The logic here is baffling.
Caylee Marie/FL............................. Haleigh Marie/FL
"Disappeared while with babysitter".............Disappeared while with babysitter
How is this a comparison? Casey was lying. We are pretty sure that Casey disappeared when she was with her mother. By this logic, Crystal should be the comparison point.
Family supports Casey..............................Family supports Misty
Well, duh. Most parents "support" their kids. I know of a family who raged in the paper about their son who was killed in the act of dragging a Pittsburgh police officer nearly to death. Parents who raise kids with substance abuse problems and personality disorders are often the root of the problem. You could fill in the names of half the country here.
Sex, drugs and alcohol vacation.................Sex, drugs and alcohol weekend
One indicates the motive for the crime and a terrible lack of remorse. The other is just evidence that Misty is a drug abuser.
Winnie the Pooh blanket...........................Favorite blanket
Favorite babydoll.....................................Favor ite babydoll
Dora the Explorer....................................Hanna Montana (Dora in closet)
These three would apply to nearly every child in America, if not the world.
Gatorade bottle with syringe.....................Stolen Gatorade bottle with coins
In the first case, evidence of a murder. In the other--what? And who stole the Gatorade bottle? To whom did it belong? Who and what is being compared here?
Casey blames Hispanic nanny....................RC blames Mexican Mafia
One is a trumped up lie to cover up a murder that has only ever had one suspect. Most families of missing kids who are really "missing" (and not just stuffed in a trash bag and hidden a few blocks away) have ideas about who took the child and why. Many of these ideas are no doubt guesses without any evidence to support them.
Family members suspected........................Family members suspected
By whom? The whole country knew that Casey was involved because her whole life was a giant fabrication, there was decomp smell in her car trunk per her own parents, and no one fails to report a child abduction for 30 days. LE never had another suspect in that case. In Haleigh's case, LE has stated, publicly, that the bio parents are not the focus of the investigation. I still haven't seen a shred of evidence that RC wasn't at work. Nor has TN or GGS been named a person of interest.
High school drop out................................6th grade drop out
Now we're back to comparing Caylee and Misty. But as a teacher, I can go with the idea that dropping out leads to nothing good.
Narcissistic/Sociop personality...................Narcissistic/Sociop personality
As diagnosed by whom? Misty may simply be a drug addicted teenager, as teenagers are often self-centered.
Brother knows the truth...........................Brother knows the truth
Again, comparing Caylee and Misty. Now this might be a fascinating parallel if there was a link to some evidence. I suspect that both of these are true but where is the evidence?
Numerous persons have lost their jobs/reputations.....Numerous persons have lost their jobs/reputations
That's the nature of 24-hour cable. To be fair, Casey and Misty didn't work anyway. See dropping out, above.
Jealous of attention towards Caylee...........Jealous of Haleigh
Revenge against mother...........................Revenge against Ron
About to have Caylee taken away..............Possibly about to have Haleigh taken away
I am not so sure that Caylee was "about to be taken away," but the rest of this, again, clearly points to motive for murder on Casey's part. On the other side, who was jealous of Haleigh? Who wanted revenge against Ron? And Ron had just gotten custody, so it was not likely that Haleigh would have been taken away in the short term. And why would THAT be a motive for anyone to KILL Haleigh?
Possibly Caylee "talked"............................Possibly Haleigh was about to talk
Sheer speculation.
Drugs used to subdue Caylee....................Possibly drugs used to subdue Haleigh
The word "possible" says it all. It is also possible she was abducted by a sexual predator after Misty left her and Junior alone.
Caylee taken to woods............................Mondex/woods mentioned as possible site
Well, most bodies are found in wooded areas or in water because the perpetrator wants to hide them. That's like so-called psychics saying, "The body is near water..."--too generic to count.
Casey wanted to marry Tony....................Misty wanted to marry Ron
He wanted no female children...................He wanted no more children
In Casey's case, her interest in marriage points to motive for murder. In Misty's, it points to interest in marriage. Murdering Haleigh was not likely to make Ron more likely to marry Misty.
The human mind always looks for patterns, but as I said elsewhere yesterday, I think that trying to equate these cases just overshadows Haleigh's situation. The most signficant connection (other than the designation of "missing child" and the state of Florida) is that people despise Casey Anthony and her family and many on this board and other forums apparently feel the same way about the Cummings family. Thus linking the "despised" people in Haleigh's case to Casey Anthony and her family is just a way of saying, without evidence, that they are guilty of premeditated murder/and or covering it up. It's worth remembering that Jaycee Dugard's stepfather was widely believed to be involved in her disappearance, and we know how that turned up.