Casey Anthony Case Study

On July 15, 2008, Cindy Anthony announced that her two-year old granddaughter Caylee, had not been seen for nearly a month. Also, she wanted her daughter Casey Anthony taken into custody for robbing a car and money. Casey lied many times to investigators and displayed no emotion about her daughters disappearance. On October 14, 2008, Casey Anthony was arraigned by a Florida grand jury on first degree murder, aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter of a child, and four counts of providing false information to a law enforcement officer. Later, human remains were identified as Caylee's on December 11, 2008, in the woods approximately a quarter of a mile from the Anthony residence. On April 14, 2009, the prosecutor disclosed intent to seek the death penalty. Due to the broad attention about the case, jurors were chosen from Pinellas County but the trial was in Orange County where the crime took place. They were isolated during the whole trial (Hails, 2013).
At the time of opening statements, the prosecution claimed that Casey Anthony smothered Caylee with duct tape. The defense opening statement alleged Caylee had unintentionally drowned in her grandparents' swimming pool in their backyard. Also, they alleged that Casey reacted strangely because she had

The prosecution at that moment introduced time sheets showing that Cindy was at work when that computer search was performed. Graphic photos were introduced to show the scene where Caylee's skeletal remains were found. The chief medical examiner testified that Caylee's death was due to murder, but the cause of death could not be determined. Postmortem hair banding tests determined that hair found in the trunk of Casey's car came from a dead human being. The defense attacked this proof because the method had never been brought into a trial