In 2011, Casey Anthony was acquitted of the murder of her 2 year old daughter, Caylee.
The case was sensationalized all over the World and the mystery surrounding Caylee's death has never really been adequately explained.
The conflicting stories told by her mother, Casey would only further obscure the truth and slowed down the process
in finding her daughter, whom she claimed had been missing for thirty one days.
It was during this time that Casey's father George Anthony, in picking up his daughter's broken down car, opened the trunk
and found bags of stifling garbage and also ... the smell of a dead body.
Her mother Cindy immediately called the Police to report her grandchild missing and later, again to report the smell in her daughter's car.
When Casey was asked why she hadn't reported her daughter missing sooner, a convolution of lies were told that were so twisted
and unbelievable that neither the Police nor the public knew what to believe.
And the search for Caylee began as her mother, Casey partied with friends and co-workers.
On December 11, 2008, Caylee's remains were found with a blanket inside of a trash bag in a wooded area near the Anthony's home.
Casey Anthony was charged with the first degree murder of her daughter Caylee on October 2008.
The trial lasted six weeks.
The prosecution asked for the death penalty and alleged Casey wanted to free herself from being a parent and murdered her daughter by giving her daughter chloroform and putting duct tape over her mouth.
The defense team, led by Jose Baez, argued that Caylee had drowned accidentally in the family's swimming pool on June 16, 2008, and that George Anthony had gotten rid of and in fact, hid the body. The defense stated that Casey lied about this and other important details due to a dysfunctional upbringing, and alluded to sexual abuse by her father. The defense showed no evidence as to how Caylee died or evidence that Casey was sexually abused as a child but called out every single piece of the prosecution's evidence, calling it "fantasy forensics".
Casey did not testify. On July 5, 2011, Casey was found not guilty of the first-degree murder of her daughter, Caylee, aggravated child abuse, and aggravated manslaughter of a child, but was found guilty of four misdemeanor counts of providing false information to a law enforcement officer. With credit for time served, she was released on July 17, 2011.
A Florida appeals court overturned two of the misdemeanor convictions on January 25, 2013.
The public was incensed and outraged and Casey Anthony became known as 'The Most Hated Mother in America.'
So what has happened in the ensuing years that has made this story all the more tragic, if that is even possible?
George and Cindy Anthony's home has been in foreclosure for the last few years and they may possibly lose their home.
Every single penny they had was spent on their daughter, Casey's defense.
George contends he never wants to hear or see from his daughter again although Cindy talks with Casey infrequently as does Casey's brother.
And Casey herself? Now thirty-two, Casey says she has has no problems sleeping at night and is still making accusations about her father, some very recently to which her father has said hurts him even more deeply than he has been.
She lives in Florida with the private investigator, Patrick McKenna who worked on her case, helps him with his current cases by social media and other types of investigative work and is trying to live a normal life. She has also had two civil suits brought against her.
Although the press no longer hounds her as they used to, the public remains outraged whenever her name is brought up in any fashion and it is very doubtful the heinous crime will ever be forgotten.
Caylee Anthony would be twelve years old today.
For more information about this case, go to...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Caylee_Anthony
Until Next Time,
LizaBella
