Her responses were at turns revealing, bizarre and often contradictory, and they ultimately raised more questions than answers about the case that has captivated the nation. It's been almost nine years since Caylee went missing, and six since the circus-like Orlando trial that ended in her mother's acquittal. The trial was carried live on cable networks and was the focus of daily commentaries by HLN's Nancy Grace, who called her "the most hated mom in America," and, derisively, "tot mom.
The child was supposedly last seen on June 16, ; she was first reported missing, by Casey Anthony's mother, on July A day later, Casey Anthony was arrested on charges of child neglect. She told police that Caylee had disappeared with a baby sitter. A utility worker working in a wooded area near the Anthony home on Dec. Experts would testify that air samples indicated that decaying human remains had been present in Casey Anthony's trunk.
In the end, prosecutors proved Casey Anthony was a liar, but convinced the jury of little else. The government failed to establish how Caylee died, and they couldn't find her mother's DNA on the duct tape they said was used to suffocate her. After a trial of a month and a half, the jury took less than 11 hours to find Anthony not guilty of first-degree murder, aggravated manslaughter and aggravated child abuse.
Still, the Florida Department of Children and Families concluded that Anthony was responsible for her daughter's death because her "actions or the lack of actions She was convicted of four counts of lying to police though two counts were later dropped , and served about three years in prison while awaiting trial. In addition, she said she had violated a confidentiality agreement with her employer, and remains under subpoena and subject to deposition in her bankruptcy case.
Yet she had participated in five on-the-record interviews over a one-week period, many of them audiotaped. Still, she asserts she is happy. For her 31st birthday she plans to go skydiving. She enjoys taking photos, mostly of squirrels and other wildlife. And she loves her investigative work. She talks of working on a DUI manslaughter case where the accused took a plea deal. Not just for me, but for my daughter. Occasionally she goes out with friends to area bars and has struck up a few short-lived romantic relationships.
When she is out in public, men are attracted to her long, dark locks and petite frame, and often pay for her signature drinks: either a Fat Tire beer or a Jack Daniels and diet coke, with a lime wedge. But news that she is there spreads quickly; people whisper and snap photos, and she retreats to her newly purchased SUV so she can return home, alone. She was only convicted of lying to police. Two weeks later, she walked free from jail.
The jurors had planned to give a group press conference after the verdict, but changed their minds. They were ushered out of the courthouse under heavy police protection. Seven years later, the shocking verdict still stuns and outrages trial watchers who wonder how she could have walked free.
But the prosecutors did not give us enough evidence to convict. Since her murder acquittal Anthony has kept a low profile and shunned media attention except for a series of interviews with the Associated Press in A brave nurse who lost both her legs and one arm after being misdiagnosed was tragically found by her husband after taking her own life.
A group of housemates returned home on Tuesday evening to find a sinister symbol on display outside their front door. Returning to the office will be posing a silent but significant threat to thousands of workers who have become accustomed to working from home.
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