Poll: Should LP accept 200K for Search

[bunnyphoenix1]

Exactly! LE is working on a fixed budget supplied by tax dollars.... and the sad truth is Caylee Anthony is not their ONLY concern.

And in some sense, TES is also in a position to say it's time to move onto a different case where there is a better chance at succeeding.

If LP can & will concentrate solely on solving this ONE CASE that gives him a better chance at finding Caylee than either LE or TES, imo.

I agree. Plus, I think he has an additional and very strong motivator on his side, his ego. I can't imagine that he'd like anything more than to be able to say he found her, and I'm sure he doesn't want to have to admit defeat. I really wish people would stop criticising him and let him get on with it.

 

[LI_Mom]

I agree. Plus, I think he has an additional and very strong motivator on his side, his ego. I can't imagine that he'd like anything more than to be able to say he found her, and I'm sure he doesn't want to have to admit defeat. I really wish people would stop criticising him and let him get on with it.

For sure.... he was probably embarrassed at how he was fooled by the Anthonys when he first came on board....

How many times does LE investigate a case & mistakenly believe in a guilty person's innocence.... they simply reevaluate the known facts & carry on with the new info they have.

ONE GOAL: Find Caylee

There's an eternity to debate everybody's actions & motives after the case is closed.

 

[kgeaux]

Nope, because those items have not had pictures released to the media, nor have they spoken about what they found. There is no point until you know for sure.

Exactly! Why release what you've found, stir up a lot of speculation, rumor and inuendo, and THEN tell everyone it was never pertinent to begin with!

You must watch a lot of tv/movies. It doesn't really happen like that in real life. In real life, the Prosecution must disclose the evidence they intend to use at trial before the trial. To withhold it like that would only result in a mistrial, at substantial cost to the taxpayer.

I don't think Chilly meant that prosecutors hid the find of the charm, just that it would be their "AHA! Try to explain how Casey's charm got mixed in with the remains of Caylee!" But Cindy, because the finding of the charm was AIRED on TV, has a fake charm available to show prosecutors that whatever charm is with the remains, it sure wasn't her daughters! At least, that's what I understood Chilly's post to mean.

I was there. There was very little training in my opinion for untrained people. Some of the people I met were there to be training as team leaders and really needed good training. I left when the Anthony "love feast' started.

I don't know what happened after we left, but I was told there was an open bar. I don't know, it could have been open all the time, because I didn't pay any attention.

You left before searching?

 

[Salem]

I don't think he should allow the filming. I support the money, the openness of the searching and LP's efforts.

BUT... we all saw what happened last week. LP was trashed for his efforts. This is much like the Geraldo "Capone Vault" fiasco. Geraldo would have been a hero if there would have been something in that vault. But, because of the hype, when the vault turned up empty, Geraldo's credibility went in the trash and it has stayed there. No matter now what he does, everyone just kind of laughs at him.

We have already seen that the same will happen to LP and I just don't think he needs to go there. If the film company promises not to film anything if they don't find anything, then maybe, because the money for searching would be nice. But if they are going to hype it up and then LP ends up empty handed, its not worth it. And given the FL landscape, it is entirely possible LP will end up empty handed. Between the flooding and the critters, even if Caylee was put in that river, she may not be findable. Poor baby - hugs to you Caylee.

So - I say no, unless LP can get the the film company to handle the whole thing honestly and tastefully, with a clear understanding to all watching that maybe Caylee won't be found.

Salem

 

[Dr. Know?]

There seems to be so much need of the internet and media in this case that it smells bad and I see red. I am going to Snopes lol. Nite.

 

[reefshadow]

Sometimes the end does not justify the means.

I voted no, but not with any sense of joy.

 

[LaLaw2000]

I vote no. This will open the door to an ongoing thing, IMO. I just think it is wrong. Now this is just me.

 

[LaLaw2000]

Well thousand of dollars have been given to TES, so I don't see the difference in it.
But if LP does go with this offer , he will be the latest story of "cashing in on Caylee" and more fodder for more nasty comments and untruths, as well.

Personally I don't think he should.

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I so agree with you. While I do respect everyone elses opinion, I have a different one than the majority on this one.

I want little Caylee found as badly as anyone, but I do not agree with commercializing the search.

O/T: A very wise poster from another board had PM'd me one time that we may extremely disagree on the particular case we were posting on, but that a case would certainly come along where we would agree. She was right.

 

[Gram2]

I voted no. Although I believe LP is the ONLY one who really wants to find Caylee, I think he should step away from this case. The A's destroy everyone in their path. Continuing to search would only open more doors for them to try to destroy LP. Jut let LE handle it to the best of their ability and save yourself the aggravation.

 

[Elphaba]

Ok, I just read the article below and one things that stands out is this:

"In a phone conversation with WESH 2 News from California, Padilla said the unnamed company might be willing to put up as much as $200,000 for exclusive rights to film the search."

http://www.wesh.com/news/17996076/detail.html

So... the "might be" aspect tells me that $200,000 from the company is not even on the table, yet... that it is nothing more than a speculative amount, on LP's part. Thoughts?

 

[Sammi99]

Sometimes the end does not justify the means.

I voted no, but not with any sense of joy.

I agree with your comment. I don't thinking finding Caylee should be made into an entertaining tv show or movie. It takes all the dignity out of what should be a noble cause.

 

[KellioPSL]

I don't care if he does make money, personally. I posted this on another thread, but it still applies here.:

People have been making money off missing people for as long as people have gone missing, imo. The media is only one example. We can't say that it is not justified nor can we say it is flat out wrong. Without the media making money to run their stations, drive their trucks, pay their reporters, pay their staffs, and keep the stations on the air...the plight of missing people would go largely unnoticed as before. We beg for the media to cover missing person cases and we gladly watch their coverage to raise their numbers to create an avenue to make more money.

The people who should not make money off missing people are the perps (accused or convicted), the families of the perps, and others who could have been involved with the perps. Also, people who are making money for or in concert with those I just mentioned.

ok you swayed me, you are of course correct. It is the criminal that should never profit from their crime.

 

[aprilshowers]

What I've been thinking here ... on this 'company' wanting exclusive footage, is perhaps they're going to use it in the 'movie' if one is ever made.

You know how sometimes in a movie, they show the actual footage? Well, maybe in the movie, when Caylee is 'found', if she ever is, they're going to cut to the real footage?

Just a thought ...

 

[4Siamese]

I voted yes only because I want Caylee found, and I want Padilla (or someone) to keep searching.

I only wish the deal didn't include "filming".

 

[LaLaw2000]

I agree with your comment. I don't thinking finding Caylee should be made into an entertaining tv show or movie. It takes all the dignity out of what should be a noble cause.

I think your post says it best for me, Sammi99. I voted no also but my post was not as eloquent and as to the point as yours!

 

[21merc7]

Okay, here is the way I see it. Anywhere you see any of the Anthony Family names, someone is making money. TES is, Nancy Grace is, Kid Finders, all the rag mags, all the interviewing stations and so on. So, no big deal who makes money. If the case ends in convictions every book writer, movie writer, tv writer and so on will make money. No big deal. As far as the filming, well, it documents, if it happens, so that the prosecution and defense have that for Court use. It also documents for future criminal research. Yes, it will be out there in the world. Just don't watch it. There are plenty of others out there, for goodness sake we have JBR's autopsy photos, plenty of shows we all watch that have actual footage of finding of remains. I think if someone is emotionally invested they would choose not to watch those shows, if not, I find them to be rather enlightening about the criminal mind, and am generally curious about morbid stuff anyway. Guess it is part of my job that makes me that way. How many saw the photos of Anna Nicole on the floor and watched for hours about a tragic death? You get the idea. I see no harm being done, lots of documentation, and do not care how many people, and there will be many, who make money off Caylee's case or anyone elses, I just see someone actually willing to look for her, and having the time and dedication to get it done. JMO as usual.

 

[kgeaux]

This is not addressed to anyone in particular, it's just a general comment.

It amazes me how many people don't care "who" the company is. It really does amaze me!

Ok, I just read the article below and one things that stands out is this:

"In a phone conversation with WESH 2 News from California, Padilla said the unnamed company might be willing to put up as much as $200,000 for exclusive rights to film the search."

http://www.wesh.com/news/17996076/detail.html

So... the "might be" aspect tells me that $200,000 from the company is not even on the table, yet... that it is nothing more than a speculative amount, on LP's part. Thoughts?

I agree with you. So much of LP's words are speculative.

 

[impatientredhead]

What I've been thinking here ... on this 'company' wanting exclusive footage, is perhaps they're going to use it in the 'movie' if one is ever made.

You know how sometimes in a movie, they show the actual footage? Well, maybe in the movie, when Caylee is 'found', if she ever is, they're going to cut to the real footage?

Just a thought ...

If the footage ended up being of a cowboy hat wearing bounty hunter turned search and rescuer who ends up solving this horrific case, taht would be great footage. As I have said before, a win win for everyone, except Casey.

But the overwhelming odds are that that is not going to be the footage they get.

And what I have been asking is who is paying 200K for the footage that now becomes the media bungling fool with wild comments in the news and an unsucessful search.

For everyone that claims to just adore this man I don't get how no one is saying lets find the funds another way. A single search is not that expensive. Dive masters donate their time for this type of thing all the time. You are talking about a generally small space, and you can only have a couple of divers in the water at a time.

I guess this "I don't care where the money comes from or what the footage is used for" attitude is really literal. There is no reason this search cannot take place with or without this backing company.

 

[newuser]

I voted yes. I don't want anyone to profit from this, but at the same time, if it keeps a search going and the case in the front of the news, it's worth it. I believe he will spend the money to actually do the search.

 

[Lexington]

Ok, I just read the article below and one things that stands out is this:

"In a phone conversation with WESH 2 News from California, Padilla said the unnamed company might be willing to put up as much as $200,000 for exclusive rights to film the search."

http://www.wesh.com/news/17996076/detail.html

So... the "might be" aspect tells me that $200,000 from the company is not even on the table, yet... that it is nothing more than a speculative amount, on LP's part. Thoughts?

I voted no on this. I would not be comfortable with anything that LP is involved in. I think that since he returned to CA he has been very busy soliciting backers for his search effort.