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Armchair Detectives' Casey Anthony Theories

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Followers of the high profile Casey Anthony case have their own ideas about what happened to three-year-old Caylee.

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Caylee and Casey Anthony were high up on the recently released list of Yahoo! 2008 most searched terms, coming in at number two. A search for Casey Anthony on Google garners a staggering seven million results -- it's no wonder interest in the high profile case continues to grow. Since a recent motion for a gag order was denied, those who can't turn away from the mystery of the whereabouts of Caylee Anthony continue to dig into the tragic story as if they were actually assigned to the case. Up to now, the most widely held hypothesis of what happened to Caylee is her mother, wanting to live the "party" life, attempted to sedate her child with a lethal dose of chloroform and hid the body in her the trunk of her car. She eventually disposed of the body in a yet to be revealed location.

Despite the mounds of circumstantial and forensic evidence that seem to point to this conclusion, there are still those with their own idea of what happened to Caylee. Check out some of their theories:

Casey is hiding Caylee from Cindy Anthony
Casey's mom Cindy allegedly told family members that she was considering filing for full custody of Caylee because Casey was an "unfit mother." Some believe this is the reason Casey made Caylee "disappear." Court documents released earlier this year said Casey wanted to give the Caylee up for adoption before she was born but Cindy Anthony wouldn't let her. And according to Casey's brother Lee, there was already bad blood between Casey and her mother because, in the delivery room, grandmother Cindy was handed newborn Caylee BEFORE Casey.

Caylee was left in a hot car
Both Cindy and Casey are responsible for Caylee's death. The mom and daughter went out shopping one day for groceries and left Casey accidentally inside the car. When they got back to the car, Caylee was dead. Later they both put the toddler in the trunk of the car and together disposed of the body.

Caylee was kidnapped by drug dealers
Since no one has come forward to identify the Caylee "sighting" at a Florida mall, many think the little girl was indeed kidnapped. Some who have viewed the images believe Caylee is being held captive or was killed by drug dealers in retaliation for a situation involving Casey's drug habit.

Casey's brother Lee is  Caylee's dad
No one seems to know who Caylee's father is -- although at one point Casey falsely told investigators he was killed in a car accident. Some people believe Casey's brother Lee is the actual father of Caylee. A police interview of Casey's former fiancée Jesse Grund revealed that Casey had once told him Lee made inappropriate sexual advances toward her. This alleged incest accusation could have resulted in a child. Many feel Casey's relationship with her brother is "creepy," referencing the way she refers to him as "sweetheart" as evidence of its inappropriate nature. Although this theory doesn't explain how Caylee met her fate -- some feel it explains the dysfunction of the Anthony family.

Casey planned to kill her entire family
According to reports, Casey told a friend  her parents were getting a divorce and giving her the house. Casey had claimed she was planning on moving in the Anthony house the weekend Caylee disappeared. Was Casey was planning on chloroforming George, Cindy and Caylee
as they slept and bury their bodies in the back yard? A few people think this might've been the case. The theory is the plan went sour when Cindy and Casey got into a physical fight over a financial matter and Casey killed Caylee to get even.

What do you think is the truth?

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Could Lee be the father of Kaylee? Even her name is 1/2 Casey and 1/2 Lee…
- Kay
Posted 12/06/08 08:19 AM
 
Casey had googled neck breaking and household items long before she killed Caylee so she was planning it. The big fight with mom pushed Casey over the edge and her desire to party with new boyfriend so she finally just did it. Cindy spoke of suicide prior to any of this but said Caylee and her parents are what kept her going which kind of explains her over reaction of denial. Casey.. GUILTY! p.s. there is no fresh concrete this is rumor. The dogs hit on backyard because Casey didn’t know where to bury her and attemped the backyard then realized that wouldn’t work, put her back in the trunk and continued looking for a place to put her. “They haven’t even found her clothes yet.” was a comment Casey once made.
- LAURA
Posted 12/06/08 11:00 AM
 
I really think that this body wont be found. Its because George her father was a cop and plotted a plan with enough time to pass to help hide Caylees body.Lets face it. If I did this or anyone on here,we would have got caught and along time ago.In the tape of George on the police video he asks the cops if they know about the day he had to chase Casey in traffic while she was driving the moms car and he lost her in traffic.He said that out of nowhere. I think that was planned, so someone would see them and remember dates for the future timeline.Just because it was a few days after George got the gas tanks from Caseys car.I dont think that happened either.I think George went out and bought those gas tanks because he seen caylee was in the trunk and knew caylee was deseased and decomposition might be on his tanks so they got rid of them. To begin the cover up had to file a police report.Also he had to go to caseys car to get the tool to change tires?Really?George also says to police I give my daughter coupons to get her oil changed all the time.Why would he change tires then? I know people do, do that but seems like an excuse he would need to say why he was by the car,and that casey gave him his tanks back.Wouldnt he have smelled an oder if Caylee was in or out of the trunk at that time.And notice George says more then once If Caylees not alive please tell me first before you tell my wife thats basicly so he can calm her down.Why would he even mention that.Seems like he would say that cause he knows the truth will come out and he will have to calm down Cindy cause he already knows what happened or he knows the body will never be found and is saying that to throw the cops off. Because he the x detective got rid of caylee.Also on the police video George gets sick,maybe he had that vision of helping Casey dispose of caylee.Also George might have had to say outloud at the towyard the the employee please dont let this be my Casey or Caylee,cause he knew already no one would be in the trunk.Lets not forget Drew Peterson as well.Another cop who
- ashlee
Posted 12/07/08 03:27 AM
 
con..hid a body that hasnt been found.Im just giving opions of the facts I have heard. I wish Caylee was alive. Cindy and George remind me of my family the way I see them in pics with Caylee alive.To bad their lives will never be the same or go back to normal.
- ashlee
Posted 12/07/08 03:34 AM
 
My theory on this case is this…..Casey obviousley put some thought into this plan to get rid of Caylee, an I don’t mean by signing her rights over to her parents (Cindy and George) I think that she chloroformed Caylee enough that she was unconscious and then put her in the pool in order to drown her (remember the pool ladder up without explanation?) then once the poor baby was gone she buried her in the back yard until she was able to dig a final resting place for her. (this is why the car smelled so bad and had maggots) She unearthed Caylee and placed her in the trunk, she then stole the gas cans and put them in the trunk aswell, she then drove to her undisclosed location and placed caylee’s decomposing body in the pit and then poured gasoline over the remains and burned them, then she buried what was left. That’s what I think she did. If she did not burn her remains she used the gas to get to the location she was going too and back.
- Sabrina
Posted 12/07/08 12:01 PM
 
I think Casey is a pathological liar, who has many years of practice. That is why she is so convincing of her lies! I also think that she got away with everything, she probably didnt have correct discipline in life, I could tell after watching the jail house released tapes. George and Cindy seem to treat her like a 10 year old child, other then a 22 year old adult! When Casey cries in those tapes, i think she is crying over Caylee, but a deceased Caylee, not a missing Caylee. I think the death of Caylee could of been accidental. she could of Chloroformed Caylee right before going over to Tony Lazarros house, and stuck her in the trunk of the hot car. She probably thought Caylee could stay in her car “passed out” while she watched movies and hung out for a bit with her boyfriend. I think at some point and time, Casey went to check on her, and realized she wasnt breathing, and that she was probably dead. Right then and there, is where a normal mother panics. Casey doesnt seem to have panicked, Casey left her child alone in a car, Casey is not normal. Why the cover up though? Did she not want to be portrayed as a mother who left her child to die in a hot car with Chloroform in the babies system? Probably. (becasue she was thinking of herself) I dont think Casey intended on murdering her child. I think she could of fantasized about Caylee getting abducted, but never thought of it, until a spur of the moment on that day when she realized what she had done. She is thinking about herself, and herself only. Which makes me believe she has sociopath tendencies. She probably thought she would get a great deal of attention of the abduction of her missing child, the attention she would get, the love, the support she would have from many, thats what was probably in her mind at the time. Oh boy was she wrong! In a way, i think she kept on to her baby;s body. You know how you here of these sick people, who cant bare to live without a person, so they keep them? Ive only heard of a few mentally ill people like that, but I think mentally thats what she was doing, she couldnt bare to part ways
- Sarah Lee
Posted 12/08/08 03:26 PM
 
well, keep in mind that casey’s attorneys have already kind of threw her under the bus in the letter they wrote (to i think either the DA or the judge?) stating that if in fact caylee was deceased, then it was almost certainly by an accidental overdose of a sedative or chloroform. if they knew caylee was alive beyond a shadow of a doubt, then there would’ve never been a need to write that letter. there’s never been a doubt in my mind that casey killed caylee, but at one point in time i did think it was “accidental” (i.e. - she died when casey chloroformed her to go party or be with one of her many men). however, after all of the new developments, it’s obvious that she planned it. although Cindy and George are now trying to cover for her, i don’t think either of them had anything to do with it initially .
- Le
Posted 12/08/08 05:27 PM
 
Shana, cadaver dogs can smell human decomposition through cement, they can smell it through anything!
- Sarah Lee
Posted 12/08/08 07:10 PM
 
thanks Julia for the decomposition info. Yes, I do believe Casey drove around with her dead child in the trunk for 7-10 days. Another interesting thing I discovered was in Casey’s cell records, there is a call almost every day to someone named “Lexus Dealer” made usually around 2-4 pm from June 16th until June 20th, then they stop and pick up again for the 24th and 25th, last time June 25th. Is this a legit dealership? why would casey call a LEXUS dealership so regularly? Is this code, for a drug dealer? “X” XANAX dealer? is this the Nanny? She also calls someone named “Special K” another drug dealer? special k is the street name for a club drug made from horse tranquilizer. Has Casey’s hair been tested for drugs? Casey also called JC Penny’s on the 27th the morning I believe she disposed of the body. Did she have to buy new clothes? a shovel? any video of her at JC Penny’s? Receipts from JC Penny’s were found in Casey’s wallet that she had left at Tony’s, but the receipt from June 27th was missing. Also, I find the timeline as constructed by the police severely lacking. Where was Casey sleeping from June 16th until June 27th? this was the time Caylee was killed, or died and her body disposed. In all transcripts they NEVER focus on these specific dates. Every person should be asked if Casey was with them then or if they knew where she was. Ricardo last saw casey and caylee June 10th… Casey stayed with Amy (and Ricardo) from the June 30th until July 5th Casey stayed with Tony from July 5th up until she was found by Cindy on the 15th… WHERE WAS CASEY 15th-30th…?
- Patty
Posted 12/08/08 08:44 PM
 
There’s some weirdness between Cindy and Casey. But in the end I think Cindy Anthony can’t come to terms with the idea that her daughter is responsible for her granddaughter’s death so she continues to promote the idea that Caylee is alive. Her husband George is in the uneviable position of trying to prevent the family from completely exploding so he’s going along with whatever the wife says. I think he wants to do the right thing but he can’t. Testifying before a grand jury must have been agony for him - I think he’d probably be more forthcoming with the police if it weren’t for his wife. I think Casey is a spiteful, spoiled brat who has been coddled and excused her whole life but now her mom realizes how that has led to the sadness that now engulfs their family. Tough love is never easy but if they had shut this girl down years ago Caylee might not be missing or dead. George should rip the Band-Aid off now. Take the hurt now because there’s a long torturous road ahead of them. Casey will not confess, nor will she walk away from this. Even if she were to be acquitted she will always be guilty in the eyes of the public and George and his family will carry that stigma too. Tell the truth as you know it George! The world loves your granddaughter and only prays for her safe return. If that can’t be then end the circus. Put this to rest so we can all grieve with you and support you. I know it’s easy for me to say not being in this situation but aren’t we all faced with situations where we think by lying and deceiving we might just avoid the pain of embarrassment? Our instinct tells us to do whatever is necessary to avoid what is painful, but George this is bigger than confessing a affair or hurting someone you love will brutal honesty. This won’t EVER go away. Deal with it now and let the healing begin - contact a minister or someone you can trust. Gather your strength. It won;t be easy but the truth is far better than the worst thoughts we imagine.
- Carly
Posted 12/08/08 08:53 PM
 
i thought it was accidental but now i don’t. and i think there’s something to the incest in the family with lee and george doing stuff with casey possibly. it is a weird family dynamic with many many secrets. any time the family is together, they look so uncomfortable with each other. cindy had nothing to do with the murder. she was the one who turned casey in. had she had something to do with it, she sure wouldn’t have gotten the police involved. noone in that neighborhood possibly would have been the wiser if they tried to quietly dispose of caylee, perhaps move away and say caylee was staying with relatives, and then moving. doubtful they would have been found out. i think cindy and casey got into a HUGE fight because casey stole money from the GRANDPARENTS and that was the last straw for cindy. she could handle her stealing money from the parents, lee, casey’s “friends”, caylee’s piggy bank and college fund, but from the grandparents was the last straw for cindy. obviously there’s been bad blood between cindy and casey for a LONG time. maybe cindy was pissed for george/lee coming onto casey since casey is younger and thinner than cindy. and lee admitted this was the first fight where cindy started to CHOKE casey. like put her hands around casey’s neck. and casey had always been the focus of the family and caylee stole her thunder and all the stress wa s because of money issues, having to deal with a toddler who needs constant attention, no more social life for casey, casey not wanting the kid in the first place, and once she realized her mother would seriously kill her out of rage, casey decided she would get rid of caylee out of revenge/spite/jealousy. so she did. now i think it was premeditated and not accidental. so she did twist her neck or overdosed her on chloroform and then after realizing what she did, panicked, and fled dumping the body somewhere. and she justified it because it was either her life or her daughter’s since cindy in a way tried to “murder” casey by choking her. that was the last straw. like casey had on some website “everbody lies, everybody dies”. casey brought caylee into the world as a mistake, and casey took her out of the world. and cindy had called caylee “casey’s
- emma
Posted 12/09/08 08:26 AM
 
IMO, it was premediated murder and I believe Cindy and George would have been next. Cindy is trying to get Casey out of jail. If that ever does happen then Cindy and George deserve all the future crap that POS will put them thru.How Cindy can live with herself not doing what is right by Caylee is beyond comprehension. They will all pay to a higher power one day.
- Jules
Posted 12/09/08 09:41 AM
 
PS Cindy and George are flying out to California to appear on Larry King show. I assume they will fly first class and order cocktails. Who is paying for these 2 lowlifes to not work and just give interviews all the time? Will they be giving out autographs next? To the media please stop playing into the Anthony’s hands.
- Jules
Posted 12/09/08 09:49 AM
 
TV shows usually fly guests out if they want them bad enough. It’s obvious George and Cindy are appearing on the TV shows to get the $250,000 licensing fee for using pictures of Caylee. They are donating it to the Casey Anthony defense fund and using it to live on. They are enjoying their life jetting across the country playing celebrities while their granddaughter’s body rots away somewhere. Cindy and George should be ashamed of themselves for profiting off the death of their own granddaughter to raise money to free their granddaughter’s killer. That is beyond sick.
- Sally
Posted 12/09/08 10:55 AM
 
Tracy, sorry Xanax does not cause Memory lapse. Maybe if you were taking like 4X the prescribed dose mixed with other drugs and or alcohol? Sure xanax can make you tired, but not memory loss. Also you build up a tolerance to that drug. Toss that theory out the window. Casey commited premeditated murder, internet searches, pic of little girl talking about why do people kill people to show that killing is bad, her poem on my space to her mother “Everyone Lies everyone Dies” her search on missing kids websites. There is so much damning evidence it is enough for me to say lock her up for life with no parole.
- Jules
Posted 12/09/08 12:34 PM
 
Casey Anthony murdered her daughter by giving her a heavy dose of chloroform. She kept right on partying while the body stayed in the trunk several days. She then disposed of the body somewhere in the croc/gator infested waters nearby. This psychotic liar is quite clever. If one wonders about the source of her psychoses, look no further than her fruit-cake mother, followed closely by Daddy and Brother. Florida is usually tough on criminals, and I’m hoping she gets 20 years minimum, with no chance of early parole. We’ll see how she fares with fellow murderers and perverts in prison, which is where she belongs.
- Marco
Posted 12/09/08 01:53 PM
 
maybe they can also get cindy for obstructing justice since she admits in her private hacked in emails that she gave the police the wrong hairbrush? on purpose and wishes she had thought to give them the wrong toothbrush so they couldn’t conduct dna tests on caylee. But she REALLY wants the police to find caylee and she REALLY wants to help! um, right.
- emma
Posted 12/09/08 04:16 PM
 
Hi everyone Casey Anthony exhibits psychopathic narcissistic tendencies-Following an angry encounter with her mother-she stormed out of the home-taking caylee with her ina demonstration of a powerplay. Enraged with her mother-& finding herself stuck in a car with a 2yr old Anthony physically lashes out & batters/fatally wounds/suffocates the child. She is talking/txt’n her boyfriend using her cell until 3 am.I believe that Caylee lay dead in the trunk at this time. She responds to a call to her cell phone from her mother at 7 am & begins to construct the lie that is designed to portay the child as alive & well in the care of Zanni the nanny-whilst Anthony invents a work schedule. Anthony returned to the home, 2 days later- the 18th june borrowed a neighbours shovel-removed Caylee’s remains from the trunk-& transferred them into a holdall-made an attempt to clean the trunk-I think she also removed the child’s clothing-laundered them & replaced them in the home. I think Anthony may have used the shovel to lift lid on a man hole-sceptic tank/city sewer/water tank ect., I think she disposed of Caylee’s remains before she abandoned the car-at the amscot. I think the car was set up to look as if the occupants had met with a sinister fate-It was staged to look as if an abduction had taken place-I actually feel she add’ed the chloroform to the trunk at this time-to give the illusion of a kidnap having taken place. It was Anthony’s intention to portray herself & caylee as missing persons. I dont think she planned to hurt/kill Caylee-I think it was as a result of an act of violence-that got beyond her control. I think she quickly realised that she could not pass Caylee’s death off as an accident-the nature of the injuries sustained by the child-would not allow it-so Anthony was determinded to keep her actions hidden, to keep Caylee’s death a secret,She was intent on never getting caught, on Caylee’s remains never being found. She had come up with A “Zanni” the babysitter-story-now she needed a full name& address that could support her lie-She stole the identity of Zen Gonzalez to lend credibility to her story of the alleged abduction of Caylee.
- ammchale
Posted 12/09/08 06:40 PM
 
Ashlee…..George is not that clever. He’s a simpleton.
- marcie
Posted 12/10/08 09:48 AM
 
Ashlee, I have to disagree with your theory that George had anything to do with the disposal of his granddaughter’s body. He loved his granddaughter and if he had found his granddaughter’s body he would be too distraught to dump her body in a sack of garbage. His darling daughter Casey killed Caylee and disposed of the body all by herself. She trusts no one so she didn’t ask for any help to murder her daughter. I believe Casey planned to murder George and Cindy also to get their house and have her freedom. George is the only good guy out of this family. He is the last one I’d suspect of murdering Caylee or disposing of her body. It was obvious that George, Cindy and Lee were all shocked when they found Casey’s car stinking like a dead body and their granddaughter missing. Now they are covering up for her, but no one helped Casey with the murder of Caylee or disposal of her body.
- Sally
Posted 12/10/08 12:53 PM

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