I hear ya logicalgirl and would agree, given the magnitude of this tragedy, that Cindy initially would fight off the idea her Caylee could be dead and that her daughter could be responsible. The mind employs many self defense mechanisms when traumatic events occur, denial being just one of them. But, I don't see this denial lasting very long with Cindy, certainly not past the time Casey was free on bond.
That's because, I see a marked change in Cindy's priorities as early as July 30th. That FBI session was a huge eye opener for me. I didnt see a grandmother desperate to find her grandchild. Should be remembered Cindy set this session up. She inititated this meeting. And from what I saw she wasn't there to talk about her or LE's efforts to find Caylee. On one hand she claims she isnt bothered about where Casey's at, she's safe, yet the majority of that long session is about Cindy trying to deflect suspicion away from Casey and paint her in a totally false light.
If I believed Casey was safe and Caylee was my focus, I would have been asking these seasoned people finders what can
I do to help find my grandchild,
how can I get my daughter to cooperate with authorities. And I would NOT have waited till well into the interview to share the JBP story. My (with hindsight) take on that interveiw was a woman going into coverup mode, a woman who chose her words carefully....not a woman who was putting her grandchild first. There was a clear shift here from the genuinely distraught Cindy on the 911 calls who had no problem turning her daughter in for grand theft and stealing a car.
5 days earlier during a jail visitation, Casey throws her parents a bone. She tells them she would be happy to talk to Appie Wells or anyone they want to bring in. I have no doubt Cindy tried to make it happen. It didnt and Cindy never presses the subject in the subsequent jail visits. During the pm visit, of July 30th, Cindy is very much pushing the protecting the family bull*****.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE7atm6QqoU&feature=BF&list=QL&index=5
Protecting Caylee and the family was in no way condusive to Cindy's numerous tv appearances and press interviews. Neither was Casey creating a myspace page, sporting a missing Caylee t shirt and complaining that the cops wouldn't put out an amber alert.
I dont buy for a second that Cindy didn't grill Casey when she was out on bond for 50 days. Ofcourse I have no way of knowing what further bull*****/new lies, Casey spewed out, but by that point, the Anthonys surely could not ignore that nothing Casey was saying or doing made sense. She was giving them absolutely no help in finding her missing daughter. Not only had she lied to LE, she had lied to Lee. I could make a list of her lies to Lee from the jailhouse, but you get the picture.
Finding Caylee was relegated to meet and greets, fliers, donation jars and futile tv appearances, where Cindy defends her daughter unequivocally but never makes a plea to Caylee's abductor. By the time Casey got out of jail, dialog between the Anthonys and LE had completely broken down. Cindy is well aware at this point about cadaver dog hits on the car and the results of the air sample tests. And I defy anyone to tell me they were looking for Caylee at kidfinder fundraisers or River's gated community. :no:
Huston we have a problem.