Zenaida Gonzalez & Annie Leigh Downing’s Excellent Adventure: Zannie and Annie Go to Traffic Court
When asked the question, do you’re Clients still believe a Zenaida Gonzalez is responsible for what happened to Caylee? Brad Conway, attorney representing George and Cindy Anthony responds:
“They do, but not the Zenaida represented by Mr. Morgan…”
If your like me, you are as bewildered as one can get at the insistence of “Camp Casey” to continue to suggest that a person with this name is involved in the abduction and murder of 34 month old Caylee Anthony. Perhaps Attorney Baez and his Cum Laude Clan are preparing their Columbo moment in this regard while fighting over who gets to be Colonel Mustard in the study .
Although listed as a witness for the Prosecution released by the State’s Attorney’s office on January 11, 2008, Annie Leigh Downing’s Interview with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office has never been made public. Her cell phone records and any IM or text messages between her and Casey Anthony have also never been made public although other witnesses have.
Failure To Yield
That may be the gross understatement of the year describing Casey Anthony. But in this scenario, it is actually a traffic citation, one of two, given to a Zenaida Gonzalez, on May 24, 2008.
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No, again, this is not the Zenaida represented by Mr. Morgan, this is a different Zannie, with a birth date of January 11, 1986. Wow. Just a mere 3 months older than Casey. Did they go to school together? Have mutual friends? Fellow Fusionite?
Nope, Not the Best Driving Record
Annie Downing had a rough couple months this Spring in the traffic area. On March 30, 2008, she received citations for both Speeding 15-19 mph over the speed limit, and for not producing her driver’s license and insurance card. While the presentation of those documents on April 18 cleared that part of the citation, the speeding ticket remained open on her record until 2 online requested and subsequently granted extensions later on July 1, 2008. Why do we care?
Co ink y Dink or Other
There are only 3 plausible scenarios where a material witness in a homicide case whose statement has been withheld, and a woman with the name at the center of the linchpin of Casey Anthony’s defense get traffic citations on the same day. Throw in the tidbit that Casey met Tony Lazzarro for the first time at a party that same evening, and you have what appears to be in retrospect, the beginning of the omen for Caylee. To be able to best portray the relevance of the above ZG incident as compared to known relevant dates in this case, I offer the following three theories with accompanying timeline.
Theory 1: Casey is using Zenaida as an alias
Under this scenario, which I personally believe may be the case, Casey is driving and Annie is in the car with her on May 24. Casey had been in an accident on May 14, 10 days earlier in her own vehicle and did not have it back yet. She gets pulled over, and because she did not have a valid license, gives the Officer the name Zenaida Gonzalez . Annie provides proof of insurance as it is her car, thus why no charge of failure to produce both documents. Under Florida law, requiring both front seat passengers wear seat belts, Annie gets that citation.
Notably, although the incident was May 24, that summons is not filed until June 6, as opposed to Zenaida’s which were filed 6/2/08 and 6/3/08 respectively. Was “ZG” given a window to present ID to drop that charge as Annie did in her unrelated 3/30/08 incident? Was the seat belt charge added on because the officer on duty when it kicked back realized she did not comply?
Evidence to Support Theory
Operating without a Valid License
What is important to note in the above docket is that the case updated on 6/3/08 to require an arraignment, now scheduled for 6/11/08, indicating the lag for the subject to have produced ID.
The subject is required to appear in person. This issue will bring the second summons issued to ZG that day into focus significantly. Also, this docket does not match the financial records of the Citation:
There is a status change to “prosecutorial” on 8/18/08 which does not appear on the front docket. The only reference is located in the charge docs. I was aware of this Zenaida case record in July. It actually went delinquent on 8/20/08 and I found this important as Casey was incarcerated then and I was suspicious of the connection. I brought it to the attention of a source in Orlando, and I advised the source if there was anything to this issue relative to Casey’s case, someone had better do something to stop a bench warrant from being issued or the press would be all over it. Upon checking the next day it had been corrected retroactively to reflect the $100 payment on 8/15/08. Which consequently would cover the next 2 months payments, or through October 15, 2008. Casey was indicted on October 14 and returned to prison. None of the payments on this summons were made online, therefore there is no public receipt available. It was not until I began researching other known witnesses against the Zenaida connection that I found the Annie Downing record for the same date.
Failure to Yield Status
The relevance of this ticket, which was paid in full on 6/10/08, in person, is critical. Why would this Zenaida show up to the Clerk’s Office the day before her scheduled mandatory arraignment and pay one citation in full that did not require a court appearance? Is it possible she showed up and agreed to pay that one in full and plead no contest to the other so as to not have to appear the next day? The docket says defendant was present with counsel, but there is no counsel listed, which would be mandatory. I attempted to get a transcript of this case proceeding, but was told due to the prosecutorial status, I could not. Who shows up to pay the ticket in full, appears at the arraignment, makes one payment and skips out on $260? My best guess is someone that is facing far worse.
On August 23, 2008, Annie Downing paid the $71.50 for the seat belt violation. It contains her method of payment so I have not referenced the receipt. The penalty for a seat belt fine is $30 in Florida. Because she would be responsible for another person in the front seat, if it was her car, the ticket references the “driver” for both. A $60 fine for both seat belts plus tax and court fee of $11.50, sounds correct at $71.50. There is no other way to explain the amount of that fee for that summons.
Forensic Computer Evidence
http://friends.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewfriends\=203461948897ec12-9984-4944-b65e-6dcef3d5a590=zenaida
Name: index.dat
Description: File, Archive
File Created: 06/12/08 11:15:29PM
Last Accessed: 06/12/08 11:15:29PM
Last Written: 07/16/08 04:20:12PM
Full Path: 08-069208\S013J10X237614\D\Documents and Settings\casey\Local Settings\Temporary Internet
Files\Content.IE5\index.dat
Timeline of Events Theory 1
This is a lot of data to look at. While extremely compelling on it’s own, if you review the timeline against known events in the case against Casey Anthony, it is the totality of that evidence that forms this theory.
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05/24/08 - Casey gives false info as ZG when getting a traffic ticket, does not produce ID
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05/30/08 - Casey visits Jesse Grund at Arbor villas, did she ask him for help through OPD?
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06/ 03/08 - Summons changes to criminal traffic, arraignment scheduled 6/11/08. Notice sent.
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06/09/08 - An office belonging to a Zenaida Gonzalez, is burglarized and her computer stolen. This is also the original date that Casey gives for Caylee’s abduction by Zenaida. Casey and Caylee sleep at Ricardo’s that night. Is this the night she took her home in the middle of the night?
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06/10/08 - Casey/Zenaida pays the moving violation fine in full, in person, presumably makes arrangements for the other in an effort to not have to appear.
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06/11/08 - Unknown if she actually appeared posing as Zenaida, but court docket updated.
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06/12/08 -Forensic Computer Evidence located on Casey’s computer show she was searching on a Zenaida and a myspace profile.
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07/15/08 – Casey writes herself a check for $250 cash and cashes it at the downtown Bank of America at 1:24PM. A payment is made on this summons as this is the due date of $50 cash, in person. It should be noted there are 16 closer Bank of America locations that also have bank tellers, and 50 locations within a 17 mi radius. She chose this one, as it is less than a block from the Orange County Clerk’s Office, where the payment was made. Cindy finds Casey through Amy.
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08/15/08 - Payment was delinquent, then updated to reflect a $100 payment retroactively.
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08/18/08 - A copy fee of $4.00 is assessed to the account and status changed to prosecutorial
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12/10/08 - Default Notice Issued
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1/9/09-1/13/09 - Warrants Issued
Theory II
Annie Downing knows an actual Zenaida Gonzalez, birth date 1/11/86 and knows the connection between her and Casey. Admittedly, under both theories Casey would have had to know this name prior to Zenaida Gonzalez visiting Sawgrass Apartments on June 17, 2008. How did ZG come to visit Sawgrass in the first place? That has never been discussed. What other apartments if any did she visit that may be connected to Casey? Is it possible that the original date the manager thought was on the guest card of April 17, not June 17 is accurate? That would indicate that Casey somehow had that information linked to the Sawgrass prior to the 5/24/08 summons.
Theory III
There is no connection to the person receiving the tickets on 5/24/08 named Zenaida Gonzalez and Annie Downing or the Casey Anthony case whatsoever. It is an utter coincidence and this woman has not paid her fines because she is terrified, due to her unfortunate name, that coming out of the shadows will have her at the front line of the Baez firing squad.
Yes, I am being snark. Who’s going to be first to the clerk’s office to see if you can pull a copy of the citations with the Plate and Vin’s? They are not in these records either…
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Such amazing investigative and collaborative work on the person that prepared the 3 scenarios and all the work to support them. Good Job!!! You need to be a P.I. or some other type of law enforcement personnel!!
I don’t agree with any of these theories.
Good job on the research, but the first thing the cops did was run a search for Zenaida Gonzales.
They would have found this one right away since she’s in the system – even if no way to track her if Casey was pretending to be her, they would still be able to track to Annie in a heartbeat.
Love it!
Annie and Zannie… most revealing. 8)
Thanks for all you do, Blink!
Maybe someone needs to look at all the calls that were made on the ‘black-jack’ phone after Ms. Ganguzza was murdered and see if they can be connected to Casey. I agree with Bettejean… We are dealing with a psychopath.
~Bless
This is quite amazing and puzzling.
Was she setting up a false identity for herself ?
And, she is doing a MySpace search for a ZG just before Caylee goes missing. Well, I hope the ppl that have the original records can bloodhood the truth out of the original papers and Annie.
The citation numbers are totally different. If the citations were given at the same time, wouldn’t they be consecutive numbers?
WOW!!!!
Man! This is just unreal! I want to know who that oficer was, like right now!
I wonder if it was Jesse or at least Jesse intervened for Casey. THEN we know that Jesse ‘lost his job’ in late June.
I want this chit to come to light. Now, I would not even be surprised if Casey or Annie can be connected to Ms. Ganguzza’s murder. Annie kind of seems to be ‘butch’. Casey at one time, somewhere, had indicated she was BI.
I also want to know just who this ‘Council’ was who was representing Zenaida/Casey. BAEZ????? If it was, then he should be arrested NOW. I think something stinks to high heaven here.
PLEASE do an update!!!! THANK YOU!!!
With all the lies from Casey… Its hard to figure out what is real or not…
Great job on the theorys..
keep it up!
It looks like there was no sexual attack against Nicole, unlike the other attacks that had taken place at the park over the past couple years. The charges pending are kidnapping and murder.
http://www.nicoleganguzza.com/News/News.html
http://tinyurl.com/8y7mke
How can we forget that there are women and girls that participate in violent acts, if for no other reason, for the notoriety? This video is disturbing:
Take a look at what some teenagers did to a ‘friend’ so they could put it on the internet. The link is on the bottom of the page of the video concerning Nicole.
Please note that the first reports said that her phone was in her car. The reports, thereafter, said that her purse was in the car and her phone charger was found with her body. She was taken from the park to another location… unlike the MO in the previous (sexual) attacks at Blanchard Park.
(I hope these links work)
Could there by a video from the courthouse on the day the fine was paid? Is LE aware of all of this information?
As always great sleuthing Blink.
Very interesting reading. Thought provoking and yet another twist with a turn to the A family story.
Hope:
Unfortunately the blackjack phone has never been found, nor is there any real evidence she ever owned one to begin with…just her word, which we all know is worth nothing. But she claimed all ZG’s contact info was in that phone, along with all contact info for josh and juliette, the phantom universal employees who could backup her ridiculous kidnapping story…check out her jailhouse talk with lee about the blackjack…theres more code in there to be deciphered…
Bettejean:
I find it creepy that she would call her phone
‘Black’ / ‘Jack’
Are there any cell-phone pings that can place her to the park or the post office on that evening?
8)
Annie and Zannie, the musical, coming to a playhouse near YOU in 2009!!!
This is for all Monkeys, past and present who do so much to see that justice is done. There are heroes everywhere, but it’s amazing that we have so many in one place!
http://new.music.yahoo.com/videos/MariahCarey/Hero–2140055
I haven’t been able to find any ping records that go back that far. I do know that the week of june 9-12 she told her folks that she was in tampa with josh on a business trip. Needless to say, that is bogus.
Did the report say the charger found near ganguzzas body was a match for the phone in her car? Cuz if not it couldve fallen outta the killers pocket or bag…hence, the blackjack wouldn’t keep its charge”"…”
#2 There is identity theft?
If someone was going to go to the trouble to create a fake identity, one wonders just to what limit they would take this to. If te purpose was to create a fall guy, or in this case a Fall Nanny
Also, how does anyone know that LE is not aware of all this and are keeping it to themseleves much as they are Annie’s statement?
Great work Blink34.
My theory is that the Florida DMV and court system is so over loaded with illegal aliens driving without a drivers license, making this is a common event. All any person has to do is pay a fine, and it all goes away.
Casey Anthony AKA Zenaida Gonzalez, ect, ect. Used this ploy. Her usage of the name Zenaida Gonzalez and probably other names to take the fall for bad driving was a common practice. Where did she learn about this crack in the system? Her father? The bars around Orlando? If the courts have any video tapes of Casey showing up to pay the fines as Zenaida Gonzalez? It could really help to expose these actions.
miklo,
If you listen to her say In my gut
Just saw Casey’s last rant behind bars on HN news with her father and mother. I wish the courts would keep this stuff private. The last visit was real sick.. She says Baez is not telling her family any of her new stories. Sounds like Baez is finally doing his job. Her chance for beating this rap. Is not a Zenaida Gonzalez defense.
This is cool… a sneak preview!
Are either of them, Annie or Casey, connected with the University?
Oh, Yeah…
I was going to say that the numbers would not be consecutive on the tickets. They are given to the officer via dispatch.
Greg- I agree she has no shot at a Zenaida defense. However, I think she is indefensible at this point. Baez is risking the girl’s life by not advising a plea.
To speak to a few comments on here, I want to be clear that my personal opinion is that there is no connection whatsoever to what happened to Caylee and the Nicole G homicide. IF KC had led with the ZG story and NG homicide upfront, I might think it possible from then. This was a co ink y dink read in the news that matched a relevant date, imo, no more.
Another Thelma and Louise!!
Reported on CNN tonight – Caylee’s funeral is put on hold so that possible further testing can be performed on her remains.
Also, bizarre possibility that remains of Caylee could be inside a dead snake
I am almost afraid to ask, but why does the link you have posted in the Annie and Zanni post under Forensic Evidence link to my my space page? I am so confuse.
Ann Downing is going to testify that Casey used the name ZG when she got pulled over and that is going to be the nail is Casey’s coffin.
Thats why her interview has not been releised yet by LE they are not playin all there cards yet of course.
Hope (#10) says: ‘How can we forget that there are women and girls that participate in violent acts’
I agree … and have long thought that this should be kept in mind while contemplating the Natalee Holloway case as well.
And no, I don’t mean that Natalee was violent!
Ann-
Red and I tried that link several times and it was dead.. I am assuming you were referring to the myspace link in the article..Any chance you have a friend on it named Zenaida?
Blink34, Yes I would like to see a plea deal.
Save the state of Florida millions on the trial.
Maybe Casey does not want a plea deal?
If the death penalty was back on table a plea might happen? A plea deal usually happens one to two weeks before trial.
Baez has been a lawyer for three years. I doubt he has handled this type of trial before.
I do think Floridians are more likely to convict.
The defense will use this to prove that there is another ZG if Ann doesn’t come forward with this information. Tell me that this whole case is depending on Ann Downing.
I think now that Caylee is gone, someone should get George, Cindy, Lee, and Casey and start chopping fingers!! especially PINKIES! Maybe this would get them to talk.
just joking
This is a PS to the previous comment I made. I hope the real ZG sues and wins against Casey. This woman has truly been damaged by Miss Psycho.
nice – gotta love the Sunshine Law.
All states should have it – transparency in these matters is a good thing. imo.
My only question would be this:
Why would KC use a fake license? Her license is in fact valid. You can get her license number in the first doc dump, and you can check it right online:
https://www6.hsmv.state.fl.us/dlcheck/dlcheckinq
It would make no sense for her to use a fake id with a friend in the car, especially if that friend is in the car and can produce insurance. I think you have a neat little coinkydink there.
This is AL’s testimony to LE when he was interviewed:
EE–OKAY. UHM, THAT LEADS US TO THE 24TH.
AL–YES.
EE–YOU SPOKE TO HER OVER THE PHONE REGARDING A PARTY YOU SAID. TELL ME ABOUT THAT PARTY.
AL–YES. UHM, I WAS, UH, I AM, MY COMPANY AT THE TIME WAS DJ’NG MY, ONE OF MY GOOD FRIEND’S BIRTHDAY PARTY.
EE–THE 24TH OF MAY?
AL–THE 24TH OF MAY, YEAH. AND IT WAS AT UHM,….
EE–WHAT WAS THAT FRIEND’S NAME?
AL–CHRIS KOKKINO’S PLACE. AND IT WAS FOR UH, A DANIEL HOWARD. IT WAS HIS BIRTHDAY.
EE–LINE BLACKED OUT
AL–YES SIR.
EE–OKAY.
AL–AND UHM, SHE SAID THAT SHE WANTED TO COME TO THE PARTY SO I GAVE HER DIRECTION.
EE–SHE BEING…
AL–UH, CASEY. I’M SORRY
EE–OKAY.
AL–CASEY SAID THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THE PARTY. SO I WAS IN CONTACT WITH HER THAT DAY AND SHE THEN CALLED ME UP AND THEN I GAVE HER DIRECTIONS TO THE PARTY WHEN SHE SHOWED UP WITH TWO OF HER FRIENDS.
EE–WHO WERE THE FRIENDS?
AL–AMY UH, AMY HUZENGA AND UHM, SOME UH, ONE OF HER OTHER FRIENDS, TROY.
EE–HUZENGA WE SAID WAS H-U-Z-E-N-G-A?
AL–I BELIEVE THAT’S HOW YOU SPELL HER NAME.
Take the blinders off, step away for awhile, or whatever.
Elizabeth, there is no way of knowing the status of her DL at the time, but there are several statements in the witness interviews that reference her not having a license on a few occasions. Whether she just lost it, didnt have it with her that occasion or other, one cant be sure.
The theories I presented for consideration will be clear to us in the coming days I am sure.
Imo, if it cannot be established the where, when, and why the ZG name surfaced, that is a problem in this case.
To the posters that feel this helps the ZG represented by John Morgan, I completely agree.
Elizabeth:
For the HELL of it!
I knew a woman that had a policeman’s badge. All she had to do was flash it… doors opened. There was even a secret code (words) you could use to get past them. It keeps the insurance down and, usually, will get you out of a sErIoUs ticket.
You’d be surprised what having a Dad, ex-boyfriends, fiances, etc. can do for you.
I’m w/#30- Starfish. This will be another piece of evidence that can be used against the habitual liar Casey. Screw her.
She’s going to be sitting in that prison a very long time, my hope is that it is on Death Row.
-J4C
-J4N
Casey and all her lies are going to come down like a house of cards, mark my words!!
RIP Caylee Marie
#40, I am not understanding your post. Who are you referring to that should take blinders off and step away?
We are aware that she was at TL party that evening and it is referenced in the article.
Baez is bringing in a lot of experts to examine Caylee’s remains, I guess he doesn’t trust the FBI or the medical examiner…
Then he wants to cause problems for Tim Miller and Equiisearch by asking the judge for all the documents of the people that went on the search…there is no reason for that…Tim said that is confidential information and will not release one piece of paper…
I had been reviewing AH text messages for any clues on this, and voilla, the texts from the 24 of May are interspersed and cut and pasted and not in chrono order.. WTH?
Hey all,
just an fyi when you are trying to include really long url links. Go to http://www.tinyurl.com and reduce the long url string down to a more manageable one that can fit withing the comment area and not blow out the margins.
Thanks,
RED
Great article!
There is a Zanaida Gonzalez that works for the campus newspaper at UCF (the same college supposed baby daddy Jesus Ortiz attended I think back in 2006). Did Annie know Jesus at that time?
I think she came up with the name Zanny by putting Zanax plus Annie together – ZAnnie or Zanny. She and Annie D. probably joked about it. I bet that’s why none of Annie’s police interviews have been released. She knows about ‘Zanny.’
It’s kind of a stupid theory, because the whole point of giving a fake name is to NOT have to pay a fine.
I would normally agree with the poster who thinks law enforcement would have conducted a thorough search and would have found all this immediately. However, this is FLORIDA we are talking about. Look how the tip from the meter reader was bungled. I lived in Florida for many years..believe me 3/4′s of the population (and especially those in authority”" are complete dips! People think that Florida has the same amount of intelligence as other states. Sorry to tell you….uh
p.s. Blink, you really should be in Law Enforcement… and do us all a favor and move to FL. They need you.
This family is pathetic. They should be hung!!
Peace and love to Caylee. I believe she is in a much better place – away from all of them.