Case Study Of Casey Anthony

On July 15th, 2008, Caylee Marie Anthony, two-years-old, was reported missing by her maternal grandmother, Cynthia Anthony. On December 11th, 2008 a man named Roy Kronk found a plastic bag containing human remains in a wooded area near the Anthony’s home in Florida (1). The suspects in this case were Zenaida “Zanny” Fernandez Gonzalez and Casey Anthony. This case had a number of witnesses including Casey’s parents, friends, and family. Dr. Arpad Vass a forensic anthropologist, Dr. Tim Huntington a forensic entomologist, Dr. John Shultz a UCF anthropology professor, and chief medical examiner Dr. Jan Garvaglia and many others in the forensic science community were all critical witnesses during the trial (2). Casey Anthony, Caylee’s mother, was

The main one was where Caylee’s body was found. Her body was found in the woods near the Anthony house on December 11th, 2008 by a utility worker. Caylee’s body was stuffed inside multiple layers of bags with duct tape wrapped three times around her head covering her nose and mouth at the same time. After the months of her being missing, the bags were ripped and her “body was pulled apart and dragged by animals to other spots nearby” (4). After the months of being in the woods, Caylee’s body had foliage growing through it, keeping some of the bones together. A second crime scene was Casey Anthony’s car. The theory that investigators had was that Casey Anthony stored her daughter in the trunk of her car after subduing her with chloroform. It was not determined how long Caylee was stored in the trunk. It was known that Cynthia Anthony originally stated during one of the multiple 9-1-1 calls she made, “I found my daughter’s car today and it smelled like there’s been a dead body in the damn car.” (5). This statement from Cynthia was later retracted. The last scene was Cynthia and George Anthony’s backyard. In an original statement, Casey stated that Caylee drowned in the family’s backyard swimming pool. When the police came to investigate, the pool was on the completely opposite side of the backyard. Instead of finding any evidence near the pool, there was a spot near the child play house that the cadaver dogs picked up the scent of