Sources: Chloroform Found In Casey Anthony's Car

September 3, 2008





ORLANDO, Fla. -- Three sources close to the investigation into the case of missing toddler Caylee Anthony told WESH 2 that preliminary lab results show there was chloroform in mother Casey Anthony's car.

Chloroform is a chemical that was used years ago to sedate patients before surgery. A chemist told WESH 2 it is a fairly-hazardous material not readily available to consumers.

Sources told WESH 2 the level of chloroform in her car was "suspiciously high." They also told WESH 2 that her computer confiscated within hours of her July arrest, show visits to Web sites with information on chloroform.

WESH 2 asked a spokeswoman for Casey Anthony's lawyer about their reaction to the chloroform finding. She referred us to the state attorney's office. Since we know George used a cleaner on the trunk trying to alleviate the smell, it's a possibility chloroform could have been formed when cleaners/chemicals were mixed.

Evidence Collected From Caylee Anthony Searchers

Investigators came to the Blanchard Park area where a search group is looking for missing toddler Caylee Anthony and collected evidence on Wednesday afternoon.

The evidence was placed into brown paper bags and removed from the scene, but it is unknown what was in the bags.

The leader of the search said the group stumbled upon what he thought were raccoon bones.

Now Casey Anthony has told investigators that Caylee was kidnapped by a babysitter at Blanchard Park.

"The story she gave them was she went to Jay Blanchard Park, Zenaida and her older sister, Samantha, and Samantha's three young children were there and they were driving a silver Ford whatever (she responded to an e-mail on July 15/16 to keep a lookout for a silver 4 door Ford Focus) and one of them jumped her and the other one took the baby and took her and said, 'Hey, this is the script. For the next 30 days, you read this to law enforcement and tell them this is what happened' and they zoomed off," bounty hunter Leonard Padilla said.

Earlier Wednesday, Texas EquuSearch said they may be packing up after clashing with the child's grandmother, Cindy Anthony.

Throughout the week, the search has been focused in wooded areas and thick brush lately. They're places Anthony believes Caylee won't be found.

"I think it's a waste of time searching in the woods back by the airport and all that because I know Caylee is alive. I've gotten many people calling in and saying they've seen Caylee. What I would like people to do is continue to get the word out and continue to look for her," Anthony said.

Orange County Sheriff Kevin Beary made a plea on Wednesday for searchers to stay.
Beary promised Tim Miller, the president of Texas EquuSearch, some much-needed help in the form of airboats, patrols and money.

"Said, 'We're going to bring you a check for $5,000 just to help on this search, but do not leave this search.' Why do you think he (Beary) doesn't want us to leave this search? He wants Caylee found. I would do anything in the world for Cindy and that entire family and we're doing that and trying to find Caylee alive, but if something has happened to her out here, we need to find her. We need to bring this little baby home. She deserves that dignity of having the funeral so everybody can say goodbye and people can put their life back together. Caylee is not where she chose to be," Miller said.

The $5,000 was a donation from drug forfeiture money that was given to keep the search efforts going. Beary also appealed for more volunteers to join the search for Caylee.

"I am saying if Casey (Anthony) got us out here and she gave that child to somebody she trusted and will not give up the name and phone number and wasting our resources," Miller said.
Meanwhile, Casey Anthony received a late-night visit from her attorney, Jose Baez, on Tuesday. Court records show he visited her at the Orange County Jail between 10 and 11 p.m.
Her brother, Lee, has scheduled a visit for Saturday at 1 p.m.

New Charges Filed Against Casey Anthony

Sheriff's investigators filed additional charges against Casey Anthony, the mother of missing toddler Caylee Anthony, on Wednesday afternoon.

The additional charges include two counts of uttering a forged check, two counts of petty theft and two counts of fraudulent use of personal identification.

"All I know is that there's additional charges because this young lady has definitely got a bit of a criminal past," Orange County Sheriff Kevin Beary said.

A jail visit from parents George and Cindy Anthony that was slated for Thursday at 9 a.m. was cancelled so Casey Anthony could appear on the new charges.