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If you are Caylee Anthony’s Mother in Jail, what do you order?
by Greta Van Susteren

Under never dull, here is the Inmate Commissary Order placed by Caylee Anthony’s Mother Casey Anthony today, and released by the jail to the media: (and yes, it does give you a bit of the “behind the scenes” ..and I am not sure why the jail sends us this stuff)

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Depositions Today In Casey Anthony Case
October 30, 2008 - No Responses

Updated at 1:50 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 30: Casey Anthony’s attorneys are taking depositions today, including from her former boyfriend Tony Lazzaro, who spent time with Casey around the period when her daughter, Caylee, was last seen in June. Others to be interviewed today, according to WESH 2 News reporter Bob Kealing, are an employee of the Amscot where Casey Anthony’s car was found and three workers — from the wrecking company that towed the car. The tow-truck workers told investigators of the strong smell from Casey’s trunk, which prosecutors tests indicate came from human decomposition.

Casey Anthony remains in Orange County Jail on first-degree murder and other charges, with her trial scheduled to start on Jan. 5.

Depositions are taken before trials and are not open to the public. In this case, the witnesses are at the Orange County Courthouse and are interviewed by defense attorneys. Prosecutors may be in the room but can not ask questions, Kealing said.

The depositions began after lunch. Defense attorney Jose Baez didn’t have much to say to the media as he arrived.

Note: We have a PDF of the interview that Orange County Sheriff’s Office investigators did with Tony Lazzaro.

http://www.wesh.com/breakingnews/index.html

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Jose Baez Repeatedly Told To Stop Touching Casey During Jail Visits
Eyewitness News has discovered that on at least two occasions jail staff had to step in and Baez was warned repeatedly about hugging Casey during their visits.

Friday, October 31, 2008 – updated: 8:43 am EDT October 31, 2008
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- In the past two weeks Casey Anthony's attorney Jose Baez has visited her at the jail, seven out of 14 days.


Eyewitness News has discovered that on at least two occasions jail staff had to step in and Baez was warned repeatedly about hugging Casey during their visits.

A jail report states: "The inmate's attorney was observed hugging inmate and was advised that physical contact was prohibited."

Then a week later another report stated: "Baez again observed hugging his client."

The room Baez and Anthony meet in is very small and typically there is a desk and two chairs.

Sources told Eyewitness News that on one occasion, Anthony was sitting and Baez was very close to her face. A corrections officer had to go into the room to separate them.

Eyewitness News confronted Jose Baez about the situation.

"I have no comment," he said.

Eyewitness news' legal analyst Bill Schaeffer said it's unusual that an attorney would ever touch a client.

"The more experience you are in handling these type of clients or situation, the less likely you are to place yourself in a situation that could be regarded as a compromising situation," said Schaeffer.

When Casey was out on bond, there were several times that she would spend six hours a day at Baez's office including Saturdays. There's nothing criminal about having a relationship with a client, but Schaeffer said there are ethical issues.

"The appellate court could find that relationship overstepped the bounds of attorney client relationship and affected that performance and order a new trial," he said.

There was no evidence that Baez and Casey were actually having a relationship.

The reason touching isn't allowed at the jail is because contraband items could be passed. Baez told jail officials that he didn't know the rules, and wouldn't do it again.


CASEY RENTED MURDER MOVIE ON DAY CAYLEE MAY HAVE DIED

June 16 is the date Caylee Anthony likely died. Eyewitness News retraced Casey Anthony's steps on that fateful day and talked to the man who saw Casey just hours after Caylee's death.

"No emotion, no tears and no regrets," is how Casey was described on that day of death, when she rented a movie about a kidnapper and killer just hours after, detectives believe, she murdered her daughter.

Never before seen surveillance photos show accused killer Casey Anthony and her boyfriend walking into an east Orange County Blockbuster (see map) just before 8:00pm on Monday June 16, just hours after her daughter Caylee was last seen alive by Casey's father at home.

The new photos show Casey without Caylee, arm in arm with her boyfriend, after they chose two movies to rent. One rented was "Untraceable," about a kidnapper and killer. The other was "Jumper," about a mother who abandons her 5-year-old child, who then can teleport himself.

"They came in, went out," Johnny French told Eyewitness News. "Brought the movies back on time just like everybody else."

French rented the movies to Casey and her boyfriend that night. He said there was nothing about the couple that stood out as unusual.

"They seemed normal and she seemed fine. If there was something wrong it would have stood out. I just don't remember them doing anything unusual," French said.

Casey's phone records show she made seven phone calls in the three and half hours between 2:45pm and 6:15pm that afternoon, the time during which investigators think Caylee may have died. Two were made to Arden Villas Apartments off University and Alafaya, apparently to friends. Casey's ex-best friend, Amy Huizenga, told investigators Casey called her that day and said she needed to find a place to live.

Caylee's grandfather told investigators the last time he saw Caylee was at 12:50pm on June 16. He remembered her sunglasses and her ponytail as she left with Casey, who claimed they were spending that night at the nanny's.

"That's the last time I saw my granddaughter," George Anthony told investigators.

Investigators say Casey stayed on the east side of town, as usual, during the six hours or so between when Caylee was last seen alive and she showed up her with her boyfriend, but her exact whereabouts are unclear.


REPORTS OF SCOTT PETERSON LETTERS UNTRUE

Eyewitness News has learned a strange new twist being reported in the Casey Anthony case doesn't appear to be true. The Orlando Sentinel reported an exclusive story Wednesday that convicted murderer Scott Peterson has been sending Casey letters from his cell at the San Quentin State Prison in California.

When Eyewitness News started asking questions, the prison spokesman at San Quentin looked into it and said, based on information developed at the prison, there is no truth to that story. The prison spokesman said he was never contacted about the story before it ran in the Sentinel.

http://www.wftv.com/news/17854568/detail.html#-

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Case Against Casey: Timeline Into Caylee's Disappearance Probed
Local 6 Investigates Missing Girl Case

POSTED: 9:09 am EDT October 31, 2008
UPDATED: 9:56 am EDT October 31, 2008
ORLANDO, Fla. -- As Casey Anthony faces first-degree murder charges in the disappearance of her 3-year-old daughter, Caylee, Local 6 News investigative reporter Tony Pipitone has sifted through thousands of documents, looking into whether the girl died on June 16, the key date in the case.

Pipitone said to understand why investigators believe Caylee is dead starts early in the morning of June 16, when Anthony called her boyfriend, Tony Lazzaro, from her parents' house.

The 80-minute phone call ended at 1:05 a.m., and Anthony then had a conversation via text messages with Lazzaro until Lazzaro 

called her at 3:08 a.m.


It is not known what was discussed, but less than 10 hours later, Caylee, who was 2 at that time, was seen for the last time by her grandfather, George Anthony, Pipitone reported.

"Ten minutes to 1 (o'clock) that afternoon on the 16th is when I actually saw Casey and Caylee together -- both leaving with backpacks -- and my daughter said she was going to work, and she was taking Caylee to the nanny, to the baby sitter," George Anthony said.

Just before 8 p.m., seven hours after Caylee was last seen alive, Casey Anthony and Lazzaro are seen on surveillance video visiting the Blockbuster store near his apartment on University Boulevard. Caylee is not in the video.

Lazzaro told Local 6 News that he had not seen Caylee at that point for two weeks.

The video is one reason investigators believe June 16 may have been the day Caylee died, Pipitone reported.

"What happened in the next hours is even more intriguing. Tony (Lazzaro) and Casey rented two movies for that night. One one of them (was) "Untraceable," which contains a graphic scene that is even more chilling when you consider where Caylee's body may have been," Pipitone said. "The movie shows an FBI agent being pursued by a sadistic cyber-stalker who pops the trunk of a car and is overcome by the smell of a fly-infested, rotting corpse left by the killer in the trunk of the car."

Investigators believe Caylee's body was left in the trunk of her mother's car, where it decomposed, emitting an odor that Casey Anthony's mother, Cindy Anthony, identified, Pipitone reported.

"It smells like there's been a damn dead body in the car," Cindy Anthony said in a 911 call.

"Whether the movie scene is a clue to what Casey might have already done or was about to do -- or even where Caylee may have been on the same night they rented that movie -- only Casey can answer that, and she's not talking," Pipitone said.

Pipitone said he will continue to investigate the timeline into the case using cell phone records that show who Casey Anthony was talking to or texting.

Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.

Casey's Parents Speak Out

George and Cindy Anthony have maintained that they believe Caylee is still alive, saying cell phone records and recently released forensic results do not prove that Caylee is dead.

The Anthonys spoke to Local 6 News reporter Adam Longo, the first time they've talked publicly since the forensic results were released.

"George and I don't believe that Caylee is in the woods or out there," Cindy Anthony said. "We believe someone has her, and that she's alive."

The Anthonys have a private investigator looking into tips that continue to come in.

"Exact spot? We're getting close," Cindy Anthony said. "We feel we're on the right track. We believe -- and we have from Day 1 -- that Caylee has not stayed in the same place for very long. We believe that she's been moved several times."

Cindy Anthony said the Orange County Sheriff's Office has spent more time building a case against Casey Anthony than looking for Caylee.

"I feel like we've lost four months of precious time (to) follow up on looking for her alive," Cindy Anthony said. "I'm angry, and for them to pull that and this is all they've got. This is ridiculous."

"There's a lot more to this story than you guys could ever imagine, and it's all going to come out," George Anthony said.

"There's only one reason why my daughter would keep her mouth shut and why she would sacrifice going to prison the rest of her life -- to protect this child," Cindy Anthony said.

Physical Contact In Prison

Meanwhile, Local 6 News confirmed that there has been physical contact between Casey Anthony and her attorney, Jose Baez, at the Orange County Jail.

A corrections officer spotted the Baez and Casey Anthony embracing on two occassions.

Baez was told he was not allowed to have physical contact with an inmate.

Baez Deposes Witnesses

Baez on Thursday deposed witnesses for the first time in the case.

Baez and his defense team questioned key witnesses, including Lazzaro.

Others who were scheduled to testify under oath were the manager of an Orange County Amscot, where Anthony's abandoned car was discovered; the tow-truck driver who took the car to Johnson's Wrecker Service; and two wrecker service employees, including one who said he was with Anthony's father, George Anthony, when he picked the car up and said the vehicle smelled similar to one in which a man had committed suicide.

Lazzaro was with Anthony hours after detectives think Caylee may have been murdered. Lazzaro told investigators that Anthony would often have nightmares and discussed moving.

"She actually used to say that she was getting ready to not live at her house anymore with her child," Lazzaro told detectives

http://www.local6.com/news/17855547/detail.html

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EquuSearch asking for volunteers to resume search for Caylee Anthony
Amy L. Edwards

Sentinel Staff Writer

12:23 PM EDT, October 31, 2008

Texas EquuSearch, the volunteer group that will resume its ground search for Caylee Marie Anthony on Nov. 8, has launched a Web site for the case: https://www.pleasefindcaylee.com/

EquuSearch is looking for people to volunteer as team leaders, especially current or former members of the military, firefighters or law enforcement officers. Contact information is on the new Web site.

The search command center has not been determined yet.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orange/orl-caylee-anthony-103108,0,4578559.story

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Is that a ghost behind George and Cindy Anthony? 
 Last Edited: Friday, 31 Oct 2008, 2:58 PM EDT 
Created: Friday, 31 Oct 2008, 2:56 PM EDT 
 
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35, Orlando) --It’s Halloween and the radio airwaves and the internet are abuzz over video shot by FOX 35 that appears to show a ghost like figure walk behind George and Cindy Anthony during an interview about their missing granddaughter Caylee.

George and Cindy Anthony were interviewed at their home by FOX 35’s Amy Kaufeldt on July 17 after their daughter Casey Anthony was arrested. During the interview you can see a ghost like figure appear over George’s shoulder in the glass patio door behind him.  The buzz is that it is Caylee’s ghost. The image is actually a reflection of Cindy Anthony’s mother who was on the patio at the time of the interview.
 
http://www.myfoxorlando.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7765771&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1

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No Way Jose! Bar To Investigate Baez For Hugging Casey In Jail
Friday, October 31, 2008 – updated: 5:23 pm EDT October 31, 2008

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- The Florida Bar Association will investigate attorney Jose Baez to determine if jailhouse hugs with Casey Anthony are violations of its ethical standards.

Eyewitness News broke the story of the displays of affection between Baez and Anthony at the Orange County jail where Casey is awaiting trial on charges she murdered her daughter, Caylee.

Casey and Baez have been seen on numerous occasions hugging each other, holding hands or sitting extremely close. Law enforcement sources said while at the jail, Baez would sit extremely close to Casey. During one visit an officer had to separate the two and warn him about what was called inappropriate behavior.

The jail would only say Baez had violated rules for hugging Casey on two occasions. In an internal email, a corrections officer wrote, “I spoke with Mr. Baez concerning his continued physical contact (hugging) of his client."

A jail spokesman said, "We do not allow contact for security reasons.”

The first time Baez was warned, officials said he told officers he did not know the rules, and was sorry and would make an effort to remember.

The jail email said, “Mr. Baez stated he was upset as he hugs all his clients. He went on to say he would hate for a brief to be filed in order to correct this."

Jail officials said at one time, there was video of the meetings between Baez and Anthony but that video had been recorded over.

The complaint with the Florida Bar was filed by a woman from Indiana who had read about the incident online and felt Baez overstepped his boundaries. The Bar said it would investigate the complaint even though the woman had no involvement in the case. Baez could have his license revoked if the Bar deems the conduct inappropriate but license forfeiture would be extreme in a case such as this.

http://www.wftv.com/news/17859993/detail.html#-

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Florida Bar: No investigation into hugging incidents

Last Edited: Friday, 31 Oct 2008, 9:49 PM EDT
Created: Friday, 31 Oct 2008, 7:39 AM EDT


Defense attorney Jose Baez and his client, Casey Anthony
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E-mails and letter from Orange County Jail officials concerning Jose Baez and Casey Anthony hugging

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35, Orlando) -- Jose Baez will face no disciplinary action from the Florida Bar for his jailhouse incident with client Casey Anthony .

According to published reports, Baez was under investigation from the Bar. But spokesperson Susannah Lyle said that hugs are permitted by their rules between attorney and client as long as the client does not object.
VIDEO: --Anthony and Baez hug in jail
According to Lyle, a Bar Association rule must be broken in order for there to be an investigation. At this point there is no Florida Bar investigation into the incidents.

Jail officials said Casey Anthony and her defense attorney, Jose Baez, were seen hugging on two separate occasions and were told both times that it was a violation of jail policy.

Though there is no surveillance video that would show the two hugging, jail officials confirm seeing the two touch on two different times.

The jail released the following statement:

Mr. Baez was observed hugging his client on two occasions. He was advised that this is a violation of jail policy. After the second incident, he was again advised of the policy and said he would remember in future visits not to engage in this behavior. Orange County Corrections considers this a closed matter."

No officers had to go into the room to separate the two, and the jail says the matter has been closed by the Corrections Department

Casey remains behind bars at the Orange County Jail without bond. She is scheduled for a pretrial on a first-degree murder charge in December.


http://www.myfoxorlando.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7762172&version=7&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1

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Florida Bar To Investigate Baez For Hugging Casey In Jail

Friday, October 31, 2008 – updated: 5:00 pm EDT November 1, 2008
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- The Florida Bar Association will investigate attorney Jose Baez to determine if jailhouse hugs with Casey Anthony are violations of its ethical standards.
Eyewitness News broke the story of the displays of affection between Baez and Anthony at the Orange County jail where Casey is awaiting trial on charges she murdered her daughter, Caylee.

Casey and Baez have been seen on numerous occasions hugging each other, holding hands or sitting extremely close. Law enforcement sources said while at the jail, Baez would sit extremely close to Casey. During one visit an officer had to separate the two and warn him about what was called inappropriate behavior.

The jail would only say Baez had violated rules for hugging Casey on two occasions. In an internal email, a corrections officer wrote, “I spoke with Mr. Baez concerning his continued physical contact (hugging) of his client."

A jail spokesman said, "We do not allow contact for security reasons.”

The first time Baez was warned, officials said he told officers he did not know the rules, and was sorry and would make an effort to remember.

The jail email said, “Mr. Baez stated he was upset as he hugs all his clients. He went on to say he would hate for a brief to be filed in order to correct this."

Jail officials said at one time, there was video of the meetings between Baez and Anthony but that video had been recorded over.

The complaint with the Florida Bar was filed by a woman from Indiana who had read about the incident online and felt Baez overstepped his boundaries. The Bar said it would investigate the complaint even though the woman had no involvement in the case. Baez could have his license revoked if the Bar deems the conduct inappropriate but license forfeiture would be extreme in a case such as this.

http://www.wftv.com/goinggreen/17859993/detail.html#-

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Cindy Anthony Becomes Emotional While Hugging Little Girl At Vigil

Monday, November 3, 2008 – updated: 9:23 am EST November 3, 2008
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- Prayer vigils continued for the Anthony's granddaughter Caylee nearly five months after her disappearance.
Families gathered across the nation Sunday night to remember their missing loved ones. George and Cindy sat in a front pew of the Eastside Baptist Church on Conway Gardens Road as tearful families and friends gathered to pray.

Cindy said she lost control of her emotions when a little girl around Caylee's age hugged her.

The Anthony's said the vigils helped them cope.

"Having other families go through the same thing, words can't describe it. I mean you need it," said Cindy.

The George and Cindy said things have calmed down outside their home since Casey's arrest.


SEARCH FOR CAYLEE TO CONTINUE

The search for Caylee Anthony is expected to pick up again this week.

Bounty hunter Leonard Padilla and his team are scheduled to arrive in Orlando on Thursday, November 6 to get organized before the search.

On Saturday they'll join up with the Texas Equusearch team. It will be the group's second effort to find the toddler's remains.

They shortened their first visit back in August when tropical storm Fay flooded some of the search areas.

CASEY PREPARES FOR ANOTHER COURT HEARING

Casey and her attorney Jose Baez are getting ready for another court hearing this week.

A pre-trial hearing is scheduled for Wednesday November 5 on charges of check fraud and lying to investigators.

Casey's trial on first-degree murder is expected to start January 5.

She is accused of killing her daughter Caylee Anthony.


BAR ASSOCIATION INVESTIGATES JOSE BAEZ' RELATIONSHIP WITH CASEY

The Florida Bar Association will investigate attorney Jose Baez to determine if jailhouse hugs with Casey Anthony are violations of its ethical standards.

Eyewitness News broke the story of the displays of affection between Baez and Anthony at the Orange County jail where Casey is awaiting trial on charges she murdered her daughter, Caylee.

Casey and Baez have been seen on numerous occasions hugging each other, holding hands or sitting extremely close. Law enforcement sources said while at the jail, Baez would sit extremely close to Casey. During one visit an officer had to separate the two and warn him about what was called inappropriate behavior.

The jail would only say Baez had violated rules for hugging Casey on two occasions. In an internal email, a corrections officer wrote, “I spoke with Mr. Baez concerning his continued physical contact (hugging) of his client."

A jail spokesman said, "We do not allow contact for security reasons.”

The first time Baez was warned, officials said he told officers he did not know the rules, and was sorry and would make an effort to remember.

The jail email said, “Mr. Baez stated he was upset as he hugs all his clients. He went on to say he would hate for a brief to be filed in order to correct this."

Jail officials said at one time, there was video of the meetings between Baez and Anthony but that video had been recorded over.

The complaint with the Florida Bar was filed by a woman from Indiana who had read about the incident online and felt Baez overstepped his boundaries. The Bar said it would investigate the complaint even though the woman had no involvement in the case. Baez could have his license revoked if the Bar deems the conduct inappropriate but license forfeiture would be extreme in a case such as this.

http://www.wftv.com/news/17872004/detail.html#-

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Caylee's Grandparents Holding Onto Hope
Monday, November 03, 2008 8:35:55 AM

ORLANDO -- The grandparents of Caylee Anthony are holding onto hope that the missing 3-year-old will return home safely, despite Caylee's mother, Casey, being held in jail on murder charges.

The Anthony family held a candlelight vigil Sunday, which has become a weekly event since Caylee was first reported missing in July.

The vigils are now being held at Eastside Baptist Church after they were moved from outside the Anthony family home in east Orange County because of protests against the toddler's mother.

Caylee's grandparents, George and Cindy Anthony, said the vigils have been helping them get through the ordeal.

"No one person can ever get through a tragedy," Cindy Anthony said. "It takes people to join together and give each other support."

The Anthonys held Sunday's vigil in honor of all missing children in Central Florida.

The official search for Caylee, led by the volunteer group Texas EquuSearch, is expected to resume Saturday.

http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Local/2008/11/3/caylee39s_grandparents_holding_onto_hope.html

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http://www.wftv.com/news/17877073/detail.html

Regarding YM blogging

Mysterious PR man taken off case

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Convicted Child-Killer Joseph Duncan Gets 6 Life Sentences

Monday, November 03, 2008

BOISE, Idaho —  A federal judge in Idaho has sentenced a convicted child killer to three life prison terms for kidnapping and sexually abusing two children.


Those federal terms imposed Monday are in addition to three more life terms imposed the same day in state court for the murders of the children's mother, her fiance and the children's 13-year-old brother.

Joseph Duncan was sentenced to death in August for the 2005 kidnapping, sexual exploitation and murder of 9-year-old Dylan Groene. The 45-year-old convicted pedophile also kidnapped the boy's younger sister.

Duncan was arrested weeks after the slayings and kidnappings and Dylan's sister was rescued when they turned up in a restaurant at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,446228,00.html

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Casey Anthony Detective Told To Stop Blogging About Case

Monday, November 3, 2008 – updated: 5:41 pm EST November 3, 2008
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- The case against Casey has grown so big, even the lead detective got caught up in the publicity. Eyewitness News has learned Detective Yuri Melich has been reprimanded by his bosses for blogging about the case online.

Melich started blogging when other bloggers started complimenting him. He told bloggers he was sleuthing the web secretly looking for clues in the case. But after he saw a lot of flattering stuff about himself, he posted on websleuths.com as Dick Tracy Orlando to thank bloggers for their kind words.

One blogger on websleuths.com claimed to be the president of the "WWYMD" fan club, meaning "What Would Yuri Melich Do?" One blogger was floored over how awesome Melich's work was after watching the interview Melich did with Casey Anthony's mother a couple of weeks after Casey's arrest.

Bloggers also asked about Melich's leg after seeing him on TV with a crutch. On September 20, he posted as "Dick Tracy Orlando" about how he had broken it in three places during training. He thanked them for their concern, writing, "Thank you for keeping Caylee on the forefront. We are all working for her."

Melich signed off with, "Please continue to keep the Anthony family in your prayers."

Even so, the Anthony family's attorney, Mark NeJame, took issue with it and complained to the sheriff's office. Melich's bosses then told him to stop, concerned that his communications with bloggers would be portrayed as an endorsement of some of the other opinions they expressed against Casey.

Eyewitness News legal analyst William Sheaffer calls the issue a tempest in a teapot, but says the sheriff's office was smart to put an end to it.

"Let's not give the defense or the defense supporters any issues, real or imagined, to work with in this case," he said.

Casey's defense attorney's public relations firm said Monday that "anything on the blogs we don't pay attention to," because they're unreliable.

It probably would backfire on the defense to bring up the bloggers, since many of them believe Casey Anthony murdered her daughter Caylee.


CASEY COULD BE BACK IN COURT

Casey Anthony could be back in court in two days. A pre-trial hearing is set for Wednesday morning on charges of check fraud and lying to investigators.

Casey can attend the hearing, but it's unclear if she will. Casey is expected to be tried on those charges in a few weeks.

Her trial on first-degree murder charges in the death of her daughter Caylee is set for January 5.


MYSTERIOUS PR MAN TAKEN OFF CASE

The mysterious man named Black is off the Casey Anthony case.

Todd Black was hired by Jose Baez's law firm to be a spokesman for Casey's defense team. But, a couple of weeks ago, Black slipped up and admitted on national television that Caylee Anthony is dead.

The case was handed over to another PR worker from the same firm Monday. The firm claimed the decision had nothing to do with Black's performance.

http://www.wftv.com/news/17877073/detail.html

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Cell Phone Pings Help Track Casey Anthony's Movements Over 3 Days
Caylee Anthony Last Seen In June

POSTED: 1:06 pm EST November 3, 2008
UPDATED: 3:57 pm EST November 3, 2008


ORLANDO, Fla. -- Local 6 News investigative reporter Tony Pipitone tracked the movements of Casey Anthony, the woman charged with first-degree murder in the disappearance of her daughter, Caylee, by using cell phone records.

Caylee was last seen in mid-June but was not reported missing until a month later. Her mother was first charged with child neglect before being charged with murder.

Pipitone said he tracked Anthony from Monday, June 16 -- the day Caylee was last seen alive -- until Monday, June 30 -- the day Anthony's abandoned car was towed from an Orange County Amscot.

The trunk of Anthony's car had a stench that investigators claim was from Caylee's body, Pipitone reported.

According to records, Anthony's cell phone "pinged" 20 different cell towers 754 times in the two-week period. Each time, her cell phone received or sent a text message or phone call, Pipitone reported.

Ninety-seven percent of the pings were to either her boyfriend's apartment near Winter Park, her friend's home in Orlando -- where she sometimes stayed -- her parents' home off Chickasaw Trail and the Fusian nightclub, where she was photographed partying while Caylee was missing, Pipitone said.

The other 3 percent of the pings -- especially during three days in June -- have raised questions, Pipitone said.

On Monday, June 16, Anthony's father, George Anthony, said he he saw his daughter and granddaughter leave his house at about 1 p.m.

"But if they did leave at that time, the cell records show they did not go far. Casey's cell phone communicated that afternoon through the same three cell towers she could reach from her home," Pipitone said.

At 1 p.m., Anthony made a 14-minute call to her boyfriend, Tony Lazzaro. At 1:44 p.m., she made a 36-minute call to her then-best friend, Amy Huizenga. At 2:52 p.m., there was an 11-minute call with ex-fiance Jesse Grund. All of the calls used cell towers that can be reached from her parents' home, Pipitone said.

But at 4:11 p.m., Anthony began trying to reach her mother, Cindy Anthony, making four attempts in two minutes, according to records. Anthony then traveled north from her parent's home and called Lazzaro for one minute at 4:19 p.m., Pipitone reported. Two minutes later, she talked to Grund for a minute, and tried to call her mother again at 4:25 p.m., Pipitone said.

There was no other communication from Anthony's cell phone until a call was made to Lazzaro's apartment at 5:57 p.m., records show.

Two hours later, Anthony and Lazzaro were captured on surveillance video at a Blockbuster, renting a movie that contains a scene of a rotting body in a car trunk, Pipitone said.

On June 17, Anthony returned to her parents' home around 2:30 p.m., Pipitone reported. At 4 p.m., her phone pinged a tower southwest of the house near Lee Vista Boulevard and South Goldenrod Road, an area where detectives have directed Equusearch volunteers to search for Caylee weeks ago.

At 5:20 p.m., a tower was pinged near Blanchard Park, another site searched in August by Equusearch. Anthony's cell phone went silent from 5:23 p.m. until 8:23 p.m., perhaps prompting investigators to search the area, Pipitone said.

"It was then that Casey's phone pinged a cell tower near boyfriend Tony Laazaro's apartment," Pipitone said. "By then, around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 17, Caylee had not been seen alive for nearly a day and a half. But remember, chemical evidence in the trunk of Casey's car indictaes the decomposing body was there up to two and half days after death, so a key question for anyone looking for Caylee's body (is) 'Where did Casey go next?'"

On Wednesday, June 18, the day Casey's parents' neighbor said Anthony borrowed a shovel and backed her car into the garage, cell phone pings show that Anthony was at or near her parents' home from 2:30 p.m. until 3:30 p.m., Pipitone said.

Anthony's phone later pinged a different spot near the Econ Trail, south of Lake Underhill, records show. It's also a location that detectives guided Equusearch volunteers to look for signs of Caylee's body, Pipitone said.

Equusearch will return to that area Nov. 8 to continue the search, Pipitone reported.

Scientific evidence suggests that a body left its chemical signature in the trunk of Anthony's car after decomposing for less than two and a half days, which would be about the same time period between the aforementioned cell phone pings, Pipitone said.

"Circumstantial, but interesting," Pipitone said.

Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.

Key Date Investigated

Pipitone sifted through thousands of documents, looking into whether Caylee died on June 16, the key date in the case.

Pipitone said to understand why investigators believe Caylee is dead starts early in the morning of June 16, when Anthony called Lazzaro from her parents' house.

The 80-minute phone call ended at 1:05 a.m., and Anthony then had a conversation via text messages with Lazzaro until Lazzaro called her at 3:08 a.m.

It is not known what was discussed, but less than 10 hours later, Caylee, who was 2 at that time, was seen for the last time by her grandfather, George Anthony, Pipitone reported.

"Ten minutes to 1 (o'clock) that afternoon on the 16th is when I actually saw Casey and Caylee together -- both leaving with backpacks -- and my daughter said she was going to work, and she was taking Caylee to the nanny, to the baby sitter," George Anthony said.

Just before 8 p.m., seven hours after Caylee was last seen alive, Casey Anthony and Lazzaro are seen on surveillance video visiting the Blockbuster store near his apartment on University Boulevard. Caylee is not in the video.

Lazzaro told Local 6 News that he had not seen Caylee at that point for two weeks.

The video is one reason investigators believe June 16 may have been the day Caylee died, Pipitone reported.

"What happened in the next hours is even more intriguing. Tony (Lazzaro) and Casey rented two movies for that night. One one of them (was) "Untraceable," which contains a graphic scene that is even more chilling when you consider where Caylee's body may have been," Pipitone said. "The movie shows an FBI agent being pursued by a sadistic cyber-stalker who pops the trunk of a car and is overcome by the smell of a fly-infested, rotting corpse left by the killer in the trunk of the car."

Investigators believe Caylee's body was left in the trunk of her mother's car, where it decomposed, emitting an odor that Casey Anthony's mother, Cindy Anthony, identified, Pipitone reported.

"It smells like there's been a damn dead body in the car," Cindy Anthony said in a 911 call.

"Whether the movie scene is a clue to what Casey might have already done or was about to do -- or even where Caylee may have been on the same night they rented that movie -- only Casey can answer that, and she's not talking," Pipitone said.

Pipitone said he will continue to investigate the timeline into the case using cell phone records that show who Casey Anthony was talking to or texting.

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Anthony’s forced to move search headquarters after vandalism

Last Edited: Monday, 03 Nov 2008, 9:17 PM EST
Created: Monday, 03 Nov 2008, 8:51 PM EST



ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35, Orlando) -- It's been 110 days since 3 year old Caylee Anthony was reported missing.  Her grandparents still hold out hope she'll be found alive.

But for the 5th time since the little girl disappeared, the grandparents have to move their search headquarters. 

"Right now our focus is on finding Caylee," said Cindy Anthony, the missing girl's grandmother.

Anthony says someone is making that hard for them these days.  They have to leave their fifth location for a sixth.  So far they've been located in two Publix supermarket parking lots, outside of a fruit stand and in a skating rink parking lot. 
VIDEO: --Caylee search headquarters moves again
"Its not just forcing us George and I off with Caylee's stuff,” Anthony said “Its forcing Jennifer Kesse's picture off there, Trenton Ducket's picture, the Bernhards, a lot of other children.”

 The Help Find Caylee headquarters is sponsored by Kidfinders.  So it has pictures of missing children from across the state of Florida. 

Anthony says they are being forced to move their headquarters, because again, their current location is being inundated with complaints. 

"Its multiple calls...multiple e-mails, faxes," said Anthony. 

Anthony said the trouble makers continue until they are asked to move their site.

According to her, they threatened to picket stores.  And Anthony says someone has vandalized the site multiple times. Vandals defaced signs, and put tape all over tables and even a large mobile billboard the family tows around.

The vandalism continues even with big signs posted all over the mobile office that read "YOU ARE BEING VIDEOTAPED BY A REMOTE LOCATION...YOU WILL BE ARRESTED". 

"It's just one more thing we have to deal with,” Anthony said.

Tuesday the KidFinders Network will be signing a lease on a permanent office space for their new headquarters, which will also house the Help Find Caylee commander center.

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Leonard Padilla and one of his Bounty Hunter teams will arrive at the Orlando International Airport on November 6, 2008 at 4:49p.m. via United Airlines. Leonard will immediately join with Tim Miller of TEXAS EQUUSEARCH in searching for the remains of Caylee Anthony.

Several thousand people have responded to Leonard on the Nancy Grace show and have contacted

EQUUSEARCH to donate money and/or volunteer in the search efforts.

Source:  http://leonardpadilla.net/current_news

For anyone who will be joining Tim, TES, and LP...here is a link to the volunteer form you have to fill out and submit upon arrival.  Given the amount of people showing up, print it out at home/office and fill it in before hand if you can!  Take it with you, save you and them some time.

http://www.texasequusearch.org/applications/VOLUNTEER%20REGISTRATION%20AGREEMENT1.pdf

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Anthony to have pretrial on check fraud charges   
 
Last Edited: Tuesday, 04 Nov 2008, 1:01 PM EST 
Created: Tuesday, 04 Nov 2008, 1:01 PM EST 

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35, Orlando) -- A pretrial is scheduled for Casey Anthony’s check fraud charges Wednesday morning.

Circuit Court Judge Stan Strickland will be hearing the case. In September, the State Attorney’s Office officially charged Anthony with three fraudulent use of personal identification charges, three counts of forgery of a check and three charges for uttering a forged check.



The charges were filed after she allegedly stole checks and money from her former friend, Amy Huzienga, in July.

Anthony is not expected to be present in court, but her defense attorney Jose Baez will be.

The pretrial is scheduled for 9 a.m. in courtroom 6-D. Anthony has already entered a written plea of not-guilty on all the charges. 


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George Anthony Seen Near Woods Where Teams Searched For Caylee

Tuesday, November 4, 2008 – updated: 5:24 pm EST November 4, 2008
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- Caylee Anthony's grandfather is desperate to find his granddaughter. An eyewitness reportedly saw George Anthony standing and staring into the woods near Hoffner Avenue in east Orange County (see map).

Eyewitness News has learned a search team could be looking for the little girl's body in the same place George was spotted. The area has already caught the attention of investigators. It was searched in September when EquuSearch was in town last time.

VIDEO REPORT: WFTV Viewer Spots George In Area Checked During Search

Now, a WFTV viewer says she saw George Anthony at the same spot early in the evening on October 30 looking into the woods. The area is easily accessible by car, yet easy to disappear into and it's less than four miles from where Casey Anthony and Caylee lived with Casey's parents.

The WFTV viewer said she saw Caylee's grandfather George's car parked in the area around 6:15pm on October 30 and that he was staring into the woods. Then she saw him get into his car and drive away. She figured he was looking for Caylee and the information was passed on to law enforcement.

Casey's defense team's public relations representative said they were aware George was there, that it has nothing to do with what the defense is doing and that there might be certain things that involve the case that they can't talk about.

The sheriff's office says tips that fit in with the investigators' timeline of Casey's whereabouts will be investigated and searched and Casey's phone records show that it's one of the areas that she frequented.

EquuSearch is back in town, too, making plans for the next search scheduled to begin on Saturday. EquuSearch said Tuesday it's getting things organized and training the volunteers. They're expected to search for Caylee for three or four days.

One of the areas they'll return to, to finish what they started, is near Orlando International Airport, where a third of the territory they wanted to search was covered in water from Tropical Storm Fay.

Late Tuesday afternoon, Caylee's grandmother Cindy text messaged WFTV reporter Kathi Belich to say George was looking at the woods to scout out another possible location for the KidFinders tent that they take around town asking for donations and tips in the case.


CASEY WON'T ATTEND HEARING

The case against Casey Anthony is headed back to an Orange County courtroom. The pre-trial hearing for check fraud charges against Casey begins Tuesday.

Casey's accused of taking checks from her friend and going on a shopping spree at an Orange County Target.

Casey is not expected to attend the hearing.

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