George Anthony, Grandfather Of Caylee, Found Suicidal At Motel
The sorry, sordid mess that has become the Caylee Anthony murder investigation almost claimed another life. George Anthony, grandfather of Caylee and father of murder suspect Casey, was found in a Daytona Beach hotel after texting suicidal messages to his family:
Law-enforcement’s rapid response and search for a despondent George Anthony early this morning saved his life, his lawyer just told the Orlando Sentinel.
Anthony, who reportedly sent several text messages to relatives suggesting that he wanted to end his life, was found alive in a Daytona Beach motel with what appeared to be a suicide note after his family reported him missing late Thursday.
“Had it not been for (law-enforcement), this might have been a different outcome,” lawyer Brad Conway said. “They deserve a huge thank you.”
It seems that George was reported missing after he didn’t show up for a scheduled meeting with his wife and lawyer, and everyone immediately became concerned:
Daytona Beach police took Anthony into custody under the Baker Act after finding him in a motel on South Ridgewood Avenue. The Baker Act allows authorities to hold someone at a mental-health facility for up to 72 hours while they are evaluated by physicians.
Anthony, 57, was taken to the Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach where he is being evaluated. A hospital spokeswoman said this morning Anthony was in stable condition and would be receiving a physical evaluation before being admitted to the hospital.
Anthony left his home on Hopespring Drive in east Orange County Thursday morning and failed to show up for a 4 p.m. meeting with his wife, Cindy, and Conway.
Beginning at about 11:30 p.m., Anthony began to send his family text messages. Conway wouldn’t disclose exactly what the messages stated, but said they “caused us great concern.”
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office was notified last night and the felony squad immediately began its search for George Anthony. Allen drove to the Anthony home to meet with Cindy Anthony. He left after George Anthony was located.
Orange County detectives were able to use pings from George Anthony’s cell phone to track him to Daytona Beach near Bethune Point, according to Daytona Beach police. Officers began searching for George Anthony’s black vehicle and spotted it at the Hawaii Motel in the 1300 block of South Ridgewood Avenue.
Chitwood, Daytona Beach’s police chief, spoke with George Anthony and convinced him to seek medical attention.
In an interview with the Orlando Sentinel this morning, Chitwood said he and several officers had to knock on the motel room door several times before Anthony answered.
Anthony was well dressed, laid back and low-key. Chitwood introduced himself, shook Anthony’s hand and explained why he was there.
“(Anthony) basically said to us, you know, I just need to get away. I need to think things through. That’s why he was there,” Chitwood said.
Anthony was not agitated, but he did want the chief and other officers to leave.
“He just wanted to be alone,” Chitwood said.
But the chief explained to Anthony that because of the situation, they could not leave. Chitwood offered to drive Anthony in his unmarked car to the hospital. Anthony agreed.
On the way to the hospital, Chitwood said, Anthony commented to him, “You don’t understand, do you? You just don’t understand what this is like.”
In that sense, I agree with George. It must be horrific to know that not only has your beloved granddaughter has been murdered, but that your own daughter, whom you have loved as any parent would, is accused of the crime.
One thing that has stuck out to me was the comment made by George to police when they found Casey’s car, which had been abandoned…George, as a former police officer, recognized the distinct smell of death which fouled the air around the car and that you could apparently smell from quite a distance away:
“I had bad vibes the very first day when I got that car,” the little girl’s grandfather George Anthony told investigators on July 24, adding: “I don’t want to believe that I have, have raised someone, and brought someone in this world that could do something to another person. I don’t want to believe that.”
The former cop told police that he was concerned about a familiar odor wafting from the trunk of his daughter’s Pontiac Sunfire. As a former investigator, he said, he recognized the smell of death.
George Anthony’s wife Cindy, who told the media the smell was that of decomposing pizza, noticed the odor in their daughter’s car too, he said in interviews with detectives.
“After we pulled inside the garage … her exact words were, ‘Jesus Christ what died?’” George Anthony told police. “That’s exactly what she said. But then she said it in a way, she says, ‘George, it was the pizza right?’ And I said, ‘Yeah, it was the pizza.’
“And that’s what I left it go at that, but, I’m sitting here as the grandfather, as the father, as George Anthony and as a guy who smelled the smell before years ago, and you just never forget it. I even stuck my nose down on it and I’m, I’m concerned.”
I realize that I’ve been as hard as anyone on the parents of Casey Anthony, and with good reason. But I believe that of the two, George is the one who has not only harbored doubts about the authenticity of his daughter’s story, but who has publicly stated those doubts…unlike Cindy, who went from thinking the car smelled like a dead body to convincing herself it was just a rotted pizza, and then attempting to convince the rest of us as well. While Cindy’s actions are still suspect to me, I’m thinking I was too hard on George.
I understand, as a parent, that you don’t ever want to believe that a child you raised could ever be accused of such a vicious crime, much less be guilty of it. But while Cindy continued to delude herself, George seemed to waver between wanting to believe his daughter and admitting to himself the truth he had apparently figured out on his own. He’s stated on various occasions that Casey is innocent, then he has shared with police his private fear that perhaps everything is not as it seems.
He’s had to deal with the conflicting feelings within himself, the enormous stress that has come with the global coverage of this case, the knuckle-dragging monosyllabic troglodytes which have showed up in the middle of the night to “protest”, the continual reminders of Caylee in his own home, the emotional machinations of Casey and her twisted tales, and undoubtedly many other things which we have no idea of. It all seems to have come together and created a situation which George apparently found unbearable. He’s lost his daughter, granddaughter, and any semblance of normality in his life…can you blame the guy for feeling as he has?
And in the middle of this whole manipulative spiderweb is Casey herself…
The Aug. 14 jailhouse visit between Anthony and her parents, George and Cindy Anthony, goes quickly from a pleasant exchange to tension once the subject of Caylee Anthony is raised.
- Cindy:We need to have something to go on.
- Casey:Mom, I don’t have anything. I’m sorry. I’ve been here a month. I’ve been here a month today. Do you understand how I feel? I mean do you really understand how I feel in this? I’m completely, completely out of the loop with everything.
Casey Anthony said she needs to get out to be able to help.
- Casey:There is nothing more that I can say or do until I’m home, and even then, I don’t know what I can do from that point, but I can at least do something other than sit on my butt all day and read or look up stuff for my case because that has to be my focus right now. That has to be my focus because it’s the only thing I can focus on.
Cindy Anthony then asked a more pointed question.
- Cindy:I was in Lake County two days ago.
- Casey:OK.
- Cindy:Is there anything there?
- Casey:Mom. Geez! I’m sorry. I love you guys. I miss you.
- Cindy:Alright sweetheart. Here’s dad. Hold on.
- Casey:No. I’m going to hang up, and just walk away right now because …
- Cindy:Please don’t.
- Casey:I’m frustrated. I’m angry, and I don’t want to be angry. This is the first time I’ve truly been angry this entire time, but I’m so beyond frustrated with all of this. I can’t even swallow right now. It hurts.
- Cindy:Just understand we’re all going in so many directions. We just want to go in the right one.
- Casey:W ell, I can’t point you in that direction when I’m literally at a standstill.
At one point in the conversation, Casey Anthony did express a desire to have Caylee back.
The conversation came on the very same week that meter reader Roy Kronk reported three times his suspicions about a bag along Suburban Drive near the Anthony home to law enforcement.
…who wants to be seen as a victim in her little manipulative play:
George Anthony tried to tell his daughter that she is in control and that her defense attorney works for her.
“I’m not in control over any of this,” Casey Anthony said. She complained about not knowing what’s going on.
“My entire life has been taken from me. Everything has been taken from me. You don’t understand.”
Anthony complained about not getting to talk to anyone except her attorney.
“I have no one to comfort me but myself,” she said.
Anthony told her mother that she wanted investigators’ help, but that the detectives needed to help her, too.
“I need to be looked at as a victim because . . . I’m just as much of a victim as the rest of you. And it hasn’t been portrayed that way.”
No, Casey. You are not the victim. Your innocent little daughter Caylee, however, was. And your father almost was as well. But hey, anything to get your manipulative little kicks, huh? Wonder which man you’re going to pick from to “comfort” you this time?
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You know, for a while, I was very suspicious of George, but recently, it started seeming to me that he may just be playing along with Casey to get information for her, and putting that same face on in front of the cameras (since Casey says she has seen the television appearances). I couldn’t imagine trying to put on a brave face, while feeling so many mixed emotions. When he had the confrontation with the protesters, I believe he already knew, and to be reminded was more than he could take, and just kept escalating from there.
I know what it’s like to be hospitalized (nervous breakdown), but I think right now it’s what is best, because he will have support to help him deal with the conflicting emotions he may be feeling.
So many twists, so many lives ruined. All because of a selfish child (I can’t refer to her as a woman).
I will be keeping him in my thoughts. I couldn’t imagine being in his shoes, especially probably knowing from the beginning and going from denial, putting on an appearance for his daughter out of fear she may not trust him/ speak to him again if he comes out and says what he has known for a while. And now, grief and depression to the point where it is eating him up inside.
Comment by delilahbrat — January 23, 2009 @ 4:08 pm
You can see in the bit of transcript there, that Caylee is pulling classic manipulative tricks (I’m going to just leave, nobody understands me, everyone is against me, etc) and George is trying to get any info he can from her (you can see that in other full transcripts).
Maybe Cindy should wake up too, if she hasn’t already.
Comment by k — January 23, 2009 @ 4:30 pm
Completely agreed. When I saw of the video that was released, and noticed his demeanor and what he was saying- that maybe that whole time he was trying to “play” her and act like he’s on her side in order to get information, and had to keep that same attitude in the public, because if she were to see him on tv saying anything different, she would no longer trust him.
She is destroying so many more lives….
I hope Cindy wakes up. But, it seems as though she is still in denial.
Comment by delilahbrat — January 23, 2009 @ 9:15 pm
George has just disproved one of the prosecutions pieces of evidence. He has shown the accuracy of cell phone pings. They pinpointed him at this Motel. They can only show Casey was “in the area of the burial site” by her cell phone pings. This may or may not have been intentional but I would not be suprised to see it brought up by the defense during the trial.
Comment by Jeff — January 23, 2009 @ 11:58 pm
Still though, you have to feel bad for the guy. He seems to be an honerable man and just wants to be with his granddaughter. If you look at it from his point of view, he does not want her to be alone, no matter where she is. I don’t think he would commit suicide due to depression. He seems to be the kind of man that would stand by his family and help them through.
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You dummies! In his “suicide” note, he still believes that Casey didn’t do it. And how quickly you all forgot that he was the leader of a clan that tried to perpetrate a HOAX in the murder of a little girl that he calls his granddaughter. And he still is in denial that Casey did it, so what is it….is he still sticking to the Zanny the nanny story? And you all feel sorry for this bum? Yeah, right…..He’s been a mooch all his life, and a liar and a thief to boot. Scamming other dummies out of cash with that stupid find Caylee fund.
He would never kill himself, he is a coward.
Comment by es — January 24, 2009 @ 9:14 am
Hey, Jeff! Glad to see you back here. The postings on the Caylee saga have died down quite a bit lately, but I still look at the site regularly for any new info. Glad to see you still check in too…
Personally, I don’t know what to think about George. What I do know, is that thankfully, I have never been (and never hope to find myself) in a position to have any clue what he must be experiencing. I can imagine and understand how he would probably be extremely conflicted. I can’t imagine the torment and agony he is experiencing – first to have lost his precious granddaughter in such a heinous and unthinkable set of circimstances, then to deal with the hell that has been his life for the last months since her disappearance, now to dealing with the reality that Caylee is gone and the probability that his own daughter – the daughter that he loved and raised – may have taken little Caylee’s life. Absolute agony.
And I think to assume anything about what he KNEW, would be foolish. Whatever he has done, right or wrong in other people’s eyes, I just feel very sorry for him – Cindy too, however unlikable she is – as they have been enduring utter hell, and it ain’t going away anytime soon.
God be with little Caylee. Rest in peace, little one.
Comment by glp — January 24, 2009 @ 9:57 am
I think Geo. is the only one in the family with a heart & real feelings & emotions. He is probably forced, to keep the facade up, Cindy won’t allow him to have his own thoughts, that their daughter is a murderer. I also think they are having financial difficulties, on the news they said he was supposed to be going to a job interview. He is probably unemployed at this point, due to this horrific nightmare. I too, think he is covering a lot up, mostly for CA’s benefit. I don’t think he really saw KC & Caylee that day of the 16th. I think he’s lying b/c it would be too much guilt for his wife, knowing they never returned home, after the big fight on the night of the 15th. How could he remember the baby’s clothes from a mo. before? She wasn’t found in those clothes. IMO.
Comment by d griffiths — January 24, 2009 @ 10:13 am
Probably the biggest and hardest thing I have learned since becoming a parent, is how intolerably painful it is to think about, or worse, to watch your child suffer. I believe that many, if not most parents would choose to suffer in place of their child – die, even, to keep their child safe and well.
This poor man, George, has lost his granddaughter in what he now knows was not a peaceful death. Add to that that he either knows, or is just coming to terms with the probablilty that his daughter caused Caylee’s and now his agony. And while he may consciously feel animosity toward Casey for all of this, as her father, he probably continues to isntinctively feel protective of her to a degree, or at the very least, is in pain as he acknowledges what she has become. And if that all isn’t enough, he has the future to look forward to – a future that is forever altered, with Caylee gone, and his daughter responsible and most probably spending her life in prison.
Is there any question why this man is losing it? One wonders if he will ever have another peaceful day.
Anecdotally, my parents were victims of a violent crime this past year. They were held at gunpoint in their home, in broad daylight, as they were robbed by a man who confessed to them he was a drug addict. I and my son, who was 2 at the time, live in an apartment adjacent to my parent’s garage. When this crime took place, my son and I were napping in the apartment just next door and were unaware it was going on. By the grace of God, the gunman either didn’t realize the apartment was there, or he figured he had spent enough time there already, and/or got enough from my parents to satisfy his need, and left. No one was hurt.
After that incident, needless to say, our sense of safety and secutity in this world was shattered. And although we were fortunate enough to have been blessed with best possible outcome from a potentially deadly situation, my father is still plagued with thoughts about how he was essentially powerless in protecting his family. He has said that his one and only thought as this crime was taking place, was that if that man made one move – gave one indication that he was heading to our apartment, he would have attacked him, and in the process, probably lost his life, as my father was unarmed.
My point in saying any of this, is that even though in our situation, no one was hurt, my father STILL has obsessive thoughts about his ability or lack thereof to protect his family – something that he innately feels is his duty – and he has been rocked by the realization that he was rendered nearly powerless to do so on that one horrific day.
So for George, I imagine he feels this powerlessness too… responsibility even, for Caylee’s death – that he didn’t protect her. And even with regard to his daughter, that he didn’t nurture her in such a way as to prevent her from developing in to the monster she has become. And the fact that he is an ex-police officer, that surely compounds his sense of protecting the innocent, not that the innate sense of protecting your child/grandchild isn’t more than enough. George is absolutely a victim in this disaster, and nearly a casualty. And quite probably sees himself as a failure to his family.
What a nightmare.
God be with little Caylee. Rest in peace, little one.
Comment by glp — January 24, 2009 @ 11:07 am
With regard to my statement,
And even with regard to his daughter, that he didn’t nurture her in such a way as to prevent her from developing in to the monster she has become.
I am not saying that George caused Casey to develop as she has. I don’t think any of us has nearly enough information about this family and their history to even begin to guess why Casey developed the was she did. We know that we are factors of both our physiological make-up, as well as our environment. And we speculate that Casey suffers from mental illness, which may or may not have anything to do with George. All I was saying, is that I am sure he FEELS responsible. Not neccessarily that he is.
Comment by glp — January 24, 2009 @ 2:09 pm
George is in denial and torn. Denial because his mind will not accept that Caylee was murdered at the hands of his daughter. Torn because he still loves his daughter and will support her. And the guilt felt over that his daughter is responsible for an horrendous evil act that she will not admit to. Casey is a sociopath. She was born that way. I know many parents that have had that happen to know fault or the way they raised that child. The contstant lifestyle strain it has placed on the family because sociopaths will say I love you but actually they are just using everyone. That is a hard fact to accept when it is someone you love. Also sociopaths do not really suffer they use others for attention even if it is their own parents. I believe Casey even suffers no guilt or conscience of the pain she has caused her own parents but still tries to hold them hostage. My heart does go out to them for anyone involved with a sociopath becomes harmed. Frustrating for if you love Casey and want to help you can not. When you think you are making progress you are not because you never will. And yes the agonizing parents will also be the victims because if they don’t die early from the strain they die with the trauma of it all. They suffer and they tried their entire life with Casey picking up the pieces each time she did anything wrong. All of us as parents would have done the same. Always hoping. Sociopaths whether you call them pure evil or mentally ill never get well but they know exactly what they are doing. The people that surround a sociopath suffer in so many ways and they are dangerous. For they snuff out life either physically or emotionally and spirtually. And I bet Casey is getting a high that her own dad is considering killing himself…sad to say that but sociopaths enjoy the pain of others. What I am saying is all true and documented by the psychology experts as they are know by the trail of their victims. And they never can accept the blam for anything they have done. People close to sociopath always see their dark nature than those not close that may only get a glimpse (hardly believing) and it is described as having seen the devil.
Comment by Arlene Johnson — January 24, 2009 @ 3:30 pm
Sociopaths leave their victims (George and Cindy) that were close them in a living hell alive. They can never be peaceful about anything. Their minds will never be able to stop reliving the trauma and it will affect every moment of their lives. There is no way to stop the living hell they are going through until they die. Even if they try to. There is no peace or anything that will make it go away or better. That is why most victims involved with a sociopath are depressed and commit suicide. They want out of the pain they are never going to get out of. And that is how bad it is. Hell on earth. That is was sociopaths to do to lives.
Comment by Arlene Johnson — January 24, 2009 @ 3:37 pm
Arlene, I understand the point you are making about sociopaths – the do wreak havoc in the lives of the people around them with complete disregard for the rights of others, but to say that “most victims involved with a sociopathare depressed and commit suicide” might be a bit of a stretch, imho.
And while I do believe that the devastation that Casey has caused her parents will have a lifelong effect on them, I also believe that through faith and hope, psychological help, and support of people who love them, I DO think they can persevere, and maybe even someday, find some peace.
Comment by glp — January 24, 2009 @ 5:24 pm
glp, good to hear from you as well!
Sociopath (Antisocial Personality Disorder). Typicaly caused by enviornment and genetics. Casey Anthony does seem to fit the description of sociopath. We know very little about her upbringing. While my heart aches for the Anthony family in this situation, refering to them as “victims” i feel is a stretch.
Comment by Jeff — January 25, 2009 @ 1:57 pm
Jeff~
Curious about your thoughts on this case at this point. I think at some point in the past, you were kind of leaning toward an accidental death scenario (I was too). With the new information out there, do you still feel that way?
Certainly the new information is rather damning, but I think there is still room for this to have been an accident. If Casey chloroformed Caylee to knock her out for a while, and she somehwow died as a result or in the process, I can still see that Casey might have used the duct tape as a way to stage it to – in her mind – make it look like a kidnapping/murder situation. Do we know whether the duct tape was placed pre or post mortem? Forensically, can they tell that? The heart sticker is a little harder to explain away, for sure…
Now, I am not suggesting that I necessarily ‘believe’ that this was accidental, I am just saying that Casey may still be able to make a case for that. Of course, I don’t have all the forensic evidence either.
It is just so hard for me to accept that this could have been cold blooded murder… I know that mental illness exists, and that there is evil in the world that simply can’t be explained or understood with common logic. So I do realize that this could have been the heinous crime that it appears to be… just so painful to think about.
Interested on your thoughts about the case to this point…
Comment by glp — January 26, 2009 @ 9:24 am
I live on the other side of the world. I have been following this tragedy from the start. Through all the media reporting both true and hype . . Through all transcripts tv shows news whatever the only person who seems to sum up the situation honestly and with insight . . .more than all bounty hunters lawyers prosecutors etc etc is glp. It is very easy to speculate what we would do in a situation like this. No one knows the absolute truth to exactly what he knows or feels . . This is not something he has asked for and there is no manual on what to believe how to act when your grand child is murdered by your daughter. So we can despise the actions not the person. Well said glp. Balanced insight. So very very sad for everyone and most of all for little caylee. Fly with the angels little angel.
Comment by A. Peasant — January 26, 2009 @ 4:58 pm
glp,
This case has continuously dived head first into the surreal. I personnaly think the trial itself will turn out to be a wash due to all the b.s. attached to this case. I still feel more than one person is in on the death of poor little Caylee. It does not appear to have been an accident to me at this point. I don’t think the family is involved. Has L.E. ever determined who owned the pick-up truck seen in the driveway by the neighbor? Who was Dominic Casey really talking to on his cell when being “guided” to the burial site?? Has anyone produced the fathers name? What’s with the cop that was called to the site in August that did not investigate after Kronk saw what he believed to be a human skull in a bag??? (Casey did after all, have a connection with Orlando L.E.). I do feel Caylee was murdered. I personally am having a difficult time with the suggested motive. If Casey wanted to party and have no parental responsibility, she had an easier way out. George and Cindy would have taken Caylee into custody without much of a fight. I think Casey knew this. There is always the possibility that she killed Caylee as a means of punnishing Cindy but even thats a stretch. Prosecution needs to dig deeper to produce a more realistic motive. An accident/cover up is still more likely than the aforementioned but there are way to many gaps and oddities in that story to produce a solid conviction.
Comment by Jeff — January 26, 2009 @ 6:02 pm
Jeff~
When you sum it up like that, I am inclined to think you are right. This jury is going to have their work cut out for them. I sure would like to sit in on this trial to hear the case as it is presented. Perhaps there are some details to fill in those holes that we aren’t privy to at this point, but certainly all those things you mentioned are going to present challenges to both sides.
Question – what makes you feel that more than one person was involved in the murder? And is it safe to assume that you now believe Casey (and whoever else) murdered Caylee?
As for motive, I kind of think it is a combination of the things you mentioned – Casey wanted to party, yes, and in addition, she may have wanted to punish Cindy, and in that way, would never give her exactly what she wanted (Caylee), even if Casey stood to gain her desired freedom as a result. Instead, she accomplished both – got her freedom, and prevented Cindy from getting what she wanted.
I agree that for the average person, this is going to seem weak and a bit of a stretch… it is nearly impossible to imagine either of those things, or the combination of them, to be anywhere near reason enough to murder one’s own child. So I definitely agree with you that the motive needs work… But perhaps coupled with the forensics, they can make a case for it…
God be with little Caylee. Rest in peace, little one.
Comment by glp — January 27, 2009 @ 10:37 am
A. Peasant~
Thank you so much for your kind comment.
Comment by glp — January 27, 2009 @ 10:41 am
Ok, I just realized the misstatement I made in post # 19:
Instead, she accomplished both – got her freedom, and prevented Cindy from getting what she wanted.
Obviously, Casey didn’t exactly get her freedom, considering she spends her days alone in her not-so-cozy little cell. What I meant was that she thought if she could get away with this – which she did for a while and the book isn’t closed yet – then, she would have her freedom, and punish Cindy in the process.
Comment by glp — January 27, 2009 @ 4:38 pm
Casey got her freedom for a little while, and still might get her freedom yet, although I don’t know where in the world she could go where people wouldn’t totally shun her.
There’s one thing that has always struck me about this family, and I say this fully realizing that I don’t know hardly anything about their history, personalities, or family dynamic, other than what has been presented to us in the media and in reading the various documents…so this is me theorizing and speculating. But I think this family revolves around Cindy as the most dominant personality, with George and Lee kind of falling into line like little ducks. You get George by himself and he says that he has doubts, he fears that all is not as it seems…but when he is with Cindy, he either lets her talk or he parrots what she says. Maybe in some way this had something to do with his breakdown, in that he knew inside himself something was very much not right but both to keep peace in the family and to try and get info from Casey, he had to pretend otherwise.
And continuing with this Cindy as dominant personality thought, maybe Casey’s personality is very similar to Cindy’s. People with such similar personalities in families tend to get along like matches and gasoline (trust me, I know). Perhaps this was, after all, a way to get back at Cindy for what Casey saw, rightly or wrongly or a combination of the two, as Cindy’s total domination of Casey’s life. After all, if you want to punish a child you take away the thing they love the most, right? As parents, we’ve all done that as a temporary measure to help our kids learn a lesson. Trouble is, this is a permanent punishment. But maybe Casey meant it that way.
Okay, ramble over.
Comment by k — January 27, 2009 @ 5:49 pm
K,
I agree 100% with you on the “Cindy is dominate force” in that family. glp, I still don’t feel 100% that Casey murdered Caylee. My reason is the weakness in the motive area. I do however feel she is responsible for Caylee’s death. My reasons for feeling that more than one person is involved are simply, I don’t think Casey is capable of doing anything on her own. I’m not sure what, if any investigations are taking place with Dominic Casey and I would prefer to see Internal Affairs involved in questioning the officer who responded to Kronks call in August as well as a complete investigation into Casey’s relationship(s) with Orlando L.E. It just seems to me that right from the beginning, there has been this massive missing piece to this whole damn thing.
Comment by Jeff — January 27, 2009 @ 7:56 pm
Peronally, I think Casey did it for a combination of reasons—freedom (to date), jealousy (of her parents’adoration of Caylee, and spite (the only way to get back at her mother). Like she said to her brother, “Maybe I’m a spiteful B—-!” And in her taped discussions with the police, she said, ‘If I really just wanted to be rid of her I’d have given her to my parents.’ (paraphrasing). So, to fill in the gap of that last statement,…”I didn’t JUST WANT TO GET RID OF HER, I also wanted to deeply hurt my mother.” I hate to point fingers and make judgements from a distance, but that’s how I see it. The whole thing is horrible and I feel terrible for them all. I think narcissits are made by terrifically painful experiences in childhood, compounded by being spoiled, ie., not being made to suffer for one’s own “naughty” actions in childhood, always being “let off the hook” and bailed out of consequences by parents. Then, when the parents have finally had it and start enforcing consequences when the child is an “adult”, the child is angry and retaliates fiercely. The parents need to protect themselves and innocent ones before enforcing consequences at that stage. IMO, Cindy is much at fault, but I also feel sorry for her because she didn’t see this coming and was truly blindisided by it all. I also think George tried to be truthful, and tried to keep the peace at home at the same time. Their pain is too great to even imagine and I hope they deal with it and find peace and strength to go on.
Comment by Ella — January 28, 2009 @ 12:47 am