Casey Anthony: Serial Killers In The United States

Casey Anthony In 2016 there were a total of 17,250 murders in the United States. Murders in the United States compared to those internationally are quite high. In 2012 the Germany murder rate was at 0.8 while the United States murder rate stood at 4.7. 14 percent of these murders were committed by strangers, 15 percent were family members or spouses of the victims, and one third were acquaintances with the victims, the other one third of the murder relationships was undetermined. Since 1980 there have been 154 classified serial killers worldwide, 87 of those serial killers have been from the United States. There are 37 active serial killers in the US at any given time, and 271 serial killer suspects currently on the FBI list (Seth). Although

Casey took Caylee with her. Over the next few weeks, Cindy called her daughter to check on her and Caylee. Each time, Casey told her that Caylee was out with a babysitter. On July 13, 2008, Cindy and George Anthony received a letter saying that Casey's car was in a tow yard. When George went to pick the car up, he found many different things in the car. He found her purse, along with Caylee's car seat and toys. George noticed a very strong smell, the smell smelled like a decomposing body coming from the trunk. Later that day Cindy found Casey at her boyfriend, Tony Lazaro’s, home, and brought her home. Casey broke down, telling her mother that she had left Caylee with nanny Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez in Orlando on June 16, and claimed that Gonzalez had kidnapped the toddler. Casey failed to report Caylee’s disappearance for weeks. On July 15, 31 days after two-year-old Caylee's disappearance, Cindy Anthony reported her missing to the Orange County Sheriff's Office (“Casey Anthony Trial Fast Facts”). After questioning Casey, detectives found many holes in Casey’s story. The signed statement she made about Caylee's disappearance was false, Casey’s friends and family had never heard of the babysitter, and detectives later discovered that, there was no nanny (Orlando, John Cloud). As the search for Caylee intensified, Casey Anthony was put under investigation for her actions days before Caylee was reported

It is believed that Casey kept the body in the trunk for a few days before finally disposing of it in the woods. When police searched the computer they found searches regarding “chloroform”. Cindy Anthony said that she had searched for "chloroform," testifying that she'd been looking for "chlorophyll," but the prosecution provided evidence that Cindy was logged into her work computer, and not even at home, when the suspicious search terms were entered (“Casey Anthony Trial”). Many other types of forensic evidence were found to charge Casey with murder. There was human hair found in the trunk of Casey’s car. Since there was no root of the hair the tissue DNA of the hair could not get a precise identification. Mitochondrial DNA was instead used to narrow down the identity. It could not give a precise identification, but it did narrow it down to be a female in the Anthony family. The hair showed characteristics of decomposition on it (“Forensic Analysis of the Casey Anthony Trial”). They also did an odor analysis in the trunk of Casey’s vehicle. The technician was able to isolate compounds, 67% of which are associated with human decomposition (Hayes, Ashley). One compound found that came to question was the excessive levels of chloroform. Many other pieces of evidence like stained paper towels and insect