http://www.wftv.com/news/24027702/detail.htmlHundreds Of Letters Sent To Casey Released
Posted: 6:16 pm EDT June 24, 2010Updated: 6:40 pm EDT June 25, 2010
ORLANDO, Fla. -- WFTV took a close look at hundreds of letters sent to Casey Anthony, many from complete strangers. Some want her to find religion, some want to marry her, some say they hate her and some want to help her lose weight.
Some of the letters also came from Casey Anthony's family. All were written to Casey since she's been locked up in the Orange County jail.
More than 5,000 pages of letters were released to WFTV Friday. One thing is sure, after reading the letters, a lot of people are following the case from all over.
Casey’s parents wrote and begged Casey to let them see her at the jail and begged her to write to them.
WFTV took a closer look at a particularly cryptic and emotional letter from George Anthony. It's one of many he's written to Casey during the past two years.
In most of his letters, George offers love and support and begs Casey to let him visit her.
But WFTV found out another letter was just sent at the end of March, where George Anthony was apparently "very upset" with Casey. George accused her of destroying their family.
In the letter, he demanded answers from Casey Anthony.
However, in his previous letters he called her “beautiful” and “sweetheart” and told her how much he loved her.
But that changed on March 25, 2010.
George Anthony begged Casey to let him visit her in jail. He always told her he loved her and missed her and Caylee.
He said he loved her "no matter what," emphasizing that statement.
In November of 2009, he said he was going to schedule visits with her at the jail and begged her to agree to see him. He told her he needed to hug her, hear her voice, and see her face if only for a minute.
George believed Casey's lawyers were stopping her from visiting with him and said "you can make it happen. You're the boss. So what if the media gets some of it.” He told her that the conversation would be under her control.
WFTV learned Friday that George scheduled a visit with Casey one week after Caylee's remains were found, but he never saw her.
In one letter, George lamented over not being a better father. In March 2009, he told Casey she had put on weight and told her "just be careful.”
George Anthony signed his letters, "Papa Joe." Caylee used to call him “Joe Joe.”
But just three months ago, George wrote a very different letter, days after Casey's lawyers got copies of her letters to another jail inmate where she claimed her brother Lee and George had molested her when she was a child.
George was very angry about that accusation. He said defense attorney Jose Baez delivered disturbing news and asked two heartbreaking questions. He said he was numb.
George asked Casey, “Why destroy Lee? Why destroy me your family, and even Caylee after all he had sacrificed.”
Then, the letter just ended. He did not say that he loved her, nor did he call her sweetheart.
CINDY SENT CASEY PHOTOS OF CAYLEE
Cindy Anthony wrote about her heartache over losing both of them and sent Casey photos of Caylee. She sent some of the Caylee photos a month before Caylee's remains were found near their house.
Of one photo Cindy wrote: "One of my favorites. She was trying to tell us something even then. She loves her momma."
The jail won't say whether Casey has the photos up in her cell.
Cindy apologized for not writing more often, telling Casey, “I speak to you every day, as I do to Caylee,” and that she used to seek refuge in Casey's and Caylee's rooms, but it had become almost unbearable.
Cindy told Casey she felt better about herself after getting her tattoo in Caylee's honor. Cindy said she was angry that the photos of Casey's tattoo, which also showed sores on her back, were released and that she was worried about Casey's health.
Cindy begged Casey to write back, even though Casey had been told not to. In one letter, Cindy wrote, “I love you more today than ever. You know how much you have always meant to me.”
In strangers' letters, WFTV found a $300 check and someone told Casey she should marry Joran van der Sloot, because they're "both compulsive liars and killers."
An Orlando woman, who wrote Casey a supportive letter before Caylee was found, told WFTV on Friday that her compassion has waned.
“If it wasn't her, then she knows something, ‘cause you don't wait 30 days. If my dogs were missing 30 seconds, I'd be freaking out,” Tammie Foster told WFTV.
Cindy told Casey she had to mail letters, because defense attorney Jose Baez couldn't bring them to her anymore; if he was ever caught doing it, he could have lost his privileges to meet with Casey at the jail.
It’s unknown if Casey ever wrote back.
WHAT'S NEXT IN THE CASE?
There's a hearing scheduled for July 15 and, unlike the last hearing, Casey is required to be there. During the hearing, they're expected to discuss Cindy's frantic 911 call to report Caylee missing. They will also go over records from the group Texas EquuSearch.
Meanwhile, the defense has scheduled depositions for two new witnesses. A woman who helped search near the area where Caylee Anthony’s remains were found will be deposed in August.
In July, a second witness will give his deposition and Casey's lawyers also plan to question experts at the Oakridge National Lab in Tennessee.
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