I read the posts from the "Caylee is Alive" thread and I feel like I'm on another planet to these posters.
I ask them to explain to me -
Beings my first post was on this thread, I'll respond with my feelings, although when I first posted I considered myself more of a "fence sitter," and no longer view things that way.
Why, if Caylee was abducted by ZG and her sister Samantha, there has not been ONE SINGLE person come forward to verify the fact that these people exist. Surely they have friends and family. Someone has to know of them. Where are they?
I've never believed the Zanny the nanny story.
Put yourself in her shoes, if your baby was missing, kidnapped by ???....would you act this way? Would I lie? No, I'm an awful liar, so I don't. However, would I have no outward emotions on camera? Yea, I would, but I would also be upfront to the media about my frontal lobe damage (my brain tells me that I'm making facial expressions, but I rarely do. I wondered in the begining if this was the case with her, but as things have progressed, I no longer think that.) Would I party? Nope, don't drink for any reason, and I hate clubs.
Why didn't Casey ask TonE to get gas for her car if it had run out? Why didn't she go back even the next day and pick it up? My sister has done junk like that, so I honestly never factored it into the whole thing. I'm not saying it isn't a part of it, but, I think with my sister's history (bipolar and an alcoholic) I've learned to dismiss those things. I honestly don't think I've thought about it once until I saw this post.
Why didn't she confide in someone....I mean anyone, her brother, mother, father. Just someone. Think about it. Who could bear the pain on their own, your baby has been kidnapped. You would be screaming to someone for help. Well, the person I talk to, the only person is my husband. However, when I was single, I didn't speak to a soul, and would never confide in my family members. I haven't seen much of a "loving family" with the A's, and I doubt highly Casey would have confided in them with anything.
Why did Casey go out partying, having a great time with her friends after the kidnapping. Is this realistic, think about it. Would you, could you? She seems like an alcoholic to me, so yea, I can see her doing those things, again..something I've "learned" to dismiss. (I want to say, I don't think I or anyone should be dismissing these things, just that I've been conditioned to, and is why I didn't think about it.)
Why was Casey having such a great time leaving my space and face book messages to all her friends, after ZG kidnapped her baby girl? I've always thought Casey has serious mental issues, and have chalked it up to that.
Why did all of Casey's friends not notice anything different in her behavior? She didn't seem upset, stressed, worried, why? These people aren't her real friends. From what I've seen these are drinking/party buddies. I don't think they care much about her, or themselves at their age/maturity level.
Would you feel like stealing money from your friend and going on a shopping trip, when your baby was missing? No, but my sister has stolen money so much to drink, I again, chalked it up to alcoholic behavior.
Seriously, would you be thinking of having a tattoo if your child had been kidnapped? Wouldn't you be obsessed with finding her, getting her back.
No, I wouldn't get a tattoo. I hope I would be obsessed--don't have children so hate to offer an opinion about something I cant experience, but I sure as heck hope I would be.
Is this the behavior of a mother whose child has been kidnapped, or of a mother who has finally got the freedom to be a free 'party girl' again? NO.
I mean, this is only about her behavior. I haven't even mentioned the evidence. I just cannot for the life of me, understand how anybody could possibly not see the truth. Actions speak louder than words.
I agree. I think for me, what gave me the big doubt, was her behavior. I see so many parallels between Casey and my sister, it made it hard for me to be analytical. Everything my sister does, is dismissed, which is something over the past 18 years has driven me crazy at times. I don't think until this came out, I realized how much I've learned to blow off abnormal behavior.
I do have to say, reading everyone's posts, and opinions has helped me out a lot, both with the case, and with personal issues. I've heard my mother say "but what if this time, she's telling the truth?" so often, I automatically went down that road on my first post.
It's taken quite a bit of reading, and questioning, to start to chip away at this "thing" I've developed.
I keep thinking of the saying 'out of sight, out of mine' relating to Casey!
I definitely agree.
All I can say, is my family isn't kosher by any stretch of the imagination, and I live thousands of miles away. Although my sister hasn't killed anyone (I hope), she has done everything else, to the point of causing my mother to try to commit suicide (it still was her choice to do something so stupid IMO)
Seeing a family that acts so similar to mine has really flipped me upside down, and has made me question a lot (for which I am personally grateful.)
I can't and wont speak for anyone else in which has posted on that site, but in the short time I've been here, I've changed my mind completely around, and just can not see any innocence anymore in Casey.
I will add, however, I respect their and everyone's opinions, and value all input.
I do still hope Caylee is alive, and I hope everyone does deep down, no matter how impossible it may appear to be. I don't know, but I think that's a nice thing to think when we're speaking of a small child.
--JMO