I find myself putting a lot of emphasis on Cindy's statements and actions... and not so much on George. I feel bad for leaving George out... so this posts for you George! Enjoy!
George has always put too much emphasis on June 16th, 2008 being just a “normal” day in the Anthony home. I don’t believe this for one moment. If it were a normal day… why would George pay such close attention to the clothes Casey and Caylee had on that day? If it were a normal day… what happened that day would have been repetitive… something that happened everyday… so why did it change so much?
First we have George innocently sitting on his couch the afternoon of June 16th, 2008. He was watching one of his favorite shows on television (which we all know was not airing at the time) when Casey and Caylee came out of her room and Casey said she was off to work. George made no mention of leaving the couch until…
George says that he got up and walked Casey and Caylee out to the car. Putting Caylee in her carseat… then SUDDENLY… OUT OF NO WHERE…
George made breakfast for Caylee that morning. Just like he always did… I remember watching him on the television (some interview they did) making this statement and how utterly SHOCKED I was that this came out of his mouth? “Huh? Where did THAT come from? Since WHEN did you make breakfast for Caylee that morning?”
It’s almost like he watched an old episode of “Leave it to Beaver” and tried to pass it off as “normal” Anthony behavior. Badly!
I do think that George seen Casey and Caylee leave that day… but I don’t think it was “Alright dad, I‘m off to work. I‘ll see you later“… something more like “You’ll never see Caylee again” as she dragged a crying Caylee out of the Anthony home. Followed by a fight the night before and watching Caylee being taken out of that house with an angry Casey would most definitely be a memorable moment for George… a moment where I would believe he would remember exactly what they had wore that day. It had to have played over and over in his head as day by day went by without seeing or hearing from Caylee. I think the clothes Caylee was wearing when she was taken out of that house are the clothes that they “haven’t even found yet.” I believe Casey put Caylee in that “Big Trouble Comes in Small Packages” shirt after death. I also think that Caylee was killed in the Anthony home after George left for work that day.
I remember when I thought George was being so honest and forthcoming with LE when he told them about the gas can incident? The more and more I think about it… George didn’t WANT to tell LE about the gas can incident… he HAD to.
I think George was petrified that the gas cans, that he had reported stolen, were back in his home. I think that it crossed George’s mind (as it did mine) that Casey had used her own fathers gas cans to destroy evidence… possibly even his own granddaughters body. It was an “Oh crap” moment for George. He may be willing to sell his soul to the devil (his words) for his daughter, but he sure wasn’t going to implicate himself in the actual murder.
So, I was doing a little digging just now because I had a point I wanted to make about why George simply didn't just get rid of the gas cans and I found somethings that I have overlooked all these years - and boy it's a doozy... at least for me!
George tells Law Enforcement about the gas can incident on August 4th, 2008. I went back and listened to it again and it sure sounds like George is telling them about the incident for the first time. I would really appreciate if you all would go and take a listen to this part of George's interview with police. It's on Part 2 - starting at 2:14. Law Enforcement doesn't lead George into talking about the gas can incident... he does this on his own. He even at one point uses the words "The reason I bring this up..."
So what's the big deal? The big deal, to me, is that Law Enforcement confiscated the gas cans on August 2nd, 2008. Two days prior to George's interview with Law Enforcement. According to the article I found dated August 2nd, 2008 (I don't know how to post links) and titled " Gas Cans Removed From Home of Orlando Missing Girl Mystery" George makes this statement to the media about the gas cans... Someone broke the lock- gas cans were taken - gas cans with gasoline - probably $50 worth. I found out who took them and they were retrieved and that was the extent of it.
Sounds like LE confronted George with the stolen gas can report at his home on August 2nd, 2008. Completely catching him off guard. Naturally it had to pique LE's interest as to why they only stole gas cans when there were other items worth a lot more money left untouched. Again catching George off guard, LE wanted to see the shed that was broken into and George knew that the "unique" gas can that he had reported stolen was ironically sitting right there in the shed that LE was about to take a look at! Can you say BUSTED!
Please tell me if you think that I am reading too much into this... would we have never heard about the stolen gas cans if George didn't make that pesky police report about his "unique" gas can that he considered to have "sentimental" value?
EDIT: I can only think of what was going through George's mind when and if he was confronted with the gas cans... he had to think about those cans being in the trunk of Casey's trunk... the trunk that smelled like "a damn dead body." The trunk that he prayed wasn't his Caylee. Yeah, I'm more convinced that George was caught completely caught off guard with the gas can report... and when he knew that LE would see those gas cans in his shed... they could possibly be covered in evidence and he sang like a canary about Casey being the one who took them!
