Spring 2012, Aoj 240-6134
Term paper: Casey Anthony
Caylee Marie Anthony was a two year old girl who was reported missing in Orlando, Florida on July, 2008. On December 2008 her body was found in a wooded area near her home. Caylee Anthony was missing for over 31 days, and was reported missing to the cops by her grandmother Cindy Anthony, Caylee’s mother Casey Anthony was arrested under first degree murder for the murder of her daughter. Cindy Anthony said that Casey’s car smelled like a dead body had been inside. Cindy also said that Casey had given her all different types of explanations as to where her granddaughter was, one day Casey could not keep her secret from her mother as to the whereabouts of her daughter Caylee, and told her mother that she had not seen her daughter for week. Casey lied to her mother and to the police about Caylee’s whereabouts by giving various types of stories. She told the detectives that Caylee was kidnapped by her babysitter, Zenaida Gonzalez, and that the reason that Casey had not reported to the cops was because she wanted to scare Zenaida. The police later on find out that Casey made everything up that the so called babysitter Zenaida Gonzalez didn’t exist. This lady lived in another state and had never met anyone with the name of Casey Anthony. Police also found out that Casey lied about her employment at Universal Studios in Orlando Florida. On October 2011, Casey Anthony was charge with first degree murder and pled not guilty. In December 2011, Caylee’s body was found inside of a trash bag with duct tape near the front of her skill and mouth. Because of the evidence the duct tape on Caylee’s mouth, examiners determined that Caylee was murdered. Casey Anthony’s trial lasted about a month and a half. The prosecution said that Casey murdered her daughter by putting chloroform (a substance that puts someone to sleep, but if too much used it can cause death.) However Case’s
Citations: 1. USA TODAY JULY 6 20011 BY MARISOL BELLO AND WILLIA M. WELCH, “HOW THE CASEY ANTHONY CASE CAME APART” 2. ORLANDO SENTINEL MAY 15 2012. TIMELINE OF THE CASEY ANTHONY CASE FROM WIKIPEDIA, THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA. 4. ABC WORLD NEWS WITH DIANE SWAYER CASEY TRIAL TIMELINE KEY OF EVENTS.