i have a question. i wasn't following this case in 2008. (this isn't entirely true actually, i remember the hot body contest pictures but not much more than that) what was the coverage like when the remains were found, before they were identified as Caylee? were they immediately identified as human remains on the news coverage? if not, how soon after were they referred to as "human remains"? what details were revealed? i recall hearing that the blanket wasn't disclosed immediately. hopefully someone with a really good memory can help me out.
I was home in Orlando that morning. Dec 11, 2008 was overcast and rainy
I usually have the tv on while I do housework.
That morning the news broke that the skeletal remains of a child were found near the Anthony home.
ALL local stations interrupted broadcasting and focused on the Breaking News..including many of the local radio stations...I also listened to the coverage while I waited in car line to pick up my kids from school and listened to the incoming call from Mark Nejame who was out of the country at the time.
The media did report that the remains that a meter reader found skeletal remains of a small child near the Anthony Home. And was it Caylee?
Trenton Duckett was still missing. What would be the odds that the skeletal remains found so close to Caylee Anthony's home was Trenton? There weren't any other missing young children in the area other than Caylee.
Trenton Duckett went missing from Lady Lake, Florida (close to Leesburgh) which is about 1 to 1.5 hour drive north of Orlando
Did many believe the remains belonged to Caylee?...IMO YES.
IIRC, the media did report of Duct Tape being found with the remains...
But we had to wait until the medical examiner, Dr G, made an official announcement to confirm who the skeletal remains belonged to.
Here is one of the media reports from that day
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Mark Nejame phone call about the discovery
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