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November 23, 2009 Defense Bombshell in Caylee Anthony murderPosted: 02:17 PM ET
Orlando, Florida - Casey Anthony’s defense team filed a motion late Thursday suggesting that there is as much evidence pointing to meter reader Roy Kronk in the death of toddler Caylee Anthony as there is against her mother, Casey. That doesn’t mean the evidence against Kronk is strong. The defense believes the entirely circumstantial case against Anthony is weak; ergo, the evidence against Kronk is weak. The defense, however, says they are entitled to present this Kronk evidence to the jury. Last December, Kronk found Caylee’s skeletal remains in a wooded area about a quarter of a mile from her home. The defense believes Kronk has knowledge of or may be involved in the placing of the remains in the wooded area. Defense investigators dug up information they claim the State should have uncovered. After speaking to two former wives of Kronk, his estranged son, and the daughter of a former live-in girlfriend, the defense says they learned that Kronk was physically and psychologically abusive toward both wives—both of whom divorced him. One of the former wives, Jill Kerley, claims that Kronk used duct tape on at least two occasions to bind her wrists. He beat her so severely she was hospitalized. She married him in the early 1990s and stayed with him fewer than five months. Crystal Sparks, the other ex-wife, told the defense investigator that the family was concerned about Kronk and young girls; they didn’t want him around a niece who was three years old at the time. No further details were revealed in the defense motion. She also said that when Kronk was arrested for the alleged kidnapping of a former girlfriend, he had duct tape, handcuffs and a plastic gun. Crystal Sparks’s son, Brandon, said he was estranged from Kronk, his biological father, for about a decade when Kronk called him last year. It was about a week before Thanksgiving and three weeks before Caylee’s remains were found. Brandon said his father told him he found the skull of a little girl and that it may be Caylee. Sometime later, Brandon received another call in which Kronk told him that he was going to be on TV “tomorrow” and to look for the report. Kronk called 911 on December 11, 2008. Police arrived, found a black garbage bag with the remains of the missing toddler, and, indeed, within hours Kronk’s identity was known though he didn’t actually appear on television for a few more days. Kronk befuddled many when it was revealed last December that he had called 911 three times, on three consecutive days the previous August, claiming to have found a bag with a “white round object” in it, possibly the missing toddler. Police responded to the scene but Kronk was not there until the third call on the third day. The deputies searched but found nothing of note though the search was, admittedly, not very thorough. Kronk was fired in late October from his county job for excessive absenteeism following a work-related injury. He used up his sick days and medical leave then failed to show at a disciplinary hearing. Through his attorney, David Evans, Kronk denies all the allegations the defense claims in this recent motion. –Beth Karas, In Session Correspondent Filed under: Case Updates Casey and Caylee Anthony |
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