Casey Anthony detectives overlooked Google search

Yahoo! News ^ | 11/25/2012 | AP writer

[Former Fetus]

The Florida sheriff's office that investigated Caylee Anthony's death confirmed Sunday that it overlooked a computer search for suffocation methods made from the little girl's home on the day she was last seen alive.

Orange County sheriff's Capt. Angelo Nieves said the office's computer investigator missed a June 16, 2008, Google search for "fool-proof" suffocation methods. The agency's admission was first reported by Orlando television station WKMG. It's not known who performed the search. The station reported it was done on a browser primarily used by the 2-year-old's mother, Casey Anthony, who was acquitted of the girl's murder in 2011.

Anthony's attorneys argued during trial that Casey Anthony helped her father, George Anthony, cover up the girl's drowning in the family pool.

WKMG said sheriff's investigators pulled 17 vague entries only from the computer's Internet Explorer browser, not the Mozilla Firefox browser commonly used by Casey Anthony. More than 1,200 Firefox entries, including the suffocation search, were overlooked.

[Melas]

No, it goes as far back as the 19th century. The guy who killed Wild Bill Hickock (can’t remember the name) was acquitted then the feds tried him in Federal Indian Territorial court and convicted him. The uses in the early 20th century during prohibition forward are too numerous to list.

[Las Vegas Ron]

Interesting info, thanks!

[PghBaldy]

I do wish though they had found the body earlier. Perhaps if it weren’t in water for months, evidence good enough for the idiot jury would have been present.

[wideawake]

Shades of Karla Homolka - who is also as free as a bird.

[polkajello]

She googled fool proof methods of getting away with murder and it displayed Jose Bayez’ Law Firm.

[freekitty]

Who the hell did they think did it? I can’t believe they wouldn’t have been suspicious when she didn’t even report her child missing for 30 or over days. BIG RED FLAG

[Las Vegas Ron]

I agree completely, no doubt she had culpability in Casey's death but proving what level it was was the problem.

As to this articles premise, I do remember the State submitting that she did searches for chloroform (don't know if it was on Google) and I don't recall if it was submitted as evidence though.

[Las Vegas Ron]

Should read: submitted in court as evidence.

[yldstrk]

I think they could file in federal court

[fatima]

Unreal,even I know that.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I heard that those same detectives were child molesters.

Let's see them prove that they aren't.

[StAnDeliver]

Although she was charged and found guilty of four misdemeanor counts of providing false information to a law enforcement officer, she could reasonably be charged with perjury if it does not arise from the same fact set that produced those four successful charges. Since her defense was based on an alleged accidental drowning, the circumstances for perjury exist.

However, since Ashton won the DA's job (and was congratulated at his victory party by no less than George Anthony), and wrote a book about the case (and would probably have to recuse from any new investigation), don't expect this to go anywhere.

[SaraJohnson]

Get used to third world incompetence. It is us now.

[Sacajaweau]

I believe there could be a civil suit...say by the grandparents...but the tramp doesn’t have anything and never will.

[PghBaldy]

I think it was submitted in court, but don’t take that to the bank.