the apartment I realized that neither Zenaida, Caylee, or either of her two roommates were home. I have briefly met Raquel Farrell, and Jennifer Rosa, on various occasions. After calling Zenaida to see where she and Caylee were, and when they were coming home I waited outside of the apartment. I had calle her that afternoon, her phone was no longer in service. This has always bothered me? Two hours passed, and around 7pm, I left the apartment, and headed to familiar places that Zenaida would go with Caylee. One of Caylees favorite places is Jay Blanchard Park. I spent the rest of that evening, pacing and worrying at one of the few places I felt at home my boyfriend Anthony Lazzaros apartment. For the past four weeks, since Caylees disappearance, I have stayed at Anthonys apartment in Sutton Place. I have spent everyday, since Monday, June 9, 2008, looking for my daughter. I have lied and stolen from friends and family, to do whatever I could by any means, to find my daughter. I avoided calling the police, or even notifying my own family out of fear. I have been, and still am afraid of what has, or may happen to Caylee. I have not had contact with Zenaida since Thursday, June 12, 2008.[/U] I received a quick call from Zenaida. Not once have I been able to ask her for my daughter, or gain any information on where I can find her. Everyday I have gone to malls, parks, andy place I could remember Zenaida taking Caylee. I have gone out and tried to find any information about Caylee, or Zenaida, whether by going to a popular bar, or restaurant. I have contacted Jeff Hopkins on several occasions to see if he had heard from, or seen Zenaida. Jeff currently lives in Jacksonville, Florida.
On Tuesday, July 15, 2008, around 12pm, I received a phone call from my daughter, Caylee. Today was the first day I have heard her voice in over 4 weeks. Im afraid of what Caylee is going through. After 31 days, I know that the only thing that matters is getting my daughter back. With many and all attempts to contact Zenaida, and within the one short conversation, on June 12, 2008. I was never able to check on the status or well-being of my daughter. Zenaida never made an attempt to explain why caylee is no longer in Orlando, or if she is ever going to bring her home."
From what I know, because this statement is written in Casey's own handwriting, it can not be considered hearsay and therefore, everything that she has claimed in this statement should be able to be explained to the jury.
I fully believe the SA will have a lot more fun than CM could ever have trying to explain AWAY how Casey dropped Caylee off at a non-existent nanny's apartment that had been vacant for months. After leaving her non-existent job at Universal Studios she then heads back to the non-existent nanny's vacant apartment to find Caylee missing.
She claims in her written statement that at 7:00pm on June 9th (yeah, I know, it was June 15th) she went to Jay Blanchard Park and to stores looking for Caylee and the invisi-nanny. But, her interview with LE said that at 7:00pm she went to Tony's apartment. Either way, I did a little estimate using Map Quest and the times she gave the day Caylee "disappeared" and came to the conclusion that she spent a whopping 22 minutes searching for her missing baby before going to Tony's apartment and heading off to Blockbuster to pace back and forth the rest of the night trying to figure out what to do.
The jury will hear about the non-existent Jeffrey Michael Hopkins with the son Zachary. The non-existent roommates Rachael and Jennifer. They'll hear about the money Casey stole (in Casey's own words) to look for Caylee by buying beer, bras and sunglasses etc...
She spent all that time searching for Caylee... making it possible to show the pictures of Casey having the time of her life while her baby is missing, getting a tattoo "The Beautiful Life" while her baby is missing etc...
The LE interviews at Hopespring Drive and Universal Studios.
Just listen to them again and you will understand why it makes me feel better to listen to them when I start thinking that she will go free.
The phone call home to Cindy, Lee and Kristina.
"Alls they care about is getting Caylee back. That's all they care about..."
"A waste... huge waste."
"There's nothing to find out. Not even what I told the detectives."
Casey in ALL HER GLORY!!
I could go on and on...
The thing is, the jury is going to get to see and hear all of these for sure, IMO. They show Casey as she really is. Not what they are going to see sitting in front of them during trial. Just these few things will stay ingrained into their minds as they listen to testimony after testimony from family, friends, Law Enforcement and those who had any kind of contact with her during those months that she was out on bond when she had not shown any care in the world at helping find her missing baby.
This is all before any forensics evidence is even brought in. Before it is confirmed that the smell of decomposition is decomposition. I have no doubt that the jury will see things as they are and Casey will be convicted!