NO JUSTICE FOR CAYLEE!

[Janice]

This one just about rips your heart out. Little Caylee was such a doll, but she's with the Angels now. I got in on this very late, so I'm confused about a lot.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._Anthony_Trial

Casey Anthony Murder Trial: Witness Said Car Smelled Of Human Decomposition

Casey Anthony's prosecutors on Friday provided a refreshing relief to the monotony of testimony adduced in the last few days of her capital murder trial when they called a key prosecution witness to the stand.
Simon Birch, the former manager of Johnson’s Wrecker, the Orlando towing company that impounded Anthony's Pontiac Sunfire on June 30, 2008 –- roughly two weeks after her daughter died -– delivered the most explosive testimony to date when he described inspecting the vehicle.
"It was an odor consistent to what I have smelled in the past when it comes to decomposition," said Birch, who noticed the odor while examining Anthony's car four or five days after it was impounded in the secure lot.
The towing veteran testified he has been exposed to about half-a-dozen dozen vehicles during the course of his 30-year career that have had deceased bodies in them and that he was familiar with the odor of decomposition. Having previously worked in the sanitation industry for two years, Birch said he was also familiar with the smell of garbage.
Birch testified that decomposing human remains have a "very unique and distinctive smell" and that there was no mistaking the nature of the odor that was emanating from Anthony's car.
"The instant flash in my mind was, 'Whoa, I know what that smell is,'" Birch said.
Anthony, 25, is on trial for the first-degree murder of her daughter, two-year-old Caylee. The trial continued Saturday with testimony from Casey Anthony's mother, Cindy Anthony, and her former boyfriend, Anthony Lazzaro. An emotional Cindy Anthony described the days leading up to the toddler's disappearance and asked prosecutors to remove a photo shown of Caylee. "I can't look at my granddaughter without getting upset," she said.
Caylee was last seen alive on June 16, 2008. Her disappearance was reported on July 15, 2008, the same day Casey Anthony's parents retrieved their daughter's car from Johnson’s Wrecker.
Prior to making her infamous 911 calls, in which she said she found her daughter's car and it "smells like there's been a dead body in the damn car," Cindy Anthony and her husband, George Anthony, went to Johnson's Wrecker and met with Birch to retrieve the car.
During his testimony on Friday, Birch said that when George Anthony opened the door to his daughter's vehicle, they were exposed to a "very potent" smell. When the two men opened the trunk of the vehicle, they discovered a bag of trash, which Birch testified he disposed of. The smell, however, was still present even after the trash was removed, he said.
The dramatic testimony of the tow lot manager set the stage once again for George Anthony. He was called to the witness stand for the third time in four days -– on this occasion to offer his own ornamental details about retrieving his daughter's vehicle. Anthony, a former police detective, acknowledged he had smelled a "pretty strong odor" when he picked up the car. He testified that he was afraid of what he might find in the trunk of the vehicle and thought, "Please God, don’t let this be my Casey or my Caylee [in the trunk]," he testified.
During cross examination, Casey Anthony's defense attorney, Jose Baez, asked George Anthony why he drove his daughter's vehicle home from the tow yard, rather than contacting police. The question was an apparent attempt to establish George Anthony’s alleged involvement in a cover-up. That relates to Tuesday's opening statements, in which Baez alleged that Caylee died on June 16, 2008, when she drowned in her family's swimming pool. He had also said that George Anthony was the one who found his granddaughter's body.
"The reason you drove that car home and didn't call police and went to work is because you knew Caylee was dead already," Baez suggested.
"No. I did not," a visibly shaken Anthony replied.
Up until Baez's recent revelation about the swimming pool, Casey Anthony had claimed her daughter was abducted by a babysitter. Multiple searches were conducted and, in December 2008, a former Orange County meter reader named Roy Kronk found Caylee's remains near her family home.
Throughout the day Friday, jurors watched nearly a dozen store surveillance videos of Anthony shopping in the weeks after Caylee died, and a number of other witnesses were called to the stand to corroborate testimony of previous witnesses. The only other witness of note was the fiancée of Anthony's older brother, Lee Anthony.
Mallory Parker testified to several mundane events, including a trip to downtown Orlando in July 2008, when she and Lee Anthony were attempting to locate his sister. However, during cross examination, when Baez asked Parker about the relationship between Casey Anthony and Caylee, the witness became emotional and broke down on the stand.
"It was awesome," Parker said. She said the two had a "very special" bond, which she described as "amazing."
Anthony is accused of multiple charges, including capital murder, aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter of a child and misleading law enforcement. The prosecution seeks the death penalty.

[Family Ties Forever!]

It's such a sad case. What I have always wondered is why Caylee's mother waited an entire month before reporting Caylee as missing. Also there's the whole babysitter claim which turned out that the babysitter Casey claimed was watching Caylee never existed.

[Retro4Life]

Yes, I've been following it. I haven't made up my mind about what I think really happened yet, but looking at those "party pictures" supposedly taken while the little girl was missing is deeply disturbing to me. Whatever happened, how could she still react and behave that way?

One thing I've noticed, and it is very poignant. The little girl looked VERY much like her grandma. At first I didn't like that woman but as the trial unfolds and evidence is presented, I wonder who is really lying and about what.

Heaven help me, it's the kind of thing that it's hard to look away from. But as you say, a terrible story where no one comes out well, particularly that beautiful little girl.

[Dork]

I am sick of the trail, it gone on long enough, just find the mother guilty and get it over with!

[Rezny@gmail.com]

If Casey Anthony were found NOT GUILTY?There would be a lot of REALLY MAD people-Nancy Grace(for sure-and I'm not knocking her here)and HLN's legal pundits (know it alls)Vinnie Politan,and Jane Velez-Mitchell.And a question:If she was found not guilty,do you think Casey Anthony would assist in finding the real kiiller?Any thoughts?Just curious.

[robyrob]

the "real killer"?

what is she gonna do, follow OJ Simpson around on the golf course?

[Lee]

In my opinion, Casey Anthony is guilty. The fact that she lied to and misled
Orange County(Florida) investigators is proof in itself of her guilt. Would an
innocent person lie to and mislead police investigators numerous times? I believe
Casey Anthony deserves the death penalty and I hope she receives it.

[Liza]

She's undoubtedly a compulsive liar - and I do think she killed her daughter, but should she be found not guilty... well, she'd hardly be the first to get away with it.

OJ Simpson, Robert Blake... heck, Lizzie Borden! They may get away with it, but they have already been tried in the court of public opinion - whether that's fair or unfair, it's the truth.

[-STEFFY-]

Originally Posted by Lee

Casey Anthony deserves the death penalty and I hope she receives it.

She would suffer much more if she spent the rest of her life in prison.

[Liza]

Originally Posted by -STEFFY-

She would suffer much more if she spent the rest of her life in prison.

I agree with that. I think she truly believes she hasn't done anything wrong - she just doesn't seem to "get" it. I think even if she were on death row she wouldn't get it - she's queen of denial. I think she needs decades behind bars to think about it.

[Family Ties Forever!]

This case reminds me of the Riley Ann Sayers' case. It's so sad. The details are disturbing.

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Murder of Riley Ann Sawyers



Riley Ann Sawyers
Born March 11, 2005
Mentor, Ohio
Died July 24, 2007 (aged 2)
Spring, Texas

Riley Ann Sawyers (March 11, 2005 - July 24, 2007) was a two-year-old girl from Mentor, Ohio, who was beaten to death by her mother and stepfather, and whose body was subsequently discovered in Galveston Bay. At this point police began a nationwide effort to identify her, and was known in the press as Baby Grace while her identity was unknown. Her identity was confirmed after her paternal grandmother, Sheryl Sawyers, notified police after seeing a composite sketch of the child. The remains were positively identified through DNA testing on November 30, 2007.

Background
Riley Ann Sawyers was born at Geauga Regional Hospital in Mentor, Ohio, to Robert Thomas Sawyers and Kimberly Dawn Trenor. Her mother was a sophomore at Mentor High School, and became pregnant at age fifteen. Robert Sawyers was a former student at Mentor High School, until he dropped out during his junior year. The family lived with Robert's mother Sheryl and her mother in Mentor, where Sheryl was Riley's primary caregiver. It was also during this time that Robert began having an affair with a woman named Catherine Priester. The two would later marry and have a son together.

In October 2006, alleging physical abuse and having filed domestic violence charges, Trenor left the area with her daughter and "disappeared". Trenor moved with her daughter to Spring, Texas, to marry Royce Clyde Zeigler, Jr. The two had met while playing on the online game World of Warcraft,[6] and they married on June 1, 2007, in Harris County, Texas. Zeigler believed Riley should be disciplined to say "Sir" and "Ma'am" to adults, and that corporal punishment was the best means of disciplining a child. Believing that Trenor was not properly administering the beatings herself, Zeigler took over.

DeathAccording to a videotaped confession and signed affidavit from Trenor, on July 24, 2007, she and Zeigler beat Riley with two leather belts and held her head underwater in the bathtub. She also said Zeigler picked her daughter up by her hair, threw her across the room, which caused her to slam her head into the tile floor. Finally Riley, hurt from the beating, was unable to stand when ordered to do so. “She didn’t have control of her legs,” Trenor said. When they realized Riley was dead, Trenor and Zeigler went to Wal-Mart to purchase a plastic Sterilite storage container, wrapped Riley in garbage bags, and stuffed her corpse inside the container. They kept the container in a storage shed for approximately two months before dumping it into Galveston Bay, where it was discovered by local fisherman Robert Wayne Spinn on October 29, 2007. A coroner discovered skull fractures and the investigation proceeded as a homicide.

Shortly before Thanksgiving in 2007, Zeigler attempted suicide via overdosing on blood pressure medication and prescribed anti-depressants. He left a suicide note stating: "My wife is innocent of the sins I committed". Trenor and Zeigler eventually took responsibility for Riley Ann's death, initially charged with injury to a child and tampering with evidence. Trenor said that the death was accidental—"a case of discipline that went too far." However, he later claimed during his trial that he was in another room of the house when Riley had died, so could not have been guilty.

On January 14, 2008, the cremated remains of Riley Ann Sawyers were turned over to her family in Ohio, after a Texas judge ruled that samples taken during the autopsy would be sufficient evidence for trial.

Murder convictionsTrenor was convicted of capital murder on February 2, 2009. It took the jury 90 minutes to reach a verdict. Trenor received a life sentence with the possibility of parole in 38 years.Zeigler also faced charges of capital murder as well as evidence tampering. On November 6, 2009, he was convicted of capital murder and received an automatic sentence of life imprisonment with the possibility of parole, as the state did not seek the death penalty.

Zeigler, Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) #01605580, is currently incarcerated in the Powledge Unit. Previously he was incarcerated at the Allred Unit. Trenor, TDCJ# 01549893, is incarcerated in the Mountain View Unit. Her first parole eligibility date is November 24, 2047.

[Retro4Life]

Originally Posted by Dork

I am sick of the trail, it gone on long enough, just find the mother guilty and get it over with!

I understand the impulse for "frontier justice" but that's not the way our system works. People are assumed innocent until proven guilty. That's one of the many things that makes our country great, and I wouldn't change it for the world.

[comedyfreak]

I haven't really followed the whole thing if there are two different stories who knows what really happened.

[robyrob]

Originally Posted by comedyfreak

I haven't really followed the whole thing if there are two different stories who knows what really happened.

thats the whole problem - she's told a dozen different stories, and every time she gets caught lying she comes up with a different story

[catlover79]

Originally Posted by Family Ties Forever!

This case reminds me of the Riley Ann Sayers' case. It's so sad. The details are disturbing.

The Riley case hits home to me (literally!) because Mentor, OH, is the next town over from me. Naturally, it was a big story up here.

As for Casey Anthony, she really does strike me as delusional. What a mess.