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June 24, 2011

Cindy Anthony says she made computer searches for ‘chloroform’

Posted: 01:20 PM ET

Orlando, Florida – Yesterday was another day of rather dry forensic testimony in the Casey Anthony first-degree murder trial, as the defense continues to call witnesses it hopes will help convince jurors that the death of two-year-old Caylee Anthony, the defendant’s daughter, was actually an accidental drowning. There was one bright spot yesterday afternoon, however, as Cindy Anthony, the defendant’s own mother, took the stand, explaining to the jury that she was actually the person doing Internet searches for “chloroform” on the family’s computer back in March 2008 – only three months before Caylee was seen alive for the last time.

Susan Mears, a crime scene supervisor with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, was recalled to the stand after briefly testifying Wednesday. Mears brought with her several items that were subsequently moved into evidence: the red “World of Disney” plastic bag, the Gatorade bottle, and the syringe that were all discovered near the victim’s remains.

Next on the stand was Stephen Shaw, a trace evidence examiner at the FBI crime lab. Shaw previously testified as prosecution witness #55. He returned to the stand to answer questions about a research study he conducted looking at the decomposition of human hairs in various environmental conditions. Shaw introduced a series of slides showing hairs from both living and deceased donors. He acknowledged that two different examiners each misidentified a hair from a living donor (not the same hair) as displaying postmortem hair banding.

Shaw found no hairs suitable for comparison on the duct tape recovered with Caylee’s remains. He said there were Caucasian head hairs on the duct tape, but they were consistent with hairs in the hair mass also recovered with the remains. None of the hairs that were stored in a vehicle during his study ever showed signs of postmortem hair banding. In his career, Shaw has never seen a hair with postmortem banding that he couldn’t associate with a deceased person.

Next up was Barry Logan, a forensic toxicologist and analytical chemist. Logan is the national director of NMS Labs, a forensic laboratory in Pennsylvania. He reviewed analytical records/reports from the FBI crime lab and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in preparation for his testimony. Logan testified that the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (where some of the evidence in this case was analyzed) has no formal protocols, which creates potential problems.

“There’s no way to be sure the test will be done the same way every time,” Logan said.

Logan also testified that he’s found no evidence of any protective measure that Oak Ridge might have taken to prevent contamination in this case and that he saw no evidence of any quality assurance that was related to the analysis of pertinent items. He testified that a lab should run its standards on the same day that it runs samples.

“In this case, that did not occur,” Logan said.

Logan claimed he would be unable to reproduce exactly the analyses run in this case by earlier witnesses Arpad Vass or Marcus Wise.

“There would be no way for me to know if how I did the test was the same as how Oak Ridge did the test,” Logan said.

Jennifer Welch, a crime scene investigator with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, was recalled to the stand. Welch has testified six times in this case. She was originally called as prosecution witness #45. Welch testified that no shoes or socks were recovered from the area where the victim’s remains were discovered.

Cindy Anthony, the defendant’s mother and grandmother of victim Caylee Anthony, was next on the stand. Cindy Anthony previously testified as prosecution witness #21. She testified that anyone had access to the HP desktop computer in the Anthony home, including the defendant and her friends.

Cindy Anthony revealed that she personally did searches for “chloroform” in March of 2008. She said she began by searching for “chlorophyll” and that search expanded to searches for chloroform as well. Cindy Anthony also did several other searches during the same month, including searches for alcohols and chemicals in hand sanitizers, and searches for some specific injuries.

The defendant’s mother testified that the Anthony family purchased the Pontiac Sunfire from a dealer in 2002, claiming the stain in the trunk was present when they bought the car. Cindy Anthony said that it’s “possible” that she was actually home on days her work records reflect that she was working.

“I did go home early a couple of days... my hours are whatever I make them to be,” Cindy Anthony said.

Cindy Anthony denied that this is the first time she has testified about searching for “chloroform” in March of 2008. She insisted that she told prosecutors about doing so in a 2009 deposition. However, she conceded that she does not remember specifically searching for “how to make chloroform” but, at the same time, she says her memory is better now than it was in 2009 due to an adjustment in her medication.

Sandra Osborne, a computer forensics analyst with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, was next on the stand. Osborne previously testified as prosecution witness #41. She helped detect a hit for “chloroform” in the unallocated space portion of the Anthony family’s HP desktop computer. Osborne passed along her findings to co-worker Kevin Stenger.

Kevin Stenger, a forensic computer analyst and head of the Orange County Sheriff’s computer crimes unit, used computer programs Net Analysis and Cache Back to recover deleted Internet search histories from the unallocated space portion of the Anthony family’s HP desktop computer. Stenger testified that results obtained from the Net Analysis and Cache Back programs differed in some details. For example, Net Analysis indicated 84 visits to a MySpace website on one day, while Cache Back made no reference to that number. Stenger conceded that figure of 84 MySpace searches may actually be sequential (each visit given the next sequential number after the last search on a previous occasion) rather than indicating 84 searches on a single day. He identified a Google search for “how to make chloraform [sic]” on March 21, 2008.

After the jury was dismissed for the day, Nickolas Savage, the lead FBI agent investigating the Anthony case, testified during a proffer. After a meeting with the prosecution team, Savage attempted to find some photographs for them. Savage requested photos that might have been taken by the Orange County M.E.’s office, showing the duct tape recovered with the remains, and containing scales (rulers) for exact measurements. Savage did not believe that such photographs had been taken up to that time.

Erin Martin, a request coordinator with the FBI crime lab, was next on the stand for a proffer. Martin was asked about a February 6, 2009 e-mail that she sent to earlier witness Karen Lowe. The e-mail concerned the request for duct tape/scales photographs testified to by previous witness Nickolas Savage. In the e-mail, Martin tells Lowe that she “decided not to give the measurements to Nick [Savage].”

Following the proffer of these two witnesses, prosecutor Jeff Ashton objected to their testimony, calling it clearly irrelevant to the matter at hand. Defense attorney Cheney Mason disagreed, saying that the search for the duct tape photographs is evidence that the State was trying “to create a murder weapon... and tried to get photographs to prove [its] theory... it’s trying to create something. And this is the evidence of them trying to create it.”

Judge Perry, however, disagreed, finding that both witnesses’ testimony proves no material fact, and doesn’t impeach any of the material issues in this trial. Therefore, the prosecution’s objection was sustained, and neither Savage nor Martin will be allowed to testify as to this matter.

-Michael Christian, In Session Field Producer

Filed under: Casey and Caylee Anthony • Trial Updates • Trials


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lee   June 24th, 2011 1:32 pm ET

Has anyone else noted and found it weird that the name Caylee
is a combination of Casey and Lee?
I DO NOT believe the incest claims, but the enmeshment and codependency in this family is beyond creepy.
Also curious what the legal ramifications are when a witness commits perjury on the stand? What about when multiple perjuries occur?
For all the talk about how much the people in this family "loved" Caylee, it is tragic and disgusting that NOONE is standing up for her and being honest about what happened to her.
Utterly pathetic.


Patricia Frost   June 24th, 2011 1:34 pm ET

I do not find the body langauge expert very credible. When she talks about Cindy pullin her lips in that is ridiculous. i have dentures and i do that and i also catch myself messing with my lips


stacy   June 24th, 2011 1:34 pm ET

In testimony Cindy said she overheard Casey telling George she had not seen caylee in 31 days. If he knew she drowned why would she need to tell him that.


Jack   June 24th, 2011 1:34 pm ET

How much do you want to bet George Anthony takes the 5th on the stand?
That would do it for the Defense.
Case won
Sad to say


patsy white   June 24th, 2011 1:36 pm ET

If no one acknowledged Casy was pregnant, does that mean she did not have prenatal care...and who paid for the delivery?


Diana   June 24th, 2011 1:37 pm ET

Don't believe it...As soon as she started I said OMG she is covering for her daughter. She is trying to keep her daughter off of death row. I can understand it . It is natural for a mom to protect her child....If I saw that then I know that the jurors did too. They are not stupid.


Tired of the defense BS   June 24th, 2011 1:40 pm ET

This whole "Caylee drown in the pool" fairy tale is nothing but defense "smoke and mirrors" to obfuscate the facts. Casey spent three years in jail and never once mentioned the possibility of an accidental drowning. Yet as the trial nears, all of a sudden this “alternate theory of the crime” surfaces. If this is what ACTUALLY HAPPENED, why did they not call 911? It is a very unfortunate thing, but here in FL, children DO accidently drown in pools. At the very worst, they could have been charged with child neglect, which is a light years away from first degree murder in severity.

It is nothing but a fairy tale cooked up by the defense. Although they do have to right to present an "alternate theory of the crime", it has to have some basis in fact otherwise it is just PURJURY. And then both the attorneys and witnesses/defendant are guilty of suborning perjury. It is nothing but typical defense lawyer tricks intended to create a reasonable doubt in the mind of the jurors. And it is ALL A LIE.


Walter Kingsley   June 24th, 2011 1:42 pm ET

I think that Cindy Anthony was not telling the truth all the time, She is trying to save her daughter from the death sentance. She looked nervese to me when asked some questions. She could not even tell how maney time sthe word Clhorophorm was looked up in the computer. She kept avoiding the question that the prosecution was asking too. The pictures that was shown do not show little anthony climbing the steps of thge pool by her self. There is no proof that the little girl drowned, besides The tape to me tells me she did not drown but was killed. I waould be up set if i was not told of my sister being pregnent. Why did they not get DNA to see who the father was or is. Casey knows who it is, but she rather blame her father or her brother. Becouse a man shows emotion, does not meen that he is guilty of haveing sex with Casey. It would have to be proven to me and not just hear say by Casey and the lawyer. Casey is guilty and she should pay for her crime, Not life , because it would meen that the taxpayers a being punished and not Casey. They would have to flip the bill for takeing care of her and her needs for the rest of her life in she got a life sentance, not fare to us and to the little girl that di not have a chance to grow up.


Dawn   June 24th, 2011 1:45 pm ET

About Lee Anthony,We know now he is not Caylee's father..But could it be they didn't include him in the birth because at that time they thought he was??? Hmmmmm


susan   June 24th, 2011 1:45 pm ET

June 24th, 2011 1:28 pm ET
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The prosecution can use the parking structure records @ the hospital to show dates and times that Cindy Anthony arrived and exited work on the days that the computer searches for cholorform were entered on the computer. I have a friend that was working at a hospital on a salary rate and experienced a "cut in pay" based on parking records of that displayed that worker did not work a complete 8 hrs per day. He was leaving work early or arriving late to work late frequently.

Also, I thought that Casey was supposedly working at Universal during March computer searches. How can Cindy and Casey both use the computer when Cindy was not aware that Casey was not working at the time?


Sherry Else   June 24th, 2011 1:47 pm ET

I am just dumbstruck by the testimony that I have heard today. Although I still am convinced that Casey is guilty I am taking a second look at the defense case. I think that Cindy has back stepped into old habits of covering for Casey. Since the Lippman snafu it is plausible that she will do everything in her power to keep her daughter from being sentenced to death, including perjury. Whatever is on the schedule for this afternoon I just feel that this is going to be a shocker. Does anyone know the origin of Caylee's name. Is it a combination of Casey and Lee? Well I will be glued to the tv.


lauren   June 24th, 2011 1:52 pm ET

i think everyone is so stuck on her being guilty from all the media over the past few years without hearing her side of why this happend cant you just open your eyes and do what the jury was asked to do put everything you heard from before the trial aside and go with facts! i do not believe she is guilty of murder


Barbara - Henderson, NV   June 24th, 2011 1:52 pm ET

VINNIE: What about the baby's SHOES and DIAPER??? Lack of either at the recovery site could play into Baez's theory, don't you think? Cindy said Caylee never went anywhere without her shoes on, and the shorts were too small. So even if Casey left late and mad, and there was a pair of shoes in the backpack, there were no diaper remnants found.


Jane   June 24th, 2011 1:59 pm ET

It's already obvious that Casey Anthony picks up on other people's stories and ideas and make them her own. Try this on for size...What if Cindy Anthony told Casey she was looking up chloroform because she thought it (or something like it) was making her dog sleepy and lethargic. Cindy goes on to do her internet searches, but has left a thought in Casey's mind — if chloroform can make the dog sleepy, maybe it could make Caylee sleepy and I'd be able to leave her alone for periods of time when I wanted to go out or something like that. Thus, Casey is led to do more searches on the computer. After all, Cindy Anthony said she didn't look up "anything" 80-plus times on the computer. Maybe both were looking up the same things for different reasons.....


tracey   June 24th, 2011 2:06 pm ET

wether she is guilty or innocent her defense team has put out a theory and i was wondering why everytime they ask a witness something regarding their theory the prosecution objects and the judge seems to always sustain their objection. it kinda seems like the judge is partial. if the defense is not allowed to present their case could that be a reason for a mistrial


Katherine   June 24th, 2011 2:07 pm ET

That does it. Lee continues to claim he was not "a part of things" so therefore he has no knowledge of them. I wasn't at the Inauguration but I certainly know Obama is President. Come on.


KNILJA   June 24th, 2011 2:08 pm ET

here's what happened:
the baby drowned or had an accident of some sort while in casey or in her friends care. trying to cover it up, she pretended everything was fine, therefore the partying. when the parents realized the baby was missing and that casey may have had something to do with it whether accident or not, they were back peddling trying to figure out a way to save their daughter while grieving for their granddaughter. Since day one i've never believed this baby was killed on purpose. I do think that the mother is involved with cover up of the accident. my only question is, why wouldnt she just come clean instead of going through all of this and putting her parents through all of this. Sometimes skeletons in a familys closet make you wonder why it wouldnt have just been easier to tell the truth. It's either one heck of a whopper of an accident cover up that casey thinks is better to protect than to sit through the court room day after day and listen to everything while in her mind she knows the truth. I think she'll get negligent homicide or manslaughter and abuse charges. I'm just waiting for her to say "hey it was all a lie folks..really my mom and dad had nothing to do with this and it was me and my friends." ya right...we'll never ever know what really happened. I feel sorry for Casey...she's destroyed her life and all those around her. what a horrible thing to have to live with.


ginger   June 24th, 2011 2:11 pm ET

Where are Caylee's shoes: None found at burial scene? Cindy found none laying around the house or outside as though Caylee removed them before going into the pool while Caysey may have been preoccupied?


pat   June 24th, 2011 2:16 pm ET

Obviously Cindy is lying to keep her daughter from getting the death penalty. I just typed in the beginning of chlorophyll and got all kinds of words, including chloroform....to CHOOSE to go to. Yep, mama is trying to keep her baby from being executed.....and, who knows, it may have fooled the jury enough to keep her from the death penalty.


tracey   June 24th, 2011 2:17 pm ET

wether or not i believe casey anthony is guilty the defense has put out a theory and it seems that everytime they ask a witness a question regarding their theory the prosecution objects and the judge seems to always sustain the objections. it appears that the judge seems partial to the prosecution because he will not let the defenses questions be asked. i was wondering wether or not that would be a reason for a mistrial? i think it would be a great cost to the state if that were to happen


Maki   June 24th, 2011 2:27 pm ET

Poor woman is doing everything possible to save her daughter from the death sentence. It breaks my heart.


Vicki W   June 24th, 2011 2:36 pm ET

My heart is absolutely breaking for Lee Anthony. I believe the prosecuter needs to tread a little lightly in this territory. In my opinion Lee is the most innocent of all. To have to sit and look at his sister on trial for murdering his neice and possibly give testamony that would hurt or help his sister has got to be devastaing and he has to be torn. If I feel sympathy for him the jury will to. I totally believe Casey is guilty however this is the wrong person to bully.


tracy r thacker   June 24th, 2011 2:38 pm ET

Anyone ever think that maybe Lee Anthony could possibly be Caylee's daddy? Maybe Caylee is a prodigy of incest? Why would he be so upset with not knowing Casey was pregnant or being at her birth? No one knows who the daddy is and something isn't right and this is a possible reason..... These people are hiding a deep dark secret and I am starting to think this is why.


JoAnn   June 24th, 2011 2:40 pm ET

I believe everything was so hush hush with Casey Anthony being pregnant, because
George and Cindy were going to adopt Caylee from the beginning.
No one was supposed to know that Caylee was Casey's child.


Darlene   June 24th, 2011 2:41 pm ET

Is the Anthony family trying to sabbotage this trial? All of a sudden things are turning quickly and Jose Baez is practically laughing in the prosecutions face – just watch him sitting there.


Babs   June 24th, 2011 2:42 pm ET

She now is proving to be a liar like her daughter. Under oath does not mean anything to this family. Unless it is Lee. Maybe he knows how to tell the truth.


Rebecca Hull   June 24th, 2011 2:47 pm ET

I think Lee wanted his mother to question Casey about who is the father etc... and Cindy( as always when it came to Casey) just said let it go and just stay out of it. Lee, being fustrated with how his mother always handled things concerning Casey, ( just leave her alone) got upset and did just that and left things alone in anger/fustration with his parents.


AG   June 24th, 2011 2:50 pm ET

George might be the father of Cayle. This must be very emotional and sad for the entire family. Casey will tell the truth!! And for those that have never experince sexual abuse from relative etc, should limit your comments and insults. May God give strenght and courage to Casey.


AG   June 24th, 2011 2:51 pm ET

Lauren I am with u, I don't believe that she is guilty .


pam coen   June 24th, 2011 2:51 pm ET

During Cindy's testimony today by the prosecution, she mentioned the date Casey was arrested for check fraudCasey's . Does that mean the prosecution can now get Casey's check fraud convictions into evidence????


Kim Arnold   June 24th, 2011 2:57 pm ET

Casey's raw emotion regarding her brother's testimony finally cut through the methodical dysfunction she obviously has endured. My opinion based on personal knowledge, finally she can "feel" that someone is thinking of her and that breaks her down. This is only the beginning of what we will learn.


KimCretcher   June 24th, 2011 3:14 pm ET

Someone posted that Cindy overheard Casey tell George that Caylee had been missing for 31 days. She actually overheard Casey tell her brother Lee.


CARLENE   June 24th, 2011 3:18 pm ET

On Lee Anthony's comment: My husband and I had the same situation: a daughter pregnant and not married. I was angry, ashamed and did not acknowledge it until towards the end of her pregnancy. My husband denied it even more than I, but after the birth were ecstatic Also he is feeling such guilt now that he did not partici-pate in Caylee's birth and after and of course, having to deal with her death and his sister being held for murder. Anyone would be so overwhelmed by it all


sally   June 24th, 2011 3:31 pm ET

The Anthony family is really getting on my nerves,can they all go to jail or another planet please! I dont care who looked up what on the computer Casey killed her and and Casey got rid of her. Her parents should stop playing dumb tho they are and face the facts. Did she tattoo Casey too? Really weird family


Paige   June 24th, 2011 3:43 pm ET

Think about this, the average educational level of a juror is said to be around the 8th grade level. Think of the way we comprehended things in junior high? Baez may be off his rocker if believes the jury is gonna buy this story, but they don’t have to buy it, they just have to consider it a possibility and BOOM reasonable doubt! We as the public are receiving more information and opinions then the jury is subject to, so it is easy for us to say GUILTY. Don’t get me wrong I believe this woman had a strong hand in the death of her child but this little tale will be just enough to have her charged with a lesser offense. "Well I did tell all those lies! But this, this story, is true!!" Not buying it Casey you’re made your bed but unfortunately your defense team will help you out of it.


Toni   June 24th, 2011 3:44 pm ET

Jane, like you said ( Maybe both were looking up the same things for different reasons). I'm with you on this statement, maybe Cindy wanted to do something to George for cheating on her...


lou   June 24th, 2011 3:48 pm ET

If everyone wants the truth, and Caylee to get justice ,then they-the family-ALL need to come clean w/the truth and nothing but. IF and just IF incest is in play, maybe Casey was consenting. Too bad that innocent Caylee had to suffer the ultmate price of adult sin whether her death was by accident or otherwise.


igor stagano   June 24th, 2011 3:56 pm ET

No shoes and no diaper.Do you know when a person dies that person deficates what is in their bowels and bladder.When casey opened the trunk and found her daughter dead from an overdose she undressed her and threw away the clothes in a dumpster and got some shorts from goodwill which were too small. Brother Lee is in love with his sister and has been for many years,I think he was the one that had sex with her not her dad. She thought he was the father but she also had sex with a number of guys,some over the road truck drivers I have talked to in chicago have said they think she worked the night clubs in orlando as an escort and work for an outcall massage company. Mom confessed to the computer stuff and dad will breakdown and say she drowned in the pool or he make take the 5th and say nothing.I think she will get off with about 5 years lying to the cops and with time served she will be put on probation for a few years.Her lawyer and her will go to calif. and do the movie,there will be books written.The parents started the trademark for justice for caylee,that's the name of the movie,that's the talk in hollywood production circles. They will all ride off into the sunset and orlando will come back to normal,nancy grace and the rest will go back home and we will all wait for the next TRIAL OF THE CENTURY.


lisa   June 24th, 2011 3:59 pm ET

I agree with both Dawn and Lauren. I've never believed that Casey was guilty, I do however believe that George has something to do with it. AND maybe they didn't want Lee knowing about the pregnancy because they thought George was the father! Everyone acts like it's such a big deal that she stole a credit card from her mom, but really, how big of a deal is it? I was molested as a child (not by a family member) for years, so I can see and understand a lot of Casey's actions and reactions to alot of the things that happened and the things she did in those 31 day's, and if she was taught to lie from her dad to protect her dad (molestion) from an early age, maybe once the lie started it was to late to get out of it without getting George in alot of trouble! She was taught to keep his secrets so maybe she still is!


lou   June 24th, 2011 4:12 pm ET

As for more thought, IF she drown why would they not have called 911 for any chance, no matter how slim, for her revival? And WHY beyond WHY would someone NOT report a little person ,who is dependent upon adults for their needs, missing for 31 days?????????


Name*desertman1947   June 24th, 2011 4:28 pm ET

I am losing so much respect for this judge . He is so prosecution that I cannot see how she is getting a fair trial . I will be so surprised if this trial it's not over turned on appeal . The judge is acting like he is a part of the prosecution team.


Lynn McCaghren   June 24th, 2011 4:34 pm ET

SAD SAD SAD! The hate in so many of the posts I have been reading is almost visceral. I understand the sadness, heartbreaking and enraged feelings about the death of Caylee, as I also have daughters and grandchildren.

I want the TRUTH as to how Caylee died (purposely or accident), and see the befitting punishment for the individual(s) involved. To take the only targeted individual by the State, as no others were investigated, has only left one person to receive the brunt of public and media opinion.

The statements about how Cindy or any others not remembering things that happened almost three years ago is understandable. Can you remember every day events and exact time for a few months three years ago? Even those that have also suffered from a traumatic event in their lives have forgotten EXACTLY the time frames outside of the initial incident.

How fast those that had felt sympathy and empathy for Cindy turned against her and now rage or turn against her. I guess depending on which side you are with, defense or prosecution, most people will be against all those witnesses that do not fit into their selected domain. This leaves one very important area left during and at this time in the trial: the unprejudiced domain.


Carol   June 24th, 2011 4:46 pm ET

Cindy claims she was at home at times her work records show she was at work. Does Cindy have a cell phone? And, if so, what are here cell phone records showing as far as where it is pinging at those times?


Ted Seals   June 24th, 2011 5:01 pm ET

What is this suprise from Cindy Anthonthy trying to jump under the bus! I've been listening to almost the same testimony today as last week. Are we just starting over?


Ted Seals   June 24th, 2011 5:09 pm ET

If a comment is objected to and goes to a Fry Hearing, could it be eliminated from evidence even if it was true and had bearing on the outcome of the verdict?


Idonthaveaname   June 24th, 2011 5:39 pm ET

The fact that they are still trying to use this 'search' as evidence appalls me. Back in 1998 or even up until about 2006 this type of evidence I would consider valid; however in recent years with the addition of "Search Tags" and faster "AUTO SEARCH" or spell correct, something as trivial as "how to grow a cactus" can lead to a conviction when a cookie from Internet Explorer or a temp search string was sent into the temp folder (This is the file that these so called experts look through).
You search 'cactus' you get 'cannabis' all of a sudden you are facing conviction for drug charges. It's not a great example but you get the picture, and I hope someone points out that what you search isn't always saved the way you think it is. The only true way to know what someone typed is a key logger.


Greg   June 24th, 2011 5:42 pm ET

OMG. Did anyone really believe anything that came out of the mothers mouth. Or for that matter the brother. This is the defense grasping at straws to salvage a case they know they lost. My dog was tired so I googled chlorophyll. Oh come on. And her brother lived 10ft from his sister and never knew she was pregnant. He didn't notice the baby furniture being brought in? Well now we know where Casey learned to lie from. It seems to run in the family.


nancy   June 24th, 2011 5:53 pm ET

If that baby drowned, and the family loved her so much, why did they not do the right thing and report it. She was thrown in a swamp for animals to devour. What mother would not want to give her baby a decent place to be buried. I have the greatest fear that she will get away with this. And I do believe her family is covering for her.


Pam   June 24th, 2011 5:59 pm ET

I am SICK of the Anthony family – all of them!! Do any of them want justice for the precious angel Casey took from them? I understand Casey if their daughter/sister but Caylee was just a baby and was at her Mothers mercy. I have ZERO mercy for Casey Anthony. Baby killer!!!


Debbie   June 24th, 2011 6:10 pm ET

Anyone could produce pictures of a 2-year old getting in a pool. So Casey can just make up a story that the baby accidentally drown in the pool, and these pictures are supposed to make us believe it. I hope the jury is not that stupid. I feel that even the media isbeginning to lose track of common sense and reason. This woman was responsible for the death of her child, plain and simple. Her behavior says it all, and let's not forget that. She was not out partying because her father sexually abused her, she was not telling lie on top of lie because her father abused her. She is responsible for Caylee's death. For the sake of an innocent little child.......let's not forget that!!!!


Sharon   June 24th, 2011 6:25 pm ET

Yesterday the bottom dropped out after Cindy testified. After feeling compassion for the poor woman, feelings of anger surfaced. Why would anyone embellish the truth to save their child? It's true, the Anthony family is very dysfunctional choosing to live in denial. I don't know if they could recognize the truth if it hit them square in the face. Casey's parents saw a troubled youth while growing up and chose to ignore the problems. During Cindy's testimony while she recanted all of Casey's stories (made up of course) she spoke in the present tense. At one point she said her daughter had never given her any reason to doubt the stories. Are you kidding? Red flags everywhere and Cindy just plods along. I'd like to ask Cindy how many nights Casey was not in her bed? I would bet she was sleeping around a lot which became more important than caring for her daughter. My guess is Cindy would have just shut her eyes to what was going on. As long as Cindy had everything under control, it was status quo. Never mind her daughter was a thief, liar and murderess. How do you deny your daughter was not working for two years? Cindy had it all under her control, she paid for everything. She raised Caylee and Casey did whatever she chose to do. Is it any wonder this woman lies to save her daughter now? The apple doesn't fall from from the tree. How sad for little Caylee, Grandma sure isn't there for her now.


Odette   June 24th, 2011 6:44 pm ET

Cindy testified that she searched on the computer for chlorophyll and sites for cholorform came up. I would guess that she probably would have researched cholorphyll or choloform a couple of times while trying to find out if something her dog was eating was making it sick. Wasn't it said that there were about 84 hits on the computer for cholorform? Are we to assume that Cindy researched 84 times for an answer to her dog's problem?


Larry Williams   June 24th, 2011 7:26 pm ET

Diana – if it is "natural", as you say, for a mother to protect her children, then why was Caylee murdered? Why did Andrea Yates drown her five children? Why have mothers been convicted of microwaving their children to death? On and on and on ad nauseum. You are making a general statement that has no basis in truth. That mothers are "natural" protectors of their children is no more true than most other urban legends. There has been a taboo in the past to expose women who murder because it goes against the conventional wisdom (that is wrong) of women as nurturers, therefore society has not been prepared to confront such brutal female behavior. About the only good I see from feminists' radical rhetoric the past 40 years is the reaction of people who are now more willing to bring more women to justice for their crimes. This is a case in point. My personal desire is Caylee's murdereress be sentenced to die for her crime.


David Minnich   June 24th, 2011 7:51 pm ET

The whole behavior of Casey does not match the profile of a premeditated murder. When people kill a family member to "get rid of them", they do it in one of two ways. The first way is to make it look like an accident; in this case, Casey could have simply put Caylee in the pool and easily drowned her, then called 911 about the "accident". The second way is to kill the person more directly, but secret away the body in such a way that it cannot be found; they don't drive around with a body in their car for days, throw the body 15 houses away, and never clean out the car. Possibly Casey was thinking of killing Caylee (hence the computer searches), but she killed her accidentally, and her family panicked and the whole thing spun out of control. Frankly, chaos is the best word for Casey's (and her family's) behavior, and this does not fit a premeditated murder. It is more likely manslaughter couple with obstruction of justice, which will still put Casey in prison for a long time.


regina   June 24th, 2011 8:21 pm ET

?????? why would the grandmother follow her grand daughter into the pool. If Caylee could climbed the latter by herself wouldn't and shouldn't her grandmother get into the pool first. Someone please measure the steps on the ladder. That first step is way to high for the child to climb by herself.


Joe Average   June 24th, 2011 10:03 pm ET

Cindy Anthony's lies spilts on the grave of Caylee. Real good Grandma show the spirt of the of little Caylee just how much you really cared for her. Cover for the whore that took her life. Cindy is now just as guilty in the death of the poor baby as her "mother" is. Shame on you Cindy Anthony you dishonor Caylee's memory. Next time you or Casey put on the crocodile tears you may want to practice having your chins quiver, neither of you have shown that and it is a sure way to tell if someone is truely crying. May you go to Hell and have to experience the same fear the poor baby did when she was chloroformed, duct taped and locked in the trunk. On the subject of chlorophyll in a Google search, does no one know Google logs every search term daily? Has anyone checked what was looked up prior to that search and after it? My money says everything done points to Casey. Whether it be "Shot Girls" or whatever if everything ties back to things happening in Casey's lfe all it takes is to show that the things looked up or pages visited have no connection to Cindy. Look at the whole days events on the computer, Being a "hacker" myself that info is avail. on her computer. She is not smart enough to have "scrubbed" her tracks. Nothing is ever deleted. There are many places on a computer where the search/internet history can be found. Recuva, Glary's, Cclean, etc all can display just what else was done on the computer that day. Give me 5 mins. and I can tell you so much about how well your computer keeps tabs on your activities. Matter of fact most 8yr olds can do so also.


Aunt Lind   June 24th, 2011 10:38 pm ET

Casey’s bazaar behavior did come from something! Who is Cindy’s bRother? MAYBE
someone else in the family molested BOTH kids & that’s.. the.. “SECRET.” ??
[Lee couldn’t have made a forever promise to a 3yr old. They don’t comprehend!]

Casey’s bazaar… but she’s not a Murderer. She’s wearing a Shield!
Cindy probably started the Father’s Day argument. Casey’s body language says, “Mom, you’re the blame; if you wouldn’t have pissed me off, we wouldn’t be here!”

I have Faith in Ashton & Baez’s Expertise for the TRUTH 2 PREVAIL!


Kelli   June 24th, 2011 11:03 pm ET

Sad..Sad..Sad, all the way around =( It us unfortunate to see a familys' life played out in an intrinistic judicial areana. There is someone that violated this young child and that someone deserves the hands of justice.


Margaret   June 24th, 2011 11:30 pm ET

If the dog story is true, why aren't there searches for bamboo toxicity, dog poisoning, etc.?


meadows   June 24th, 2011 11:35 pm ET

susan made a very good point here:
Also, I thought that Casey was supposedly working at Universal during March computer searches. How can Cindy and Casey both use the computer when Cindy was not aware that Casey was not working at the time?

Also, how stupid is cindy's story about looking up acetone, peroxide, alcohol, hand sanitizer,etc. out of fear of the substances being a danger to Caylee. Anyone with half of a brain cell would know to keep these things, among so many others, such as comet, mr. clean, tabasco sauce, fabuloso, drano, vodka, transmission fluid, etc. out of the reach of a child. DUH....


Michael   June 25th, 2011 6:51 am ET

Jack, George is not being charged with a crime and for that reason he cannot claim a 5th amendment right to refuse to answer on the grounds that he might incriminate himself.


Michael   June 25th, 2011 6:56 am ET

I think suborning perjury is a legal term meaning that a lawyer puts a witness on the stand and solicits testimony that the lawyer/attorney knows is false. A witness can give perjured testimony.


anita brown   June 25th, 2011 7:20 am ET

casey got mad at mom,also was jealouse of caylee,an showed her mom,that she was boss of caylee.those cloths were in backpath,for months.the picture of casey an caylee sitting on couch at boyfriends,was the day of death.I believe that lees secret is,he helped casey to bury caylee.In jail,casey said-surprise;to cindy telling her they were trying to say death was due to drowning.the picture of caylee at sideing doors,does not show face,the hair is short,an its way to big to be a three yr.old.I believe its another child,at a differn place.Old cindy took notes all tru trail,an came back an told differn story.that devil casey is going to walk,an probly kill the rest of her family.


Redbull02   June 25th, 2011 7:57 am ET

My biggest question in this new development is: why are these people falling on their swords for Crazy, er I mean Casey? Trying to save her from the death penalty? Oh, PUH-LEEEEEZE. Who saved poor little innocent Caylee from the death penalty? The mom & brother are trying to look good in the media by not putting themselves on the same level as the lying, murderous dodo, that's all. Trying to show their compassion and love. That they are above all that hate & revenge stuff. GAWD! The whole bunch of them are nuts. What a three-ringer their family home life must be.


Tia   June 25th, 2011 8:28 am ET

What are the chances Cindy was looking up chlorophyll and a recent search for chloroform was in the computers memory and popped up.
Quite a coincidence but possible.


Michael   June 25th, 2011 8:47 am ET

Cindy is an RN so if we believe that she didn't know Casey was pregnant then that would mean Caylee may have not gotten pre-natal care and if she did who paid for it and when? Cindy mentioned Caylee's due date. How did she know that? In the picture that was shown to Cindy by Jose Baez Casey was said to be 7 months pregnant and showing, Cindy denied knowing that she was pregnant in that picture. The testimony about the planned baby shower was that it had to be postponed because Caylee was born early. so at 7 months she didn't know but in the next two months she planned a baby shower, did all the shopping, decorated the room etc. Was Lee shut out because he may have suspected who the father was? Casey allegedly wanted to let a friend adopt Caylee, she didn't need her parents permission but the father would have had parental rights. If that happened Cindy would not have had exclusive rights or control of Casey and Caylee beyond Casey's friend adopting Caylee. So did Cindy make a deal with the devil? Why would Casey need to live at home if she had a job and a nanny?
That was for Cindy's benefit so she could have unfettered access to Caylee. I think Casey resented being controlled like that and forced to keep Caylee.
I have a hard time believing she didn't know Casey was pregnant sooner than she has testified too. So all these secrets that Baez is trying to use to further the defense of sexual abuse and what happened is more like a Casey and Cindy fabrication which has nothing to do with the true facts of this case.


Bert   June 25th, 2011 9:46 am ET

She said she searched for chorloform but I doubt it. She is covering for her daughter. Although some think thats OK I don't. It can possibly get her in trouble after the trial. Also she said she did not search for "How to make Chloroform" and there was a search for that. Why is that not addressed. She also said she did not delete anything ,but why were there 84 deletions for the searches. I doubt that the Jury is buying this.


Baby Doll   June 25th, 2011 9:56 am ET

I agree with you Lauren, I do not think Casey is guilty of murder, just of not telling the truth of how she died. She deserves a fair trial but will NEVER get it because everyone has already judged her and wants her to be guilty and given a death sentence. They would see this all differently if anything like this happened to their family. Even if Cindy is protecting her daughter give her a break who of us would not do the same thing to protect our daughters, I would do anything and everything to always protect my daughter if I needed too. I also feel it is very unfair the way Casey's Att.Baez has been called names like BOZO and etc. He may not have the years of experience the other Att has but is giving this case his all. There was a time when Att. Ashton did not have any experience also. I do not care for Att. Ashton but am not going to call him names. I feel the news media cause a lot of problems by slanting things against Casey and not believing we are ALWAYS to be called innocent until PROVEN guilty.


SASL   June 25th, 2011 9:57 am ET

I think Casey purposely gave little Caley chloroform to put her to sleep so she could party. She gave her too much-afraid to admit what she had done then created the nanny story. That didnt pan out so now drowning is pulled out of the hat. Cindy is recanting her original statements and now lying to keep Casey from death sentence.


Anna   June 25th, 2011 10:20 am ET

I am so over the top tired of Cindy and Lee lying through their teeth. Cindy said since she changed her medication back in 2009 and then again in 2010 her memory has been coming back. First of all, what a crock! Secondly, how does that effect her memory from 5 weeks ago when she testified for the Prosecution and to yesterday when she lied for the duh-fense.


lois adkins   June 25th, 2011 10:36 am ET

well i do not believe all the pictures that bias intered into evidence yesterday.i have a grand son that is that same age as caylee was at the time she was wearing tennis shoes and opening the sliding patio doors .This could not of been a picture of caylee.. that is at least a5 yr old in that picture! My grandson is also the same age as she was at the time and also is on the high end of the growth chart.i put him up to my sliding glass door and told him to reach up and open it.Not only is he way shorter than the girl in picture.he couldnt even get his hand on the sliding door in the place as she did let alone open door! AND by the way u do know cindy is babysitting a girl that same age at her home and looks just like this girl shown it picture. this is a fake picture all the other pictures was calee but not the on at door .Put all pictures side by side and look at arms and legs dont measure up.


trialwatcher   June 25th, 2011 11:06 am ET

I couldn't help but notice that Casey's crying and wiping tears was a mirror image of her mother's crying and wiping tears on the stand. Casey's tissue was no where in sight, no dabbing at the inner corners of her eyes, just a total mimicry of her mother's inward to outward wiping motions under each eye, flick away tears, look at hand then proceed to wipe inner to outer all over again. Mother did give a moist sniffle once in a while, but I didn't observe Casey do that. Casey is such a riddle. I look and Look but cannot understand what I am seeing,.


Sue Germain   June 25th, 2011 11:18 am ET

I think there is plea deal in the works because the prosecution realizes that the defense has put a big hole in their case or maybe the prosecution has gotten word that George Anthony will plead the 5th when questioned by Baez about the drowning and the sexual abuse. Even if the prosecution puts on a rebuttal case to remind the jury of the forsenic evidence, the defense can put on a re-rebuttal case to contradict the prosecution.


Debi129   June 25th, 2011 11:56 am ET

While it seems you never read these..today I will add my opinion..Sidebar to start....Mason talks..Baez steps back...then forward...then both step back...then Linda Burdick puts her hands in a totally new position for her...Aston, shakes his head in disbelief....Casey goes into chambers with her attorneys..20 minutes or so..then all attorney's with Casey....did Casey want to confess after seeing brother Lee yesterday and knowing she was throwing her family to the dogs? Is this possible, I believe it is....IMO this has nothing to do with anyone but Casey and her defense team or why would she be in chambers?


caith   June 25th, 2011 12:01 pm ET

The longer the trial goes on and the jurors are sequestered, the more time the jurors will have to think – and will come to a logical decision, instead of a knee jerk conclusion – which does not bode well for the defense. Also, they could hold it against the defense for all this dragging out of the trial.


judy lowe   June 25th, 2011 12:54 pm ET

From what I understand,Casey tried to pass off Caylee as her then boyfriend's-Jesse Grund-baby.Jesse had a paternity test done AFTER the birth that said he wasn't the dad but he loved little Caylee like she was his own.That's when Casey pulled away from him. Her problem is JEALOUSY over the affection took AWAY from her & lavished on the baby.


Debby   June 25th, 2011 12:57 pm ET

Regarding the size 24 month shorts-everyone knows that children wear several different sizes. I believe the shorts actually fit Caylee if she was not wearing a diaper–during potty training. And, the combo name of " Cay Lee"-sure sounds like Cindy named the child.


joan kamen   June 25th, 2011 1:04 pm ET

It is possible that both Cindy and Casey used the same website.

Some of the searches seem they were looked up a person who

had medical knowledge such as Cindy. Ruptured spleen, head trauma

and internal bleeding do not seem like things that Casey would be

looking up.

Joan


andrea   June 25th, 2011 1:18 pm ET

I'm just curious after hearing Cindy's testimony yesturday. I believe there was diaper remenents found, didn't Cindy say they would usually put a pull up on her whenever they went somewhere? Also, didn't Cindy swear she took the pool ladder down the day before? If that was the case, and Casey put the pool ladder up the following day for Caylee to swim and was left unsupervised, why wasn't Caylees body found in a bathing suit. I believe it was either staged or she intentionally left it up for her to drown...if she really drowned...Either way, how can one ever believe someone who constantly lies and cares only about herself.


Nanjan   June 25th, 2011 1:40 pm ET

If you believe Cindy's testimony, I have a bridge for sale in San Francisco for $1.00

Get real folks, cindy is a liar just like her daughter. she has shifted from her performance on the witness stand of crying her eyes out to "I looked up chloroform because of my dogs" That is BS and is so stupid. Cindy thinks she is the smartest person in the world and so does her daughter, they are two peas in a pod.

During her emotional testimony I reminded myself of the mean spirited, combative and lying cindy anthony. I am not saying her emotions were not genuine, I am saying anything that comes out of that womans mouth has to be considered with a grain of salt.

If casey gets away with murder, please do not purchase any books or watch any movie as casey is already counting up the money she can get over her fame. Hollywood MUST GIVE CAYLEE JUSTICE and giving the anthony family a dime is not justice for caylee.


Janet   June 25th, 2011 1:54 pm ET

I hope the postponement of court today is due to Jeff Ashton seeking perjury charges against Cindy (she who must be obeyed) and Lee.

Casey was the last person with Caylee!!!
The child is dead!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The body was hidden!!!!!!!!!!

What else is needed to give Casey the death penalty? Anything other than the death penalty will NOT BE JUSTICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Miss Cindy will have to learn her daughter is not special and above the law. MaMa cannot get her out of this one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Elizabeth   June 25th, 2011 2:42 pm ET

What about those phone conversations that were taped? Would love to know about those. George Anthony tried to commit suicide, innocent people don't try to kill themselves.


Debbi W   June 25th, 2011 3:46 pm ET

While questioning the person who was responsible for the computer searches done about, at the end of cross by the prosecution, they asked about the amount of time after the search did someone log into MySpace, and he said 20 seconds after one of the chloroform searches. Why didn't the state push this further? If they are trying to prove that Cindy didn't do the searches, couldn't they look at the other sites that were visited within that time frame? It seems that if someone logged onto MySpace within 20 seconds of the chloroform search, and Cindy didn't have a MySpace acct. at that time, wouldn't that help prove that Casey was the one on the computer? Also, why can't (or didn't) the state get the records from Cindy's work computer for those dates to prove that she was or wasn't at work on those dates and times?


Shirley   June 25th, 2011 3:59 pm ET

Vinnie – Cindy said she looked up chloroform because one of her "dogs" was acting very sleepy and she was looking to find a reason with plants etc. I heard there could be a possibility that Casey was
"practicing" on the dog! As first I was shocked to think of this but . . .
animal experimentation has been going on for a long time. What do
you think of this??? It's beginning to make a lot of sense to me.
Maybe inadvertently Cindy has spilled some beans . . . .


starla   June 25th, 2011 4:26 pm ET

I am so sickened by this whole thing. Why doesn't the lame brain Casey just tell what happened. You know, chances are that even if she did tell the truth, no one would believe her anyway . Also, mom lying on the stand just goes to show how easy lying is for that bunch. And Lee was only crying from all the stress, and it is bs how he felt so "left out" about the pregnancy. What a crock that was. He has good reason to cry, not to make up a bunch of lies about why. Casey is really enjoying this attention. She makes me sick to my stomach just looking at her homely face sitting there and enjoying the lime light. Anyway, I have so much more to say, and all it does is frustrate me.


Trish   June 25th, 2011 5:47 pm ET

I totally thought about Caylee's name yesterday Casey+Lee = Caylee. That family has some deep rooted hidden creepy secrets and they will do anything to keep the dirt from coming out. Looking at Lee's testimony yesterday and the baby has Lee's eyes. Could be just a family thing IDK. But I think another DNA test is warranted for both brother and father. Why would a brother be soooooo upset over not being included in his sister's pregnancy??? Why wouldn't his parents want him at the hospital? Why would they try to keep brother and sister apart? Something happened between the two of them and it came out to the parents during her pregancy I'm betting.

I keep thinking maybe it was an accident but then I get pulled back thinking but why dump the body, what loving family who truly loves their child and grandaughter would dump the body? You couldn't, you call 911 your in AGONY over losing your child. Why go to your boyfriends house that night and have sex with him, why party day after day, knowing that precious angel died in the family pool.. OMG every parent thinks about what would happen if you lost your child, just thinking about it,, it gives you an immediate gut renching sadness and dispair and nothing has even happened and you pray to GOD nothing ever will because you don't think you could go on.


Trish   June 25th, 2011 5:52 pm ET

One more thing!!!!

Cindy is truly one of those parents who believe her kids could never to wrong. The not my kid theory.

They lie to get their kids out of the hot seat, they blame everyone else but the trouble maker (her kid) I bet Cindy has been doing it since Casey was a kid.

WAKE UP CINDY! It's time to become a Parent and do the right thing by your granddaugther. She is is counting on YOU.


sage   June 25th, 2011 7:11 pm ET

When is it ok to lie under oath.

Is this the new standard, we should all feel sorry for grandma, and dismiss her disregard for law, and justice.

hell no if she perjuried herself in a capital murder case. She should be prosecuted.


Barbara   June 25th, 2011 8:11 pm ET

The child was not going up the ladder alone. Cindy was clutching her and one photo shows Caylee pushing back against and also holding on to the rail.
Wasn't she too old to be wearing diapers?
Cindy lies i think. After all, she says she leaves work without clocking out.Stealing her employers time.


Terri   June 25th, 2011 8:58 pm ET

I can't wait until the State comes back with PROOF that Cindy was at work during the chlorophyll/chloroform internet searches. I also hope she is charged with perjury. Cindy seems to spout lies as well as the truth i.e. "it smells like there's been a dead body in the damm car" vs. food left in the trunk "you know how hot it's been". It's not hard to see the apple doesn't fall far from the tree in the mother/daughter pathology.
I don't believe that someone made the comment that she didn;t think Casey was guilty. sheesh


Terri   June 25th, 2011 9:03 pm ET

When I watch that puffed up banty rooster Jose Baez, I can't help thinking of the expression "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with B.S." That is the epitome of Baez.


Linda   June 25th, 2011 9:07 pm ET

If the Anthony's really want justice for Caylee then I think they should all be put in one jail cell together until one of them confesses. Little Caylee was in the care of this family and they let her down-one of them is guilty of her death. Also, the picture of her by the sliding glass door does not look like Caylee. I would like to know if those shoes and dress and head wear were in her closet. Big shoes for a toddler! Also, did anyone notice how mad Casey got at one of her lawyers (I think Mason). She glared at him and whatever she said-she was mad. RIP sweet little Caylee.


Betty   June 25th, 2011 9:38 pm ET

I do not think that Cindy,Casey, or Lee loved Caylee. Obviously, Cindy lied on witness stand on Thursday and Friday. I think her tears during her prosecution testimony were not for Caylee but Casey. I hope the Anthony family does not profit from Caylee's murder. Please no book or movie deals for that pathetic family. Little Caylee never had a chance.


John   June 25th, 2011 11:07 pm ET

Cindy Anthony should go to jail with her daughter, she has now stopped fighting for Caylee. If this little girl drowned, why no 911 call ? Why did she make up a story about a nanny and didn't report her missing for 31 days ? Why the happy dancing and partying if your daughter just drowned ? Why drive around with Caylee decomposing in the trunk ? Why the high doses of chloroform ? Duct Tape ? Why bag her body and throw her in the woods around the corner from their house ?

Because she didn't drown !! She was drugged because her mother wanted to party and Caylee was in the way. She didn;t know what to do with the body and then dumped her. Casey and her mother should both rot in jail.


don addison   June 26th, 2011 12:41 am ET

I think that this is a very tragic case and "The Truth" will prevail sooner or later...Thanks to Jeff Ashton lead PROSECUTOR will serve JUSTUS and speak for that beautiful baby Caylee


kelly   June 26th, 2011 7:55 am ET

i think that everyone is not giving this jury credit. first of all i think anyone in this families position will know that of course they are trying to save their daughters life, they already lost a beautiful little girl, and right now their world is an open book. my thought is if her defense is going with this families secrets and disfunction and trying to explain why casey acted the way she did after her daughters "accident" where are the mental health experts. i am sure that this jury will or may have already thought of that.


Bobbie Walker   June 26th, 2011 10:36 am ET

Cindy said that she was doing the searches for chloroform because her dogs were acting sleepy & lethargic. I also have two dogs that have gotten into things that are dangerous. I have done computer searches for them as well. My questions are: Did she call her vet? Did she go to any sites on her computer specifically for dog or animal medical questions? I certainly would have called my vet. I certainly would have looked at the various medical sights that are readily available. They even list the various plants and what to expect if your animal consumes them. My dogs are important to me and I expect they are to her as well. If she did not do these things, I would question whether there is any truth in what she said. My dog's lives are too important to me and they are only mutts.


suzan   June 26th, 2011 2:38 pm ET

aloha- i hope that this district attorney will file charges against cindy anthony for fibbbing forthis long when cindy was talking to the orange county sheriff and the districat attorney right before trail had strated when cindy was on her home computer. cindy did ruin this trail in fornt of this jury and judge perry jr and casey and george and lee and all of the lawyers. cindy should had told the truth from the begging and not covering up for her daughter casey at all. 2- i do not bleame on lee for what he said that he was not inloved in his neice caylee life before caylee was born and aftercaylee was born till she was killed. it is sad that lee will never be part of his family life after this trial is all over. and yes lee does not sit w/ his parent's in the courtroom 6 days a week at all too during this trail.


Karen   June 26th, 2011 9:47 pm ET

I am shocked by Cindys' testimony on the stand, I really thought they stated they wanted the truth but all they do is lie to protect their evil daughter. How can they live with themselves?


Joe Lee   June 27th, 2011 6:45 am ET

I cant believe people having Sympathy for Cindy Anthony when she is trying to cover up her daughters cold blooded murder of her Innocent grand child. She is obviously lieing and you can almost see Jose Biaz mouthing the lies before she says them. This is a travesty and I can see how Casey Anthony became the heartless monster that she is. When I see her crying all I can see is her getting her tattoo the day after she killed her baby. A tattoo that says "Good Life" by the way. She deserves no mercy. Whats wrong with people when they can lose focus so easily and feel sorry for Cindy Anythony trying to get this BABY killer off......


smk   June 27th, 2011 9:00 am ET

The entire family is in need of medical help. I feel that the reason Casey is the way she is was created by the parents always covering for her. Cindy is in charge @ this house and she runs the show. This is a disaster that has been building for YEARS. And NOW, Caylee has payed the ultimate price. All of the tears and smoke screen is to play to the jury. If the goal is to get justice for Caylee, telling lies and covering for Casey NOW is a crime. And if it can be proven by these family members, than they should be punished with jail time also.
The prosecution needs to keep the family members OFF the stand as much as possible, all your going to get is LIES!


stacey roberson mathews   June 27th, 2011 11:07 am ET

i have followed this case from the very beginning. Im speechless at the shotty police work and the inconsistancies that are coming to light. First of all when a child goes missing you look at all family members before zoning in on just one person. I admit that Casey has some real extreme issues that none of us will ever understand, but keep in mind we as humans are not born this way. Our minds are fragile and through behavior seen and things done to us result in the way our brain begins to think. With that said, Im beginning to think that this family is more twisted than "The Munsters". But wait thats what her father and mother are becoming in my eyes. Something sadistic happened to Casey, fear and years of mental and physical abuse can make someone do very bad things. Im asking the police department to explain why they didnt search Cindy and Georges cars and do the same test that were performed on Casey's car. Cindy and George have something that they are hiding and i think thats what son Lee overheard and told the defense. May the Lord bless this family and show them the light...........


Billie   June 27th, 2011 11:39 am ET

Where is the female attorney, with the funky looking hair that has been there through the trial? Today there is someone else at Casey's side.


Andrea   June 27th, 2011 12:43 pm ET

They should pull both Cindy and Casey's video where they both admit that they will LIE to supposedly get at the truth...


dianna   June 27th, 2011 12:56 pm ET

The competency hearing may be due to Casey finally displaying a guilty conscience, hence an emotional break after seeing what she is doing to her family.


Diane Jones   June 27th, 2011 12:57 pm ET

I can't believe no one can figure out why the defense asked for a hearing. Casey wanted to testify on the stand with a new theory –like "My Mom did it"


Gayle   June 27th, 2011 3:02 pm ET

How many more witnesses are scheduled for the defense? Every scientist has their own opinion and that is a fact.

Baez should reimburse the state for some of the expenses that began like a circus.


Andrea   June 27th, 2011 6:43 pm ET

Don't they prepare their wtnesses????


nanci   June 27th, 2011 8:45 pm ET

casey was planning this mystery like how she had that fake job for over two years, I believe she killed the child because she wanted to go out partying, but things got out of hand so she told lies to cover it up, she was lying for years, but now the lies had to get bigger. I hope she pay for it though and suffer, because she only thinks about herself, in jail she said she have no one to comfort her, well guess what caylee had no one to comfort her either , when you dumped her body in the mud. You have to pay for your sins in a really big way, because caylee now is an angel and is going to demand payment for you cutting her life so short.


nanci   June 27th, 2011 8:50 pm ET

casey cant go on the stand because her lawyers told the jury that casey is a liar, so how people expect to have her on the stand, we dont want to hear more lies, the taxpayers gotta pay all that money to hear a liar? I think when she is sentenced then she is going to tell the truth of what happen, only thing no one is going to believe her cause she is a liar. I agree with the prosecution, I saw casey looking at the prosecutor woman and rolling her eyes, but casey can roll her eyes all she want, the prosecutors job is to put you in jail for decades even if they dont get the death penalty.


joyce   June 28th, 2011 8:12 pm ET

Casey learned to lie, control situations and people from her Mom. Look at how Cindy would try to get in front of the cameras and push George into the background. She loves the attention. I really hate that Cindy lost her grandchild but when she raised her right hand and swore to tell the truth....that is what she should have done. If no charges are brought against her she will lie and lie throughout this entire trial. Watch for her book to come out soon. She isn't taking all those notes for nothing.


Joseph Lewis   June 29th, 2011 5:34 pm ET

I feel this was a accidedent and the family is covering it up and it's getting out of control now.Joseph lewis


Fairy   June 30th, 2011 11:05 am ET

June 30. What judge just did, he erased K. Halloway's testimony. What a pretender:" It can be used only to see if George Anthony lied..." After he uttered the other two prohibitions, that removes meaning from the first sentence , which " as if" allows jury to use her testimony to impeach George. Ha! And this is the judge? I can't believe my ears!


lynn   June 30th, 2011 12:59 pm ET

I guess Casey borrowed neighbors shovel to bury Caylee like they did for all those dead pets. But the ground was too hard with bamboo


cheryl   July 1st, 2011 10:33 am ET

well I think that krystal is telling a story. i dont think she is telling the truth u can see money in her eye, that all she want .she will sell her stroy again but this time for more money. as far as casey NEED TOO SEND REST OF HER LIFE IN JAIL""""""""""' AM SO SORRY FOR CINDY NO CAYEE ANYMORE.THAT REAL SAD.


catherine   July 1st, 2011 10:35 am ET

After bringing out all the dead animals of the this family, I now wonder if Casey was one of those kids who killed animals, after all it was a pet cemetary of Casey and a friend where Calylee's remains were found.
I think that Casey was their bad seed child and never got her help.


larry   July 1st, 2011 10:38 am ET

I think the same thing, Something happened unintentionally and it is way out of control. Everyone in this family seems to be lying


Carolyn Hollister   July 1st, 2011 11:57 am ET

Who cares if George had an affair. That had nothing to do with the baby. It's his word against hers. I think she is just trying to get her 15 mins. of fame, so later on she can write a book and make money off this.


Baby Doll   July 1st, 2011 12:39 pm ET

Since Casey lies about everything and we are not sure how this death occured and will most likely never know, you can see how she learned to lie with a dad like George. I do not believe anything he say's and am not convinced he did not do something that caused him to try and kill himself out of guilt. I believe the woman he had the affair with not him. He just wants to come off as this good up-standing citizen and her as something much less. I think George is also guilty of lieing among many other things and he also raised his hand to tell the truth and then lied to make himself look good. I'm sure he has asked for forgiveness for his part in all this,as he carries a bible with him to court everyday.


Mike G   July 1st, 2011 12:51 pm ET

In reference to the text George Anthony sent. Its obv to me he is replying to the "mistress" im curious to see the text she sent to him previous to the text in question.


terry   July 1st, 2011 1:27 pm ET

I was disappointed about the interview with the allegedly "mistress". She went looking for George to have an affair. She lured him to make money. I will bet this is not her first time seducing men. How unnatural is it to take advantage of a man in such distress.


Dea   July 1st, 2011 1:29 pm ET

Read all of the garbage posts on this site. The truth can hurt and that is why Casey hasn't told it. You all are reading too many secrets into everything. Truth, Casey got pregnant out of wedlock. Truth, family was embarrassed and did not mention it until it couldn't be hidden any longer. Truth, Lee thought she should give it up for adoption and find out who the father was for his financial support. Cindy told him it was not his decision to make and to stay out of it. George was upset because his family was raised and now he had a little one to support.
Adoption was not talked about in front of Cindy. Casey caused alot of arguments about that time and she and her mother had more than one fight about how she took care of Caylee. The defence mentions all of the family sinister secrets. I submit that Casey is the one with a secret. As one who has lost a child, I can tell you that the deep sadness and emptiness and helplessness that you feel is very real. I can tell you that the what ifs go on for a very long time. If I had only been there, if I had only known. If I had only tried harder. If had gotten there sooner or done things differently. AND the thought of going to be with them, to comfort them, to hold them does indeed cross ones mind when they are feeling so helpless. I cry as I type this, for my loss and for Caylee. I see nothing of myself in Casey. She knows not the bond between a mother and child. She knows not how it feels to be
Daddy's little girl. She is not capable of feeling anything except for herself. She will never learn this emotion. It is there or it isn't. Some people are just bad people. She is one of them and she carries the secret.


Sue Bomm   July 1st, 2011 1:33 pm ET

If they used Georges years in the law for the smell of decomp, why has no one checked to see how many times he was a witness during his law years, making it easier for him to testify, since he might have been a witness many times.


Ricardo DeJesus   July 1st, 2011 2:42 pm ET

I am sorry I feel no pitty for Cassey, being a parent myself i would call 911 because I want to give a chance surive the drown if it is so. The defense is treating all of the wittnesses as if they are the quilty ones.


Ten   July 1st, 2011 3:36 pm ET

Hey ya'll – The nanny is premeditated murder – not just the chloroform – she made up the nanny 2 years before as part of her plan and excuse that Caylee would go missing. She decided to blame this imaginary person for the disappearance of her daughter and she told everyone that Caylee was taken by the nanny (there was never a nanny and Caylee wasn't taken by anyone ) the nanny was part of her perfect plan – This girl is sick, sick, sick!


Annie   July 1st, 2011 3:46 pm ET

I just heard Sunny Hostin state that the jury will forgive the mother for lying about doing researches for chloroform because she doesn't want to lose her daugher. I would respectfully disagree with that assertion. Her mother swore to tell the truth and obviously lied any. This is why her daughter is in the position she is in because lying was acceptable. There are consequences for lying in a court of lawand Cindy Anthony should be ashamed for perjuring herself regardless of the reason. Truth is truth and should never be acceptable in a court of law as a "feel sorry for the mother" statement of defense. A little girl is dead because of lies. Caylee is the one you should feel sorry for.


Ten   July 1st, 2011 3:51 pm ET

The judge has been completely fair! Jose Baez did the best with what he had, which is trying to build a case on the pack of lies that Casey told him – even He doesn't know the truth! He did the best he could. The truth is on the prosecution's side and it comes rising to the top as in every case, lady justice makes her own way with the facts, not emotion. Jose didn't want the rebuttals, but that is the law! proving beyond a reasonable doubt is a lot harder than putting just a glimmer of doubt to throw the case, and the prosecution has the truth – how can Jose possibly build a case on the lies she told him? She gave him nothing, this whole theory was hers, because she thinks she is smarter than everyone else and a better liar. Casey is finding out she isn't so smart.


Carole M   July 1st, 2011 4:17 pm ET

So you lie under oath....and you get off the hook because you want to save your daughter from the death penalty......HELLO, since when does that give a person a free pass to break the law....didn't know there were exceptions to the rule of law on perjury!


Lynn Gillis   July 2nd, 2011 11:19 am ET

I think that the prosecution needs to stress the fact that Casey borrowed a shovel (after BACKING her car into her garage). She told the neighbor it was to dig up the bamboo plants in her backyard so that Caylee (who she knew WAS dead) couldn't step on them....for what reason would she borrow a shovel, unless her dead daughter was laying near her playhouse until Casey burried her. The testimony from the neighbor seems to be lost among all of the other evidence. Caylee was at the age where she could finally speak & tell "Mommy" that she didn't want to go with her and could also tell the Grandparents about where she was (or wasn't) being taken while she partied. Once her child could cause MORE friction between Casey & her parents....it was time to go. I hope she's convicted!!!


Patricia   July 2nd, 2011 2:47 pm ET

This has been a trial of lies. After all this time, we still know very little about this family or what happened to Caylee. This slippery family has practiced their roles for a very long time; they displayed a story of woe that likely begins before Casey or Caylee was ever born. I have no idea what the jury will do with all the lies.


Nate   July 2nd, 2011 9:39 pm ET

It’s interesting that George Anthony is screwing everything except the keyhole in the door. He gave the defense a very strange answer after being asked if he ever sexually abused Casey; Geo. answered the court with “I’d never do anything to hurt her”, he never said No. Perhaps Geo. and Casey were engaged in incest, perhaps the two of them were engaged in sex and Calee accidentally did drown in the pool? I think Casey was too dim to pull this off by herself. Geo. is a skilled liar and if Cindy Anthony found out about a sexual relationship between him and Casey, she’d two the two of them under the bus. Neither Casey nor Geo. would be able to confess to incest. It seems that this family has lots of secrets.


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