Zoe Bogart
Let's not ask for the Moon, we have the Stars
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My book arrived about 10 days or 2 weeks ago. I couldn't tolerate the dust jacket, so I removed it and put it into a file drawer that I rarely have to open. After letting the book set near my desk for several days, I decided to begin reading it this morning.
On page 68, Ashton is explaining what George told the detective at the sheriff's office soon after Casey was arrested. In George's statement, he discusses going to the towyard with Cindy to get the Pontiac, how only he and the towyard guy walked to the car, how they smelled the odor, and that they found the trash bag in the trunk, which the yard guy disposed into the dumpster.
After that, he mentions he told Cindy he didn't know how he could drive the car home with that smell in it. When they got home, and George put the car in the garage, Cindy said, "What died?". Then she said, "George, it was the pizza, right?". GA says, "Yeah, it was the pizza.".
Now, my question is, how did Cindy know anything about "the pizza" at that point? She wasn't there when they opened the trunk. Did George somehow mention pizza(!) between the time they opened the trunk and the time he drove into the garage? Pizza? When Casey and Caylee were nowhere in sight? Just when did they concoct this pizza theory?
Ashton mentions Zenaida Gonzalez filled out the visitors' card at Sawgrass on April 17th, did we know that? I mean did we know it was APRIL 17th? I thought they were saying June 17th during the investigation. :waitasec: Did one of us (JA or myself) get it wrong?
JA says Casey made three phone calls after her arrest, yet he only describes one phone call where she spoke to three different people (Cindy, Lee, Christina) - three conversations. I don't recall any other phone calls that night, so is he meaning that one call with three convos?
I've already read this thread, but I'm thinking now that I'm reading the book, I should probably follow the thread again as I go along. A wise idea, because I want to know if others reacted to what I've reacted, too.
My thoughts on the book at this point: it's well-written, easy to follow, informative (even though I already knew most of the stuff), and it's nice to know he's had a good relationship with other prosecutors, LE, and court officials for years and still has, and that he respects all of them.
Reading the events of the earliest part of the investigation, the 911 calls, the trips to the various apartment buildings, the tour of Universal Studios offices, the lies, lies, lies told by Casey, I having more and more trouble understanding how the Pinellas 12 + 5 refused to find her guilty of at least child neglect/abuse. How they couldn't see the writing on the wall that Casey was protecting only Casey is beyond my comprehension! It's so obvious to me they just didn't care. They were forced to sit in the courtroom, forced to stay in a luxury resort, eat in fancy restaurants, and got paid for it, and their out was given to them on the first day of trial, "Casey was never missing, she [accidentally] drowned in the family pool..." They grasped it and never let it go.
The jurors paid attention to nothing else, only a few minor points so they could repeat it later in interviews. "She drowned." "George acted suspiciously." "Casey was sexually abused." "No one saw her harm the child." "No proof". They probably decided all that the first afternoon and left their brains upstairs in their hotel rooms the rest of the trial.
Like you, Horace, I'm very pleased to see Jeff having success while JB (and I hope the jurors) are finding this world very uncomfortable. There is no justice for Caylee.
I'm heartened that so many of Casey's acquaintances called the sheriff's office to tell the truth about Casey. Thanks for letting us know, JA, how her friends were willing to help the investigation. Those friends were there for Caylee, even though it was too late.
On page 68, Ashton is explaining what George told the detective at the sheriff's office soon after Casey was arrested. In George's statement, he discusses going to the towyard with Cindy to get the Pontiac, how only he and the towyard guy walked to the car, how they smelled the odor, and that they found the trash bag in the trunk, which the yard guy disposed into the dumpster.
After that, he mentions he told Cindy he didn't know how he could drive the car home with that smell in it. When they got home, and George put the car in the garage, Cindy said, "What died?". Then she said, "George, it was the pizza, right?". GA says, "Yeah, it was the pizza.".
Now, my question is, how did Cindy know anything about "the pizza" at that point? She wasn't there when they opened the trunk. Did George somehow mention pizza(!) between the time they opened the trunk and the time he drove into the garage? Pizza? When Casey and Caylee were nowhere in sight? Just when did they concoct this pizza theory?
Ashton mentions Zenaida Gonzalez filled out the visitors' card at Sawgrass on April 17th, did we know that? I mean did we know it was APRIL 17th? I thought they were saying June 17th during the investigation. :waitasec: Did one of us (JA or myself) get it wrong?
JA says Casey made three phone calls after her arrest, yet he only describes one phone call where she spoke to three different people (Cindy, Lee, Christina) - three conversations. I don't recall any other phone calls that night, so is he meaning that one call with three convos?
I've already read this thread, but I'm thinking now that I'm reading the book, I should probably follow the thread again as I go along. A wise idea, because I want to know if others reacted to what I've reacted, too.
My thoughts on the book at this point: it's well-written, easy to follow, informative (even though I already knew most of the stuff), and it's nice to know he's had a good relationship with other prosecutors, LE, and court officials for years and still has, and that he respects all of them.
Reading the events of the earliest part of the investigation, the 911 calls, the trips to the various apartment buildings, the tour of Universal Studios offices, the lies, lies, lies told by Casey, I having more and more trouble understanding how the Pinellas 12 + 5 refused to find her guilty of at least child neglect/abuse. How they couldn't see the writing on the wall that Casey was protecting only Casey is beyond my comprehension! It's so obvious to me they just didn't care. They were forced to sit in the courtroom, forced to stay in a luxury resort, eat in fancy restaurants, and got paid for it, and their out was given to them on the first day of trial, "Casey was never missing, she [accidentally] drowned in the family pool..." They grasped it and never let it go.
The jurors paid attention to nothing else, only a few minor points so they could repeat it later in interviews. "She drowned." "George acted suspiciously." "Casey was sexually abused." "No one saw her harm the child." "No proof". They probably decided all that the first afternoon and left their brains upstairs in their hotel rooms the rest of the trial.
Like you, Horace, I'm very pleased to see Jeff having success while JB (and I hope the jurors) are finding this world very uncomfortable. There is no justice for Caylee.
I'm heartened that so many of Casey's acquaintances called the sheriff's office to tell the truth about Casey. Thanks for letting us know, JA, how her friends were willing to help the investigation. Those friends were there for Caylee, even though it was too late.
