The Horrific Case Of Caylee M. Anthony

The horrific case of Caylee M. Anthony that called the public attention of many people around the nation was involved with a lot of explanation about her mysterious disappearance, was one of some controversial case in this century. Caylee M. Anthony was only two and a half years old, lived with her single mother Casey Anthony, and her maternal grandparents in Orlando, Florida (Treffers, Burgess & Burgess 2013). Caylee was reported missing in July 2008 by her grandmother 31 days after her disappearance. Casey Anthony mother of Caylee lied to the investigator, told them that the babysitter has her daughter then Casey said that the babysitter doesn’t seen Caylee too. This case involved false information since the beginning. According to the article, the police officer who interviewed Casey, "noted the unemotional nature of Casey's behavior towards the loss of her child and claimed that she did not give any indication that she was legitimately worried about her child's safety" (Melich, 2008). In October 2008, Casey was found guilty as a first-degree murder.

However, there no a sufficient evidence to prove that Casey Anthony and her parents know exactly how Caylee died. Caylee's remains were discovered less than half a mile from the Anthony residence with two trash bags, a laundry bag, a blanket, and pieces of clothing showing defects consistent with decomposition (Garavaglia et al., 2008). In this controversial case, there are some patterns that can lead to false child abduction homicides. In a study by Canning and colleagues (2011), many offenders who were involved in child homicides and later reported false abductions were biological parents, with mothers being the most common offenders. In this case after Casey been exonerated the question remain Who killed Caylee