The whole thing is a huge, sad, sick mess. I am sure that the entire family is messed up - but it is not an excuse. I also think that every family, not any -every - would look incredibly dysfunctional if it was put under a microscope like the Anthony family. Again, this is not an excuse for murder or hiding a death, esp of a child.
As for Zanny the nanny, there actually WAS a woman with the name Zenaida Gonzales but she had never been to the apartments that Casey said she lived in, nor had she ever lived in the apt where Casey said she dropped her off at = and the family that lived there and the mgmt confirmed it. This was the first thing that Casey said had happened - the nanny took her because Casey had not paid her and she was keeping the baby until the debt was paid in full.
If they suspect, or the defense claims, that Caylee was the product of incest with either the father or brother, why did a DNA match between Casey and Caylee not show too many points in common? If either her dad or bro were the bio father, it would be fairly simply to find out.
Then there was the story taht she was kidnapped and Casey HAD to be released from jail to go find her - that they would not communicate with anyone else. This even got someone to bail her out, I think it was that Padilla bounty hunter, the one who has a show on Nat geo Channel, or did for a while, and wanted a show to prove he was better than Dog the Bounty Hunter. He comes off as a blowhard creep to me. There was NO evidence of any kind, not even phone calls, to corroborate this story of kidnapping.
I think she has been following some terrible advice, or not following good advice to NOT do this, and she is waiting to drop bombshells during the trial so she can sell the story for a huge payday. Or her parents can if she cannot profit from the events. This has kept the entire family from being honest. The mother is more than a little bit nuts - seh comes across as unhinged to me. But if my child had been murdered, well, I would be unhinged also.
She is the one who said teh trunk smelled like a dead body. later the Anthony's tried to say it was rotting pizza and/or hamburger meat that Casey forgot to take inside or to throw away and it caused the smell. One of the news shows did a test with either pizza, ground beef, or both. Even after days in the trunk in very hot weather none of the items created a smell like a dead body.
Early in this mess, before the body was found, they talked to a couple of women who were supposedly party friends of Caseys and they said that she had been talking about putting Caylee to sleep in her trunk - how the baby wouldn't wake up until they were home again, but this way she could party with-o a sitter or a kid dragging hte party down. I don't knwo where these people are now, but in my opinion that is pretty damming evidence.
whatever happens, I hope that this is a warning to any other young parents who want to sedate a child so they can go party.
I do have a thought/experience as to why the victim of incest would EVER allow the perpetrating relative around their child. in my opinion it shouldn't happen. Sadly my opinion is NOT in line with reality. Often the abused does NOT want to make waves or has been told they were lying so much that they do allow their kids to spend time with the abuser. One family friend, with a child near my age, was abused for years and years by her father. Her mom didn't know because she worked graveyard and the dad was the only one home with the kids. The child my age spent many hours with his grandparents and even while in therapy for the incest this friend still visited her parents and helped care for her abuser when he became too old and sick to care for himself. It was traumatic, but she still allowed her child to be there with her mother and abuser.
Even she says it was not rational, but she couldn't stand up and say no, they cannot see him because she was abused so badly.
Sometimes what WE, the ones not in that specific type of abusive relationship, think is normal is far from what an abused person in that specific relationship thinks is normal and/or acceptable. keeping the abused helpless and powerless even over her own child, is a huge part of the thrill for an abuser.
I do NOT know if Casey was abused. I do think that some bad things happened in that home long before Caylee was born. I also think Casey did some majorly wrong things and lied about everything and is still telling lies.
I'm off to bed and will probably still be thinking about that case, lol. Goodnight all. DDD
