Caylee Anthony was a beautiful and bright 2 year old little girl who lived with her mother, Casey Anthony and her maternal grandparents in Orlando, Florida.
On July 15, 2008, her grandmother Cindy made a 911 call saying that she had not seen Caylee for 31 days and that Casey's car smelled like a dead body had been inside it. Casey lied to detectives, telling them Caylee had been kidnapped by a nanny on June 9, and that she had been trying to find her, too frightened to alert the authorities.
Casey was charged with first-degree murder in October 2008 and pleaded not guilty.
On December 11, 2008, Caylee's skeletal remains were found with a blanket inside a trash bag in a wooded area near the Anthony family's house.The medical examiner mentioned duct tape as one reason she ruled the death a homicide, but officially listed it as "death by undetermined means".
During the trial Casey clams that Caylee accidentally drowned at the family's home and that her father got rid of the body. Casey said she was too frightened of her father to come forward earlier.
Casey was aquitted of Caylee's murder and was only convicted of lying to police. Two weeks later, Casey walked free.
Why was Casey found not guilty?
Jurors later claim that none of them liked Casey Anthony at all and that she seems like a horrible person, but the prosecutors did not give them enough evidence to convict beyond a reasonable doubt. They also said that the prosecutors seemed to be arrogant and cold and that the only one that seemed to care was Casey's lead defense attorney, Jose Baez.
Jurors also said that Cindy seemed unbelievable, that she was under a lot of stress and not making sense and taking a lot of medication.
The Jurors say they are haunted by their decision and wish they had known more details about the case than they did. They wished they had more evidence at the time to put her away.
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