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LP said that the day of the JCP purchase that Casey came by the house & got the material to make the cross.
 Maybe that  female bounty hunter told them that Casey was making those cross necklaces .
 LP said yesterday that the cross found on the tree matched the beads that Casey wore.
She could have left it as a memorial at the park. Now it's gone but LP has a feeling about this spot, so he's going back tomorrow with a dive team to look for Caylee at  Blanchard Park where the tree with that cross overlooks the water. He feels like Casey put Catlee in a suitcase and put her in the water.



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EquuSearch To Suspend Search For Caylee After Monday
Saturday, November 8, 2008 – updated: 5:27 pm EST November 9, 2008

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- Texas-based EquuSearch says after Monday, it's suspending the search for the body of Caylee Anthony.

Sunday about 800 people scoured parts of East Orange County looking for the missing girl but found nothing.

EquuSearch founder Tim Miller says he believes the girl's remains will never be found. He told Channel 9 his donors and the families of other missing people have been pressuring him to end his massive search in Orlando and start helping others.

Miller also says EquuSearch is in debt. After the group's two searches in Orlando, EquuSearch has spent more than $75,000 on equipment and staff.

The entire weekend turned out to be a disappointment. Not only were searchers unable to find Caylee, the turnout was much smaller than expected. Organizers had predicted up to 5,000 volunteers would show up for the weekend search, but only 1,500 showed up Saturday, and even less on Sunday.

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Updates From Search For Caylee Marie
EquuSearch To Focus On 25-Square Mile Area

POSTED: 6:12 am EST November 7, 2008
UPDATED: 5:26 pm EST November 9, 2008

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Caylee Anthony has been missing since June 16, nearly 150 days.

Searchers gathered this weekend to look for the missing 3-year-old, as well as Orlando woman Jennifer Kesse.

The Texas Equusearch command center is located at the 

corner of Judge Road and Lee Vista.

The deputy director of Texas Equusearch said Sunday morning that they are still in need of volunteers for the search. Mandy Albritton said they're also in need of food and water for the searchers and volunteers.

The group's search ended at about 5 p.m. Saturday and resumed at 8 a.m. Sunday.

A news conference was held at 4 p.m. Sunday, and the search ended soon after.

Teams search 2/3 of the areas they wanted to search on Sunday. A much smaller search will be conducted Monday morning, where they'll search the remaining 1/3 of the area -- including Blanchard Park.

A total of 800 searchers, 700 volunteers, came out on Sunday. Equusearch said teams will do mapping of the remaining areas Sunday night and make plans for Monday morning.

Equusearch must pack up and leave after the short search Monday, as there's a missing person case in another state requiring the group's resources.

Equusearch has spent about $100,000 searching for Caylee.

WESH 2 News reporters were at the search and provided updates throughout the weekend:

11 a.m. Saturday, by Reporter Kendra Oestreich: Dedicated volunteers are back out near Orlando International Airport searching for 3-year-old Caylee Anthony and missing Orlando woman Jennifer Kesse.

Team leaders and volunteers started arriving at about 6:30 a.m. That's true commitment on a weekend.

Spirits are high after what some feel was a disappointed search day on Saturday.

Volunteers did find animal bones near Moss Park as well as Blanchard Park yesterday, but EquuSearch leaders say there's no evidence of Caylee or Jennifer.

They also didn't meet their 3,000 volunteer goal, which would have made it the largest search in U.S. history. Right now, the turn-out is about 1/3 of what it was yesterday.

At 9:25 a.m. today there were 315 volunteers, compared to 1,000 volunteers by 9:55 a.m. yesterday. Leaders are hoping many church-goers will come out after their services to lend a hand.

There's still time to make it even after your favorite football game. They'll be searching until sunset.

I just met an amazing man named Larry from New Smyrna Beach. He has terminal cancer and doesn't know how many days he has left to live, but he's spending his time today volunteering in the registration tent. Now, that's a person who's making a difference.

Tune in to WESH 2 News at 6 p.m. for my report and the latest on the search.

5:15 p.m. Saturday, by Reporter Amanda Ober: The volunteer searchers are starting to return to the search headquarters off Lee Vista Boulevard.

Many of them have been out since early this morning.

A representative for Equusearch confirms the bones found in Blanchard Park today were that of a pet dog that had been disposed of in a plastic bag. He said some students studying to be crime scene techinicians were able to identify the dog skeleton and law enforcement was never called out.

The two areas searchers focused their efforts on today were Moss Park and Blanchard Park.

The vast majority of searchers were looking for Caylee Anthony and a smaller amount searched areas linked to the Jennifer Kesse disappeaance.

The searchers will be back at it at 8 a.m. Sunday.

4 p.m. Saturday, by Reporter Amanda Ober: A total of about 1,300 volunteers came out to help today in the search for Caylee Anthony and Jennifer Kesse.

There have been some discoveries of what appear to be animal bones at Blanchard Park and a few other locations.

An Equusearch representative said as far as she knew, sheriff's investigators had not been called in to look at any evidence. The volunteers have come from as far away as Canada and plan to search until dusk tonight.

They will resume searching tomorrow morning and Equusearch says, on Monday, it will reassess its plan.

In addition to the volunteers, dozens of bounty hunters have come in from all over the country at the request of bounty hunter Leonard Padilla.

9 a.m. Saturday, by Reporter Craig Lucie: An empty field near Orlando International Airport is now flooded with people. There is a line of cars down Lee Vista still waiting to pull into to help in the search for Caylee.

The volunteers are from all over -- Canada, Puerto Rico, etc. Leonard Padilla just rolled up with his team. As always he was in his Padilla element, spitting out soundbites. I asked him what Casey would say about the crowd, and he said she would still be talking about Zanny the nanny and trying to control the world the way she wants it.

This is an amazing sight to see all of these people coming together. There are over 1,000, I would say, at 9 a.m. Buses, boats, ATVs are all waiting to take off. Everyone here has to sign a release, and then they meet up with a team. Something interesting - there are 25 students from Palm Bay community college that are crime scene investigators in training. This is their chance to see what its like to take part in what could be a major crime scene if caylee is found.

George and Cindy Anthony are not here. They are standing by their beliefs that Caylee is still alive.

Video: Large Caylee Search Planned For Saturday




This is the third time Texas-based EquuSearch will look for her.

The Orange Co. Sheriff's Department loaned EquuSearch a helicopter so that they can take aerial photos of the area.

"We have brand new technology that we are using that we didn't have last time we were here," said Mandy Albritton of EquuSearch. "The imaging is so specific that it can actually look down into the water and determine if the shadows they see are rocks, log or a body."

Their 25-square mile search area will stretch from Maitland south to Flamingo and east to Christmas and is based on mother Casey Anthony's cell tower hits.

Teams will start at the area near Hoffner and Goldenrod Road where George Anthony has recently been spotted.

"What has he been seen doing out here... well we got different reports that he was walking out of the woods here, others say he would sit and stare,” said Tim Miller of EquuSearch.

“What could that mean? Well everyone can read something into it as maybe he knows something. I don't believe that. I know that they have had some difficult times getting their sign out and stuff and he was possibly looking for a spot to do that. For that reason this area is a hot spot. For that reason law enforcement wants this area cleared very first," said Miller.

Bounty hunter Leonard Padilla is back in Orlando and believes he and EquuSearch can find the missing toddler by Monday.

Those interested in volunteering in the search Saturday should meet at the intersection of Judge Road and Shadowridge Drive in the Orlando Int'l Airport area at 8 a.m.

Meanwhile, the state wants to silence all key players because of an overflow of media coverage in the case against mother Casey Anthony.

An assistant prosecutor asked a judge for a gag order against Casey's defense team, sheriff's investigators, prosecutors and even the Anthony family.

This after the state attorney's office said it doesn't have enough evidence to seek the death penalty in Anthony's trial, but prosecutors said if detectives find Caylee's body, the death penalty could be back on the table.

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Padilla's Team Searches Area Where Cross Was Found
Monday, November 10, 2008 – updated: 9:13 am EST November 10, 2008

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- Two major searches for Caylee Anthony's remains began Monday morning at 8:00am. Texas based Equusearch scoured parts of Orange County for the third day with the help of volunteers.

Equusearch said they have received no help or cooperation from Casey Anthony, who is charged with first-degree murder of her daughter Caylee, or her family.

George Anthony showed up at the Kid Finders Command & Volunteer Center Saturday afternoon. He said he holds no ill will toward EquuSearch and its theory that Caylee is dead. The grandfather is holding out hope that Caylee would be found alive. He also said his wife, Cindy, was not taking the search too well. She was not at the Kid Finders location.

Meanwhile, bounty hunter Leonard Padilla hired a four-person dive team to search part of the Little Econ River in Blanchard Park. He said the FBI is involved in the search as well. Padilla and his team focused on the river where a cross was found nearby.

"We feel confident enough, we have to, and we have to check it out" he said.

The cross was found hanging on a tree very close to the Econ River, which was the site of a major search effort to find Caylee's body.

"You can't let something like this go because is sounds strange," said Padilla.

A team member from Equusearch snapped a picture back in August of the cross hanging from a tree. The cross is made from the same type of arts and crafts materials found in Casey's bedroom.

Padilla said he is focusing his attention on the photograph.

"We looked at the tree where the cross was hanging and it's not more than 70 yards away from the water's edge," he said.

Searchers walked through dense brush, fields, even water. But aside from clothing and some apparent animal bones they found nothing to indicate they child's remains were there.

"If you really want to delve into the mind of Casey Anthony, delve deep into some shrink's ugly book, because she's an ugly minded person," said Padilla.


EQUUASEARCH SET TO LEAVE ORLANDO

Equusearch said it has to leave Orlando after Monday's final search, which was smaller than the two others over the weekend.

The group touched on every part of Orange County where members thought little Caylee may have been buried. The search team looked for Caylee's body while crews broke down their command post.

The command post was near the corner of Judge Road and Shadowridge Drive (see map), almost directly north of Orlando International Airport.

The founder of the EquuaSearch team Tim Miller, told Eyewitness News that the case has put his organization in debt, stating that they have spent over $75,000 on equipment and staff. Donors paid for all of the equipment, hotel rooms, travel expenses and said they want Miller to focus on families in other states who really want their help.

"We've put all of this money and effort in this and we're neglecting other families that want our help," said Miller.

All weekend Equusearch volunteers searched the wooded areas and rode on ATVs searching for little Caylee's body. They even used special equipment that allowed them to see below the surface.

However, Miller said that he started to believe Caylee's body may never turn up.

"There's a big part of me that says Caylee will never be heard from or seen again," he said.

The search over the weekend was supposed to be the largest effort in Equusearch's history expecting 5,000 volunteers, but 1,500 showed up Saturday and 800 on Sunday.


CASEY'S EX-FIANCEE'S FATHER ATTENDS SEARCH

The father of Casey Anthony's ex-fiancée showed up at Sunday's search, but did not participate. Richard Grund once thought Caylee Anthony was his granddaughter because his son Jesse almost married Casey.

"I'm an old New York Italian. When I make you part of my family, you stay part of my family, so Caylee's still part of my family," he said.

Grund claimed that Cindy Anthony led investigators to believe the Grunds had a hand in Caylee's disappearance, but they have since been cleared.

"I wanted to participate in the search, but considering the accusations made against my son and me by Cindy, I figured it wouldn't be the best thing to be in the area when she's found," Grund said.

Casey's former best friend Amy Huizinga also showed up in support of Grund. They all said they shared the hope that Caylee Anthony will soon come home for a proper burial.

   

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Gag Order May Be Issued In Casey Case; Divers To Search For Caylee
Girl Last Seen In Mid-June

POSTED: 7:50 am EST November 10, 2008
UPDATED: 9:00 am EST November 10, 2008

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A judge could rule as early as Monday on a sweeping gag order in the case against Casey Anthony, who has been charged with first-degree murder in the disappearance of her 3-year-old daughter, Caylee.
PHOTOS: Casey Baby Photos
PHOTOS: Casey On Surveillance Video
The order would restrict attorneys, witnesses, law enforcement and the Anthony family from commenting publicly about the case, which has made worldwide headlines. The purpose of the order would be to protect potential jurors from being influenced by pretrial publicity, Local 6 News reported.

Meanwhile, Equusearch leader Tim Miller and his team are leaving Orlando after spending the weekend searching for Caylee, who was last seen in mid-June but was not reported missing until mid-July.

Miller said last week that he expected about 4,000 volunteers, but only 1,000 to 1,500 people participated in the search, which covered 25 miles of land and wooded areas near Orlando 

International Airport.


"The turnout wasn't as big as I anticipated. I think that people are just accepting the fact, probably, that Caylee's not going to come back," Miller said.

The search thus far has cost nearly $100,000.

Miller said his search team is headed to North Carolina to search for four newly missing people.

Divers Search River For Caylee

Celebrity bounty hunter Leonard Padilla, who assisted Miller in the weekend search, said he is taking a dive team to Blanchard Park on Monday to search the Little Econ River for Caylee.

Padilla said he received a tip from a friend of Anthony's, leading to the new search. Padilla said the friend showed him a picture of a cross that she had taken at Blanchard Park and it matched some arts and crafts that were in Anthony's room.

"She could have easily gone to the park, taken the body out, ruptured the bag when she pulled the body out of the trunk -- which left fluids in the trunk -- gotten it all over herself, taken it to the edge of the water and dumped it in there," Padilla said.

Padilla said that theory would explain a stain on one of Anthony's shirts that her mother, Cindy Anthony, cleaned before it was turned over to investigators.

Divers were awaiting the OK from Orange County authorities before searching the river, Local 6 News reported.

Fewer Search Volunteers Than Expected

More than 1,000 volunteers searched for Caylee over the weekend, but the turnout was about 3,000 people less than expected.

Equusearch resumed its search in two parks in Orange County, an area near the Orlando International Airport and a wooded area near the home of Caylee's grandparents.

Organizers said on Friday that they thought the search would attract more than 4,000 volunteers in what could have been the largest search in U.S. history,

The group prepared about 350 team leaders on Friday, who were sent out in groups of two or three to different areas to determine what type of equipment and how many people would be needed in their search.

Miller and Mandy Albritton of Equusearch said the search is a huge undertaking.

"This is the biggest and largest search that Texas Equusearch has ever done," Albritton said.

"In the very best conditions -- if this little girl is out there -- she's skeletal remains, and it's going to be extremely easy to miss," Miller said.

Padilla, who bailed out Anthony from jail months ago when she was only charged with child neglect, shared information with Miller.

"We'll basically brief (Equusearch) on what we had," said Padilla, who has analyzed pings to towers from Anthony's cell phone records.

"The woman lives her life 10 minutes at a time. It never, ever affects her adversely. Child's dead? OK. What do do? Oh, I've got to go (to) Blockbuster tonight," said Padilla, making note of the fact that Anthony was captured on surveillance video shortly after Caylee's disappearance.

Miller said Padilla's information coincides with where they planned to search.

Cindy Anthony, who believes her granddauther is still alive, did not assist in the search.

"I talked with Cindy yesterday, and we hugged -- and we even had some tears come out -- but I don't believe that (Caylee's) alive," Miller said.

Miller held a meeting Friday at 6 p.m. at the Tabu nightclub in Orlando for anyone who was interested in joining in the search, which began Saturday at 8 a.m.

Casey's Mental Health

The mental health of Casey Anthony could be the key to determining her fate, according to a Local 6 News report.

Anthony is scheduled to go to trial in January.

Anthony has undergone two psychological evaluations, but the reports have been sealed by the judge who ordered the tests after Anthony's arrest in July.

Local 6 News investigative reporter Tony Pipitone interviewed Lake Mary psychiatrist Dr. Ryan Hall, who has not examined Anthony and could not comment to her specifically, but he has studied women who have killed and their motivations for the killings.

"You have to look at the motivation -- why they're doing -- why they think they have to (kill their own child)," Hall said.

Psychiatrists focus on five general reasons, Hall said.

Altruistic, which was explained as the person doing the child a favor.

Psychotic, when the killer is having hallucinations or delusions.

Accidental, which usually result from abuse.

Revenge, getting back at someone, usually a spouse or the child's parent.

Unwanted child.

Hall said that only in extreme cases can the killer be found not criminally responsible for the death.

"You have to have a severe mental illness, and two -- due to the severe mental illness -- you have to not realize what you were doing was wrong," Hall said.

Andrea Yates, the Texas mother who is in a psychiatric hospital after drowning her five children because she said she was battling Satan before calmly reporting the deaths to police, is an example of that type of person, Local 6 News reported.

Pipitone said the prosecution of Anthony thus far seems closer to that of Susan Smith, who let a car containing her two children roll into a lake, where they drowned. Smith blamed carjackers who never existed, and she's serving a life sentence in South Carolina.

"She was interested in an individual, (and) he said he didn't want to be with a single mother. She killed her two kids. There was concealment, it was planned out, she made false statements to police, she was trying to avoid detection (and) she knew what she'd done was wrong," Hall said.

Investigators believe Anthony is concealing the location of her daughter's body.

"No more lies. No more bull coming out of your mouth. We've been very respectful. We're taking our time and talking to you, but we're tired of all the lies. No more lies. What happened to Caylee?" Orange County sheriff's Detective Yuri Melich said in a July interview at Universal, where Anthony had said she worked.

"I don't know," Anthony said.

"You do know," Melich replied.

"I don't know," Anthony repeated.

"What happened to Caylee?" Melich asked.

"I don't know where she is. That's the God's honest truth," Anthony said.

If Anthony were delusional, she would really believe that she worked at Universal and left Caylee with an imaginary baby sitter, Pipitone said. The state claims that Anthony is lying.

Psychiatrists, like Hall, routinely determine whether someone is delusional or simply deceptive.

"You have to look at what the motivation is there. Is it that they don't want to admit they're really unemployed? Do they have to let people think they're greater than they are? So there could be personality factors, (a) need for narcissism, needs to seem greater than they are. Or they could be trying to hide embarrassment or shame," Hall said.

If Anthony has no severe mental illness, there's no way she can avoid prison, if convicted, Local 6 News reported.

"People found insane go to the state mental hospital, but that's reserved for truly psychotic people. Casey just doesn't seem to fit that bill," Pipitone said. "She's not been convicted of anything, but clearly she has issues that could lead to the death penalty being taken off the table or mitigate against a death sentence if she ever were convicted."

New Documents Released

More than 500 pages of documents pertaining to the Anthony case were released Thursday by the state attorney's office.

The documents include never-before released interviews of Anthony's parents, George and Cindy Anthony.

In an interview about retrieving Casey Anthony's car from an impound lot after it was found abandoned at an Orange County Amscot, George Anthony said the smell in the car was terrible.

"I believe that there's something dead back there, and I hate to say the word 'human,'" said George Anthony, who told detectives he knew something was wrong and was nervous to open the trunk. "I think I whispered out to myself, 'Please don't let this be my Caylee.'"

George Anthony said he also saw a basketball-sized stain on the carpet of the trunk, Arm & Hammer laundry detergent and a plastic garbage bag contaning a pizza box and maggots.

George Anthony said in the interview that the smell was so bad that he had trouble breathing as he drove the car home. He said when he pulled into the garage, his wife came out and said, "Jesus Christ, what died? It was the pizza, right?"

In a separate interview, Cindy told detectives that she was concerned someone would take the car.

"We parked it in the garage, opened everything up, took the battery out of it just in case someone came home to try to get the car. We took the battery out of it. (You) never know," Cindy Anthony said.

It was later revealed that there was never any pizza in the trunk, only the empty box, Local 6 News reported.

George Anthony also admitted to detectives that Casey Anthony lived life on the edge, but said he was shocked to hear that his daughter was partying at Fusion, an Orlando nightclub, during the first month after Caylee's disappearance.

Also, in an interview with an Orange County sheriff's detective, George Anthony said his daughter had once told him that she was robbed at gunpoint while she was working at Sports Authority. George Anthony said he confronted the manager of the store about the incident only to be told that Casey Anthony never worked there.

Casey Connection To Apartment

An interview also released on Thursday shows that Casey Anthony had a connection to the Sawgrass Apartments, where she said she left Caylee with a baby sitter named Zenaida Gonzalez before never seeing her daughter again.

Dante Salati, a friend who Casey Anthony had known since high school, lived at Sawgrass for three years. His apartment was located next to the building where Casey Anthony said she left Caylee.

Salati said Casey Anthony's last visit to his apartment was January 2007, and he had never seen Caylee at the complex.

A detective asked Salati, "Do you think if Casey would come in there to drop her child off at an apartment 500 feet away on a regular basis -- do you think you would have had some idea that was going on?"

"Yes," Salati replied.

Death Penalty Argument

Attorneys for Anthony on Wednesday urged state prosecutors not to seek the death penalty in the high-profile case, using baby photos of their client to help their cause, Local 6 News reported.

Local 6 News obtained the baby photos of Anthony that will be used by her attorneys in an effort to sway the state from pursuing the death penalty.

The photographs show Anthony as a baby, playing with her brother, Lee, and surrounded by family members.

An experienced defense attorney was recently retained on Anthony's behalf, and he's hoping the photos and his 30-page argument will convince prosecutors.

"In this case, no one knows how death might have happened, if at all," stated the document, which was also obtained by Local 6 News. "If death did occur, the death was almost certainly a tragic accident."

Anthony's defense team also raises the possibility that Caylee may have been poisoned by chloroform, saying, "Death may have occurred while the child was sedated or from an unwitting overdose of a sedative."

Anthony's attorneys are also trying to show prosecutors that their client is an unlikely candidate for the death penalty because of her age and lack of a criminal record. Attorneys said the evidence suggests Anthony was a good, loving mother but also a troubled woman who may be suffering from depression or other mental conditions, Local 6 News reported.

The defense admits that Anthony "spent money she does not have, wrote bad checks, had multiple unstable relationships and participated in risky behavior."

The request did not mention the baby sitter with whom Anthony said she left Caylee at an apartment complex before never seeing her again. But the argument is not a case strategy, Local 6 News reported, rather only an attempt to get the death penalty option off the table.

Cindy Anthony Statement

Anthony family spokesman Larry Garrison released a statement on Thursday from Cindy Anthony, a day after it was reported that her daughter's attorneys are seeking to avoid the death penalty in her Casey Anthony's case.

"I feel that a good attorney will plan for the worse case scenario and hope for the best.

"I know that Casey's attorneys know that she is innocent, but they cannot ignore how the media has already spun the facts and convicted her. Casey has been severely attacked by the media since she was first arrested, and anyone would be a fool to ignore that. All of the negative spin has done her an injustice.

"Just look at what it has done for poor Caylee. The media already has given up on looking for this child, when there is simply no credible or concrete evidence to prove that she is dead. The defense and the family will never give up on looking for Caylee.

"We continue to believe she is alive, and so should everyone else who has a conscience. I would ask anyone to ask themselves just how quick would they stop looking for someone that they loved," the statement said.

Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.

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Caylee Search Could End Today
Monday, November 10, 2008 8:38:05 AM

ORLANDO -- The search for missing 3-year-old Caylee Anthony continues at 8 a.m. Monday, but it may not last for long.

Texas EquuSearch, the volunteer recovery group leading the search, plans to call off the massive search effort after Monday.

The group renewed the search for Caylee over the weekend after abandoning earlier search efforts because of flooding from Tropical Storm Fay, but officials with the group said the effort has taken up too much of their focus and too much money. See previous story.

If you want to volunteer in the search Monday, you are asked to meet at the command center with their completed volunteer forms before 8 a.m. Monday morning. The command center is located at the corner of Judge Road and Shadowridge Drive behind the Hertz Car Rental.

You must be 18 or older to participate. No children or dogs are allowed. Volunteers are asked to wear long pants and walking shoes or boots.

From Orlando, EquuSearch plans to go to North Carolina to try and help four families looking for missing loved ones. After that, officials said they hope to bring the group back to Florida to find Caylee.

"I don't believe Caylee's body will ever be found, but I've been wrong before, and the only way Caylee's body will ever be found is to continue the search," said Tim Miller, spokesman for Texas EquuSearch.

Organizers said about 1,300 volunteers showed up Saturday to aid in the search, and about 800 people helped Sunday.

Those numbers were well below the 4,000 people organizers had expected.


Bounty Hunter Conducts Separate Search

As EquuSearch continues looking for Caylee near the airport, California bounty hunter Leonard Padilla is conducting a separate search at Little Econ River.

Padilla has hired his own dive team to search the river for the body of the missing toddler

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Caylee Sighting Reported In Gainesville
Family Holds Prayer Vigil On Sunday

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A possible sighting of Caylee Anthony sent the 3-year-old girl's grandparents to Gainesville.

"They saw a little girl with a gentleman shopping in a store and said the little girl looked like Caylee, so they felt strongly enough to give us a call," grandmother Cindy Anthony said.

George and Cindy Anthony reviewed surveillance video from the store but were not able to determine the child's identity.


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EquuSearch ends hunt for Caylee Anthony today

Updated: 10:20 a.m.
Today will mark the end of EquuSeach's quest to find Caylee Anthony. The search group has been in Orlando since Friday to look for the missing toddler, but so far searchers have found no sign of the child.

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Hearing on gag order canceled in Casey Anthony case
Sarah Lundy | Sentinel Staff Writer
11:23 AM EST, November 10, 2008

An afternoon hearing for the state's request for a gag order in the Casey Anthony case was canceled. Court officials said there was a scheduling conflict with attorneys. A new hearing date has not been announced.

Prosecutors are asking Orange Circuit Court Judge Stan Strickland to issue gag order prohibiting cops, lawyers and family members from talking publicly about the Casey Anthony case.

The Orlando Sentinel opposes any type of gag order.

Casey Anthony, 22, faces a slew of charges, including first-degree murder in the death of her daughter, Caylee Marie. The toddler was reported missing in July 15 and hasn't been seen by her family since mid-
 
 

While authorities believe she's dead, no body has been found yet. Anthony's family has maintained that Caylee is still alive and has been critical of the State Attorney's Office for prosecuting Casey Anthony.

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Divers Search For Caylee; Gag Order Hearing In Casey Case Postponed
Girl Last Seen In Mid-June

POSTED: 7:50 am EST November 10, 2008
UPDATED: 12:18 pm EST November 10, 2008

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A hearing on a sweeping gag order in the case against Casey Anthony, who has been charged with first-degree murder in the disappearance of her 3-year-old daughter, Caylee, was postponed on Monday.
PHOTOS: Casey Baby Photos
PHOTOS: Casey On Surveillance Video
It is not known when the hearing, which would restrict attorneys, witnesses, law enforcement and the Anthony family from commenting publicly about the case, will be held. The purpose of the order would be to protect potential jurors from being influenced by pretrial publicity, Local 6 News reported.

Meanwhile, Equusearch leader Tim Miller and his team are leaving Orlando after spending the weekend searching for Caylee, who was last seen in mid-June but was not reported missing until mid-July. But celebrity bounty hunter Leonard Padilla is hoping to have a team of divers search a river for the missing girl's body.

Miller said last week that he expected about 4,000 volunteers, but only 1,000 to 1,500 people participated in the search, which covered 25 miles of land and wooded areas near Orlando 

International Airport.


"The turnout wasn't as big as I anticipated. I think that people are just accepting the fact, probably, that Caylee's not going to come back," Miller said.

The search thus far has cost nearly $100,000.

Miller said his search team is headed to North Carolina to search for four newly missing people.

Anthony, 22, remains jailed on murder charges.

Divers Search River For Caylee

Padilla, who assisted Miller in the weekend search, took a dive team to Blanchard Park to search the Little Econ River for Caylee.

Padilla said he received a tip from a friend of Anthony's, leading to the new search. Padilla said the friend showed him a picture of a cross that she had taken at Blanchard Park and it matched some arts and crafts that were in Anthony's room.

"She could have easily gone to the park, taken the body out, ruptured the bag when she pulled the body out of the trunk -- which left fluids in the trunk -- gotten it all over herself, taken it to the edge of the water and dumped it in there," Padilla said.

Padilla said that theory would explain a stain on one of Anthony's shirts that her mother, Cindy Anthony, cleaned before it was turned over to investigators.

Divers were awaiting the OK from Orange County authorities before searching the river, Local 6 News reported.

Fewer Search Volunteers Than Expected

More than 1,000 volunteers searched for Caylee over the weekend, but the turnout was about 3,000 people less than expected.

Equusearch resumed its search in two parks in Orange County, an area near the Orlando International Airport and a wooded area near the home of Caylee's grandparents.

Organizers said on Friday that they thought the search would attract more than 4,000 volunteers in what could have been the largest search in U.S. history,

The group prepared about 350 team leaders on Friday, who were sent out in groups of two or three to different areas to determine what type of equipment and how many people would be needed in their search.

Miller and Mandy Albritton of Equusearch said the search is a huge undertaking.

"This is the biggest and largest search that Texas Equusearch has ever done," Albritton said.

"In the very best conditions -- if this little girl is out there -- she's skeletal remains, and it's going to be extremely easy to miss," Miller said.

Padilla, who bailed out Anthony from jail months ago when she was only charged with child neglect, shared information with Miller.

"We'll basically brief (Equusearch) on what we had," said Padilla, who has analyzed pings to towers from Anthony's cell phone records.

"The woman lives her life 10 minutes at a time. It never, ever affects her adversely. Child's dead? OK. What do do? Oh, I've got to go (to) Blockbuster tonight," said Padilla, making note of the fact that Anthony was captured on surveillance video shortly after Caylee's disappearance.

Miller said Padilla's information coincides with where they planned to search.

Cindy Anthony, who believes her granddauther is still alive, did not assist in the search.

"I talked with Cindy yesterday, and we hugged -- and we even had some tears come out -- but I don't believe that (Caylee's) alive," Miller said.

Miller held a meeting Friday at 6 p.m. at the Tabu nightclub in Orlando for anyone who was interested in joining in the search, which began Saturday at 8 a.m.

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George and Cindy Anthony showed up at the search site. Cindy ended up going ape shit on everyone and told Lenny P that he was going to have him arrested. Murt said Cindy was very out of control and that a fight almost ensued. She apperently grabbed a camera mans camera or something like that. He said that George really didnt say much and that it was Cindy that was out of control. Lenny P was trying to calm Cindy down and I guess Cindy broke down a couple of times.

As the Anthonys were walking by Murts van Geroge pulled off the sign that was hanging up on it that was Dakota's sign that she made. It was a sign made for an ALIVE Caylee so he is baffled and mind boggled as to why George would do this. He said he no longer has any respect for the Anthonys after that.

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Padilla's Dive Team Searches Area Where Cross Was Found

Monday, November 10, 2008 – updated: 1:10 pm EST November 10, 2008
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- There were two major searches for Caylee Anthony's remains underway Monday, one on the ground and one in the water. The water search in east Orange County began late after having to wait for permission from Blanchard Park officials.

Two divers, hired by bounty hunter Leonard Padilla, were searching 50 yards of the shore and searching 15 feet out in the Little Econ River in Blanchard Park (see map). Padilla thinks Caylee's body is in the river.

SEARCH IMAGES: Teams Look For Caylee's Rema

Padilla also announced Monday that he will be holding a memorial service at 9:00am Tuesday along the river search site. He said the FBI is involved in the search, as well, but the FBI has denied that.

Padilla and his team focused on the river where a cross was found nearby.

"We feel confident enough, we have to, and we have to check it out," he said.

The cross was found hanging on a tree very close to the Econ River, which was the site of a major search effort to find Caylee's body.

"You can't let something like this go because it sounds strange," said Padilla.

A team member from EquuSearch snapped a picture back in August of the cross hanging from a tree. The cross is made from the same type of arts and crafts materials found in Casey's bedroom. Padilla said he is focusing his attention on the photograph.

"We looked at the tree where the cross was hanging and it's not more than 70 yards away from the water's edge," he said.

Searchers walked through dense brush, fields and even water, but aside from clothing and some apparent animal bones they found nothing to indicate they child's remains were there.

"If you really want to delve into the mind of Casey Anthony, delve deep into some shrink's ugly book, because she's an ugly minded person," said Padilla.

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Tiny Turn Out For Group's Likely Last Search For Caylee

Monday, November 10, 2008 – updated: 3:29 pm EST November 10, 2008
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- From 5,000 to 40, the big expectations in the search for Caylee Anthony's body ended in a tiny turnout at another search site Monday near the 417. It will likely be the last time the group EquuSearch will look for Caylee.

Only about forty volunteers were on site to get instructions before Monday's search in a wooded area near Econ Trail along the 417. When they lined up, they were told to be precise in their search and yell for their team leaders if they see anything suspicious.

About 2,300 volunteers also looked for Caylee's remains Saturday and Sunday. They believe a body or a shred of evidence are the only things that may give the community closure.

"The longer everyone searches, there's a possibility evidence will be found," volunteer Cindy Smith said.

The area is so dense with brush and trees, it would be almost impossible to spot human remains anywhere.

"We can bring in the entire military and there's still a small chance that she would ever be found," EquuSearch founder Tim Miller said.

Miller said the case has put his group in debt; they've spent $100,000. He will leave for North Carolina on Tuesday morning to focus on other missing persons cases, but said he may leave some of his volunteers behind.

Miller also said he's frustrated with bounty hunter Leonard Padilla, who started his own search Monday in an area Miller claims isn't even on sheriff's investigators radar.

"There's no evidence to lead anyone to believe there's a good reason to dive. I would only hope it's not for self promotional reasons and turning this into a circus," Miller said.


BOUNTY HUNTER HIRES DIVERS FOR OWN SEARCH

A water search in east Orange County began late after having to wait for permission from Blanchard Park officials. Two divers, hired by bounty hunter Leonard Padilla, were searching 50 yards of the shore and searching 15 feet out in the Little Econ River in Blanchard Park (see map). Padilla thinks Caylee's body is in the river.

Padilla also announced Monday that he will be holding a memorial service at 9:00am Tuesday along the river search site. He said the FBI is involved in the search, as well, but the FBI has denied that.

Padilla and his team focused on the river where a cross was found nearby.

"We feel confident enough, we have to, and we have to check it out," he said.

The cross was found hanging on a tree very close to the Econ River, which was the site of a major search effort to find Caylee's body.

"You can't let something like this go because it sounds strange," said Padilla.

A team member from EquuSearch snapped a picture back in August of the cross hanging from a tree. The cross is made from the same type of arts and crafts materials found in Casey's bedroom. Padilla said he is focusing his attention on the photograph.

"We looked at the tree where the cross was hanging and it's not more than 70 yards away from the water's edge," he said.

Searchers walked through dense brush, fields and even water, but aside from clothing and some apparent animal bones they found nothing to indicate they child's remains were there.

"If you really want to delve into the mind of Casey Anthony, delve deep into some shrink's ugly book, because she's an ugly minded person," said Padilla.


CINDY ANTHONY SPEAKS OUT ON GMA

Caylee Anthony's grandmother told Good Morning America on Monday people should be looking for Caylee alive, because there's no evidence she's dead (watch video). She lashed out at prosecutors for wanting to put a gag order on the defense and the Anthony family.

Cindy said prosecutors don't want them to talk publicly about tips they are getting that suggest Caylee is still alive. She went on to say they received a tip just Saturday night that Caylee was spotted in Florida. Cindy said she watched surveillance video and believes it could be her granddaughter and investigators are now looking at that video.


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EquuSearch ends hunt for Caylee Anthony today
Today will mark the end of EquuSeach's quest to find Caylee Anthony. The search group has been in Orlando since Friday to look for the missing toddler, but so far searchers have found no sign of the child.

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Raw video of the search.
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No sign of Caylee; Anthony’s confront Padilla

Last Edited: Monday, 10 Nov 2008, 5:43 PM EST
Created: Monday, 10 Nov 2008, 5:25 PM EST



StoriesTimeline, Documents and Photos related to the Casey Anthony Case

PHOTO GALLERY: Dive team search


 


ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35, Orlando) -- A dive team hired by Leonard Padilla, the bounty hunter who helped post Casey Anthony's $500,200 initial bond, searched the waters of the Little Econ River in Blanchard Park Monday convinced they would find a trace of the missing girl. Then in the afternoon George and Cindy Anthony arrived and they were not happy.


In the midst of a dive search that bounty hunter Padilla's crew was doing Cindy and George Anthony came out to confront Leonard Padilla.
The point of contention: a memorial service Padilla has planned for Caylee Tuesday morning.

Cindy Anthony did most of the talking. From a distance our camera caught what Cindy Anthony said. “It’s not 100 percent conclusive.  You guys aren't doing any good for Caylee...If you want to put divers in there fine... but you're not holding a memorial service for my granddaughter. 

The Anthony's didn't say much after their talk with Padilla except that they're at upset Padilla's planned memorial service. “To me it’s defamatory against us as a family...there is a little girl out there alive,” said George Anthony.

Padilla made it clear their talk didn't change his plans. “Why's she worried about this memorial service tomorrow?  Would she rather think of her as not knowing where her granddaughter ended up...she ended up right here....her daughter put her here.”

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indy Anthony Defends Daughter, Calls Her a 'Victim'
Caylee's Grandfather Said He Smelled Death in Casey Anthony's Car, According to New Documents
By JEFFREY KOFMAN and JONANN BRADY
Nov. 11, 2008

Casey Anthony, who has been charged with murder in the disappearance of her toddler daughter, is also a victim in the tragic case, her mother, Cindy Anthony, said today.

Casey Anthony, 22, is in jail on charges of first-degree murder and manslaughter related to the disappearance of her daughter Caylee, who would now be 3 years old and has not been seen since June. Casey Anthony has pleaded not guilty to all of the charges.

"Casey's been a victim in this as well. Casey's been grieving for her daughter," Cindy Anthony said today on "Good Morning America," adding that she has not given up hope that her young granddaughter is still alive.

"You know, this child -- everybody in America, anybody that has seen videos of Caylee, just still pictures of her, Caylee has captured their hearts. So why is it so unbelievable that someone wouldn't want to take Caylee as their own?"

About 1,400 volunteers searched for Caylee near Orlando, Fla., this weekend, but found no sign of the missing girl ...

There is no evidence that proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that Caylee is dead," Cindy Anthony said.

She blamed law enforcement officials, who she said are not doing enough to find the girl.

"There's never been an Amber Alert put out on Caylee," she said. "You know, the bottom line is, we thought as a family, within a couple days, within a week, that no one was actually giving Caylee 100 percent effort in looking for her."


Suspicious Smell in Car

Documents recently released by Florida prosecutors suggest that at least some family members suspected Casey Anthony might have something to do with the girl's disappearance.

George Anthony, Caylee's grandfather, suspected foul play when he smelled a horrific odor coming from the trunk of his daughter's car after he picked it up from a wrecking yard, according to the documents.

"I believe that there's something dead back there," George Anthony, a former police officer, said to investigators.

"When I first went there to pick up that vehicle, I got within three feet of it I could smell something. You look up and you say, 'Please don't let this be. Please don't let this be.'"

George Anthony also told investigators that Cindy Anthony noticed the smell in the car and said, "Jesus Christ, what died?"

Cindy Anthony, upper left, continues to defend her daughter, Casey Anthony, lower left, who has been charged with murder in the disappearance of Caylee Anthony.
(ABC/AP Photos)

Scientists found evidence of body decomposition and traces of chloroform in the trunk of the car, but none of the DNA evidence has been conclusively linked to Caylee.

Caylee was last seen in June, but Casey Anthony did not report her daughter missing until July 15. Suspicion has swirled around the single mother since then, and investigators said she gave them changing and inaccurate information.
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Cindy Confronts Padilla Over Memorial Service Plans
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 – updated: 6:59 am EST November 11, 2008

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- Caylee Anthony's family released a new statement blasting bounty hunter Leonard Padilla over his plans to hold a memorial in Caylee's honor Tuesday morning at 9:00am.

George and Cindy came to Blanchard Park to try to convince bounty hunter Leonard Padilla not to hold a memorial service at the search site Tuesday morning. Video showed Caylee's grandparents talking to Padilla (video | images), but the bounty hunter decided to go forward with it despite their pleas
The Anthony's call it an immoral judgment, a spiteful gesture and during the river search Cindy Anthony gave Padilla an earful.

"I'm the only one who has anything to say about this. Nobody else!" she yelled.

A volunteer then screamed, "I'll say something to you, why don't you make your daughter say where your granddaughter is? It's about Caylee!

"Just back off!" responded Cindy.

Monday night the Anthony's issued a statement on Caylee's MySpace site:

"Everyone has a right to have an opinion about where Caylee may be. However, no one has the right to have a memorial service for Caylee other than her family. Her family still believes she is alive, and this is our right."

The Anthony's have held numerous prayer vigils for Caylee outside of their home. Casey Anthony remains in the Orange County jail facing a first-degree murder in the death of her little girl Caylee Anthony.


DIVERS SEARCH RIVER FOR CAYLEE'S REMAINS

Meanwhile, the water search in east Orange County began late after having to wait for permission from Blanchard Park officials. Two divers, hired by Padilla, searched 50 yards of the shore and 15 feet out in the Little Econ River in Blanchard Park (see map). Padilla thinks Caylee's body is in the river.

"You got to feel it, it's almost like working in Braille," said one diver.

Padilla and his team focused on the river where a cross was found nearby. He said the FBI is involved in the search, as well, but the FBI has denied that.

"We feel confident enough, we have to, and we have to check it out," he said.

The cross was found hanging on a tree very close to the Econ River, which was the site of a major search effort to find Caylee's body.

"You can't let something like this go because it sounds strange," said Padilla.

A team member from EquuSearch snapped a picture back in August of the cross hanging from a tree. The cross is made from the same type of arts and crafts materials found in Casey's bedroom. Padilla said he is focusing his attention on the photograph.

"We looked at the tree where the cross was hanging and it's not more than 70 yards away from the water's edge," he said.

Despite Padilla's confidence they'd find the girl's body, the murky water prevented dive teams from finding anything Monday.

Search volunteers questioned why Cindy and George have not been helping in the search for Caylee's body.

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Groups call off search for Caylee Anthony
Amanda Welch | Sentinel Staff Writer
November 11, 2008
Texas EquuSearch and bounty hunter Leonard Padilla are leaving town this week after searching unsuccessfully for the remains of Caylee Marie Anthony.

With Texas EquuSearch, 83 volunteers broke up into teams near Econlockhatchee Trail and Berry Dease Road on Monday, using long poles to look for clothing and bones among the dried leaves and pine needles.

Whenever a volunteer found something questionable, Dixie, a 6 1/2 -year-old cadaver dog, was called to check it out.

"Show me, Dixie, show me," instructed her handler, Gage Angle, 18.

 

Angle and Dixie work with Urban Search and Rescue, a nonprofit K-9 search team from Hilton Head Island, S.C., that teamed up with Texas EquuSearch. Angle has been volunteering for Urban Search and Rescue for three years and said the search for Caylee's remains has been the most difficult.

"We've never had a failed search," he said. "This is the only one that doesn't look good."

Two-year-old Caylee disappeared in June, and her mother, Casey Anthony, 22, was charged with first-degree murder and also faces charges of aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter of a child and four counts of providing false information to law enforcement.

An estimated 1,400 volunteers turned out Saturday for the latest search effort, which continued through the weekend and wrapped up Monday.

By 2:30 p.m., volunteers were low on food and water so Dave Rader, a volunteer from Cincinnati who led Monday's largest group of EquuSearch workers -- about 45 to 55 -- called off the search.

"Never stop looking," Rader told workers before they disbanded. "The way I'm looking at it is, now we know where she's not."

Likewise, nothing turned up in Padilla's dive search at Jay Blanchard Park. Padilla said he remained convinced that Caylee's remains were in the nearby river.

"She's in that river," he said. "I'd rather think of her as in that river than in a garbage heap somewhere."

Tim Miller, founder of Texas EquuSearch, was aggravated at Padilla's search, calling it a media stunt.

"It's the Leonard Padilla show," he said. "Forget about Caylee Anthony."

Miller said Texas EquuSearch had already checked that area in a boat with scanning equipment.

"There's nothing there," he said.

Also Monday, a hearing for the state's request for a gag order in the Casey Anthony case was canceled. Court officials said there was a scheduling conflict with attorneys. A new hearing date has not been announced.

Prosecutors are asking Orange Circuit Court Judge Stan Strickland to issue a gag order prohibiting police, lawyers and family members from talking publicly about the Casey Anthony case.

Padilla is scheduled to leave Central Florida after a prayer vigil for Caylee at 9 a.m. today at Jay Blanchard Park.

Texas EquuSearch is leaving for a search in North Carolina beginning Saturday.


Sarah Lundy of the Sentinel staff contributed to this report. Amanda Welch can be reached at 407-420-5352 or aewelch@tribune.com.

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