Search Begins For Missing Toddler Caylee Anthony, Grandfather’s Admits Car Smelled Of “Death”
More details are emerging on the case of missing Orlando tot, 3-year old Caylee Anthony.
Tim Miller, founder and leader of EquuSearch, has organized another effort to search for the presumed deceased body of Caylee. Previous efforts have been hampered by weather and Miller is hoping that with the right conditions they will have luck in location the child’s body. Here’s some info from WFTV.com:
Officials of the Texas-based search group EquuSearch estimated earlier in the week they would draw as many as 5,000 volunteers to comb through woods and swampland to look for skeletal remains of the child. However, as of the 8:00 a.m. start time, only about 500 had showed up.
Much speculation has been made about where the body might be located and the police have some clues based on cell phone records. We do the specifics where EquuSearch will focus their attention:
Search teams will focus on four places in east Orange County: Jay Blanchard Park, Moss Park, the woods near the home of Casey’s parents, George and Cindy, and an area of land near the Orlando International Airport. They’re searching those spots based on eyewitness reports and cell tower triangulations that show where Casey Anthony was around the time Caylee disappeared.
For those interested in helping with the search, here are the details about where searchers are meeting:
The command post is near the corner of Judge Road and Shadowridge Drive (see map), almost directly north of Orlando International Airport. The search is set to begin at 8:00am Saturday and they are expecting as many as 5,000 people. If you want to be one of them, you can show up Saturday morning at the command post.
George Anthony admits car smelled like “death” to investigators. I highly recommend those interested in the case listen to this interview with George Anthony, it’s extremely revealing into the mindset of George, who so far, is the only reasonable member of the entire Anthony family. Either George is a smooth talker, or he is a true victim in all of this, from start to finish. While Cindy and brother Lee have certainly lost precious Caylee, their behavior in this case has been more than sketchy, not necessarily “criminal” but definitely “off” from normal reactions to the loss of a loved one.
If you listen to the whole thing, it’s apparent George and Cindy initially suspected the smell from the car was from a dead body. George said his first reaction upon retrieving the vehicle was that he was afraid he’d find his daughter and his granddaughter dead in the car and asked the tow yard employee to accompany him in opening the trunk. He admits to seeing the pizza box, a bag with “insects on it” (later confirmed to be maggots) and a stain by the spare tire. George admits that smell in the car was so bad he didn’t think he could drive the car home.
On a side note, I recently had the misfortune of dealing with a dead animal and the smell from this deceased animal (only 3 days old) was the foulest, strongest, most distinctively awful smell in my entire life. These people know that something is not right and that the bottom line is this: a dead body was in that car.
Casey Anthony, mother of Caylee has been charged with murder and her trial is set to begin in February January. We will keep you posted on any additional details.
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Pingback by Search Begins For Missing Toddler Caylee Anthony, Grandfather’s ... - Glosslip.com | Automotive Store — November 8, 2008 @ 12:36 pm
Any homicide detective will tell you that you never forget the smell of a decaying body, even after 20 or 30 years.
There was a dead body in that car, and unfortunately it was little Caylee. Casey is a sociopath and should never see the light of day again.
Comment by Rachel — November 8, 2008 @ 12:58 pm
THE TRIAL STARTS IN JANUARY. THE 5
Comment by Toni — November 8, 2008 @ 1:26 pm
I’m a little worried about only 500 searchers this morning. I hope thru out the day that more and more will come and please, please, PLEASE, find that baby girl we have all fallen in love with.
Comment by MBF — November 8, 2008 @ 1:59 pm
Hey Folks.
Just got back from the search. I did expect to see more people than what we ended up with. We had a slow start this morning (waited with our group for 2hrs in a field before we were able to go to our search location. We were part of team 3 and searched TM Ranch road over by Mary Jane Lake. I will post a few pics on my website of the staging area but NO SEARCH PHOTO’S!!! We are not allowed to photograph anything while searching. I cannot give you the details of what we found but I can say it was tough going. Swamps and brush. Very difficult to trudge through!! We are exausted right now and resting back at our hotel.
Comment by Jeff — November 8, 2008 @ 4:06 pm
Jeff, what web site can we see these pics at?
Comment by gaye — November 8, 2008 @ 4:56 pm
Gaye,
I only have 3 pics up so far. I have taken a few more but have not posted them yet.
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Comment by Jeff — November 8, 2008 @ 5:20 pm
I can only imagine how mentally & physically exhausted all of you are that searched today, Jeff, the 2nd. search pic that u put up…I was hoping that would be the place, keep up the good work.
Comment by gaye — November 8, 2008 @ 6:15 pm
I wonder if there are Gators in the area that Tim is searching.
Comment by MS — November 8, 2008 @ 9:00 pm
The Anthony’s are all crossing their fingers at this time, “one day down 2 to go!”
Comment by MS — November 8, 2008 @ 9:01 pm
Caylee is obviously NOT above ground. With all the rain, is this an impossible task for Equisearch?
Comment by MS — November 8, 2008 @ 9:06 pm
Sorry for the delay in posting our pics today. Noelle and I took a nap first! Tough to get old!!!! Pics are posted now.
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Comment by Jeff — November 8, 2008 @ 11:00 pm
MS,
Yes, there are gators in the area. One was spotted in our area today.
Comment by Jeff — November 8, 2008 @ 11:02 pm
Thx Jeff,
What do the professional searchers think? Are the chances that an alligator ate her likely? Or is she more than likely under ground?
Safe Travels,
Comment by MS — November 8, 2008 @ 11:08 pm
Tim feels that if Caylee is not found in this search, she is not there at all. I will not attempt to translate his statement because it could be taken many ways. Our team found some interesting things today. Equusearch specialists were leaving to investigate our finds at around 2-2:30pm today. Thats all I can say right now. Sorry.
Comment by Jeff — November 8, 2008 @ 11:24 pm
Today it was reported only 500 searchers showed up
this Sunday. This is not nearly enough. Im sure that
they are all disappointed. The terrain is very bad
and Tim said that only skeletal remains would be left
anyway. Some human adult bones were found recently
in another part of the state by two boys, so even if
TES doesnt come back, if Caylee was buried there, one day her remains still could be found. The only hope now is Casey. It has said the State wont charge her with the death penalty. Thats too bad as now I think
only with a death sentence hanging over her, would
Casey Anthony talk.
Comment by Elaine 16 — November 9, 2008 @ 11:41 am
the Anthony family sits back and watches everyone else do the work. this could all be stopped if that snot nosed casey would only talk. she is reprehensible.
Comment by sally — November 9, 2008 @ 6:19 pm
No remains located! Have searches now stopped indefinitely? I have to wonder, if Casey admitted to Cindy, that Caylee is dead. This seems most likely considering Cindy’s full support of Casey… it would seem that Casey’s behaviors are apt to be for some part, learned behaviors. Every day it seems as though Cindy displays more and more behaviors similar to those of her daughter.
Comment by Marica — November 11, 2008 @ 3:11 am
I just have to leave a message on here because of the disheartening attitude of the majority of people. The attitude seems to be that this is a rare occurance because it is on TV. The media covers a story, and suddenly everyone thinks there’s only one missing child. Caylee is one of many precious beautiful, innocent children that need our attention. Some are alive now and need all the efforts we can give them. Some in the U.S. and other countries are used in prostitution rings. THere are many whom are currently alive. I wish all children who are missing or in trouble had this much attention! Can we not be misled by a money making story and step up to reality that there are children-even in our own towns-who can use our help now?
Comment by marie — November 13, 2008 @ 3:11 am