Posted on 09/04/2008 12:17:25 PM PDT by Red Badger
New Developments in the Case of Missing Caylee Anthony - Preliminary FBI tests have reportedly revealed traces of Chloroform in the trunk of Casey Anthony's car.
California bail bondsman Tony Padilla, who put up the $500,000 bond to get her out of jail a little more than a week ago, said he had withdrawn the bond.
Let's start with case facts (Scroll down for latest updates): The mother of a missing Florida toddler is a "person of interest" in a possible homicide.
Casey was formerly charged with child neglect and other charges involving alleged lies to police about her daughter's whereabouts. Caylee Marie Anthony, 2, has not been seen for more than a month. Caylee allegedly disappeared on June 9th.
Investigators have said stains, along with hair and dirt, were found in the trunk of a car belonging to the mother, Casey Anthony. There also was the odor of human decomposition, the same odor detected in her parents' backyard. Two separate cadaver dogs hit on the car, indicating the scent of death.
Investigators found nothing when they dug in the backyard of Caylee's grandmother Cindy Anthony's home, however.
Cindy Anthony, Casey's mother, told an interviewer on the "Early Show" on CBS that her daughter "has her reasons why she can't be completely honest" with police. Caylee's grandmother, Cindy, has maintained that she does not know anything about her granddaughter's disappearance and will not discuss her daughter's unwillingness to be honest with police.
The 911 tapes in which Cindy reported her granddaughter missing have been released. In the first tape, Cindy said her daughter Casey had been missing for a month and that she just found her. (Cindy recently said in court that she spoke with her daughter everyday between the time she disappeared and the time she returned.) She wanted Casey arrested and reported that she had stolen her automobile and "some money" on the 30th of June. Cindy said Casey would not tell her where Caylee is.
In the second tape, Cindy Anthony is obviously panicked and goes into detail about her granddaughter's disappearance. She told the dispatcher that her daughter just admitted that her granddaughter was taken by Casey's long-time babysitter. "There's something wrong," she said. Cindy found her daughter's car and told the dispatcher that the car smelled like there was a dead body in it. (Cindy recently insisted she did not smell a dead body, but a rotting pizza.) Casey then talks with the dispatcher, confirming that her daughter has been missing - and that she's been trying to find her through "other resources" before reporting it to police. Casey claimed she knows who took her daughter - her nanny. Her name is Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez, a woman that doesn't exist and may have been made-up by Casey.
It was revealed earlier this week that Casey Anthony was out partying a week after her daughter went missing. Casey was photographed partying with some lovely gentlemen at a club on June 20th - well after the date she told police her daughter went missing.
Casey has changed her story, as has her attorney, claiming the date she gave police as the day her daughter disappeared is false and that Casey was lacking the guidance of an attorney at the time. Apparently Caylee disappeared "much later" than the date Casey gave authorities, perhaps even early July. The grandmother Cindy, however, says Caylee was gone on June 15th.
Casey was also seen partying with friends on July 4th.
Crime Scene Investigators, or CSI, took "evidence" from the home of Cindy Anthony after arriving with empty bags and leaving with two full bags recently.
It is believed that CSI officials collected bags of evidence in the search for Caylee. Reports suggest Casey may have borrowed a shovel around the time Caylee disappeared. A new 'concrete slab' in the backyard was also brought into question.
Caylee Anthony's grandfather has alleged in a television interview that Caylee's mom stole two gas cans shortly before the youngster disappeared. George Anthony told Fox News Tuesday night the containers and about $50 worth of gasoline disappeared from his backyard tool shed in Orlando June 24 and he saw one of them in the trunk of a car belonging to his daughter, Casey Anthony, later that day.
The Orlando Sentinel said Orange County, Fla., sheriff's investigators recovered the cans from Casey Anthony's home Aug. Casey Anthony remained in jail Wednesday after being formally charged with child neglect and lying to police.
Authorities were searching lakes nearby the Anthony home last week, but claim the dives were not related to the Caylee case.
On August 11, the family of missing Caylee reached out to psychic detective Gale St. John, who has appeared on several TV shows and has been hired for other cases, for help. Gale planned to search the streets of Central Florida for a "person signature".
She says, "We will not even look at street names."
"We drive and go completely on feeling instinct, chasing down what we call a person signature."
Also, Casey has been refusing visits from her family, including her parents. Her brother canceled his August 12th visit.
August 18 - 19th: Sacramento bounty hunter Leonard Padilla has arranged for the $500,000 bail for Casey Anthony because he has a "hunch" that Caylee is alive.
Padilla's people plan to work with Casey to get her daughter back and believe it will 5 days to find the missing girl.
Some believe Padilla's sympathy and bail are part of a publicity stunt.
August 21 - Casey was released from jail.
August 25 - Leonard Padilla said he thinks Anthony left daughter Caylee in the care of friends and did not drop her with a babysitter as she initially told police, The Orlando Sentinel reported Monday.
"I think what she was trying to do was break away from her parents' home," said Padilla, adding the 22-year-old was "in the process of re-establishing herself and her daughter."
Padilla admitted his theory is speculation, saying he has had no contact with law enforcement and bases his theory only on what he's seen.
"She's not concerned," he said. "You've seen her. Her demeanor is that of a parent who knows her child is safe."
August 26 - Casey Anthony allegedly wanted to put her child up for adoption before she was born, court documents say.
The Orlando Sentinel said Tuesday prosecution documents show Anthony initially had considered giving away unborn Caylee, but her mother ultimately insisted she change her mind on the matter.
The adoption allegation came from Anthony's childhood friend, Kiomarie Torres Cruz, who also said in the documents Anthony may suffer from bipolar disorder.
Another of Anthony's friends, Amy Huizenga, alleges in the released documents the 22-year-old mother repeatedly brought the 3-year-old to adult parties and may have been behind Caylee's disappearance on July 15.
"I think something accidentally happened … Casey freaked out. I don't know how she solved that problem. But then created this story in her head," Huizenga is quoted as saying in the court papers.
August 28 - Authorities have revealed that forensic reports prove there was a decomposing body in the car Casey was using.
August 29 - Leonard Padilla has revealed that he plans to revoke Casey Anthony's bond, sending her back to jail as early as Saturday.
According to the bounty hunter that was convinced he could 'help' Casey, her safety and the safety of his crew are at risk. When asked if the reason for his forfeited mission was because Casey was uncooperative, he replied that 'both' reasons were cause enough to send her back to jail.
Padilla told FOXNews.com that the decision was made after days of back-and-forth.
"The new charges, increased security concerns and some of the new DNA evidence that's come in put the bond at risk," Padilla said in a telephone interview. He declined to say what DNA evidence led to the decision to withdraw the bond.
September 2: Authorities have revealed that Caylee's body was in the mother's trunk. According to Orange County Sheriff's Sgt. John Allen, "We clearly have evidence that indicates there was a dead body in the trunk of Casey [Anthony's] car, and that body was Caylee [Anthony]."
Casey Anthony wrote in a poem on July 7, just days before she reported her daughter missing:
"What is given, Can be taken away. Everyone lies. Everyone dies."
Sept. 4 - Chloroform has been found in the trunk of Casey Anthony's car - and the chemical may have led to Caylee's possible 'accidental' death.
According to the Orlando Sentinel, preliminary FBI tests found traces of Chloroform in Casey's trunk, as well as evidence of decomposition.
Chloroform, which is sometimes used by young parents to force their children to sleep while they go out, can be fatal if too much is used.
Another day another twist...................
Look, we've got a missing - probably dead - kid. The time for screwing around is over. Come clean. It's over. You're only making the situation worse for yourself.
I saw this on the bottow line ticker on the news this morning....sad situation. Prayers for Caylee at least she is not suffering.
bttt
They are dealing with a sociopath, with infinite patience and a set of enabling parents with infinite stupidity.............
Send Casey to Old Sparky now.
“Chloroform, which is sometimes used by young parents to force their children to sleep while they go out, can be fatal if too much is used.”
That is either the stupidist or silliest statement I have read concerning this poor young baby and the media is full of these stupid statements.
Wow, I would have never thought of that....but then again i do not have kids for a reason. I come and go as i please.
If Casey wanted to do the same she should not have gotten pregnant.
I’m all for waterboarding this broad...but as long as she can keep her mouth shut, she will get away with the murder of her child. Since there is no statute of limitations on murder, the question is can she keep her mouth shut for the rest of her life....I doubt it.
Padilla must have known something else he hinted at...
I’m glad you mentioned that. I read it and thought...wow, I never heard of using it that way. I preferred to rock my kids to sleep.
susie
She can be charged with murder, but proving it is another thing entirely. The best that they can hope for is reckless child endangerment and possibly manslaughter...........
I think Padilla knows more than he’s supposed to. The cops may have given him some info and told him to keep his mouth shut for the time being...............
uh....I doubt Casey ever gave that a single thought.
They found searches on Casey’s computer about chloroform.
Doesn’t look good for Casey.
uh....I doubt Casey ever gave that a single thought.
They found searches on Casey’s computer about chloroform.
Doesn’t look good for Casey.
Casey Anthony is lucky as hell that I’m not the Grandfather of Caylee. I would be in jail and she would proably be in a morgue.
If only she had given the little girl up for adoption, as she wanted to. Idiot Cindy convinced her to keep Caylee.
It is very sad.
I'm guessing that Casey's panties have been on more floors than a gallon of "Mop and Glo".
We all wondered why casey wouldn’t just have come forward if the death had been due to an accident. However, if she had been using chloroform instead of a babysitter, then accidentally overdosed the baby, she would have had to explain such a horrible abuse.
I didn’t think I could detest this girl more but I fear the true account of what happened is going to stun us all
where the heck does one get chloroform?
I don't know, but if illegal and dangerous drugs can be gotten easily, then chloroform should not be a big problem........
How can a reporter get away with writing that?
It's like they're preparing a ready-made excuse for this murderer.
"Young parents" -- yeah, that's the ticket; Casey is still young and not ready for the responsibilities of caring for a baby. I'm surprised that there isn't some more tripe about the plight of single mothers and how all their hardships are society's fault.
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