Forensics Research Paper: Casey Anthony

In the crime documentary of “Susan Smith – Child Killer”, the narrator stated that Susan Smith failed her lie detector test on the second day of the search for her supposedly kidnapped children. Any other typical mother whose children were missing would have been hysterical. She knew she killed her children and that they were buried under the lake where she drowned them. She did not seem to show any remorse while on TV talking to the kidnapper that does not exist. In a letter she penned from jail to The State newspaper, she wrote “the thing that hurts me the most is that people think I hurt my children in order to be with a man” (Sanchez). She continued in her letter that the only reason why she did not tell the truth about her killing her children was because she did not know how to

In July of 2008, one of the biggest crime cases devastated the United States nation-wide. The death of Caylee Anthony, a two year old baby, became the most popular topic in a brief amount of time. Caylee’s mother, Casey Anthony, became the main suspect after the child supposedly was kidnapped and went missing. To this day, the Casey Anthony case shocks me because justice, in my opinion, wasn’t served. I feel as if the criminal conviction system became somewhat corrupted in this case. The entire nation, including the court system, knew that Casey Anthony was behind this criminal act, but yet she escaped all charges. I chose this case not only because it’s debatable, but also to help state the obvious, this case was handled the wrong way.

The Casey Anthony case was one that captured the heart of thousands and made it to the headline of national TV talk shows, newspapers, radio stations and social media networks for months. The root of the case was due to a clash between the parental responsibilities, the expectations that went with being a parent, and the life that Casey Anthony wanted to have. The case was in respect to the discovering the cause of Casey’s two-year-old daughter, Caylee Marie Anthony’s, death; however the emphasis was placed on Casey and her futile lies, which resulted in a public outcry. The purpose of this essay is to delve into the public atmosphere and inquire about why the media and social media collectively attacked the case by uncovering the content

It all started in 2008, when Caylee Anthony, a 2year old child went missing. The 2 year old’s mother, Casey Anthony stated to the police that the last time she has seen her daughter was when she dropped her off to the child’s babysitter. (Timeline of Casey Anthony Trial, ABC News Internet Ventures). However, things began to escalate when reporters stated that Casey didn’t report Caylee’s disappearance till a month later. At even that time, it wasn’t Casey who reported Caylee’s death; it was the grandmother, Cynthia Anthony, who was also known in this case at Cindy. (Chuck Hustmyre, Criminal

Caylee Anthony was reported missing on July 15th, 2008, her skeletal remains were found on December 11th, 2008 at a body dump site in a swampy wooded area about 1/2 mile from her home. Her remains were found with a blanket inside a trash bag. There was duct tape found near the front of the skull and the mouth of the skull.

On Casey’s home computer there was a google search done on chloroform and chloroform was found in the trunk of Casey Anthony’s car. According to the defense, Caylee died by drowning in her family's pool on June 16, 2008, and that George Anthony, Casey’s father covered up the death in order to keep Casey from being charged with child neglect. Jose Baez said in his opening statement that George Anthony had sexually abused Casey all throughout her childhood starting when she was only 8 years old and that her brother had also made efforts to sexually assault her also. With this being said, he wanted people to know that Casey isn’t just heartless but she’s just used to covering up her emotions after having to deal with such emotions throughout her

“On July 5, 2011, the jury found Casey Anthony not guilty of first-degree murder …” I believe the jury was wrong. Casey Anthony proved to be a liar, a careless mother, and became secretive about her whereabouts. She leads us all to believe she is a woman capable of the murder of her own flesh and blood.

Ethics refers to the concept of choosing right and wrong actions. When a person do what is right or good things are considered ethical and when they do not do what is right they are considered unethical or wrong and bad. In the case of Casey Anthony I can only imagine what she was thinking and based on her mental state she falsified her testimonies in an attempt to get the outcome that felt right for her. While in public Casey presented herself in a way that disconnected her from the disappearance of her daughter which for most people with a normal state of mind would view this as a significant life event. However in the midst of her daughter’s disappearance and death Casey lacked remorse and acted indifferent. Casey Anthony trail is about

An attorney named Elton Mathis, tried to say that she appeared to have used a trash bag to hang herself from a partition in the ceiling that was used to give the other inmates privacy. Sandra Bland was the only female was in incarcerated in the jail at that time.

In the Casey Anthony case Jeff Ashton who is a former state attorney in Orange county Florida, and also the first prosecutor in the United States to get a conviction based on DNA decided to use a new Forensic method in the Anthony case. The smell of death would be the allowed as evidence for the first time ever. In the trunk of Anthony’s car was a stained area on the carpet and an odor. Ashton stated that the smell was that of human decomposition. That piece of carpet was removed, sealed and sent to Dr. Vass, a forensic anthropologist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Dr. Voss has been studying human decomposition at the University of Tennessee’s “body farm”.

One of the key indication that a homicide has been committed was the newspapers and smell of fuel in the residence. The smell of fuel was an obvious, since there is no explanation why fuel

Casey Anthony was born on March 19, 1986 in Warren, Ohio. Casey Anthony was one of two children of Cindy and George Anthony. “Casey was a bright, personable young girl with friends and what many thought was an ordinary American family” (Biography). Friends of Casey say that a pattern of lying began with her in high school. Casey lied to her parents about graduating just for her parents to attend the graduation ceremony and find out that she was not graduating (Biography). One of the lies Casey also told her parents was when she was nineteen years old and denied that she was pregnant when her parents confronted her. Casey claimed that she was still a virgin. Casey Anthony was nineteen years old when she gave birth to her daughter Caylee Anthony. On June 16, 2008 was the last time Caylee was reportedly seen alive. 31 days later Casey’s mother, Cindy Anthony reports to the police that her granddaughter is missing. On July 16, 2008 Casey is arrested for child neglect. On October 14, 2008 Casey is the primary suspect of the death

This case was a very disturbing one because it involves a small but innocence child who hadn’t even begin to live her life. Before she was heartlessly taken away from her family. This case started off with a lot of lies and many questions about the whereabouts of Caylee Anthony. It was first stated that she was with a nanny in which later they were told Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzales the nanny in question kidnapped Caylee. It was found that she didn’t even know Casey Anthony and Casey Anthony did not know of her either. The next statement that was made is that she drowned at their home pool. Later it was discovered that Caylee Anthony was ducted taped and placed into a laundry bag and put into the truck of Casey Anthony’s car where Caylee was

Additionally there was photographic evidence entered on the case which had been retrieved from the computer of Ricardo Morales, a former boyfriend of Casey Anthony. The picture was that of a poster which said “Win Her Over with Chloroform”. (DD, 2011).

Each student will write a paper focused on a related topic regarding current trends in Forensic Social Work.