Missing Toddler Caylee Anthony Let Down By Mother AND Grandmother
Caylee Anthony, Missing Since June
Please excuse me while I part from celeb news to discuss something which is weighing heavily on my mind. If I didn't cover celeb news, I'd be vying for Nancy Grace's job on CNN, with a slightly less annoying voice. Only slightly less.
So about ten days ago a story broke on CNN about a toddler who was missing for more than month before her disappearance was reported to the police. The grandmother of the missing girl, Cindy Anthony, reported her granddaughter, Caylee Anthony, as missing after questioning her 22-year old daughter, Casey Anthony, and getting no real answers. Finally, according Cindy her daughter Casey stated her daughter was kidnapped by the babysitter. Mrs. Anthony (the grandmother) called police and reported the missing child.
Ok, let's fast-forward a bit here because the facts (if you can call them that) are so convoluted, bizarre and difficult to keep track of, that in order for me to accurately present this story would take about five pages. So I will boil it down.
Casey, as has been reported by numerous witnesses and friends, is a pathological liar, who spent the last month during the period when her daughter was stated to be missing, partying, hanging out with friends and staying with her boyfriend. When questioned about her daughter Caylee's whereabouts, Casey continually said she was with the "nanny." Casey, as it turns out, was not employed during this time, and as of reports surfacing today, stole her parents car and credit cards and essentially went missing from about June 15 until she showed up on July 15 with her "kidnapping" story about her daughter.
The grandmother of little Caylee, Cindy, has given interviews ad nauseum about her granddaughter Caylee, pleading with the public to find her and not focus on the fact that her daughter, Casey lied about EVERY SINGLE DETAIL she gave the police, including where she worked, with whom she left Caylee with, and why she didn't report her 2-year old daughter missing for over a month,
Cindy Anthony continues to change her story, and is very combative in interviews and continues to claim her daughter's innocent of any wrong-doing to the press, despite strong evidence to the contrary. Mrs. Anthony also has attempted to discredit investigators about details released to the public, including a detective who testified that Ms. Anthony's car smelled of "death" when it was impounded. Interestingly, this is how Casey was found. Her parents notified to pick up their deserted car and then they proceeded to make the effort to track her and their granddaughter down. Both Casey and Caylee lived with Casey's parents prior to her disappearing with her daughter in June.
Before now, it was Cindy Anthony's words against the Orlando police department, but last night, the 911 tapes were released of the calls the grandmother of the missing child made when she discovered her granddaughter missing on July 15.
Grandmother Cindy called and told the dispatcher to come arrest her daughter for stealing her car (and apparently her credit cards.) She then called back and reported her granddaughter missing and told the dispatcher "It smelled like a dead body has been in the damn car." This after telling the media that when the detective testified and stated the same thing, her response was essentially, "put a pizza in a car locked up for 17 hot days and tell me what that will smell like."
I can tell you, while I have never experienced either smells, 17 day old pizza, or a dead body, I do know the difference between decomposition and rotten food. They are quite different.
Below is the audio of the 2nd 911 call, here's the link to the first call made by Cindy Anthony. I have been following this story and trying really hard not to rush to judgment about the people involved, but I have to tell you, the facts don't add up. On one hand, the grandmother claims her daughter KNOWS where the child is, but is afraid to say, on the other hand, she calls 911 claiming her daughter stole her car and the stolen car smells like a dead body.
I'd also like to note that the police have dug in the backyard of the Anthony's home, and used cadaver dogs during a search. They were tipped off by neighbors who say Caylee's mother, Casey, who's still in jail on child neglect and obstruction charges, borrowed a shovel around the time the girl went missing. The stolen car used by Casey had dirt, a suspicious stain and hair which appeared to belong to Caylee in the trunk.
Is it just me, or does it look like this young mother killed her 2-year old daughter, partied for a month, lied to investigators and her parents, and now the mother is trying to cover for her sociopathic kid? I have tried hard to put myself in the grandmother's shoes, but I am now convinced I would NOT stand for anything other than justice for my granddaughter. There might be a time down the road where you could find forgiveness for your child for doing something unspeakable, but not before you found out what happened to a defenseless child and justice was served. What do you think?
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