Should Cindy and George be charged? Do They Need An Attorney?

[hroark2112]

I'm going to vote "not now" (is that a choice??).

Unless it can be proven that they did something willfully to hinder the investigation, focus on the real guilty party here (KC!) and realize that the parents are doing the best they can to cope with a terrible situation. If their only crime is having a million different stories in their heads from their tramp daughter and trying to protect what is left of their family, let them be.

Before too long, KC will be in jail for the theft charges and their lives can begin to be a little more normal.

 

[Gram2]

Yes, they should be charged:
withholding evidence
assault
lying to investigators
fraud i.e. donations

 

[hawki123]

I know as a parent my first priority ... if I got my daughters car back after being abandoned for two weeks wreaking of death.. Would be to find my daughter and granddaughter and make sure they were both ok... not clean the car and do laundry.

I agree with you,MomofECS...This is what I have said all along...that if I had gone thru what Cindy
Anthony did with that lying little daughter of hers and NO CAYLEE...washing clothes is the LAST thing you will find me doing. This is just not a normal thing to do when you are in a deep crisis.

 

[hawki123]

My thoughts exactly.

Ditto!

 

[Zoe Bogart]

Originally Posted by MomOfECS
I know as a parent my first priority ... if I got my daughters car back after being abandoned for two weeks wreaking of death.. Would be to find my daughter and granddaughter and make sure they were both ok... not clean the car and do laundry.

I agree with you,MomofECS...This is what I have said all along...that if I had gone thru what Cindy
Anthony did with that lying little daughter of hers and NO CAYLEE...washing clothes is the LAST thing you will find me doing. This is just not a normal thing to do when you are in a deep crisis.

This is absolutely not in defense of Cindy, but oddly enough, I find myself doing major cleaning right after someone close to me dies. The night my son died, I went home, looked at a stack of mail on my desk and proceeded to clear the desk, clean out the drawers, and began cleaning my entire home office. On the other hand, my sister went to the grocery store and bought all sorts of food for my daughter and I. We still say when tragedy strikes, I clean and my sister shops!

My parents died recently, and darned if I didn't come home and clean! I threw out all sorts of stuff that had been piling up. I tore through the house sorting, pitching, and cleaning. The place has never looked as good as it did that week.

Now after I got through cleaning, arranging funerals, and attending said funerals and burials, I went home and collapsed. A team of wild horses couldn't have pulled me out of my bed. This is not to say I wasn't upset in the beginning. I was majorly upset. I think cleaning must be my way of coping. Just for the record, I normally am not fond of cleaning.

Back on topic, I think Cindy deliberately lied several times in news interviews and to LE trying to protect Casey. I love the tape where she says she didn't know she was going to have to swear to her statement!!

 

[passionflower]

IMO, everyone deals with grief differently, but I sure wouldn't be arguing with LE. I would co operate and then collapse, go to bed, with covers over my head and never come out if I thought my grand daughter was dead. If I really believed she was kidnapped........I would use all my energy looking for her like Beth Twitty did for Natalee. IMO

 

[Nosey Parker]

I lost sympathy for Cindy very early on in this tragedy. Her regurgitation of KC's lies, irritating ramblings and aggressive behaviour made it very difficult for me to keep a focus on what she was really doing. Now that her daughter is finally charged and jailed without bond, Cindy's involvement with LE's investigation appears to have come to a stop.

While I personally don't believe Cindy was directly involved in Caylee's demise, I do think she has tampered with evidence, misled and lied to LE, committed perjury at the Bond Hearing, and perhaps misappropriated donated funds. I believe that under any other circumstances, LE would have charged her with some, or all of these. I'm assuming they either don't want to sway public sympathy in the A's direction, or they are waiting until after the trial, when these things will be proven. On the other hand, perhaps they just have bigger fish to fry.

I've decided to make an accurate list for my own interest. Help me out here - what known incidents can you recall where Cindy has actually broken the law?

 

[Janis396]

I lost sympathy for Cindy very early on in this tragedy. Her regurgitation of KC's lies, irritating ramblings and aggressive behaviour made it very difficult for me to keep a focus on what she was really doing. Now that her daughter is finally charged and jailed without bond, Cindy's involvement with LE's investigation appears to have come to a stop.

While I personally don't believe Cindy was directly involved in Caylee's demise, I do think she has tampered with evidence, misled and lied to LE, committed perjury at the Bond Hearing, and perhaps misappropriated donated funds. I believe that under any other circumstances, LE would have charged her with some, or all of these. I'm assuming they either don't want to sway public sympathy in the A's direction, or they are waiting until after the trial, when these things will be proven. On the other hand, perhaps they just have bigger fish to fry.

I've decided to make an accurate list for my own interest. Help me out here - what known incidents can you recall where Cindy has actually broken the law?

Hmmm, great question! Until Casey was charged with 4 counts of lying to law enforcement this week, I was under the impression (from multiple posts on this website) that lying to local LE wasn't a crime, but lying to FEDERAL LE was. Now we see that isn't true. So I would say that CA could very well be charged with lying to LE.

And I think if she keeps up her campaign of accusing LE of not doing their job, and just stopping short of accusing them of being in a conspiracy against her daughter, I think they very well may now turn their attention to her.

 

[sharpar]

I think she deliberately lied at the bond hearing ( perjury )

Tampering of Evidence ( washing pants - even touching the car before
LE got it)

alot of misleading or just outright wrong statements recollections


Paternity of Caylee

Caseys education and vocation

many lies of omission

argument on June 15th for starters

she never has pressed charges for the theft she first reported to 911

I firmly believe the donations were not used in the manner intended
by the donors

 

[jnTexas]

I would like to know if not reporting her daughter for stealing from the trust fund for the Grandpa is a crime?
I could see her own accounts as being her own business. If she would rather pay the bills then file charges against her that is her choice.

I would think the trust fund would be a different story.

 

[jnTexas]

One thing for sure was taking the $200 out of KC wallet. If I remember correcty that's stealing.

 

[ValleyGirl]

This may be the wrong place but I have a question, about Cindy parking under the bridge with Casey, meeting the bondsman and then the police.

I thought that when a person was indicted with what KC was, they went directly to jail in a law enforcement vehicle. I don't recall anyone ever getting to drive off in the sunset with their mother.

Is this common? I'm a newbie...so pardon my ignorance.

 

[KAITLAND]

Yes, I also wonder if stealing from the grandfather is a crime that should have been reported. Most states have "elder abuse" protection....and I think that kind of law should apply here.

 

[FLSleuth]

And what about interfering with an investigation. Remember she went personally to speak with (and pressure?) the fella at the tow yard?

ITA agree with above posters, lots CA has done that has broken the law; and she should be held accountable.

 

[Janis396]

This may be the wrong place but I have a question, about Cindy parking under the bridge with Casey, meeting the bondsman and then the police.

I thought that when a person was indicted with what KC was, they went directly to jail in a law enforcement vehicle. I don't recall anyone ever getting to drive off in the sunset with their mother.

Is this common? I'm a newbie...so pardon my ignorance.

Do you know the exact time of the indictment, and the exact time CA and Casey left Baez's office in CA's car?

 

[Nosey Parker]

I too had wondered about the trust fund theft and non-reporting, JinTexas. Do we know if it was an official trust fund, or simply a term the family used for the money set aside in a personal account? Thanks for the reminder about the approx. $200 from KC's wallet. I forgot that one. :clap: In Canada, theft from an individual usually has to be reported by the individual. If not chargeable theft, it sure underlines CA's greed.

 

[TxLady2]

I would like to know if not reporting her daughter for stealing from the trust fund for the Grandpa is a crime?
I could see her own accounts as being her own business. If she would rather pay the bills then file charges against her that is her choice.

I would think the trust fund would be a different story.

She would not be the one to press charges for stealing from the trust fund... her mother, Shirley, would have to do that, since she is in charge of it. The nursing facility might be able to, but would have to have her okay.
As for the paternity.... it's not proven WHO Caylee's father is, so how is what she said a lie? Same goes for whatever else she has said... she is repeating things Casey told her... none of that is prosecutable.
Washing the pants... may not be tampering with evidence, since they can't be positive the pants had anything to do with the crime, and she did turn them in later.
I know so many of you want to see these people behind bars, but we should leave this to the OCSO. They have already stated that the A's are not suspects in this case, have been cooperative with them, and should be left alone. Let them do their job!

 

[cocowiley]

i don't know if it was a crime but i think it was wrong and highly suspicious that she wouldn't voluntarily hand over her credit card statements (there is probably a charge for chloroform on there)
but it likely doesn't matter anyway since LE probably got them with a search warrant or however they go about doing that.

 

[MiraclesHappen]

:wave: Hi Nosey.

This might seem to be too much nitpicking, but having viewed the tape of Cindy leaving Baez's office with Casey, on the day Casey went back to jail this week...
Cindy has committed some heavy driving offenses which would include endangering the lives of others. Cindy did not appear to be in control of that lethal machine at all times.


316.1925 Careless driving.--

(1) Any person operating a vehicle upon the streets or highways within the state shall drive the same in a careful and prudent manner, having regard for the width, grade, curves, corners, traffic, and all other attendant circumstances, so as not to endanger the life, limb, or property of any person. Failure to drive in such manner shall constitute careless driving and a violation of this section.


In light of the fact, this wild ride has been all over the news, it seems LE is cutting her slack on this one...jmho

 

[Truth Seeker]

Yes, I also wonder if stealing from the grandfather is a crime that should have been reported. Most states have "elder abuse" protection....and I think that kind of law should apply here.

I wonder if Casey has done it before and Cindy just let it slide?? :waitasec:
I say this because she said she even stole from Lee!!!