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Baez Staying As Casey Anthony's Attorney
Thursday, October 16, 2008 5:44:04 AM
ORLANDO --   Casey Anthony made her initial court appearance on charges that she murdered her missing 3-year-old daughter, Caylee.

Dressed in a blue jail jumpsuit, Casey only said one word during the appearance, by acknowledging Judge John Jordan with a "yes" when he called her name.

After that, he read all of the charges on the seven count indictment a grand jury handed up Tuesday and then ordered her held without bond.

As for those charges, Casey is facing one count of first-degree murder, one count each of aggravated child abuse and manslaughter, and four counts of lying to investigators.
Baez Staying On As Casey's Lawyer, Had No Comment Following Appearance

Casey's lawyer Jose Baez was by his client’s side for her court appearance.

However, Baez did not make any comment on the case when leaving.

On Tuesday, he said in a press conference we haven't heard the full story on the case, and accused State Attorney Lawson Lamar of possibly bringing the case to a grand jury in order to help him win re-election.
   
Casey's mother and father are also standing by their daughter. On Wednesday, George said that he still believes Caylee is alive.

Meanwhile, since Casey's murder indictment, questions have been raised as to whether Baez will remain her attorney in the case.

According to Todd Black, Baez's representative, Baez will remain on the case to represent Casey on the murder charge.

Black said right now the case has not been declared a capital murder trial, and said Baez has been preparing for this possible scenario, and has a team of attorneys, including one that can handle a capital murder case.
Casey Placed In Protective Custody

Casey is being held under level one protective custody at the Orange County Jail's Female Detention Center.
   
Under the protective custody umbrella, Casey will spend her days in a cell by herself without inmate contact.

Protective custody is normally used in high-profile cases.

While in jail, Casey will be allowed out of her cell for one hour per day to take a shower, sit in the dayroom and make phone calls.
   
Additional time out of the cell can be granted at the discretion of the officers.
   
Attorney visits are allowed anytime.

http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Local/2008/10/15/casey_anthony_to_appear_in_court.html

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Casey Anthony's defense team: Caylee is dead
Few women face execution -- but will Casey Anthony?
Bianca Prieto, Amy L. Edwards and Susan Jacobson | Sentinel Staff Writers
8:57 AM EDT, October 16, 2008

TODAY'S UPDATES

Attorney's spokesman says child is dead
7:35 a.m. A spokesman for Casey Anthony's defense team told a national television news station that her young daughter, Caylee Marie Anthony, is dead.

Attorney Jose Baez's spokesman, Todd Black, was live on a phone interview on CNN Wednesday night when he said, "It's very difficult. This is a serious case involving not just the loss of the life of this little girl, but the loss of whatever is going to happen with Casey Anthony."
 

He faltered slightly after saying the girl died.

The Anthony family maintains that Caylee is alive. The child, who would have turned 3-years-old in August, has not been seen since June.

A new tip line will be set up by tomorrow, according to a statement issued late Wednesday by the Anthony family spokesman, Larry Garrison.

"The entire Anthony Family will continue to actively pursue all previous and new leads on the whereabouts of missing Caylee Marie," the statement said. "Private investigators with DNA investigations has been and will continue on a vigorous quest to bring Caylee back home safely."

Anthony was indicted on a first-degree murder charge earlier this week and is being held without bond at the Orange County Jail.
 FROM THE OCT. 16 PRINT EDITION OF THE ORLANDO SENTINEL

Prosecutors say Casey Anthony killed her child, but will they push to send her to death row?

First-degree murder is punishable by death, but the history of female killers executed in Florida during the past 150 years is brief.

The state has executed only two women in the modern era. The third, a slave who killed her master, was hanged in the mid-19th century.

Of the nearly 390 people on Florida's death row, only one is a woman.

Leonard Birdsong, an associate professor at Barry University School of Law in Orlando, said women are rarely sentenced to death. And he does not think Anthony, who was indicted Tuesday in the disappearance of her daughter, Caylee Marie, is a good candidate.

The young single mother has no prior criminal history, is not an obvious predator and has made no known confession, he said. He also suspects Anthony could have psychological issues.

"If I were a prosecutor, this probably would not be the case I would seek the death penalty," Birdsong said.

Only 1.5 percent of death-row inmates nationally are women, said Richard Dieter, executive director of the nonprofit Death Penalty Information Center. But most of those 51 women killed someone they know: a husband, boyfriend or their own child, he said.

The decision to seek the death penalty often is tied to politics and community outrage rather than the heinousness of the homicide, Dieter said.

Even so, though the Anthony case is the kind of crime that shocks the public, "many women have killed their children and don't get the death penalty," he said.

Randy Means, spokesman for State Attorney Lawson Lamar, said Wednesday that he could not discuss prosecutors' plans for Anthony. But he did say they will make a decision in the next few weeks.


Months to investigate

Anthony, 22, reported her then-2-year-old daughter missing in July, insisting she disappeared in mid-June with a baby sitter. Detectives doubted her story from the beginning and accused her of lying. Although no body has been found, the indictment handed down Tuesday in Orlando charged her with first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter of a child and four counts of providing false information to law enforcement.

During a brief hearing Wednesday, a judge ordered her held without bail.
 

Prosecutors must weigh several factors in deciding whether they will seek the death penalty.

Florida law lists a number of "aggravating circumstances" that can be cited to justify execution, such as whether the homicide was committed in a cold, calculated and premeditated manner.

They'll look at the mitigating circumstances -- also outlined in state law -- such as whether the defendant acted under extreme duress.

In the end, it comes down to whether the aggravating circumstances outweigh the mitigating.

"It's like doing math without numbers," explained Bob Dekle, a retired prosecutor who teaches legal skills at the University of Florida.


At times, bargaining chip

Bartow defense attorney David Carmichael said the state typically seeks the death penalty in only the "worst of the worst" cases. But if they think the case warrants it, they will pursue the ultimate punishment regardless of the strength of their case.

"At its worst, it's a tool for negotiating the case for a plea bargain," Carmichael said. "At its best, it's an indication of the prosecutor striving to be consistent . . . they're trying to apply the law uniformly."

The evidence presented to the grand jury that indicted Anthony is secret. But information disclosed so far appears to focus on Anthony's lies and evidence from her car, which had a foul odor. The trunk contained hair and a mysterious stain. Traces of chloroform were detected and someone researched the chemical on her computer, according to some sources.

Anthony, her lawyer and her parents continue to assert that Caylee is alive, however.

Orlando attorney Ed Mills, whose career includes the defense of a suspect in the beating deaths of six people in Deltona in 2004, said the Anthony case could pose problems for a trial jury, which must decide first whether to convict and then, if jurors find a suspect guilty, whether the death penalty is appropriate.

"I think that it's going to be important for somebody to know how this child died," he said.

Mills said he had never seen Lamar propose the death penalty when he didn't have a sufficient legal basis, but he questioned whether prosecutors have enough evidence to seek execution in the Anthony case.

"They are going to at least need more than what it appears that they have at this point," Mills said.


Sarah Lundy of the Sentinel staff contributed to this report. Amy L. Edwards can be reached at aledwards@orlandosentinel.com or 407-420-5735. Susan Jacobson can be reached at sjacobson@orlandosentinel.com or 407-540-5981.

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Thursday, October 16, 2008
Story last updated at 11:15 a.m. on Thursday, October 16, 2008

Missing girl is dead, spokesman says


The Associated Press
 

ORLANDO, Fla. - The missing daughter of a Florida woman who was indicted on first degree murder charges is dead, a spokesman for her defense team said on CNN late Wednesday.

 

Todd Black, speaking on behalf of defense attorney Jose Baez, appeared on a live phone interview to discuss the first degree murder charges against Casey Anthony in the disappearance of her 3-year-old daughter, Caylee.

Black said the case is not just about the loss of the girl's life but the loss of whatever is going to happen with Casey Anthony.

Calls to Black were not immediately returned.

Caylee Anthony disappeared in June but was not reported missing until a month later. An Orange County grand jury, acting on forensic evidence, indicted her on Tuesday. Caylee Anthony is still missing.


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http://www.jacksonville.com/apnews/stories/101608/D93RLL8G0.shtml

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Casey Anthony's defense team: Caylee is dead
Walter Pacheco, Bianca Prieto and Amy L. Edwards | Sentinel Staff Writers
1:14 PM EDT, October 16, 2008


TODAY'S UPDATES

Prosecutors not investigating comment
1:07 p.m. Orange Osceola State Attorney's Office spokesman Randy Means said his office is not looking into the comments made by Casey Anthony defense attorney spokesman Todd Black regarding Caylee Marie's death.

"Perhaps law enforcement may find his remarks intriguing," Means said, according to Danielle Tavernier, another spokesperson for the state attorney's office.
 

Spokesman issues statement on earlier comments
12:35 p.m. Todd Black, spokesman for Casey Anthony's defense attorney, just faxed out a press release about his recent Headline News interview in which he implied Caylee was dead.

"Unfortunately what they distributed was completely taken out of context. Todd Black never was stating that there is any belief whatsoever by Casey Anthony or The Baez Law Firm, that Ms. Anthony's daughter, Caylee, might be deceased," the statement said.

"The words used by Mr. Black were referencing the comments of another guest. It was that guest who made the remarks about death, and Mr. Black was merely pointing to that remark by the other guest."

Defense attorney Jose Baez will make a statement at his Kissimmee law office this afternoon.

Casey Anthony's attorney will hold press conference today
11:12 a.m. Todd Black said defense attorney Jose Baez will hold a press conference at his Kissimmee office at 2 p.m. today. The subject of the press conference was not announced.

George Anthony remains hopeful granddaughter Caylee Marie is alive
10:52 a.m. A solemn George Anthony denied this morning that his granddaughter Caylee Marie is dead.

Anthony was greeted by reporters as he left his house to tow a giant billboard of his missing granddaughter around Central Florida. Hours earlier while giving an interview on a live national news show, a spokesman for his daughter Casey's legal team said the girl was indeed dead.

"It's not a belief that I have in my brain," Anthony said, when asked about the spokesman's comments. "I don't believe 99 percent of stuff that is out there."

He refuses to give up hope that his granddaughter is alive somewhere.

"What would you do if this ever happened to you, to your family?" he asked. "Would you ever give up? No. Would you ever stop? No."

Comment was edited, defense attorney's spokesman said
10:50 a.m. Todd Black said the comment he made Tuesday on the Headline News live broadcast of Prime News was edited and in reference to a comment made by Mike Brooks, another guest on the show.

"I said that in response to a former law-enforcement officer's joke about Caylee," Black said. "I have made the same comment to others in the last three weeks."

Casey Anthony's defense attorney, Jose Baez, has not returned calls to the Orlando Sentinel.

Larry Garrison, who represents Caylee Marie's grandparents, George and Cindy Anthony, said Black's statement was "an inappropriate uninformed comment. We are looking for Caylee alive and setting up a new tip line this week."

Attorney's spokesman says child is dead
7:35 a.m. A spokesman for Casey Anthony's defense team told a national television news station that her young daughter, Caylee Marie Anthony, is dead.


 

Attorney Jose Baez's spokesman, Todd Black, was live on a phone interview on Prime News on Headline News Tuesday night when he said, "It's very difficult. This is a serious case involving not just the loss of the life of this little girl, but the loss of whatever is going to happen with Casey Anthony."

He faltered slightly after saying the girl died.

The Anthony family maintains that Caylee is alive. The child, who would have turned 3-years-old in August, has not been seen since June.

A new tip line will be set up by tomorrow, according to a statement issued late Wednesday by the Anthony family spokesman, Larry Garrison.

"The entire Anthony Family will continue to actively pursue all previous and new leads on the whereabouts of missing Caylee Marie," the statement said. "Private investigators with DNA investigations has been and will continue on a vigorous quest to bring Caylee back home safely."

Anthony was indicted on a first-degree murder charge earlier this week and is being held without bond at the Orange County Jail.

Even so, though the Anthony case is the kind of crime that shocks the public, "many women have killed their children and don't get the death penalty," he said.

Randy Means, spokesman for State Attorney Lawson Lamar, said Wednesday that he could not discuss prosecutors' plans for Anthony. But he did say they will make a decision in the next few weeks.


Months to investigate

Anthony, 22, reported her then-2-year-old daughter missing in July, insisting she disappeared in mid-June with a baby sitter. Detectives doubted her story from the beginning and accused her of lying. Although no body has been found, the indictment handed down Tuesday in Orlando charged her with first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter of a child and four counts of providing false information to law enforcement.
 

During a brief hearing Wednesday, a judge ordered her held without bail.

Prosecutors must weigh several factors in deciding whether they will seek the death penalty.

Florida law lists a number of "aggravating circumstances" that can be cited to justify execution, such as whether the homicide was committed in a cold, calculated and premeditated manner.

Video
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-caylee-101608,0,7523378.story?page=1
They'll look at the mitigating circumstances -- also outlined in state law -- such as whether the defendant acted under extreme duress.

In the end, it comes down to whether the aggravating circumstances outweigh the mitigating.

"It's like doing math without numbers," explained Bob Dekle, a retired prosecutor who teaches legal skills at the University of Florida.


At times, bargaining chip

Bartow defense attorney David Carmichael said the state typically seeks the death penalty in only the "worst of the worst" cases. But if they think the case warrants it, they will pursue the ultimate punishment regardless of the strength of their case.

"At its worst, it's a tool for negotiating the case for a plea bargain," Carmichael said. "At its best, it's an indication of the prosecutor striving to be consistent . . . they're trying to apply the law uniformly."

The evidence presented to the grand jury that indicted Anthony is secret. But information disclosed so far appears to focus on Anthony's lies and evidence from her car, which had a foul odor. The trunk contained hair and a mysterious stain. Traces of chloroform were detected and someone researched the chemical on her computer, according to some sources.

Anthony, her lawyer and her parents continue to assert that Caylee is alive, however.

Orlando attorney Ed Mills, whose career includes the defense of a suspect in the beating deaths of six people in Deltona in 2004, said the Anthony case could pose problems for a trial jury, which must decide first whether to convict and then, if jurors find a suspect guilty, whether the death penalty is appropriate.

"I think that it's going to be important for somebody to know how this child died," he said.

Mills said he had never seen Lamar propose the death penalty when he didn't have a sufficient legal basis, but he questioned whether prosecutors have enough evidence to seek execution in the Anthony case.

"They are going to at least need more than what it appears that they have at this point," Mills said.


Sarah Lundy of the Sentinel staff contributed to this report. Amy L. Edwards can be reached at aledwards@orlandosentinel.com or 407-420-5735. Susan Jacobson can be reached at sjacobson@orlandosentinel.com or 407-540-5981.

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On Prime News while Todd Black(with Baez' office) was trying to defend JB he made a major slip of the tongue. He stated " This is a very difficult, serious case, not only involving THE LOSS OF THE LIFE OF A LITTLE GIRL but the loss of whatever is going to happen to Casey Anthony."

RAW INTERVIEW: Baez PR Firm Spokesman Admits Caylee Is Dead
http://www.wftv.com/news/17726847/detail.html

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Spokesman For Casey's Attorney Backtracks On Comments Caylee Is Dead

POSTED: 6:31 am EDT October 16, 2008
UPDATED: 1:01 pm EDT October 16, 2008

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- A spokesperson for Casey Anthony's legal team told a national TV audience that Caylee Anthony was dead, but that's not what he's saying Thursday afternoon.

Jose Baez's spokesperson, Todd Black, is backtracking on a statement he made Wednesday night during a phone interview with CNN. He said Caylee was dead, but he had an explanation for his words Thursday.

Black is backtracking and said Jose Baez is holding a news conference Thursday afternoon to respond to the comment. Eyewitness News talked to George Anthony about it before he left home Thursday.

George is still driving around the billboard with Caylee's picture on it. He is determined to find his granddaughter alive and downplayed what the spokesman for his daughter's legal team said on national television Thursday night.

"That's not a belief that's in my brain. If some people want to do that, that's up to them," George told Eyewitness News.

Todd Black, the spokesperson for Casey Anthony's attorney, Jose Baez, was asked why Casey was captured in pictures partying while her daughter was missing. That's when he admitted what investigators have long said

."This is a very serious case, involving not just the loss of the life of this little girl, but the loss of whatever is going to happen with Casey Anthony," Black said on CNN Wednesday night (Hear It All).

Eyewitness News tracked him down late Thursday morning and, over the phone, he denied that is what he meant. He insisted the Baez legal team is confident Caylee is just missing and Casey had nothing to do with her disappearance.

"I did not say that on national television. I responded to what someone else said," Black told Eyewitness News.

In late August, Eyewitness News was the first station to uncover the DNA evidence that showed the toddler was no longer alive. A spokesperson for George and Cindy Anthony called the statement made by Black, someone who's supposed to be on Casey's side, inappropriate.

"If he said something like that and that's what he meant then he shouldn't be representing, working for, Jose Baez because that's an inappropriate statement," said Larry Garrison, Anthony family spokesperson.

Baez visited Casey in jail late Wednesday night. Meanwhile, the Anthony family is still raising money that's going to a fund to help find Caylee. The family also said they are setting up tip line.


http://www.wftv.com/news/17726847/detail.html#

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Attorney's Spokesman Denies Saying Caylee Is Dead

Thursday, October 16, 2008 1:24:39 PM

ORLANDO -- A spokesman for Casey Anthony's attorney says a controversial comment he made about the case was taken out of context.


According to published reports, the spokesman for Jose Baez, Todd Black, appeared to say that Caylee Anthony is dead.


That was in an interview shown on CNN Headline news.


In the clip Black says, "This is a very serious case involving not just involving the loss of the life of this little girl but the loss of whatever is going to happen with Casey Anthony." The comment has since sparked a fire storm of controversy with news reports saying that .


News 13's Evrod Cassimy spoke with Black who said the statement was in reference to the way this case was being talked about and was in response to an earlier comment. He would not elaborate further.


Investigators have said they no longer believe the little girl is alive. Casey Anthony is now sitting in jail, charged with first-degree murder.
Caylee's grandfather, George Anthony, denied Thursday that Caylee is dead. He said he is 99 percent sure Caylee is out there.

http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Local/2...or_caylee.html

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RAW INTERVIEW: Baez PR Firm Spokesman Admits Caylee Is Dead
http://www.wftv.com/video/17728272/index.html


RAW INTERVIEW: Todd Black Says Comment That Caylee Is Dead Was Out Of Context
http://www.wftv.com/video/17729306/index.html


Spokesman For Casey's Attorney Says He Didn't Say What He Said
http://www.wftv.com/video/17728926/index.html


Statement From PR Firm Representing Baez (PDF)
http://www.wftv.com/download/2008/1016/17728061.pdf

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Baez: Report ‘Inaccurate’

Update at 2:15 p.m. Thursday: Attorney Jose Baez emphasized that he believes Caylee Marie Anthony is alive. “I want to make it as clear as possible…we believe Caylee is alive. I’ve said that from Day 1,” Baez said outside his Osceola County office during a news conference that just ended. (Update at 5:03 p.m.: Here is the full video of the Baez press conference.

His comments came in response to the reporting on a comment from his spokesman, Todd Black, who said on a CNN program about “loss of life” that some read as saying he believed Caylee was dead. (See post below).

Baez criticized the media, agreeing with Black that the quote was in response to someone else’s joke and was taken out of context.

Baez also said he was still getting leads on Caylee’s disappearance, but declined to provide details to the media.

Update at 3:57 p.m. Thursday: Here is a link to extended audio of Todd Black’s interview on CNN


http://orlnews.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/baez-report-inaccurate/

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Mysterious PR Man Backtracks On Comment That Caylee Anthony Is Dead

POSTED: 6:31 am EDT October 16, 2008
UPDATED: 6:22 pm EDT October 16, 2008


ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- Casey Anthony's defense team is backtracking after they finally admitted, on national TV, that Casey's daughter Caylee is dead.



"This is a very serious case, involving not just the loss of the life of this little girl, but the loss of whatever is going to happen with Casey Anthony," Todd Black said on CNN Wednesday night (Hear It All).

Black is Casey's attorney's spokesman. Not only is he trying to take back his words, so is the attorney and Casey's family.

Todd Black, the spokesperson for Casey Anthony's legal team, admitted on national television late Wednesday that Caylee Anthony is dead. Eyewitness News reached Black by phone Thursday and he denied that is what he meant. He insisted the Baez legal team is confident Caylee is just missing and Casey had nothing to do with her disappearance.

"I did not say that on national television. I responded to what someone else said," Black told Eyewitness News (full interview).

He scrambled for more than five minutes during the call, coming up with different excuses and explanations about what he meant by the comment. But, the bottom line is, he admitted what investigators have long said.

George Anthony brushed it off Thursday morning before he hit the road to drive around the billboard with his granddaughter's picture on it, because he still believes she's alive.

"I don't know why someone would say something like that when everything is circumstantial," George said.

A spokesperson for George and Cindy Anthony called the statement made by Todd Black, someone who's supposed to be on Casey's side, inappropriate.

"If he said something like that and that's what he meant then he shouldn't be representing, working for, Jose Baez because that's an inappropriate statement," said Larry Garrison, Anthony family spokesperson.

The family told Eyewitness News they are even setting up a new tip line that should be ready by Thursday night or Friday. Volunteers from all over the country will help.


WHO IS TODD BLACK?

Eyewitness News has been doing some digging to try to find out exactly who Todd Black is, but he doesn't have a professional track record or paper trail. He works for Press Corps Media. The company claims to have more than 200 employees and an $11 million profit margin, but Press Corps Media doesn't even have a website.

Todd Black has never appeared on camera, only doing interviews over the phone.

http://www.wftv.com/news/17726847/detail.html

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Casey Anthony's court dates set
Amy L. Edwards | Sentinel Staff Writer
October 17, 2008

Today's Updates: Casey Anthony's court dates set
10:35 a.m. Casey Anthony is scheduled to be arraigned in the first-degree murder case Oct. 28.

The arraignment will be held at 8:45 a.m. before Orange County Circuit Court Judge Stan Strickland.

She has a pre-trial hearing scheduled Nov. 5 for the child neglect and check fraud cases. That also will be heard before Strickland.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-casey-101708,0,668489.story

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George Anthony Talks To News 13
Friday, October 17, 2008 7:42:49 AM
 
 


ORLANDO -- George Anthony, the grandfather of missing toddler Caylee Anthony, spoke exclusively with News 13 Thursday about the family's latest efforts to find his granddaughter.

Anthony said his family has been cleared by a judge to access all 5,000 tips recorded by the Orange County Sheriff's Office tip line.

This comes after the judge in the case denied the defense's motion to preserve forensic evidence. See previous story.

Anthony added they are disturbed by the fact the Sheriff's Office shut down the tip line in mid-august.

The family's private investigator is looking into multiple potential sightings of Caylee, 3, around the country, including New York and South Carolina, Anthony said.

"We've been getting info out about Puerto Rico, because we believe that's where she is, but the info I've gotten over the last three months is that my granddaughter has been to nine different locations," Anthony told News 13.

Anthony is working to find a new location for the Kid Finder's Network command center, where you can find the Caylee Anthony information billboard, as well as information on other missing children.

Complaints by protestors have forced the billboard off of four different properties.

Lawyer: Caylee Is Alive

As the search for Caylee continues, the controversial question of whether she is dead or alive remains up in the air.

Authorities have said they believe she is dead, but the family disagrees. However, Todd Black, a spokesperson for Casey Anthony's attorney, Jose Baez, said on CNN Headline News earlier in the week that Caylee is dead.

"This is a very serious case involving -- not just involving the loss of the life of this little girl, but the loss of whatever is going to happen with Casey Anthony," Black said.

Black later told News 13 in a phone interview his statement was in reference to the way the case was being talked about, and was taken completely out of context.

Black hung up when News 13 asked him further questions.

Baez also spoke out, saying he was upset at all the attention the comment has received, and insisting his office still believes Caylee is alive.

"The only reason I am here responding to this is because we have a missing child, and I don't want anyone to stop looking for Caylee because they think that we think she's deceased," Baez said.

Baez added they have new information of recent Caylee sightings, and they have been passing it on to the Orange County Sheriff's Office.

Casey In Protective Custody

Casey Anthony is being held under level one protective custody at the Orange County Jail's female detention center.

Protective custody is normally used in high profile cases.

While in jail, Casey will spend her days in a cell by herself, without inmate contact. She will be allowed out of her cell for one hour per day to take a shower, sit in the dayroom and make phone calls.

Additional time out of the cell can be granted at the discretion of the officers.

Visits with Casey's attorney are allowed at any time. So far, the only visit scheduled was one by Baez Wednesday night.

Possible Prison Time

If Anthony is convicted of the multiple charges against her, she could be looking at major prison time.

Anthony could even face the death penalty for the first-degree murder charge.

She could also be sentenced to a maximum of 30 years for aggravated child abuse, another 30 years for aggravated manslaughter of a child, and five additional years for each of the four counts of providing false information to a law enforcement officer.

That does not include the charges of check fraud against Casey Anthony.

http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Local/2008/10/17/george_anthony_talks_to_news_13.html

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Baez spokesman says media misleading public on Casey Anthony case
Amy L. Edwards | Sentinel Staff Writer
12:51 PM EDT, October 17, 2008


Today's Updates:

Jose Baez's spokesman issues another statement -- says media have been drinking 'too much Palmetto Bug Punch'
12:45 p.m. Todd Black, spokesman for Casey Anthony's defense attorney Jose Baez, issued another statement this morning about the CNN Headline News interview in which he implied Caylee Marie was dead.

The faxed press release begins with "Thank You" in a large font, and then goes on to say: "We have to thank the few, but very respected news people who understood the misuse of a 'delayed' telephone interview, along with deceptive editing to PURPOSELY MISLEAD the public."


 

The release states CNN released a "complete fraud and stooped to the lowest low, shamefully toying with the life of Casey Anthony, who sits falsely accused of murder…"

It's the second time Black has addressed his statement -- originally made Tuesday night during a live telephone interview on Headline news and replayed Wednesday: "This is a very serious case involving not just the loss of the life of this little girl, but the loss of whatever is going to happen with Casey Anthony."

Black stated in Thursday's press release the statement was taken out of context and edited. And during an afternoon press conference, Baez further explained that jokes were being made about the case during the interview, and that's what Black was referring to.

But CNN says no jokes were being told. Mike Brooks, CNN's law-enforcement analyst, made a comment about Anthony's mother, Cindy Anthony, drinking the "Casey Kool-Aid."

And CNN maintains the interview was shortened for Wednesday's broadcast but that Black's quote aired as he said it.

Today's press release states Black "has never said that Caylee Anthony is deceased, and those who were professional enough to obtain the October 14th interview, in its entirety, reported fairly and truthfully. The rest of the media must have been drinking too much Palmetto Bug Punch."

Casey Anthony's court dates set
10:35 a.m. Casey Anthony is scheduled to be arraigned in the first-degree murder case Oct. 28.

The arraignment will be held at 8:45 a.m. before Orange County Circuit Court Judge Stan Strickland.

She has a pre-trial hearing scheduled Nov. 5 for the child neglect and check fraud cases. That also will be heard before Strickland.On Thursday, Black faxed a news release in which he said his comment was taken out of context, and that the entire interview made it clear that Anthony and the legal team believe that Caylee is alive and needs to be found.

Later, Baez also said Black's statement was taken out of context. Black did not appear to have attended the news conference; he has refused to be interviewed in person or to have his photograph taken.

Baez said that during the Headline News interview, jokes were being made about the case, and that was what Black was referring to.

Mike Brooks, CNN's law-enforcement analyst, made a comment before Black about Casey Anthony's mother, Cindy Anthony, drinking the "Casey Kool-Aid" -- meaning that the woman still believed her daughter's story that Caylee was taken by a baby sitter.
 

CNN maintains the interview was shortened for Wednesday's broadcast but that Black's quote aired as he said it.

Baez said Black is not a lawyer and is not included in meetings with Anthony and her legal counsel.

"He does not have any legal opinions whatsoever. He's simply a spokesman for our firm," Baez said.

Baez spoke two days after a grand jury indicted Anthony on charges of first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter of a child and four counts of giving false information to law enforcement.

Investigators have disclosed that traces of chloroform were found in Anthony's Pontiac, which she abandoned outside a check-cashing store, and that air samples from the trunk included gases from human decomposition. The lead investigator in the case has said a body was in the trunk and that it likely was Caylee's.

Still, the Anthony family continues to receive tips on Caylee sightings, Baez said. And they refuse to give up hope that Caylee is alive.

George Anthony repeated that hope Thursday morning as he left his Lee Vista-area home to tow a giant billboard of his missing granddaughter around Central Florida.

"My main quest is to find my granddaughter, and it always will be," Anthony said. "And I think we're close."

In other developments Thursday, Orange Circuit Judge Stan Strickland denied a request from Baez to stop the state testing evidence in the child-neglect case filed against Casey Anthony. But the judge granted Baez's request to be notified of any further testing.

"The court knows of no authority or logical reason why the state should be prevented, even temporarily, from further analysis of relevant evidence," he wrote.

Anthony can have her own expert view and document the manner of the examination, the judge ruled.


Red Huber, Walter Pacheco, Bianca Prieto and Sarah Lundy of the Sentinel staff contributed to this report. Amy L. Edwards can be reached at aledwards@orlandosentinel.com or 407-420-5735.
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Baez spokesman: Media misleading public on Casey Anthony case

Updated: 12:51 p.m.
Todd Black said in today's news release that he "has never said that Caylee Anthony is deceased, and those who were professional enough to obtain the October 14th interview, in its entirety, reported fairly and truthfully. The rest of the media must have been drinking too much Palmetto Bug Punch."

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October 17, 2008

Breaking News : Caylee Anthony Search Set to Resume
Texas EquuSearch has announced that they will resume the search for Casey Anthony's missing 2-year-old daughter, Caylee Anthony, on Nov. 8. According to Tim Miller, founder and director of the organization, it will be the "biggest search in history."

In related news, Leonard Padilla has sought out the aide of bounty hunters from around the United States, who are now planning on coming to Orlando to help out in the search effort.

Investigation Discovery will also be back on the scene in Orlando, bringing you all the latest details


http://blogs.discovery.com/criminal_report/2008/10/breaking-news-c.html

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Casey Anthony enters not guilty plea
By The Associated Press

Story Created: Oct 17, 2008 at 5:32 PM EDT

(Story Updated: Oct 17, 2008 at 5:32 PM EDT )


ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The mother of a missing 3-year-old Florida girl has entered a plea of not guilty to charges that she killed her daughter.

Twenty-two year-old Casey Anthony entered the not-guilty plea Friday, three days after a grand jury indicted her on charges of first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter and four counts of lying to investigators about the disappearance of her daughter, Caylee.

Casey Anthony has told authorities that she left her daughter with a baby sitter in June, and that the two were gone when she returned from work. She says she spent the next month trying to find her daughter and didn't call authorities because she was scared.

http://www.winknews.com/news/local/31185034.html

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Bounty hunter Padilla to help Equusearch look for Caylee Anthony next month
Amy L. Edwards | Sentinel Staff Writer
2:07 PM EDT, October 18, 2008

Bounty hunter Leonard Padilla will assist Texas Equusearch conduct its search for Caylee Marie Anthony, who disappeared earlier this year when she was 2 years old.

Mandy Albritton, search director for EquuSearch, told the Orlando Sentinel on Saturday that the California-based bounty hunter will join the group when it returns to Orlando on Nov. 8.

Padilla has organized a group of other bounty hunters who are going to join in the search and have also help raise money to finance it. Equusearch is going to train the bounty hunters to be search team leader, Albritton said.

Earlier, EquuSearch organizers said it will determine later where the command center will be, Albritton said. The group suspended its search last month because the high water levels caused by Tropical Storm Fay prevented a thorough examination of the search areas -- many of which were areas of thick brush and woods in east Orange County near the Anthony family home.
 

In other developments, Casey Anthony will be arraigned on the most recent charges filed against her -- including first-degree murder -- on Oct. 28. The arraignment will be before Orange Circuit Judge Stan Strickland, though she already entered a written plea of not guilty. She has a pretrial hearing before Strickland scheduled Nov. 5 for the child-neglect and check-fraud cases previously filed against her.


http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-caylee-anthony-search-101808,0,4954266.story

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Here's the video interview with the guy who thinks he saw Casey's car by the road.


http://www.wftv.com/video/17736185/index.html