Casey Anthony: A Case Study

On June 12th, 1994, Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman’s bodies were found Nicole’s condominium; the victims had been stabbed to death. The identity of the murderer was unknown up until O.J was suspected to be a suspect. When accused, he was in another state, and was forced to fly back. (Aaseng 1996)

Casey Anthony was put on trial for murder on May 24, 2011. The trial lasted six weeks, from May to July 2011. Prosecutors were seeking to give Casey Anthony the death penalty and allegedly claimed that Casey murdered her daughter so she would not have any parental responsibilities for the child. By managing chloroform and applying duct tape onto the child’s mouth, Casey Anthony murdered her own baby. Casey Anthony’s defense team tried to argue against the charges by claiming that the child had drowned on accident in the family's swimming pool on June 16, 2008. The defense contended that Casey lied about this, along with many other issues, because of a dysfunctional childhood. They claimed that she had endured sexual abuse by her father. Casey Anthony’s defense did not present any evidence however on how Caylee died, or any evidence that claimed that Casey was sexually abused as a child, but yet they still challenged every piece of the prosecution's evidence. During her trial; Casey did not testify.

Casey told detectives several lies, including that her nanny had kidnapped Caylee on June 9, and that she had been trying to find her, too frightened to alert the authorities. She was charged with first-degree murder in October 2008 and pleaded not guilty. The prosecution sought the death penalty and alleged Casey murdered her daughter to be free from parental responsibilities by administering chloroform and applying duct tape. The defense team countered that the child had drowned accidentally in the family’s swimming pool on June 16, 2008, and that George Anthony disposed of the body. The defense contended that Casey lied about these issues due to a dysfunctional upbringing, which was said to include sexual abuse by her father. On June 5, 2011, the jury found Casey not guilty of first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, and aggravated manslaughter of a child, but guilty of four misdemeanor counts of providing false information to a law enforcement officer. She was released on a bond of $500,000 and a Florida court overturned two of the misdemeanor convictions on January 25, 2013.

As detectives continued their search, they found a Human Skull that belonged to a child about a half of a mile from where Casey lived; aswell as bones. Police stated that they are sure that Caylee is not alive, and that the remains do infact belong to her. (Timeline of Casey Anthony Trial, ABC News Internet Ventures). This became the saddest part of the trial for all people, including the judge, police , family and detectives. Prosecuters later in the trial announced that they will infact start to seek a death penalty on Casey. (CNN Library, Latest News, Cable News Network).

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Document D analysis • 1. agree with acquittal- Jose Baez, Joe Adamson….disagree- Angela Wright, Janine Gonzalez, Lawson Lamar • 2. Because the body of Caylee Anthony was found months after she had died, it was impossible to tell exactly how she died. These facts made the prosecution’s case of proving guilt much more difficult. Document D analysis • 3.

On July 15, 2008, Cindy Anthony called the police saying her daughter Casey Anthony stole her car and some money. Later that same day the police received another call from the same person saying that her granddaughter Caylee Anthony had been gone for over a month. When this was heard, they knew they had a big case on their hands. The mother Casey Anthony was taken into custody and told many lies concerning the whereabouts of her daughter. The police began to investigate and found some interesting things that could very well prove Casey Anthony guilty of kidnapping and murder of her own daughter.

On August 5, The State Attorney's Office officially filed formal charges against Casey Anthony for one felony count of child neglect.After two months of being in and out of jail, for both case-related reasons, and other charges unrelated to her missing daughter, a Florida grand jury officially indicted Casey Anthony on charges of first degree murder, aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter of a child, and finally four counts of providing false information to law enforcement officers (Anthony Indictment, 2008). At this point, all charges of child neglect were dropped against Casey due to the belief that Caylee Anthony was presumably dead. Casey Anthony officially plead not guilty to all charges on October 28. For two months following the indictment, Florida’s state Assistant State Attorneys built their case against Anthony. However, on December 11, 2008, the investigation into the disappearance of Caylee’s disappearance changed as officers discovered skeletal remains in the woods behind Cindy and George Anthony's house (CNN Library, 2014). Pieces of duct tape were found on the skull, and hanging from strands of hair and tissue still left on the skull. Eight days later, on December 19, medical examiner Dr. Jan Garavaglia confirmed that the remains found were the remains of Caylee Anthony. Her death was ruled a homicide, but ultimately Garavaglia labeled the cause of death unknown (Office of the Medical Examiner,

Weeks before the call, the vehicle Casey had been driving was found abandoned. The tow truck driver who found the vehicle told officers that the vehicle had a smell as if something had been decomposing. The tow truck driver compared the smell to a similar situation where he found an abandoned truck with a dead man’s body laying inside. Along with the horrible smell inside the vehicle; hair and a black plastic bag were found in the trunk of the car. Also found was what it seemed to be blood. On July 16 Casey Anthony was charged with first-degree murder, child neglect, aggravated child abuse and four counts of lying to detectives. On December 11, 2008 Caylee’s body was found wrapped inside a plastic bag, her body was decomposed and her skull only

During the summer time of 2008 Casey Anthony was facing first degree murder charges; she also had charges for misleading statements and on aggravated child abuse all leading into the connection of little Caylee Anthony death which was her daughter. Caylee was last seen on the June 16th of 2008. In July 15th she became the subject of a missing persons report. Casey didn’t report her child missing right away she waited an entire month to file a report on her missing daughter. Investigators believe and suspect that her mother Casey used chloroform to put Caylee to sleep before she died of suffocation. Caylee had duct tape around her nose and mouth. This is when Casey gave false statements about taking her daughter to the nanny’s house.

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