Living here in Florida makes it hard to ignore what just took place yesterday in Orlando, Florida. After a long 3 year case and almost 50 day public trial, Casey Anthony (25 yrs old) was found NOT GUILTY for the murder of her 2 yr old baby girl.
This was a case I had not followed until just a few weeks ago. I remember back in 2008 hearing in the news of little 2 yr old boy Trenton Ducket reported missing. Being that I was pregnant and very hormonal, I didn't want to entertain myself with sad news. Just within a few months of this child being reported missing, another Florida toddler turns up missing. This news creates a media frenzy because now two children in the same state come up missing. Again....I didn't pay much attention but prayed these babies are found.
I later learned through online news that Trenton Duckett was never found and his mother, unfortunately commited suicide shortly after his disapperance. Sources say due to all the pressure from police and media. To this day this little boy is yet to be found. I, on occasion will drive by a huge billboard and see his picture with words saying "Help find Trenton Duckett". I do hope one day this baby is found.
As months progressed, I continued to stay away from the media frenzy on the missing baby girl in Florida. I was sad that the grandparents were being treated with such hate and had heard the little girl's mother was arrested. I then thought...."Hmmm, I figured she was involved, very sad indeed". I continued to not pay any attention to the case until just recently.
I with some curiousity wanted to know what the big deal was with this whole case. I listened to some of the 911 calls and her intense police interview which was made public. I couldn't believe my ears all the false information she was giving the police and continued to give the police. I thought that maybe it was an accident and she was to scared to confess so she made it look like the nanny kidnapped the baby. This was the "lie" she stuck with for months. Police found enough evidence that Zanny the Nanny was a lie which she continued to say that it was true and they were able to track her whereabouts via cell phone towers (amazing). When the baby's body was found in Dec of 2008 in the woods(swamp) behind her home, it was to late to do an autopsy on her tissues. All the police had was a bag of bones, literally.
I then watched the opening statements from both sides:
Prosectution had enough evidence to accuse her of murder via the chloroform searches done on her computer, the contents of chloroform found in the trunk and the duct tape found at the scene. They clearly painted the picture that this was a premeditated murder via chloroform and duct tape (thus suffocating). Also she drove with the decomposing body for a few days before dumping in the woods(swamp) behind her home. She had even borrowed a shovel from the neighbor in thoughts of burying her daughter in the backyard...she never did and returned the shovel within an hour.
The defense opened saying Casey was raised in a dysfunctional home. She was raised to lie and keep secrets and this is why she lied about the missing baby girl being with the Nanny. Caylee "really drowned" in the pool and Casey was scolded by her father who also witnessed the drowing. He supposedly dumps the body in the woods and then makes it look like a "kidnapping" which would lead to pointing the finger back to Casey. Casey then goes into some sort of denial and in within 24 hours and for a total of 31 days, she is partying with friends and spends her nights with her boyfriend, goes on a shopping sprees with stolen money, and never tells her mother because this is a "secret" that she can never tell. This is a secret only to be kept between herself and her sexual abusive father. Who "supposedly" abused her when she was 8, but it is sort of a hazy recollection of this abuse. The defense also claims that the the family was so dysfunctional that no one in her family knew she was pregnant until she was about 8 months along (at the age of 19)....big denial was part of the family dysfunction.
Yeah....ok...I can belive there was some dysfunction. But from pictures and learning a bit about the family...this family loved their baby grand-daughter who was lavished with nice clothes, well taken care of by the grandparents. She was loved by the whole family...including her mother. So how can a loved baby turn up murdered and dumped in a swamp? I still thought that maybe this was an accident...I never felt completely settled that she was 100% guilty. Thus, I can understand how the Jury found this woman NOT GUILTY. This trial left you with some questions....that's if you ignore the media and look at the evidence. Yes...you could have assumed her guilt but it could have been an accident. Is she innocent...No...I don't think so. Unfortunately, there are death threats on her life and the life of her family. She is not adored by Americans today.
I am not throwing stones at this woman. Since the day I began following this story, I prayed that the truth be made known and if she is guilty then she should pay for the acts. God's will be done in this Case and all we can say that it was.
I also had a chance to read some of her inmate letters that were made public (but never brought in as evidence) that she was a lover of God and had a Relationship with God. Almost every page of these many letters to her inmate friend were words of Godly encouragement and her love and trust for God's deliverance in this "journey" she was on. She repeatedly spoke of the miracle she will get one day (I'm assuming her aquittal) and that God was showing her the Light at the end of the tunnel. She refers to God as Daddy and continued to speak of Jesus's blood running through hers. She writes of her heart feeling at peace knowing Caylee was in heaven with Jesus. She writes of her prayers for her family's salvation. I couldn't believe what I was reading. And of course the media is not going to share any of this with the public because almost every page talks of God as her Father and Jesus as her Savior.
No, she never says anything about what happened to Caylee in her letters. In some instances she talks of the "real Zanny" not being responsible. Was she trying to protect her father all along but then she finally tells it all before the trial? Many believe Casey murdered her child....yes there is alot of the evidence that connects her to this but not enough to know exactly how Caylee died. I don't think anyone would ever belive this young mother if she completely told the truth. Unfortunately this is very, very sad.
Also, we can sit here and judge her heart and say she was LYING about her relationship with God but I will not do this. I do hope that if she is a woman of God, she will be truthful and honest. I pray she confesses.
My opinion on the verdict is that Casey should have gotten some sort of punishment for waiting to long to report her to law enforcement. Eventually it was her own mother who reported Caylee missing. Casey was found guilty on four counts for lying to law enforcement...but unfortunately she has served this time already these past 3 years. The jail says she was an outstanding inmate, which means she will probably not have to serve another day. Yep...she could be out by Friday!! I hope the judge keeps her in a little bit longer and overrides the motion for allowing her to get off this weekend. This is all for Casey's sake!!! There are many out there who want to take her life.
As of now the parents are in hiding due to the many death threats they are receiving and I don't know how Casey will live a normal life here in this country. My prayers do go out to this whole family including Casey the accused.
Please take time to sign the Caylee's Law petition on the side blog. This makes it a felony for a parent or guardian to not notify law enforcement of a child going missing in a timely manner. Do this to honor this sweet little girl Caylee Marie Anthony!!
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