Casey Anthony Circumstantial Evidence

Casey Anthony had a substantial amount of circumstantial evidence, but was able to walk away as a free woman. Casey contradicted her testimony throughout the trial of the murder of her two year old daughter, Caylee Anthony. Although there was enough evidence to point the finger and call her the perpetrator, there was not nearly enough evidence to put Casey behind bars. In law, it is very black and white, DNA has to match with the offender exactly or you have no case. On July 15, 2008, the police department in Orlando, Florida received a call from a woman named Cindy Anthony, she claimed that her daughter

When the news channels heard about this traggic incident they began to blast society. This raised many questions within the community, where is the mother, and where is Caylee Anthony? Later that day Cindy went searching for her car and found out that it had been abandoned in a parking lot, and had been towed. When Cindy received her car back, she called the police again, and stated "There's something wrong. I found my daughter's car today, and it smells like there has been a dead body in the car,"(Casey). After Cindy Anthony made this statement, people started to blame the absence of Caylee on her mother, Casey. Eventually, getting a hold of Casey Anthony, She admits to the police department that Caylee has been missing for 31 days, because she was kidnapped by her nanny, Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez. After hearing this calamitous news the police department starts tracking down who this woman is, and where she lives. Furthermore, investigators call family and friends to see if they have ever remotely heard of “Zanny the nanny”(Casey). Quickly it was shown that Casey had been lying, because none of her relatives or peers had heard of such a person. Now that the tables are starting to turn

Casey Anthonys defense attorney, Jose Baez starts off his opening argument by pointing the finger at Caseys father, George Anthony. He states that George sexually molested Casey as she was growing up in his home. Then, he tells the room full of anxious ears, that Casey did not kill her daughter, her daughter drowned in the pool on July 16, 2008. Shortly after, Jose tells the jury that George helped Casey cover up the accident by hiding her in the woods. Immediately, George goes up in front of the judge, puts his right hand over the bible, and promises that is a false alibi. George says "If I would have known something happened to Caylee, I wouldn't be here