Casey Now Referred To By LE As A Suspect! Discuss!

[TxLady2]

Here's how I think I'd see it if I were Casey:

I'm a POI - LE suspects me but they haven't ruled out other possibilities. I may get away with this yet.

Chit! I'm a suspect - LE is looking at me and only me. They are no longer looking into any other possible scenarios, and are concentrating soley on nailing my hide to the wall. I'm doomed.

If you want to know the truth, I think they considered her a suspect right off the bat, but didn't want to say it publicly, to avoid any problems down the road.

 

[ZooMomology]

I agrree ZooMomology. I was being sarcastic.

Oh okay, phew.

 

[tiredofthis]

It's about time she is called a 'SUSPECT" officially!!! Now for the arrest and murder charge!!!

No kidding! Like everyone on this board, I wanted a happy ending. We all would love for a live, healthy and happy Caylee to be brought back home. I so wanted to be wrong about this case. It breaks my heart to think that the sweet girl we see in photos is gone from this earth, but it is now time for justice. Casey needs to be held accountable for her actions.

 

[TxLady2]

Did anyone ever think she was NOT a suspect? What difference does it make what term they use, or how much difference there is in the two terms? She had two strikes against her from Day One, and they are just proceeding in the correct way.
I believe that formally calling her a suspect means that in the near future she will be charged with homicide in some form, be it 1st or 2nd degree murder. Once she is indicted she will no longer be a suspect.. she will be the accused, the defendant, and finally convicted. NO DOUBT ABOUT IT!

 

[kiki the parrot]

MyFox35 [I]"On Wednesday, a list of witnesses was released to the media, including about eighty-one names of people who could be called to testify in Casey's trial for child neglect and providing false statements to investigators..."

WESH: "Capt. Angelo Nieves of the sheriff’s office said Casey Anthony is a suspect because of the evidence the agency has received from the FBI indicating there was a high probability that Caylee’s body was in her mother's trunk... Casey Anthony is the first--and so far only--person to be called a suspect in her daughter Caylee’s disappearance, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office told WESH 2 News on Wednesday. She is the only one who can lead investigators to the truth about what happened to Caylee, who has been missing for 79 days, an agency spokesman said. Until now, investigators did not call Casey Anthony a suspect, usually calling her a 'person of interest.'”

It seems a person is no longer simply POI and becomes a "suspect" once they have begun preparing an actual case against them, which would require a working theory. Also the list they have compiled seems to include more than just the names of people needed to prove simply false statements and neglect.

 

[pizmex]

The term "suspect" carries no weight at all. Otherwise, all LE would have to do, in any case, not just this one, would be to namecall the desired target a "suspect", tell it to the trial judge, and score points. Casey's fate will rest on the strength of the evidence gathered for and against her, which will presumably be presented at her trial.

It's all about the evidence, not these meaningless designations.

Yes. And the evidence against her is insurmountable which is exactly why she is a suspect.

Which would then make the term "suspect" superfluous, wouldn't it? Do you think Casey wasn't a suspect three days ago, or three weeks ago? Or on day one of this investigation? Do you think that Casey was arrested two and a half months ago because she wasn't a suspect?

 

[Celt1997]

Which would then make the term "suspect" superfluous, wouldn't it? Do you think Casey wasn't a suspect three days ago, or three weeks ago? Or on day one of this investigation? Do you think that Casey was arrested two and a half months ago because she wasn't a suspect?

I agree with you that POI vs. Suspect has no legal ramifications, but it does signal a change in the course of the investigation.

My LE friends explained it to me that a "POI" is anyone related to the case who may have information. In other words, they would've considered Zenaida a POI because she was allegedly involved in the disappearance, so LE would want her brought in for questioning.

Once someone is considered a "suspect," they are still a POI, but it is for completely different reasons than just run-of-the-mill questioning. This becomes the person they believe is responsible for the crime at hand. They are not just someone attached to the investigation, but are now the focus of the investigation.

As I said, there are no legal ramifications, and it doesn't mean they have anything rock solid against KC, but it is not as pointless as Baez is proclaiming.

 

[pizmex]

I agree with you that POI vs. Suspect has no legal ramifications, but it does signal a change in the course of the investigation.

My LE friends explained it to me that a "POI" is anyone related to the case who may have information. In other words, they would've considered Zenaida a POI because she was allegedly involved in the disappearance, so LE would want her brought in for questioning.

Once someone is considered a "suspect," they are still a POI, but it is for completely different reasons than just run-of-the-mill questioning..

Not necessarily. You also have to acknowledge that LE isn't always forthcoming with the public about the status of their ongoing investigation. Nor are they required to be honest in this respect. That's why yesterday's announcement was probably meaningless.

It's just as likely, if not more so, that yesterday's release was nothing more than another inning in the game of public opinion. As a purely functional and practical matter, nothing material has changed as a result of yesterday's announcement. Insofar as LE might be poised to charge Casey with Caylee's disappearance, yesterday's announcement adds nothing to the mix. It's not necessary to brand her as a suspect in order to charge her and conversely, many suspects are never ever charged with any criminal acts.

If you believe that Casey was a suspect long before yesterday, then so what to yesterday's announcement.

 

[Brini]

I have thought that many times, the only thing that holds me back from that thought is that just as she has made her parents believe in the Nanny, I think she thinks she would pull the same wool over a jury..
She loves herself too much to commit suicide, IMHO

Yeah, narcissists don't suicide often.

 

[Brini]

spin it! won't work, she's toast

Yeah, stick a pitchfork in her! She's done.:behindbar

 

[Brini]

Does this mean that there have been further DNA tests returned? As of last week they were still testing..Does the ME have to declare Caylee deceased then? That being the case, it would be pretty hard for her to be with a third party as a defense strategy. Unless Biaz can overturn ME findings, not likely>

They declared Caylee deceased a couple weeks ago.

But, maybe they have got the results from the other two labs SINCE then.

 

[Brini]

I guess I don't understand why, (givin the circumstances, that casey was the last to see Caylee, and she has done nothing to help find her), why people who support justice for Caylee, and finding Caylee, would also support Casey not being a suspect. Why would you not want Casey to be a suspect? She's lying about what happened to Caylee. Who would support her and why? Why dispute the relevance of poi vs. suspect. It all translates to the same thing to me.

Some people who support KC not being a suspect try to explain away the evidence, too.

 

[Brini]

I wouldn't say it's a HUGE difference... but it does send a different message. I think they sometimes say "person of interest" until they get enough evidence, or until some other suspect turns up. But truthfully? They haven't really looked at anyone else because Casey didn't report her missing for a month, (and then Cindy did, not Casey) and then she did nothing but lie to them from the start. Sometimes... you just KNOW right off the bat!

Well, she never for ONE minute behaved like a concerned motherl.

 

[Brini]

I guess certain people can pick apart quotes by LE when it's convenient to their stance, but when it comes to LE saying that Caylee was dead in her mom's car, LE is lying and we can't believe anything they say.

And, death bands and DNA are not reliable, the fluid in the car could have been urine, vomit, or rotten fish, LE is prolly just speculating, the dogs are not reliable......

 

[Brini]

Hey Shannon (nice avvi:crazy

Before, when we were all WWMFD, as opposed to now, where we are all appropriately WWYMD ( I say this on here cause it is like the Bat light to SS) I saw an interview with MF, he addresses this issue like so:

There are only 3 true "classifications" of people in an investigation.
They are:
1) The victim
2) The witness (s)
3) The Suspect

He said the POI designation was developed really as a media term, but has no basis per se in furthering the investigation differently.

As we know, LE naming her as a suspect has a variety of different circumstances it affects. I think we can assume that their is some forensics back, and possibly some new info from which they can now question her in the presence of her attorney, as an actual suspect.

A cop friend tld me that POI is one half step down from suspect.

Maybe it depends on department or geography?

 

[Brini]

I hope someone is monitoring Casey's internet activity. She could be on webcam enticing some silly man into helping her escape as the noose tightens.

I predict a coupla silly guards fired for doing a "Susan Smith."

 

[Brini]

Thanks... I hope I didn't simplify it too much. I just read it as him definitely meaning she IS a suspect.
Once she is charged, she will be the "accused." And THAT is even better!!

And, "convicted" will be the BEST!

 

[Brini]

At this point, why doesn't he just push the envelope and begin referring to her as a suspect? I don't think LE will suffer any legal problems from doing so. JB even said himself it makes no difference what they call her. They need to start referring to her as the SUSPECT that she is.

Another LE (younger, better looking) said, "Yes, she IS a suspect." That was on Fox, but I can't remember which show).

 

[Brini]

I think if charged with death penalty, she will talk to save herself, she is too good to die in her eyes...

I think that's the ONLY thing that could make her talk.

 

[cfromcanada]

I agrree ZooMomology. I was being sarcastic.

It's really hard to blog sarcasm isn't it? I have been having that problem.No one can see the smirk on my face. I am new to this so I hope I don't offend too often.