The Disappearance And Murder Of Casey Anthony

The case I will be analyzing is the disappearance and murder of Caylee Anthony.

On July 15, 2008, Cythina Anthony, Caylee´s grandmother, called 9-1-1 to report Caylee missing. In that same call, she also reported a smell to the 911 operator, ¨ And it smells like there´s been a dead body in the damn car¨. Cythina then handed the phone to her daughter, Casey Anthony, Caylee´s mother. The operator asked her when the last time she had seen Caylee is, to which Casey answered she hadn´t seen her for 31 days and knew who had her. Casey Anthony told police that the babysitter Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez vanished with Caylee, on June 9 and was too scared to alert authorities. This was a lie, as there was never a babysitter, and the real Zenaida never heard of Casey or Caylee. In October of the same year, Casey was charged with seven charges, one including

(2021) The trial lasted 6 weeks from May to July 2011, the prosecution was seeking the death penalty, they alleged Casey wanted to get rid of her parent

The prosecution argued that Casey had killed her daughter by suffocating her with duct tape and then disposing of her body in a wooded area near her home. The defense argued that Caylee had accidentally drowned in the family's swimming pool and that Casey had panicked and disposed of the body. The jury ultimately found Casey not guilty of first-degree murder, aggravated manslaughter of a child, and aggravated child abuse. She was found guilty of four misdemeanor counts of providing false information to law enforcement. The case has been highly debated since the verdict was announced. Many people believe that Casey was guilty of the crime and that the jury made a mistake in acquitting her. Others believe that the prosecution did not present enough evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Casey was