Posted on 07/11/2013 4:19:08 PM PDT by IbJensen
This is not really the sort of estate sale that makes you stop and go "ooh."
But George and Cindy Anthony had customers all the same.
The parents of Casey Anthony, who was found not guilty of murder in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee Anthony, held a yard sale over the weekend outside their home in Mount Dora, Fla., according to Radar Online.
The items up for grabs? Their late granddaughter's toys.
"When I pulled up, they were taking tarps off the yard sale items that were covered due to the rain," eyewitness Christina Werner told Radar. "I immediately noticed the two white canopies over the yard sale tables because they looked like the tents used in the search for Caylee."
Werner said that she seemed to be the only customer who realized who the Anthonys were and the significance of what they were selling.
Caylee's remains were found on Dec. 11, 2008, in a trash bag in a wooded area not far from the family's home, about five months after Cindy reported her missing to police, saying she had not seen her granddaughter in 31 days. The child's death was ruled a homicide by undetermined means.
After a televised trial that received an incredibly amount of publicity, Anthony was found not guilty of first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse and aggravated manslaugth of a child in 2011. She was found guilty of four misdemeanor counts of providing false information to law enforcement and was released from jail days later with credit for time served.
Werner told Radar that she bought toy heart lockets, a kid-size luggage set, a Winnie-the-Pooh backpack, a Tigger bag and several teddy bears.
She also found what appeared to be pants and purses that had belonged to Casey and she said that she bought a number of the purses at a discount—a fact that seemed to anger Cindy.
"When it came time to buy the items, [George] did not tell [his wife] he had discounted the purses and she was so upset about that," Werner said. "She began yelling at him and said he should have told her. I think the difference may have been a whole 10 dollars, but she was upset."
Whether it has anything to do with the yard sale or not, Casey filed for bankruptcy protection in January and is being sued for defamation by two different people in connection with accusations the now 27-year-old Casey and her defense attorney, Jose Baez, made during her trial.
Casey has largely remained out of the public eye, minus her appearance in several homemade video blogs that she made shortly after her acquittal, which may have been leaked online and not intended for public viewing.
"I did not mean for this to happen and wish it would all go away," the person who claimed responsibility for posting the videos told E! News in January 2012. "It snowballed out of control. I feel sorry for her because the media is ripping her and the video apart. They need to let the girl live. I respect the constitution and she was found not guilty."
Par for the course...
Just wow.
I know some people who preserve their deceased child/grandchild’s room just like it was. Until they themselves die.
Guess not this family.
Give away I can see but not sell!
Even if they gave away they would still need the prolicic We did this!
Outragous the only thing worse is the ones who Bought!
I guess you can see where the Book sales are goin!
I guess libs would call this a “choice.”
There are any death-cult sickos that buy these items, because they are from a "notorious case"
Honestly this makes my very sad.
I can't imagine seeing my son's toys if something were to happen to him. I'd toss them. Or donate.
Sad.
Bon Fires can have a peaceful return!
It’s stuff, not a person. How is this different than any estate sale?
Now we see the rotten tree that laid the road apple.
Some people get the kids they deserve.
I think it would be normal to give the dead child’s clothes and toys away anonymously to a charity. I guess these people are not normal.
I’m guessing they are intending to,downsize their lifestyle by selling the house and moving into a condo.
Definitely far from normal.
These toys were meant to be her comfort, something to hold onto when she got scared or upset, or just wanted a peaceful nap or to help her go to bed.
A blanket, a stuffed Tigger, some small trinket that may not mean much to an adult, but meant a lot to her.
I've been to estate sales of elderly people. They contain the remains of a fully lived life.
I was never "sad" when I went to these sales.
But for the sale of a (likely murdered) child, I simply couldn't buy anything.
It would be terrible.
When I tach computer forensics, the Casey Anthony case is one of my examples of what NOT to do.
Forensic examiners looked at the browser history for IE and found nothing. Too bad they didn’t look at the browser history for Firefox, which was full of incriminating evidence.
I always tell me student, you don’t want to be the idiot who didn’t check all of the browsers’ history files.
Hoarders........
tach = teach
Seems to be no cure for fumble fingers
——Tacky couple;——
You are being way too kind....
Nope. Not hoarders. Just scarred into an inability to deal any more with the sudden death of their child.
The main one I’m thinking of was a guy my age, killed in a horrible DUI car crash (he was on his way home from swing shift and the drunk hit him). He was an only child and had taken that job to pay for his junior college. His mother never ever got over that. Their house was ‘normal’ in every way. Except do not go into the deceased child’s bedroom. She threw out garbage just like any normal person. Stuff that was her sons wasn’t garbage. His room is preserved as a pristine 1985 time capsule.
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