tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355791052024-03-13T21:21:23.835-05:00The Prairie ChickenThoughts, theories, rants and musings of a person with nothing better to do.
Comments Welcome.Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668009846343571069noreply@blogger.comBlogger1341125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35579105.post-73195221243891746672019-10-10T18:07:00.000-05:002019-10-10T18:07:50.026-05:00Trumps Hillary obsessionDerby--I don't really know what is wrong with me, maybe I'm just completely tired of the barnyard that greats me on the news every morning, but I really can't stay out of the sty any more.<br />
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My questions start with Donald Trump being so obsessed with Hillary Clinton long after the liberal side had accepted that he had won the electoral college. Every speech, rally and photo-op has been filled with bravado about how crooked the Clinton's were/are, even though no one was looking at the Clinton's any more. After the election they were old news, but not to Trump. <br />
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His real worry, in my opinion, is that the more investigation goes on, the more likely it will be revealed that the presidential election was stolen by manipulation and fraud. He is afraid it will all come spilling out and Hillary Clinton will replace him in the white house during the rest of THIS term. Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668009846343571069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35579105.post-27596833898305952802018-10-01T23:33:00.000-05:002019-10-01T18:14:20.398-05:00Can't hold backI have tried so very hard to refrain from political comments, especially because violence has actually erupted between the liberals and conservatives. No longer.<br />
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Trump is the worst person on earth, apparently, yet Redneck nation decided to make him a president. Can anyone tell me what it is that his group of supporters could possibly think he would help them with? In what way has he enriched anyone? Oh yeah, that 1% who are making out like thieves.<br />
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Several books released as of late have opened up the world of the White house and given me a better understanding of who is who and in what jobs. It's been a game of musical chairs in the oval office as everyone around trump jockeys for position. Fire and Fury by Michael Wolf, and Fear by Bob Woodward. Both excellent. <br />
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In Fire and Fury one can clearly see how Trump is easily manipulated by those around him through praise and flattery but when the conversation begins to be beyond his understanding his standard move is to act tough. To hide the stupid. It has worked so far with his entourage.<br />
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Fear is so well written it read like a novel. So much information that is terrifying, yet gave me hope that someone in DC is looking out for us. Unfortunately the person running the show is a moron, an idiot, and has the intellect of a 5th or 6th grader, as told by his generals.<br />
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I want my country back, the US that helps other countries, that has strong allies and friendships. I want Trump to resign.Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668009846343571069noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35579105.post-8726524527997225622016-04-26T19:30:00.000-05:002016-04-26T19:30:46.611-05:00Amanda Knox declared innocent, finally. September 2015<h1 class="pg-headline" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; font-family: CNN, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.06452; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">
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It's been eight years since the body of 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher was found half-dressed on the tile floor of her student apartment in Perugia, Italy, raped and murdered.<br /><br />During that time, Kercher's American roommate Amanda Knox and Knox's boyfriend at the time, Italian citizen Raffaele Sollecito, were twice convicted and twice acquitted of her murder.<div>
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The perpetrator of these errors and omissions would be Giuliano Mignini, the weirdo and oddly driven prosecutor who has illusions and delusions of devil cults, sexual perversion and conspiracies. An Italian official. Rudy Guede is 8 years through his 16 year sentence sentence for Merediths death, by the way. Knox and Sollecito are free.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/03/giuliano-mignini-knox-prosecutor-conspiracy" target="_blank">Giuliano Mignini</a> had previously prosecuted the "Monster of Florence" serial killer case and became convinced it was a masonic conspiracy. His case came to nothing. Mignini was later convicted of illegally tapping the phones of various police and reporters connected to the Florence case and was given <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/03/giuliano-mignini-knox-prosecutor-conspiracy">a 16-month suspended sentence</a>.<br /><br />Somehow, he was allowed to be in charge of the Kercher murder, and he screwed that up too.<br /><br /></div>
Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668009846343571069noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35579105.post-31486730389828481562016-04-24T23:11:00.001-05:002016-04-24T23:13:55.001-05:00Stern is a Loser. We knew that. Old story update...<div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><i>April 24, 2016</i><br /><i>Anna Nicole Smith is dead from drugs she was being spoon fed by these two knuckle-heads, and they take no responsibility. Not to mention her son, whom in my humble opinion was poisoned by Howard K Stern in Anna's hospital room via methadone in a go-cup, and that he held her daughter hostage from her biological father, and that he stole all of ANS's estate that he had managed to hide or get in his name. He hovered over Anna so long because he wanted his share of J Howard Marshall's estate for "attorney fees" for Mrs Marshall. As a matter of fact, now it's <a href="https://www.lexisnexis.com/legalnewsroom/bankruptcy/b/bankruptcy-law-blog/archive/2011/07/18/professor-kenneth-n-klee-on-the-supreme-court-s-holding-in-stern-v-marshall.aspx?Redirected=true" target="_blank">Stern v. Marshall</a>. This guy was really hanging his star on this case.</i></span></div>
Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668009846343571069noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35579105.post-37147153891649816922013-08-26T23:39:00.001-05:002016-04-26T21:33:53.919-05:00Adoptive Parents pay a fine for fraud. Where is Adam Hermann?<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Prairie Chicken</span><br />
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<span style="color: #1122cc; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=6&cad=rja&ved=0CEwQFjAF&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kansas.com%2F2011%2F08%2F01%2F1957039%2Fherrmans-face-prison-time-at-sentencing.html&ei=Th8cUofBN_PE2QWy5oDACA&usg=AFQjCNFAKHMFzRdpSVddKTM-rC4HNjV6sg&sig2=foh9N1YMifFd2VZ8wbGlqg&bvm=bv.51156542,d.aWc" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Missing boy's parents get maximum sentence for <strong>fraud</strong> | Wichita Eagle</a></span><br />
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<em><span style="color: red;">This is pathetic. The Herrman's know what happened to this little boy. </span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: red;">They get reduced restitution of 15K, 5K in court costs each. They have let this woman get away with disposing of a boy she didn't like. There is no justice for this child.</span></em>Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668009846343571069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35579105.post-28196400108382917712012-09-06T21:56:00.000-05:002012-09-06T21:57:22.513-05:00Drew Peterson bites the dust!The Prairie Chicken<br />
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Everyone in the world knows by now that Drew Peterson was found guilty this afternoon of the 2004 1st degree murder of Kathleen Savio, his ex-wife. All that's left is the number of years he gets to live in the penitentiary. I find 60 a nice round number.<br />
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The verdict itself was not much of a surprise but you never know for sure, one has to ponder the state of the judicial system and the results of these "sensational" trials, the effect of the media scrutiny on the entire cast from the judge to the victim. It's all a crap shoot. <br />
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Peterson's team of attorneys will, no doubt, have years of work filing appeals, fighting the inclusion of Kathleen Savio's hearsay statements. <br />
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The Bolingbrook folks can rest assured that Peterson won't be skulking around the neighborhood any time soon, and if he ever gets an opportunity to do so, he won't have a position of authority to back up his bullying.<br />
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Hopefully, the families of Kathleen Savio and Stacy Cales Peterson, 4th wife of Peterson who is currently missing, will be able to contact the children of their dear lost one, something that has not happened since shortly after Stacy's disappearance. The children have had no contact with their mothers families. Peterson's way of getting rid of them for good. <br />
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Various news web sources have reported that Stephen, Peterson's son from his first marriage has been raising his four younger siblings, apparently with Peterson's police pension of $6,000 monthly, more or less. That pension should be withdrawn, with Peterson's crime having been committed while he was an active Bolingbrook police officer. Stephen himself was fired from the same police department several years ago, so he'd have to find a job. Bar's always need bouncers. <br />
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Then there is Peterson's oldest son Eric. He has stayed far away from the spotlight and drama of his fathers world. All I've read about him was a statement that he had no feeling either way about his father. No love, no hate. His privacy should definitely be respected, but I still have to wonder why.<br />
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So now remains the last piece of this whole ugly puzzle. Where is Stacy Cales Peterson? At least when she's found, Drew Peterson will be easy to find.<br />
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<br />Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668009846343571069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35579105.post-29758066606568125562011-11-13T19:20:00.000-06:002011-11-13T19:20:00.580-06:00Another foot found in Canada!<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k509-z_QSqE/TsBox4YEFPI/AAAAAAAAEg0/VrZL64au3mY/s1600/old+boot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k509-z_QSqE/TsBox4YEFPI/AAAAAAAAEg0/VrZL64au3mY/s1600/old+boot.jpg" /></a>Right: <em>This old boot is NOT connected to this case. </em><br />
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British Columbia has been riddled by eight human feet washing ashore in the province and another appendage was found on the shore of Sasamat Lake near Port Moody on Friday, <a href="http://www.vancouversun.com/Foot+lake+linked+foul+play/5673315/story.html" target="_hplink"><em><span style="color: #246b96;">The Vancouver Sun</span></em></a> reports. <br />
This is at least the ninth foot discovered in British Columbia since 2007...<br />
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and: <a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/local/komo/article/Two-feet-that-washed-ashore-in-B-C-identified-2228216.php" target="_blank">Two feet that washed ashore in B.C. identified</a> from Seattlepi.com.<br />
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<em>This one is a men’s size 12 black Cougar brand hiking boot, found November 7, 2011. Authorities keep saying there is no sign of foul play. Yeah? Please, if my foot is ever detached from my leg, assume there HAS been foul play and work from there. </em>Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668009846343571069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35579105.post-25932543031610575532011-08-11T23:07:00.002-05:002012-09-07T21:57:35.657-05:00Charla Nash gets new face after Chimpazee attackThe Prairie Chicken<br />
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In May of this year, Charla Nash received a full face transplant at Woman’s Hospital of Boston. A team of 30 doctors, nurses and anesthesiologists worked for 20 hours to perform the extremely rare procedure - the third time the surgery had been performed there. <br />
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<br />Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668009846343571069noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35579105.post-7513526004623387612011-08-09T00:08:00.000-05:002011-08-09T00:08:31.864-05:00Warren Jeffs GuiltyThe Prairie Chicken<br />
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Warren Jeffs finally is found guilty of raping two "child brides." The penalty could be up to 119 years, 99 years for sex with the 12 year old and 20 for the 14 year old, if maximum sentences are given to be served consecutively. The judge could be lenient, but we are talking about Texas. The best I believe will be the judge allowing the sentences, what ever they may be, to be served concurrently. <br />
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Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668009846343571069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35579105.post-49893386397875885592011-07-26T23:09:00.000-05:002011-07-26T23:09:26.268-05:00Warren Jeffs trial, July 26, 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ENpyKw7Mpk8/Ti-NierTtEI/AAAAAAAAEgg/x3eRDQmUQhg/s1600/warren+jeffs1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ENpyKw7Mpk8/Ti-NierTtEI/AAAAAAAAEgg/x3eRDQmUQhg/s1600/warren+jeffs1.jpg" /></a></div>The Prairie Chicken<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Having been held in the El Dorado Texas jail for three years, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fundamentalist Mormon leader Warren Jeffs has spent an average of 3K per month on phone calls paid for by phone cards. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Authorities say Jeffs has received money from his followers and that he uses much of it to buy phone time to deliver lengthy and elaborate sermons to disciples in Texas, Utah and Arizona.<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to Schleicher County Sheriff David, Jeffs’ calls indicate that he is still running his church from behind bars.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">During the raid, Jeffs' diaries were confiscated, which included photographs of Jeffs kissing very young girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some once-trusted aides of Warren Jeffs say he has betrayed his church’s principles and lost their loyalty by openly boasting of relations with girls as young as 12 or 13. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“And he’s confessed to doing some very terrible things, including molesting his daughter and sister and others,” said Willie E. Jessop, a former Jeffs associate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Jeffs was tried in St. George, Utah, after his arrest in 2006 and he was found guilty on two charges of being an accomplice to rape.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The conviction was overturned by an appellate court on a technicality; jury instructions were found to have been faulty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Utah prosecutors decided not to re-try the case.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Jury selection for Jeff’s sexual assault trial began in Texas on Monday. He is <em>charged with two counts of sexual assault on a child and one count of bigamy, to which he has pleaded not guilty</em>.<o:p></o:p></span></span>Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668009846343571069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35579105.post-65826550241594268102011-07-17T21:52:00.000-05:002012-09-07T21:33:47.530-05:00Casey Anthony gets the last laugh<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Prairie Chicken<br />
July 17, 2011<br />
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Shortly after midnight, Casey Anthony was released from custody, having served her time for four counts of lying to the police on July 15 and 16, 2008, in the case of her missing/murdered daughter Caylee three years ago.<br />
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While I admit I would like one opportunity to bitch slap her, I accept the judicial system, the jury's decision. Would rather Casey does not move to the prairie, but it is a free country. <br />
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A question, though. If it is the State of Florida vs. Casey Anthony, why do all of the jurors have to come from the same county? It would seem that in the case of a <em>sequestered</em> jury, the prosecution and defense would both benefit from a state wide draw giving the attorneys more to choose from (meaning no disrespect to the Anthony jury, I'm just sayin'...) more costly I suppose. <br />
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Numerous news stations have covered Anthony's release from jail this morning. Obviously most, if not all, of them must have expected a guilty verdict and then sentencing, then a follow-up to prison, and on and on, because that little 2 minute clip has been played and replayed all day long. Good movie day. Now the big question is where did she go? Is she holed up at Chaney Mason's house? At a hotel in Orlando? Did she make the plane to Ohio? <br />
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It was reported last week that Zenaida Gonzalez was issuing a civil suit against her and intended to have it served to her prior to leaving jail. Tim Miller with Equusearch is also filing suit to seek reimbursement of 112k that his organization spent searching for little Caylee, when according to Casey's own attorney, Casey knew Caylee was already dead. Leonard Padilla is suing for something, probably reimbursement for what he spent bailing her out of jail, providing round-the-clock security for her. Along with that, the IRS wants 78k to pay the income tax on the 225,000k she received for "licensing photo's" of Caylee. Jose took the money as payment. Not looking out too well for his client in <em>that</em> sense, huh?<br />
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It was said by one of the talking heads that Casey now wants to be a paralegal. It immediately made me thing of what Jesse Grund said about Casey--that she would try to morph herself into what ever was going on around her, that while not particularly religious, she participated in church and prayer meetings with his family, and suddenly she was a fan of his football team. She's had no one but attorneys to talk to for three years so now she wants to be involved in law. Of course, she'll have to get that GED before she can start school for that. Maybe she can work out something where she's just an imaginary paralegal. <br />
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So Casey Anthony has a future after all. Only time will tell if it is a good one. I can't see a reality show in her future, since even Jerry Springer and Vivid Entertainment (XXX rated stuff) pulled their offers. How about the next Survivor series? Hopefully she will just fade away, never to be heard from again. For narcissists like herself that would be the worst punishment of all. To simply be ignored.Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668009846343571069noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35579105.post-10855240240999383272011-07-05T15:48:00.000-05:002011-07-05T15:48:39.370-05:00Casey Anthony murder trial--Not Guilty of Caylee's Murder, July 5, 2011The Prairie Chicken<br />
July 5, 20011<br />
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Not Guilty. Just can't wrap my head around which parts of all that defense team crap the jury believed?<br />
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All I can say is that they don't know as much as we do about the case. They<em> couldn't</em> and still say not guilty. The jury is told what is allowed for them to be told, I guess. <br />
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Today my heart aches for Caylee Marie Anthony, a little girl who would be in the 1st grade this year, she would know all her numbers and abc's, could have been reading already. She and her grandma would be excited as they bought school clothes and supplies. <br />
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Where will Casey go now? Back to her parents house? Maybe Grandma Plesea will take her in. After Crystal's testimony, maybe Cindy will kick George out and she and Casey can just duel to the death. Weirder things have happened.<br />
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Are you outraged? Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668009846343571069noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35579105.post-57424342745160627132011-07-01T19:10:00.000-05:002011-07-01T19:10:37.731-05:00Casey Anthony murder trial--rebuttal witnesses--7-1-2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_n6eVvhyUcc/Tg5fi-4TpMI/AAAAAAAAEf4/CngxZ6FVvz4/s1600/Caylee+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_n6eVvhyUcc/Tg5fi-4TpMI/AAAAAAAAEf4/CngxZ6FVvz4/s1600/Caylee+2.jpg" /></a></div>The Prairie Chicken<br />
July 1, 2011<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sitting back, thinking about the Anthony trial this past month, it is amazing how fast time has gone by, what with it being so long.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I'm afraid that little Caylee Marie, shown here at right, just a little girly-girl, is getting lost in all the garbage (no pun intended).</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">There were the real nuts in the gallery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The crazy lady who yelled out in the courtroom concerning Casey’s guilt, had a total meltdown when facing Judge Perry, and spent one or two nights in the clink.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then just this week some arrogant little pip-squeak with a crush on Casey was photographed covering a yawn with his hands and ending with one finger giving prosecutor Ashton the bird.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Six days in jail and $660 something in fines and court costs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Did it really seem like a good idea at the time?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Really?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">How about the difference between Dr G’s testimony and that of Warner Spitz about the autopsy procedure, and Spitz calling G’s work shoddy because she had not sawed the top off of an empty skull. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To me, those are fightin’ words.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you follow these high profile crimes, you’ll usually find that the defense will call in one of this trio of expert medical examiners:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dr. Warner Spitz, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dr. Henry Lee, or Dr. Cyril Wecht.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve found them all to be experts for a price.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Warner is probably supplementing his retirement with defense cases.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was completely uninformed about the case except for what Baez had asked for—someway to discredit the first autopsy.<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">A</span>nd what do you think of Cindy Anthony now?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the day in court when she lied about making the computer searches, one psychologist on a talk show said she had moved her lips in the “dupers delight”, a way of puckering her lips just prior to and after telling a lie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> It's true, too, I was watching clips on HLN and sure enough, all through that bevy of lies about the searches she has a peculiar pucker. </span>Then today, when prosecution brought in the president of Gentiva with records that show that she was not only at work, but making entries on the work computer, she kept herself hidden behind the woman sitting in front of her, trying to make herself as small as possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe there will be other news views.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What facial features does she use when she is caught red-handed in a lie under oath with a po'd district attorney and stern judge?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">It looks to me like Casey is enjoying her last few days of relative freedom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When will it hit her that everyone is going to go on to something else, while she heads off to jail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s not exactly going to be like spring break.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Right now she is a star.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone knows who Casey Anthony is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Soon, though, she will be a note in the back-pages of the newspaper when she files for appeal, or is denied. Maybe she can entertain herself with imaginary vacations. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">But then I’m assuming that she will be found guilty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lawd knows I have been very wrong before.<o:p></o:p></span></div>Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668009846343571069noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35579105.post-69075608841446247232011-06-30T20:58:00.001-05:002011-06-30T22:14:30.898-05:00Casey Anthony murder trial--the defense rests--6-30-2011<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WB7X8rHsNWg/Tg0cQ6Ohp2I/AAAAAAAAEfs/Vev9dA8u8kQ/s1600/Caylee+Anthony+3.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WB7X8rHsNWg/Tg0cQ6Ohp2I/AAAAAAAAEfs/Vev9dA8u8kQ/s400/Caylee+Anthony+3.bmp" width="299" /></a><br />
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The Prairie Chicken<br />
June 30, 2011<br />
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This afternoon the trial of Casey Anthony for the murder of her daughter Caylee Anthony on June 16, 2008 entered the next step of closing arguments, when defense rested their case in the afternoon session. <br />
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It would probably be better for Drane Burdick to present closing arguments for the prosecutions instead of Ashton. While I did see Drane Burdick po'd a couple of times, when Cindy was blatantly lying, contradicting herself and trying to manipulate with that smarmy look she gets, Ashton clearly lets Baez get under his skin. You can tell he'd like to pop him in the nose.<br />
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One problem I had from early on was that George, Cindy and Lee were allowed to remain in the court room when they were witnesses themselves. Sure they could have sat at home and watched it all on tru.tv and HLN like I did, but Cindy so obviously changed her story. Lied. There I said it. <br />
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Dr. Vass impressed me. And Dr. G. He was the head guy at the Tennessee body farm. She's a famous medical examiner with a TV show. It has to be a very unique kind of person who would choose death for a career. they are needed...just sayin', but anyway... They knew their stuff and were very interested in their work, excited for the chance to share their knowledge. His testimony reflected the most recent findings and publishing. In contrast, Baez brought in a bevy of "expert" witnesses who were, I don't know. Inexperienced? Only partly informed? Paid to read the script? (Dr. Werner Spitz--$5000 per day to say whatever you want--that's pathetic)<br />
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Was there any reason to subpoena Crystal Holloway? Was that just one final jab at George's character?<br />
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What really frustrates me is, having followed this case so closely for three years, there are sooo many things not brought forward. And what scares me is the very small amount that was actually presented to the jury. That has to be a hard job--prosecutor--to sort out the most important issues and present them in a clear enough progression that 12 peeps can all make sense of. Baez makes defense look simple. Delay, whine, postpone, lie. Maybe he has written a closing argument that will draw all this together to somehow match his opening statements. Ya reckon?<br />
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What are your thoughts on the trial?Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668009846343571069noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35579105.post-6109469539091771322011-06-06T22:04:00.001-05:002011-06-06T22:05:08.529-05:00Casey Anthony murder trial 6-5-2011Dr Arpad Vass, the head research scientist at the Tennessee Body Farm testified today about the odor in the trunk carpeting. Vass explained the odor analysis, often leaving Baez looking dazed. He spent a lot of time giving background--he explained the method of scientific experiment used and was obviously excited about his work and enjoyed working. Baez accused him of portraying himself as more educated and experienced and made a bit of a fool of himself by insisting that only a chemist could figure out the smell from data presented. I guess having a Phd in Anthropology, a BA in Administration and AS in Biology plus twenty years experience in decomposition doesn't make him an expert, huh, Baez?Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668009846343571069noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35579105.post-76233841349793207042011-06-06T21:49:00.000-05:002011-06-06T21:49:30.566-05:00Casey Anthony murder trial 6-4-2011<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Prairie Chicken</span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">June 4, 2011</span></div><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Awilda McBride was the police officer who went to the tow yard to pick up the trash that had been thrown in the dumpster when George picked up the Pontiac, called to testify to fill a box.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They asked her if she smelled anything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She didn’t.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">It’s funny how Casey liked to present herself as a young woman who really had it together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Single mother, Valencia student, employed in a great job.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Was there ever a time when she realized she could actually do those things?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But in lying, she claimed to have made achievements that she didn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her “graduation” for instance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was short a credit, wasn’t allowed to walk with her class, yet Cindy threw the party anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Did that check a box for Casey?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Figured that was good enough.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there a name for that besides narcissistic?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">June 3, 2011</span></div><span style="font-family: Calibri;">On Friday, more video tapes of jail conversations were played. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first was Casey with both George and Cindy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She behaved rather well on August 3, telling her parents that she missed them and wanted to come home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She said that keeping her there wasn’t helping anything—and seemed to think they could bail her out.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Another video was played of conversation between Casey and Lee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was doing his own private investigation and really wanted Casey to understand what her rights were—questioning her about<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>how she hooked up with Jose Baez and indicating that Lee did not trust Baez.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Next the video was played when George had gone to visit Casey by himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I said before, what she wanted was for mom and dad to come up with $50k to bail her out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was sooo sweet to him, fawning and telling him he was a terrific Dad and wonderful Grandpa. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She repeated several times that she wanted to be there (home) when Caylee came home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seemed to me that her demeanor changed a bit after he told her they couldn’t come up with that kind of money.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A little colder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t suppose it has ever occurred to her that if she hadn’t run up 45K in credit card charges, they may have been able to help her.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Another video of Casey with Cindy and George during an August 14 visit shows Casey still trying to sniff out money.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Never anything about Caylee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the one where she throws her little hissy fit</span></div>Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668009846343571069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35579105.post-26126233035144963772011-06-03T00:47:00.000-05:002011-06-03T00:47:26.144-05:00Casey Anthony murder trial 6-2-2011The Prairie Chicken<br />
June 2, 2011<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This morning we heard from Jeff Hopkins, the character who played on and off boyfriend in Casey’s imaginary world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hopkins testified that he knew Casey from middle school and did actually work at Universal Orlando at one point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He said the last time he worked at Universal was in 2002—not with Anthony and six years before Caylee disappeared.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before this all came down Lee overheard Casey talking to her mother about Jeff Hopkins and Lee said he knew him from high school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not missing a beat, Casey said it was Jeffrey Michael Hopkins, not the one Lee knew.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hopkins testified he's never dated Anthony, doesn't have a son and has never lived in Jacksonville, as Anthony claimed of the Hopkins she spoke of. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I guess that eliminates the deceased wife, the little boy Zachary and the mother Jules, who incidentally was just married in an impromptu ceremony at the the hospital chapel where she is undergoing cancer treatment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Easy come, easy go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Yuri Melich was recalled to the witness <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>box.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He testified about the morning of July 16, 2008 when Melich and entourage escorted Casey to Universal Studio’s because Casey thought she might have information in her desk, in her office.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>OSCO had spoken with security explaining the situation and security verified there was no Tom Manly, her manager, or Juliet Lewis, her work bff, and security had allowed them to enter the park because of the situation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Walking and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>talking confidently , Casey led them through the gate and into a building, down the hall when she finally admitted she did not work there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Melich and another detective Appy something, borrowed a conference room right in that building and the interview was audio taped.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the tape, Melich confronted Casey about all the stories and gave her a good tongue lashing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Defense had nothing to say.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Leonard Turtora followed Melich.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was the Universal Orlando Supervisor<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>who escorted Casey and Orange County Sheriff detectives around the park when Casey claimed she worked there, and then later admitted that she didn't.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Turtora stated that Casey actually did work for Kodak but was terminated when Colorvision replaced Kodak and Casey didn’t apply for a job with the new company.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also verified that Casey’s imaginary friends did not work there either.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">For the rest of the day, Casey’s jail house visitor tapes were played, her visits with Lee and her parents back when she still thought she could get something from them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were four or five, which lasted the afternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were the tapes that have played endlessly on the news for long these three years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They only accentuate how manipulative she is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">That wrapped it<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The jury offered to stay over 10-15 minutes to finish watching the last video.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These people are serious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wonder if they are put up somewhere swanky.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or at least very nice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It would be my luck I’d be sequestered in a no-tell motel with a crusty bedspread and wet carpet.<o:p></o:p></span>Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668009846343571069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35579105.post-73422438604616319442011-06-01T23:36:00.000-05:002011-06-01T23:36:14.757-05:00Casey Anthony murder trial 6-1-2011<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e_Yfyj6N3sk/TecSnb-3ELI/AAAAAAAAEfg/DFX99DBO7Sc/s1600/Casey+Anthony+7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e_Yfyj6N3sk/TecSnb-3ELI/AAAAAAAAEfg/DFX99DBO7Sc/s1600/Casey+Anthony+7.jpg" /></a>The Prairie Chicken<br />
June 1, 2011<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">It was a busy day in Judge Perry’s court Wednesday, a full schedule of witnesses and each questioned and dispatched in short order, with only a couple exceptions as you’ll read below.<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Amy Huizenga came back this morning and was cross-examined by defense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Judge Perry had decided against allowing the prosecution to bring up the money Casey stole from Amy, which would reveal that Casey had previously pleaded guilty to six felony counts because of the theft.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She testified that their friendship was only about five month’s total, and that it was obviously one-sided.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She testified that Casey had led her to believe that they were going to room together in the Anthony house which her parents were moving out of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Sign it over to her.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then Baez asked her if she was a heavy drinker, if she had ever driven drunk, and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>asked if she had moved in with Ricardo Morales after July 15, (she did because she had no place to live and no money, both thanks to Casey, but not allowed to be spoken of in front of the jury.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the question that chapped me; Baez asked her if she had “gone out” with Jesse Grund after they met in mid-July (she had, but just to compare notes to see if they could figure out where Casey might have taken Caylee.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So in trying to discredit Amy, he tried to make her look like a jealous, drunken whore, picking up Casey’s sloppy seconds, her castoffs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d like to box his ears for that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Casey’s friends asked for none of this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They accepted her at face value and were open and accepting of her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a slap in the face.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To make it worse, she was given a subpoena when she left the courtroom Tuesday to return to be a defense witness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Lee Anthony was up next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lee’s testimony was consistent with the statements that he gave at the first of the investigation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He said that his mother and sister were very combative on July 15, and that Casey refused to speak to her mother which was why he followed Casey into her room, hoping to get her to tell him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He said there was a jealousy between mother and daughter and Casey told Lee that Cindy had told her several times that she was an un-fit mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He testified that she told him after a while that her nanny had stolen Caylee and she had not seen her in 31 days, the conversation that was overheard by Cindy which spurred the third 911 call from Cindy to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office (OSCO).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also relayed the statement from Casey, “maybe I’m just a spiteful bitch.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At one point during a recess they made eye contact and she smiled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lee did not. While he was not asked today about the allegation by Casey that he had molested her, he was dismissed subject to recall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will hear more from Lee.<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sheriff’s deputy Rendon Fletcher was called to the stand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fletcher was a responding officer on July 15, 2008 and was dispatched to the Sawgrass apartments to check out Zanieda Gongalez.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After finding the apartment empty, he spoke with the apartment manager and found out that the apartment had been vacant for months.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sheriff’s deputy Adriana Avecedo was up after lunch. She arrived at the Anthony home on July 15 and after speaking to Corporal Fletcher, Avecedo took Casey to Sawgrass apartments with Casey sitting in the back and giving directions. Casey pointed to the apartment on the second floor apartment 210. Casey was never put in handcuffs, nor was she arrested, as Casey’s lies hadn’t yet started to surface.<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Next up was Amanda Macklin is the community manager of Sawgrass apartments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She stated that she did not know Casey Anthony and that there was never a Zenieda Fernandez Gonzales who lived in those apartments. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">And moving right along, Prosecution called Reginald Hosey, a OSCO supervisor in charge of the scene at the Anthony home on July 15.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once Sheriffs deputies arrived, the family was separated and each questioned individually.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hosey spoke with Casey early on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She told him that she and her mother were not getting along and that Cindy was making threats to take custody of Caylee from her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Casey did not make much about the kidnapping.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hosey testified, as did Fletcher and Avecedo, that Casey displayed a flat affect, very unemotional and removed from what was going on.<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">OSCO Detective Yuri Melich was the last witness called on Wednesday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a bit boring at first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Melich read the statement that Casey agave him on July 15/16 2008, and after he read it, the actual audio tape of the interview between Melich and Casey was played for the jurors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Casey remained subdued as lie after lie came out of her mouth on the recording.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth she was so cool.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Then Baez asked him if he ever went by another name, i.e. Dick Tracy Orlando.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Melich looked puzzled and stymied by Prosecution objection, Baez pursued, risking the wrath Judge Perry, to enter evidence that Yuri Melich had posted on a popular crime website, webslueths.com under the ID of Dick Tracy Orlando.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Baez never shared this discovery with Prosecution (all evidence had a dead-line of December 10) so again, we have to wait for Judge Perry’s ruling on whether it should be allowed or if anything would impeach Melichs character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the stack of paper Baez handed to Perry, much of it was well wishes from bloggers when Melich broke his leg, Judge Perry told Baez he has until tomorrow morning to show him something “pacific” that showed Melich discussed the case or posts that showed he had a bias toward the defendant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not a stack of paper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seems that at one time OSCO had reprimanded him for his involvement with a blog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Baez then beat on him the rest of the day about why<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>there wasn’t a more extensive search of the swimming pool.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course there are photo’s showing police looking at every inch of the backyard of the Anthony house, but Baez has probably forgotten that.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I wonder if Baez is starting to morph to Casey think.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just throw it all against the wall and see what sticks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Judges habit of dropping the s when he says “specific” make is come out “pacific”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This wouldn’t be so irritating if he didn’t say it so much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just annoying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">It’s also being reported by wesh.com in Orlando that the IRS is dunning Casey Anthony for about $68K.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seems that when Casey and Jose Baez sold Caylee photo’s for $200K+, Baez took it all and didn’t pay tax on her behalf.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Welcome to the grown up world Casey</span>Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668009846343571069noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35579105.post-16129225044055992032011-06-01T20:24:00.001-05:002011-06-01T20:45:05.967-05:00Casey Anthony murder trial 5-31-2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3gCsdI1hToI/Teblv39aZtI/AAAAAAAAEfc/g9wrUZzrzUg/s1600/Cindy+Anthony.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3gCsdI1hToI/Teblv39aZtI/AAAAAAAAEfc/g9wrUZzrzUg/s320/Cindy+Anthony.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Cindy Anthony Tuesday, May 31<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Prairie Chicken</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">May 31, 2011, <o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">On Tuesday, Cindy Anthony took the stand and relived the afternoon and night of July 15, 2008, through the infamous 911 calls to the Orange County Sheriffs Office.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Cindy continued telling the story in chronological order, laying out the details of all the lies Casey told her; telling about the intricate details Casey came up with, not only with her imaginary friends, but giving each character family members, pets, jobs, physical descriptions, what they supposedly drove, where they lived. Gave them background stories. </span>While Cindy cried throughout her testimony, during the third taped 911 call, the one where she says the car smells like there has been a dead body in the damn car, she had what appeared to be a close to total breakdown. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was agonizing to watch the degree of suffering that was plain to see (I admit I cried with her for a minute), and what made it all the more eerie was the cold calm demeanor that Casey displayed during her mothers testimony.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After the hissy fit she threw on May 28, she was quite stoic, like finally her meds kicked in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Amy Huizenga ended the days questioning with her account of Casey’s lies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was a different Amy than I expected although all I had seen of her before was through the party pictures that Casey had taken.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After Cindy’s drama in the morning, Amy’s testimony was almost mundane, and will continue tomorrow.<o:p></o:p></span>Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668009846343571069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35579105.post-32142740107527216142011-05-30T03:46:00.001-05:002011-06-01T20:12:20.760-05:00Casey Anthony murder trial 5-28-2011<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ybmmq8J377c/TdwrkW1i42I/AAAAAAAAEew/UeGlXTm012M/s1600/Casey+Anthony+mug+5-2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ybmmq8J377c/TdwrkW1i42I/AAAAAAAAEew/UeGlXTm012M/s1600/Casey+Anthony+mug+5-2011.jpg" /></a><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Saturday morning, Tony Lazzaro began the day with more testimony, this time describing his last week or so with Casey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The intimate (sexting) messages between him and Casey were edited by Judge Perry as irrelevant (and would only have caused Lazzaro more embarrassment.) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lazzaro said in text messages on July 17 she told him Caylee was with a psycho nanny, even then carrying on the lies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He testified about the phone calls and text messages between the two after Casey’s lies had been exposed on July 15 and ended by expressing how angry, hurt and humiliated he felt by her betrayal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Casey remained mostly stoic throughout his stint on the stand, dabbing at imaginary tears occasionally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Cindy Anthony was then sworn in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She asked to bring her water and then asked to have the large photo of Caylee taken down to try to keep from crying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At least she wasn’t chewing gum this time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Much of her testimony involved the layout of the house, how many doors led outside, whether the doors were kept locked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After the story of Caylee’s birth and living arrangements, she began with the events of Fathers Day, June 15, 2008, the last day she spent with Caylee when the pair went to visit Cindy’s parents in Mt Dora.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Reference video of Caylee singing “You are my sunshine.”)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She went day by day describing each lie Casey had told.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now this <u>was</u> truly “amazing”, the intricate detail that Casey came up with about the trip to Tampa with her imaginary friends, the terrible car accident, the grueling imaginary work schedule, the trip to Jacksonville the imaginary boyfriend and all his kin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cindy laid it all out to the first break called by Judge Perry.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This is where it became interesting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cindy walked past the defense table without a glance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Casey stared after her and when she saw George embrace Cindy at the back of the courtroom, Casey threw a real hissy fit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of her attorneys Dorothy Clay Sims, tried to comfort her but she was pissed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While I cannot read lips, after viewing the video several times, some of her words I made out were, “she’s had three years and nothing…”, “she said she would stand by me…”, and then many more short spurts began with “she” but I lost the rest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Obviously Casey was expecting something entirely different than the truth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, we have two days to think about this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Cindy returned to the stand, Casey still sniffling, Cindy more composed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She cried periodically at pictures of Caylee, or special memories she spoke of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her testimony continued about Casey’s stories during the 31 days in question, until court was finally dismissed until Tuesday at 9:00.<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Do you think Casey is acting?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What with shaking her head when George testified denying he ever molested her and now this temper tantrum thrown at her mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Could she be schizophrenic as well as a narcissistic sociopath?<o:p></o:p></span>Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668009846343571069noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35579105.post-82490086405245717972011-05-29T23:37:00.001-05:002011-05-29T23:46:45.224-05:00Casey Anthony murder trial 5-27-2011<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Prairie Chicken<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Friday morning testimony began with Mallory Parker, girlfriend/fiancée of Casey’s brother Lee Anthony.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll admit my disappointment right away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had been so quiet and out-of-sight during these long three years and I had hoped she would have some valuable input on <u>something</u>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to Parker, Casey was a wonderful, balanced mother to Caylee, which indicates she was either not around much, or she wants to marry into this kooky family so badly she will say anything Lee expects her to say.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is always the possibility that Parker genuinely thought Casey and Caylee had a great relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case, anything is possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the end of her testimony, Baez asked Parker to describe the relationship and Parker replied, “Amazing…”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I’m not mistaken, that is the same thing Scott Peterson said about his wife Lacey after he had murdered her and dumped her in the bay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">William Waters was called next and his testimony was short and sweet, much like his time spent with Casey Anthony.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A friend of Amy Huizenga, William met Casey at the July 4 party (reference the pic’s of Casey ‘dressed’ in the US flag.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She spent the night with him, left in the morning then came back and spent the afternoon of July 5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Apparently just a meaningless hookup, but interesting in that she was supposedly madly in love with Tony Lazzaro at the time (Tony was visiting his home in NY.) She was probably called as a state witness just to validate what a skank she was.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Catherine Sanchez testified to the days that Casey’s car was in the Amscot parking lot, and that she had called to have it towed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Simon Birch was then called to the stand, he is the manager of the company that towed Casey’s car on June 30 and held it in their yard until the Anthony’s came to get it. Birch testified that he escorted George Anthony to the car and experienced smelling a horrendous odor emanating from the interior and trunk of the Pontiac Sunfire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He witnessed the circular discoloration on the floor of the trunk and it was he who threw away the bag of trash that they found there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">George Anthony returned to the stand for the 3<sup>rd</sup> time after Simon Birch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Prosecution and Defense walked him through the same story that Simon Birch had just told, about picking up the Pontiac from the tow yard<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and smelling the smell of death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Baez uses a very irritating tone when he questions George, really trying to<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>make the jury see him as a bad guy, wants to know why HE didn’t call police after he smelled death in the car. Badgering is the only word that fits, picking and poking and asking the same question over and over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Baez accuses George Anthony of distancing himself from evidence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Back at the Defense table, Baez and Casey appear to have an animated argument.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Coming just after Georges testimony, one might be led to think Casey objected to Baez treatment of her father, but who knows.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe she wanted chicken for lunch and all she got was crow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">To end the day, Tony Lazzaro was recalled to the stand again, speaking more about his time with Casey, what they did, where they went, what they said, yadda, yadda.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">If I recall correctly, Lazzaro told the court on his first day of his testimony that returning to court would be a hardship, because he now lives in Ft Pierce, Florida.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still, this is the third appearance and it looks like he will be first up tomorrow, Saturday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Until then…<o:p></o:p></span>Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668009846343571069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35579105.post-52476977356079731962011-05-28T19:30:00.001-05:002011-05-28T19:43:49.426-05:00Jordan Brown gets another chance at juvenile court<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FSx5CJKPB1I/TeGTcwyd-SI/AAAAAAAAEfY/Y9qslLnKtxg/s1600/jordan+a+brown.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FSx5CJKPB1I/TeGTcwyd-SI/AAAAAAAAEfY/Y9qslLnKtxg/s1600/jordan+a+brown.jpg" /></a></div>The Prairie Chicken<br />
May 28, 2011<br />
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Jordan A Brown, Wampum, Pennsylvania, the now 13 year old who allegedly shot his fathers fiancee, Kenzie Houk in the back of the head two years ago, will be given another chance to have his case tried in juvenile court instead of the adult court system. Her unborn baby died as a result of her death.<br />
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Pennsylvania law allows persons age 11 and above to be tried in adult court for murder charges. Under certain circumstances the case can be referred to juvenile court, one stipulation being the defendant admits his/her guilt. In this case, Jordan Brown has denied killing his future step-mother, causing the judge hearing the case to refuse to reassign the court. <br />
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Brown’s attorney, Lourdes Rosado has filed an appeal that Brown was denied his constitutional rights against self-incrimination by being tried in adult court unless there is a confession.<br />
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<a href="http://www.ncnewsonline.com/topstories/x1498151383/Jordan-Brown-granted-new-hearing">Jordan Brown Hearing goes to Common Pleas Court</a><br />
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<a href="http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2011/03/14/another-chance-for-jordan-brown/">Another Chance for Jordan Brown</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fKRI-96xWs">No go! Jordan Brown, 12, To Be Tried As Adult For Murder</a> Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668009846343571069noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35579105.post-26078303013384214792011-05-26T19:21:00.001-05:002012-09-07T22:00:19.394-05:00Casey Anthony murder trial 5-26-2011<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">May 26, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">As we knew from the end of yesterday’s testimony, Tony Lazzaro was back on the stand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His description of Caylee and her relationship with her mother Casey was given with what seemed to be fond but sad memories of the little girl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He acknowledged that he had told Casey he loved her, and she had avowed the same to him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Without the jury in court Lazzaro gave a statement about abuse Casey allegedly told him about which involved her brother Lee trying to “feel her up” in the chest area, and that her father had “hit” on her a lot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: black;">He said that he took what Casey told him of her father's actions to be discipline and not abuse.<br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The statement was taped to be used if the proper foundation is later made to enter that testimony and so that Lazzaro will not have to return if and when that happens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Judge Perry will make that determination.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">It is almost painful watching Baez fumble his way through defense questioning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is hard to follow where he is going or what he wants to elicit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I wrote yesterday, Baez does not seem to understand the rules of admission of evidence and building foundation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is building a great case for Casey to win another trial—ineffective counsel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">George was back on the hot seat this morning, recalled by Baez, and badgered ruthlessly about the gas cans Casey had stolen from his shed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>George admitted that he had placed the duct tape on the round gas can after he got them back from Casey because the cap was missing and he didn’t want gas fumes in the shed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It almost appears that Baez was nipping at George to get him to show his temper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Baez asked George Anthony to fill in dates on a large calendar with a dry marker, to record the dates that Caylee was reported missing and the date that the gas can incident occurred.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seems like a rather elaborate little game that had no reason or benefit for either side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> By the end of George's testimony today it seems Baez was beating around the bush as to why George would call the police about stolen gas knowing Casey probably stole it, but never questioned where Caylee was for a month--never called the police about that. Pointless and unnecessary. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Morales followed George on the witness stand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now married with one child and living in Illinois, he said he worked at a car dealership when Casey stayed with him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He met her in June 2007, they started being a couple in February 2008, and the relationship was over by the middle of April, 2008.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During the time of February through April, Morales said that Casey stayed overnight with him four to five times per week and that Caylee was always with her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">One picture showing a bruise under Caylee’s left eye had been objected to prior to trial, the defense claiming that would prejudice the jury, allowing them to believe the bruise was a result of abuse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Prosecution sneaked it in by asking Morales to identify it as a photo simply showing Casey and Caylee in his bedroom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was allowed with admonition from Judge Perry that the bruise, as verified by several sources, was simply a toddler mishap, not abuse. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Morales also reported that Casey had confided in him that she had allegedly been abused by her brother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Morales said that June 10 was the last time he ever saw Caylee, when she left his apartment with Casey that morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In August of 2008 he sold pictures of Caylee to Globe rag magazine for $4 thousand dollars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Baez then (with great difficulty) entered the photo, “win her over with chloroform,” that was taken from Morales’ My Space site.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He replied that it was simply a joke he had downloaded from a humor site.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Other witnesses of the day included Melissa England, the girlfriend of Troy Brown, a parking valet in downtown Orlando and roommate of Amy Huizenga.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>England described her as friendly and engaging and showed no sign of distress over a missing daughter when she met her at around the first of July, 2008.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She witnessed Casey on her cell phone give an elaborate excuse about why she couldn’t hang with her friends, then hung up and said, 'Oh my God, I'm such a good liar." <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Troy Brown then took the stand, followed by Iassen Donov, and Donte Salati, Christopher Stutz, and Matthew Crisp.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The questioning followed the same each time, was Casey a loving mother, a kind mother, did you ever see her hit Caylee or neglect her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And each stated they saw no abuse and had no knowledge of what happened to the little girl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All agreed that there was no sign of stress or panic or even concern about Caylee’s whereabouts between June 16 and July 15, 2008.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another round of checking boxes of anyone who ever knew Casey, in my opinion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nothing really substantial.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p>Casey managed some tears during Lazzaro's testimony, then hardened to hard-ball stage again once her father took the stand. Melissa England looked beautiful dressed nicely, hair clean and styled, flawless makeup. This has got to be killing Casey. She is now seeing the life she really threw away, it is occuring to her that life has moved on while she sits her pasty butt in jail. You know she wants to know who Ricardo Morales married. When he had a child. Did he marry Amy? Tony and his friends are well on their way to having careers in music and entertainment. And Casey is going nowhere.</o:p></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.baynews9.com/article/news/2011/may/251968/Day-3:-Witnesses-say-Casey-Anthony-was-worry-free-without-Caylee">Great coverage from baynews9.com</a><br />
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Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668009846343571069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35579105.post-15490461396974519912011-05-25T17:16:00.002-05:002011-05-25T18:05:33.396-05:00Casey Anthony murder trial 5-25-2011<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0SaWLjePp5I/S80QfPJfJyI/AAAAAAAAEXg/Vyj_uwni2uE/s1600/Casey+jail+mug.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0SaWLjePp5I/S80QfPJfJyI/AAAAAAAAEXg/Vyj_uwni2uE/s320/Casey+jail+mug.png" width="263" /></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The Prairie Chicken</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Wednesday, May 25, 2011</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Prosecution Attorney Frank George questioned for the state.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Defense Attorney Jose Baez for the defense.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Cameron Campana was first witness of the day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He attended the school Full Sail in Audio Engineering and was Anthony Lazzaro’s roommate through the time that Casey stayed at Lazzaro’s apartment. He first said he saw Casey frequently with Caylee, then without Caylee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Campana inquired about Caylee and Casey told him she was “with the nanny.” Testimony wrought from both sides was fairly mundane, marking a box, in my opinion, of touching everyone remotely involved.<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Nathan Lezniewicz took the stand next.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lezniewicz was also a student at Full Sail and was a roommate of Lazzaro’s as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was at the apartment on July 15, 2008, when Cindy Anthony and Amy Huizenga arrived to confront Casey about Caylee’s whereabouts. After Casey left with her mother, he spoke with Lee when he showed up to get Casey’s computer and backpack, and also there through the police search of the apartment about an hour after Lee left.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He thought Casey a normal, talkative, happy person overall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Upon cross, Defense Attorney Jose Baez asked where Casey parked when at Lazzaro’s, 50 ft from their cars or right next to theirs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lezniewicz answer was that she always parked within a few cars from their own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A lead in to the smell in the car, I believe.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Clint House followed Lezniewicz on the stand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>House was apparently Lazzaro’s best friend and fellow student at Full Sail in Recording Arts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He lived at the apartment from April 2008 through the end of June.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He stated that he saw Caylee four or five times and that the baby never stayed over at the apartment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Upon cross, Baez asked a bevy of questions pertaining to Casey <br />
Anthony’s being a “good mother”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At one point Baez seemed to be indicating that others had access to Casey’s laptop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>House said that although Casey cooked and cleaned and tried to inject herself into the Fusion management, taking out the trash at the apartment was left to House or Lazzaro.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another lead in, I believe, as to why Casey would have their trash in her trunk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hmmm-let’s see, should we put it in the dumpster, or Casey’s trunk?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Phishaw.<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Maria Kissh was witness number four this morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was the girlfriend of Clint House and had met Casey through House.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had told her Casey was “the girl Tony was seeing at the time.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She recalled calling on House pre-date one evening and Caylee answered the door.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Casey stayed in the bedroom while Caylee was out on the balcony with others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When they began to leave, Kissh was leery of leaving Caylee out there by herself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Casey came out and told Caylee to get her shoes on, Kissh helped her put them on and tied them for her and that was the first and last time she saw her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Described by Kissh as an acquaintance, Casey told her the “event planner at Universal” story and told her she paid $400 per week for the “nanny.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kissh recounted the hot body contest at Fusion on June 20, of which she did not personally enter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Baez elicited that Kissh and House rode in Casey’s back seat to Fusion and smelled nothing wrong in the car.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then he indicated through questioning that perhaps Kissh was jealous that Casey was staying at the apartment around her boyfriend House.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kissh said she didn’t care, Casey was with Lazzaro.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In my view, the first three witnesses of the day, Campana, Lezniewicz, and House establish that they found Casey cool, confident and relatively normal before and after Caylee’s death on June 16.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was impressed that the young men were very intelligent, articulate and did not embellish their testimony.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They gave facts as they remembered them and seemed completely unrehearsed, as did Maria Kissh even though Kissh was not as impressed with Casey’s mothering skills as the male roommates had been.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">It now occurs to me that the hot body contest at Fusion was only four days after Caylee died.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Afternoon session, Defense again asks to have the shovel testimony thrown out as irrelevant, now that he has claimed the baby drown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Judge Perry denied the request and notes the objection (for appeals court after she’s convicted).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Brian Burner was first on the stand after the lunch break with his shovel evidence, a next door neighbor of the Anthony family since 2005.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He saw Casey’s car backed into the garage on June 17, and again on June 18 when she backed in and borrowed the shovel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He spoke with police on June 17 and again on June 30, when he told them about the shovel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Jamie Realander and Erica Gonzalez testified after Burner, both were shot girls at Fusion Ultra Lounge on Fridays and verified previous testimony that Casey had no change in demeanor before and after Caylee had died.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One news anchor on HLN called it a “parade of shot girls.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was no real substance to their testimony—only that she was “protective” of the shot girls from groping drunks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whatever that proves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Anthony Lazzaro was next on the stand and the witness I was particularly waiting for.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He met Casey on Facebook and they met in person at the end of May.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He discussed their dating history, short in itself as he had only known her face to face for three weeks when Caylee died.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Several lunches, swim dates, etc., with Caylee, though no over nights.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lazzaro verified the “job at Universal” story, and was told by Casey that Caylee stayed with either her mother or a nanny named Zani.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">It was established that on June 16 at 7:54 pm he was with her at the Blockbuster Video store.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The next day he skipped school to spend the day in bed with Casey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They went their ways on the 18<sup>th</sup>, he to school and she to the Anthony house, where she borrowed the shovel from Burner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">He explained the incident with the gas cans, that Casey assured him it was her house and okay if he broke the lock on the shed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He did not see inside the trunk when she put them in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was June 20.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I thought I saw a shadow cross his face when he mentioned the trunk, as though maybe he had wondered, himself, whether Caylee had been in the trunk then.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lazzaro also discussed picking her up from the Amscot parking lot, car broken down because it was out of gas and Casey carrying groceries apparently from the Anthony house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Baez was not able to complete his questioning of Lazzaro, so tomorrow we will start the day with Tony Lazzaro again, with Baez introducing testimony on Casey’s night mares and sweats and having seen her crying in the dark watching the Fathers Day video Cindy had sent her of Caylee visiting her PaPa in the nursing home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If my esp holds...<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Can’t say I was much impressed with the Baez defense today and have to wonder why one of the more experienced attorneys don’t step in on some of the questioning when Baez is obviously floundering.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was repeated unprepared and doesn’t seem to understand the admission of evidence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">How is Baez going to explain the duct tape around her little head?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I also wondered what was going through Casey's mind when Maria Kissh was testifying. She looked beautifully put together in a professional skirt suit and low heels, hair clean and styled, very lovely and articulate, probably every thing Casey liked to think about herself. And there Casey sat in her school-marm poofy-sleeved blouse and silly sideburns with her elven ears sticking out. Hey--It's my blog, I can be catty if I want...</span>Janethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13668009846343571069noreply@blogger.com0