The mum, the stain and missing girl Caylee Anthony
July 28, 2008
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A FLORIDA woman is under investigation over the disappearance of her two-year-old daughter, who was missing for more than a month before authorities were told.
Two-year-old Caylee Marie Anthony from Orlando has been missing since June 9, but her disappearance was not reported until July 15 when her grandmother, Cindy Anthony, made three emergency calls, FOX news reported.
In the first call she said she wanted to press charges against her daughter Casey, 22, for “grand theft”, then in a second call she said she had someone in her home who needed to be arrested in relation to a missing toddler. In the third call she said it “smells like there’s been a dead body in the damn car”– a claim which she later disputed, saying the smell was just garbage.
Orange County sheriff’s deputy Carlos Padilla told FOX News the smell was “overwhelming” and completely different to that of rotting food.
Dirt, strands of hair similar to Caylee’s and a “mysterious” stain had allegedly been found in the boot of the car.
Casey Anthony told police she left her daughter with a babysitter named Zenaida Gonzalez and that she had been “stupid” in trying to find the girl by herself. However, the Orlando-Sentinel reported that when police went to the apartment Ms Anthony said belonged to the babysitter, they found it had been empty for almost five months.
On another occasion she told police she had dropped her daughter off at a friend’s house with whom she had since lost contact.
The Orlando-Sentinel also said Ms Anthony said she worked at Universal Studios and gave a list of people who could vouch for her – but officials found she had never worked there and neither did the people on the list.
A neighbour told the newspaper that Casey Anthony had borrowed a shovel for a few hours around the time the toddler went missing.
Mother arrested
Ms Anthony has been arrested and charged with child neglect, making false official statements and obstructing a criminal investigation. She has been named as a person of interest in her daughter’s disappearance and is in jail trying to raise $US500,000 ($523,234) for bond.
At a hearing, Judge John Jordon said: “You left your two-year-old child with a person who does not exist at an apartment you cannot identify and you lied to your parents about your child’s whereabouts. You cared so little about your child.”
The Orlando-Sentinel said that in her first phone call from jail, Ms Anthony expressed little concern over her missing daughter and was primarily interested in getting her boyfriend’s phone number.
Local6 TV reported that Cindy Anthony said her daughter knew who had Caylee.
“She is fearful of something,” Cindy Anthony said. “She doesn’t want to hurt me or have me hurt mentally or physically about something. But I know with her calm demeanor that she is confident that Caylee is alive.”
Questions over concrete slab
FOX News reported Cindy Anthony refused to answer questions about a new concrete slab that was reportedly poured in her backyard over the July 4 long weekend.
Orange County Sheriff’s detectives said they searched the property with cadaver dogs and didn’t know anything about the concrete slab.
“The sheriff’s office knows everything that we’ve done in that yard over the last year,” Cindy Anthony told WFTV. “We’ve disclosed everything. If they had any concerns, I would think they would have followed up on it already.”
Florida Today reports Cindy Anthony told The Early Show on CBS that they had received many calls about Caylee, including possible sightings. She told the show she wondered why so much suspicion was on her daughter and why no one was looking for Zenaida Gonzalez.
“She has been kidnapped by a person the local authorities said doesn’t exist,” Cindy Anthony said.
“There are nine people with that name in Orlando, Florida. There are four people with that name in Winter Haven, Florida and there are people with that name in Miami and four people with that name in New York City and three in the Bronx. So come on folks, someone needs to start listening to my daughter and if it is not the local authorities, will the FBI please get involved in this case and come and interview my daughter like she has been requesting.”
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hope that little girl is alive but if she is her mother should have nothing to do with her she didnt even call to report her daughter missing .than they found traces in her car.i have been staying with this story from day one .alot of poeple thinks she is died and the way all are showig she is .poeple like the mother of this little girl should not have kids.she said i was going to give her up .why didnt she ,than this little girl would have a life and not be in some bad place .the lady for doing what she did to her kid is wrong .put her away for life
thats what i think .that little did notthing wrong .i feel sorry for her family that loves her and the litle girl