Call it crazy, but I have followed the Casey Anthony story from its onset. Casey Anthony was indicted by a grand jury on charges of first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter and four counts of lying to investigators in 2008 — even before the body of her toddler, Caylee Marie, was found. My interest in this case started with breaking news spouted by Nancy Grace — a missing toddler kidnapped by her babysitter, reported to law enforcement by the grandmother around 30 days after the fact — and has continued throughout the past several months. It doesn’t matter that I’m in Indiana and this happened in Florida.
I’m a firm believer in the presumption of innocence, and I skip reading the armchair comments from wanna-be investigators, lawyers and the like. I do read news and updates on the case from reputable sources. Primarily, I’ve been keeping up with the proceedings, and patiently waiting for a believable explanation as to WHY a mother wouldn’t report her daughter missing if, in fact, she had nothing to do with her disappearance.
WESH of Orlando provided the following quote from Casey’s mother, Cindy:
I’m not going to connect imaginary dots or make judgements simply based on documents or statements that have been presented to the public from either side at this point. As with any case pre-trial, I know there are a bajillion things yet to be revealed. So, I am waiting to hear what Cindy knows — and am interested to learn what she thinks Casey knows that she can’t tell. Like a huge number of others, I want help to understand why an innocent mother wouldn’t call-in the FBI the VERY SECOND she knew her daughter was no longer in her care.
Since the trial starts in about 9 days, I wanted to provide my favorite places to visit for information (so if you’re interested, you don’t miss the best stuff), as well as a link to an awesome piece written about the judge presiding over the proceedings:
Marinade Dave has eloquently and fairly blogged about the case since the beginning and will cover the trial as an ‘on assignment’ reporter for the Orlando Magazine.
WFTV — released documents including depositions and more are here.
“Order in His Court” article about Judge Belvin Perry, Jr.
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And because I always include a photo — happy birthday to my favorite son on the planet. Dinner at New Japan was meh, but the opportunity to spend time with family was awesome! =)
