Speculation on the Second Cross

[Jolynna]

Whether or not the beads came from Hancock...Casey used beads to make jewelry.

She had to fill her days doing something while her friends were at work. She also had to find things to do while avoiding her family when she was out on bail.

I believe the bond lady saw Casey making bead jewelry. Maybe Casey even made a necklace or bracelet for the bond lady? I thought I read somewhere that they hugged before Casey went back to jail the first time.

Casey's arms were full of bead bracelets when Casey was headed for jail the next time. There are kits and supplies to make the sort of things Casey was wearing. Even target has bead making kits.

http://www.michaels.com/art/online/static?page=beads

On September 15, people were complaining about Cindy wearing a necklace with Caylee's picture on it. I have been looking for pictures of THAT necklace to see if it could be one of Casey's creations. (made for Cindy while Casey was out on bail)

I kind of remember seeing Cindy with a necklace with Caylee's picture but I can't remember where I saw it.

 

[Pink Panther]

Thank you for posting the bracelet pick Nancy. I've been curious to see it. Made me shudder. Why on earth would she write "my sister" on a bracelet to a little girl who she has never met is beyond me.

In Lohr's description of the cross, and Padilla's, they seem to be talking about an object that includes both plastic AND fabric...So, perhaps the object is more in line with the black rosary necklace we've seen???

 

[Virtual Truth]

Thank you! I took a screenshot for others interested in seeing the bracelet Casey made for 12 yr old DS:

It would be interesting to know if the cross had a word or words, like this bracelet. Perhaps "daugher" or "love" or "Caylee".....

 

[Pink Panther]

It would be interesting to know if the cross had a word or words, like this bracelet. Perhaps "daugher" or "love" or "Caylee".....

I don't think that we should automatically assume that she used these beads.

 

[Jolynna]

I don't think that we should automatically assume that she used these beads.

There are lots of kinds of beads available.

Evidently the bounty hunter saw Casey with "material" similar to whatever kind of necklace was found.

Since Casey couldn't shop for craft supplies while out on bail, it is probably safe to assume this was a hobby she had taken up before Caylee disappeared.

IMO

 

[JaJo]

I don't know how to do a screen copy, but here's a link for a picture of the cross found on the tree....which does look like it's made of fabric.

http://www.wftv.com/index.html

 

[Jolynna]

I don't know how to do a screen copy, but here's a link for a picture of the cross found on the tree....which does look like it's made of fabric.

http://www.wftv.com/index.html

Thanks for finding this, JaJo.

Fabric can be matched.

The necklace is distinctive.

 

[JaJo]

I recall reading/hearing somewhere that KC purchased fabric from JC Penny and the fabric on the Cross matches it. Anyone else recall this?

 

[Bev]

If that's a picture of the cross then she might as well have handed out laminated maps with X marks the spot.

 

[Winnts]

Those beads someone put up from the bracelet do not look the same to me.
Curious to see if there are any other creatiosn for comparison. Boy i'd love to find out mroe about what that female bodyguard knows.

 

[reefshadow]

I haven't seen any pics of the cross in question that was found back in August on this thread, this is the only image I can find:

So I have a few questions/observations.

1. Are we talking about yet another cross found? Because what I can see in the pic looks nothing like any jewelry I have ever seen any of the A's wearing. Doesn't look like the rosary or anything like the department store jewelry that CA usually wears.

2. NG was killed in this area, I think it is likely that this cross was left by a friend or family in her memory.

3. If this is the cross in question, what the heck is LP talking about when he compares it to materials in the A household? It looks like a piece of fabric and a painted wooden cross to me, I don't really see any beadwork. I think I see a few beads, but they look so generic, just like coloured glass or plastic that anyone could get at any craft store. I CANNOT see KC fashioning anything out of wood, she is so lazy it seems that she would buy everything at a store. Maybe it's just weathered, but the cross looks like something that would be made in wood shop, not bought. The edges are kind of raggedy and it just looks home made to me.

Anyhow, if the cross in the picture is the one we're talking about I don't see any way to correlate it to any of the jewely the A's wear or the speculated purchase at JCP, or anything. Am I missing something here?

 

[Bev]

When has KC ever worn a rosary? I'm curious.

 

[21merc7]

I don't know about anyone else, but, I think the cross looks like a dog leash attached? (The smaller orange thing that looks like it may have a buckle, maybe not.) Also appears to be made by a child or childlike mindset for the rememberance. Could be a memorial for a beloved pet that loved the park? Or for the girl whom was murdered there. Just don't think KC would have put that large a "rememberance" or marker....

 

[reefshadow]

When has KC ever worn a rosary? I'm curious.

There's a pic floating around somewhere with her wearing a long, rosary-like cross necklace. May be a Fusian pic, I don't remember. I'll do a search for a link. In any case, I don't see how the cross in the tree can be related to any jewelry they wear?

 

[reefshadow]

When has KC ever worn a rosary? I'm curious.

Here we go:

http://s129.photobucket.com/albums/p234/Jasvon/?action=view&current=CaseyRosary.jpg

I'm not sure if that's an actual Catholic rosary (like for counting decades) somehow I think it's just decorative. But anyway, some people on this thread seem to be trying to relate that necklace to the one in the tree and I just can't see it at all, lol.

 

[reefshadow]

I don't know about anyone else, but, I think the cross looks like a dog leash attached? (The smaller orange thing that looks like it may have a buckle, maybe not.) Also appears to be made by a child or childlike mindset for the rememberance. Could be a memorial for a beloved pet that loved the park? Or for the girl whom was murdered there. Just don't think KC would have put that large a "rememberance" or marker....

I totally agree, and the thought also crossed my mind that this could be a pet memorial.

I don't see what could be a buckle, but I DO also think this looks like something a child might make with the help of a parent that's humoring them. I mean really, who would use materials like that to fashion a memorial for a dead child and then leave it in such a conspicuous place?

To me, the "fabric" doesn't look like fabric at all. It looks like plastic. It looks stiff and has a plastic sheen to it. It looks alot like the kind of plastic ribbon you would use to mark something off with stakes, like at a crime scene or an archaeological dig.

What color plastic tape does TES use to mark potential finds?

 

[Bev]

Thanks, Reefshadow. It isn't a rosary it a necklace with a cross. I was wondering what they were talking about.

 

[Chilly Willy]

It's amazing how clean and new looking that cross is. Not a speck of wear or fading from the sun. Almost like it was brand new when the photo was taken. :waitasec:

 

[impatientredhead]

It's amazing how clean and new looking that cross is. Not a speck of wear or fading from the sun. Almost like it was brand new when then photo was taken. :waitasec:

And I thought it was on a branch over the water?

 

[reefshadow]

It's amazing how clean and new looking that cross is. Not a speck of wear or fading from the sun. Almost like it was brand new when then photo was taken. :waitasec:

If you're saying what I think you are, it wouldn't surprise me in the least

Anyway, I'm pretty sure that the "material" is orange flagging tape. What do you think? If it is, that stuff gets faded and ragged very quickly but what's on the tree still looks pretty new. It would surprise me very much if KC made jewelry with giant child-like crosses and orange plastic flagging tape.

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=158660-46697-158660&lpage=none