Caylee/Casey Anthony Case: Conway and the Anthonys Lose in Court-Autopsy Released
Orlando, FL– Appearing in Court today at 11am, Brad Conway, attorney for George and Cindy Anthony, argued unsuccessfully against the release of the autopsy report in the death of their granddaughter, 34 month old Caylee Marie Anthony.
As reported exclusively at blinkoncrime.com in the second installment of the Scamthony Series, I am at a loss as to how this motion made the docket in the first place, let alone how Judge Strickland felt compelled to stay it’s release.
Late afternoon yesterday, a Notice of Provisional In Camera review was filed by Conway, presumably to request Judge Strickland review the report in camera, and hopefully find it prejudicial and sealing it for that reason. This backdoor strategy is in lieu of a request from the only person with standing to autopsy be sealed, Casey Anthony.
Appearing in court first George Anthony made an empassioned plea to Stan Strickland that he seal the autopsy and give his family “some dignity.”
Conway argued that the release does not contain any new information and it’s release will only further damage Caysey criminal trial Linda Drubnick, Prosecuting Attorney in the criminal case against Casey Anthony, objected that he does not represent her and the Anthony’s have no standing.
Arguing for the Sentinel, Ms. Fugate asked George Anthony how many TV appearances he and his wife have made regarding this case, George answered he had no idea.
Strickland found the matter cut and dry based on the Public Information legislation, and denied Conways motion.
Enter Baez. I am not kidding. Once the motion was denied Baez requested a 48 hour stay for the defense to decide if they would file a motion to seal on Casey’s behalf. WTH you say? Nothing more than his puppetteering Conway to file this motion in the hopes it succeeded. God Forbid his Client look like she was bothered by the release and filing it herself.
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*headdesk, headdesk, headdesk, headdesk*
WTH
WTF
Not that we didn’t see this coming but still……..
Good work, Blinkie. You called it.
Blink–
So when is this information going public? Will the results be released today?
Excellent summary! I found George rather disingenuous, weeping one minute, answering questions calmly the next, Baez pathetic (and somewhat hilarious), and Cindy’s head shaking sort of satisfying. Not to mention Conway’s rolling away from Baez like he had the plague, very funny. Good call for Judge Strickland.
I use to have some sympathy for what Cindy and George where going through, but after listening to him on the morning show the other day I now have ZERO empathy for these people. They’re hypocrites and they lie. I know where Casey got it from.
Blink, please set me straight if I am wrong, but it seems to me Judge Strickland is “bending over backward” to appease (maybe wrong word) Baez and the Anthonys since the beginning. Do judges normally have hearings re a motion as a courtesy to the Anthonys?!? Also, not requesting a copy of POA, putting up with all the Baez inappropriate written and oral bunglings? I’m all for proceedings geared in such a way to avoid appeals, but come on!! Can we just judge based on the rule of law? If so, won’t that avoid appeals?!? Please correct me if I am wrong… just wondering if this crap will be allowed to continue ad infintium. THANKS
Yep, I agree. He has, in fact, so much so that Baez counted on it today. He gambled and lost. Everything I need to know about what’s going on with these people was played out for all to see today. I will never understand why he played this out this way.
B
Excellent commentary Blink!! Thank you, as always, I enjoy your point of view and comments.
And here is the best part of the hearing, from Brad:
# Brad: “Anthony’s have made appearances for their Foundation. Not about the contents of the autopsy report.”
# Judge: “This is all I need to hear.”
And there is the reason for the motion folk’s
Blink-yep,the ants coulda won an oscar for that performance – thank God we won’t see the dancing Stricklands – at least not yet…Kudos to the judge for having the b’s to do what is right. Yay for our side!
Hooray………not that I really care to see it, but I sure hate the way the Anthony’s always seem to get what they want! I don’t believe there will be anything new, but I sure would like to read what a professional has to say! Was George pouting when he left the courtroom in such a hurry? He didn’t even seem to wait for Spindy…..afterall, he needs her….she’s still carrying his balls around in her purse!
ROTFL
B
“Baez requested a 48 hour stay”
Missed it. Did the judge permit this? If Strickland already stated “It is just findings and medical examiner’s reports. No photos, Information is just factual. No editorializing”,sounds like he won’t rule in favor of Baez anyway. Let it go.
SPLITTING THE DIFFERENCE,Blink,didn’t work.
? Nope.
B
George shook Cindys hand off when she tried to hold it – then got up and took off without waiting for her – maybe his famous temper got the better of him – or he and Cindy are on the outs privately, only putting on a show publicly of togetherness.
I found the Judge saying he “was sorry” inappropriate. The law is the law – whats he sorry about? He could say something to the effect that he has sympathy for the victims of crime if he wants – but I dont see the need for him to apologise to the Anthonys.
Blink you JUST MUST have a visual for this somewhere/sometime in the series PLEESE… I know your rule about ‘original content’ won’t be violated, as we enjoyed in the original artwork of the fuzz-car-bobbleyheads. Of course, maybe the subject of the child is too close on this one, but Baez should be fair game for his antics.
I bet Strickland saw what was coming post-Anthony motion, Cindy sending gratuitous lenthy threatening telephone messages (well, she shouldn’t have his chambers number, should she), or via media-messages to rant against Judge Strickland. She could say ‘he didn’t even ask the media’ if they would allow us to get away with this (Cindy got away with the media arguement for the depo delays in civil).
Judge Rodriguez HAD to be aware of this courtroom drama come Baez-comedy.
(WHO ASKED if the results will be released today???!??!??! (Read the full story, then ask again!!!)
HEY BLINK..OK, I KNOW YOU WANTED TO GET YOUR ARTICLE OUT BUT I AM SURE THAT WHEN LINDA DRANE BURDICK READS YOUR REPORT SHE WILL PROBABLY TAKE OFFENSE THAT YOU RE-NAMED HER LINDA “DRUBNICK” ( A FORMER YUGOSLAVIAN CITY??)..
ANYWAY, I WAS SO DELIGHTED THAT BRAD CONWAY WAS DE-BALLED TODAY IN COURT..NICE TRY BOZO BAEZ TRYING TO DISGUISE CINDY AND GEORGINA’S MOTION AS YOUR MOTION TO RESTRICT THE RELEASE OF THE AUTOPSY RESULTS..WHAT A VILLAGE IDIOT BOZO BAEZ IS..DUHHHH..IF BOZO REALLY WANTED IT SEALED , HE SHOULD HAVE FILED A MOTION WEEKS AGO!
ALSO, ON A CATTIER NOTE, DID YOU NOTICE WHEN GEORGINA WAS SPEWING HIS NONSENSE AND “CRYING” HIS CROCODILE TEARS, THAT JUDGE STRICKLAND DID NOT EVEN LOOK AT HIM?…IT WAS A PATHETIC DISPLAY OF A BALL-LESS EUNICH ORCHESTRATED BY “HE-WOMAN” CINDY IN ORDER TO OBVIOUSLY MANIPULATE THE COURT…NOBODY DESERVED TO GET SWATTED DOWN MORE THAN THESE MEDIA-HO’S!!!!!!
This was one more event in the ‘media tour’, as real as it is for the Anthony’s, they brought a photo of Caylee along, and to be symbolic for themselves, or a private comfort, but watch how George uses this photo as cameras shift to them during the judge’s ruling and Baez’s chat with the judge.
Go to 14.00 minutes to 14:15 to see how Caylee’s photo does not face George, it is faced to the CAMERA! And that continues through the end of the hearing as the camera op is taken, the photo angled appropriately. Why use the baby’s memory this way– why not use the baby’s photo for your own comfort, private comfort, during the hearing. Nope– it has to be set up for cameras.
Although the autopsy release is probably a bit grim, people (George and Cindy) may choose not to read it, so the argument that it causes emotional distress to them is ridiculous. The other argument that a fact-based medical report can damage Casey’s case is also a joke. God forbid the facts come out! If she is truly innocent as they all claim, the facts should exonerate not hurt her.
Can they bring photos like this into the trial? Wear buttons, green t-shirts with a shamrock, all well known icons of the Casey-Camp?
oh oh, Baez missed the boat…. autopsy report here:
http://www.wftv.com/pdf/19801498/detail.html
oh yes there is something new : duct tape is believed to be placed before decomposition started
thats heinous! and aggravated!!
Thanks, blink!
I really respect Judge Strickland and his demeanor in the face of the Anthony Circus. But really, it’s time to shut them down and make them do things right-you know, the way everyone else has to do it.
wow, does this not rule out accident?
Blink: Do you think we will get a cause of death from the autopsy report, assuming that’s why C & G don’t want it released? Also, do you know when/where these findings will be announced the public? TIA
you were right blink that the duct tape evidence would be the definitve
Hi Blink,
Where can I see the video of today’s autopsy hearing?
Thanks
Blink, do you think one reason that George was under oath today, rather than Cindy, was your thought that the Anthony’s had knowledge of the report from Baez, and that this would actually be only Cindy. George could not have answered the question ‘have you read the report?’ in cross truthfully had he read it. If Baez did share it, it would only have been with Cindy, so George could have known second hand, but be in a position to answer ‘no’ to the cross question.
I think George testified because people hate him less, to be honest.
B
ok i know h lee,and boden get their take but i wasnt expecting this.
http://www.wftv.com/pdf/19801498/detail.html
AUTOPSY REPORT!!
sad very very sad,i feel absolute sorrow for caylee
Just read some of the report released, spent the entire time crying. Poor Caylee is all i can muster to say right now. Just a baby…she was JUST A BABY for crying out loud!!!! How can the person that did this even wake up in the morning??
Blink, I just read through the autopsy reports (what was available) and the image I got in my mind of poor Caylee Marie’s body being eaten by animals while decomposing (thus the scattering of bones) is just too much to bear. I know we all speculated on that part but seeing it in writing along with “several” layers of duct tape around her mouth put there prior to decomposition just sickens me. The Anthony’s didn’t want this released because it just re-enforces the question “how can you defend Casey after knowing what happened to Caylee especially when the evidence came from your own house??”
HIP HIP HORRRRAAAAYYYYY, they didn’t get their way!!!!! LOL
i now actually don’t blame the a’s for taking a chance at this motion and i believe their emotion to be real & georges’ statement matches the emotion for once.
Jan, yes Georgie was pitchin’ another fit as he ran out of the Courtroom…I heard the door slam! Funny how they had the waterworks going and as soon as they realized they weren’t gonna get their way I could see the anger coming out.
WFTV.COM has 11 pages of the Autopsy that I read. Basically the only thing I noticed is that yes, Caylee had been there since June and that the duct tape was wrapped around her skull unlike what Conway & the Ant’s had said on LKL. The report did say the tape was put on before decomp…does this mean Dr G isn’t sure if the tape was put on before or after Caylee’s death?
Before appreciable decomp, yes, but impossible to tell if anti or post mortem. My personal feeling is post to stage an appearance of a kidnapping.
B
I am glad it is released. I don’t really care to read it but will if Blink makes me. I am more thrilled that the A’s asked for a state law to be ignored so they can have special treatment and got KO’ed. I have not read the new article yet but saw the picture of Brad hanging out of the garbage can on page 1 of B.O.C. Did George or Cindy do that to him? Was a hammer involved? Flood? Tornado? Aliens? Locusts? At this point I am ready to believe anything, no matter how wild, without even fact checking. I reckon next they are going to claim they won the Powerball but lost the ticket and are filing a motion in traffic court to get the winnings awarded to them anyway. (Insert disgusted icon here)
I reckon SS is going home tonight for a stiff drink in a tall glass.
LOL.
B
B, do you think the duct tape was put on there to appear to be a kidnapping…..so that’s why they are still leaning toward the nanny did it defense…….or was it put there to keep decomp fluids from leaking out in the trunk while the body was still in there? Gross I know but so is the fact that the body was dragged around by animals while still intact!
Yes
B
Shaye………Georgetta is a hothead, no doubt about it! And, Spindy is just………..WELL, crazy as hell!
Red Ranger, the REAL reason you don’t see the face appearing out of the garbage can in time for media to catch it, is the duct tape on mouth. (now wouldn’t we love a law to proclaim that lawyer’s can be subjected to duct taping of the mouth from time to time?>>>>>>> I know I would.
Blink, I’ve been lurking on Scared Monkeys and I have no doubt that you “know your Stuff”. However, is it a possibility that Casey arrived at the Anthony home just as Cindy and Caylee had finished swimming and then the fight started. Casey put clothes on Caylee over her swimmie and left the house with her on the night of the 15th. Then she put the duct tape over her mouth and nose and put her in the trunk, in a fit of rage?
I suppose it is possible, but not what i believe personally.
B
>>The autopsy report stated:
Several overlapping pieces of duct tape, over the anterior portion of the lower skull, including the mandible and a portion of the maxilla.
>>Here’s what those body parts represent:
The alveolar process of the maxilla holds the upper teeth, and is referred to as the maxillary arch. The maxilla attaches laterally to the zygomatic bones (cheek bones).
The maxilla assists in forming the boundaries of three cavities:
the roof of the mouth
the floor and lateral wall of the nasal antrum
the floor of the orbit
***********
Ok, now we know little Caylee’s nose was also covered in this duct tape. Being it is 2 inches wide, just centering over the mouth would certainly have restricted her breathing…probably all together.
What a monster Casey truly is!!!
In response to comment number 13, at least I think it was 13.. I think the A’s were definitely using the picture, but not so much for the media as they were for themselves. I felt as if George had to see Caylee’s face to muster any remotely real emotions. As for him being the one giving a statement. I agree with Blink, I immediately thought it’s because some people hate George less, and are more likely to believe his emotional put on. I personally hate them both equally.
“There is nothing inconsistent with the body being placed there soon after the date of being last seen alive.”
In other words, Casey tossed her away like garbage soon after she decomposing corpse started to smell. I wonder how many days she lay in that trunk before her mother threw her out.
The duct tape placed prior to decomposition, which means it was at the time of death or directly afterward. It may even have suffocated Caylee to death.
I am sick. My heart is aching, I am ready to cry. I am so grief-stricken. That poor, pathetic, beautiful baby. How could this have happened to such a little angel? Her mother is a monster.
I wonder if the Anthonys comprehend the duct tape findings. No doubt the duct tape matches a roll found in their home with Casey’s fingerprints on it. The Winnie the Pooh blanket, from Caylee’s own bedroom, the shirt gone, only the letters BIG TROUBLE COMES IN SMALL…, the canvas laundry bag, the two black garbage bags with yellow ties. How can the Anthonys stand to defend Casey when they have to KNOW all these items came from their own home?
I do not understand them.
I really want to know what you believe. Do you think Casey left the house on the 15th or the 16th. Do you think she went back to the house and put Caylee in the pool to drown her? Why? To rid herself of Caylee, period? Or to frame her parents? I think it all had to be a “done deal” by the night of the 16th, when she was at Block Buster with Tony.
Caylee was killed the night of the 15th or the 16th. Body tossed in the woods on the 18th. That accounts for the 2.+ days of decomp in the car. The one thing that gets me is the Cindy never recognized that one of her laundry bags was missing. And I also heard that the outfit George described last seeing Caylee in (pink top and jean skirt, I think?) was found in Caylee’s closet. Blink is this true?
Actually I disagree. I think Caylee was in the trunk the night of the 16th and 17th, and placed in the backyard on the 18th and buried under the playhouse.
B
I am always so interested in hearing your take on things! I have been a long time lurker and always come to blinkoncrime to hear everyone’s insights. What day do you think the body was dumped in the woods? Didn’t the neighbor say that she backed her car in the garage on the 18th? And also didn’t the neighbor state she backed her car in the garage on a few different days? I think the precise timeline for those days June 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, etc. will be so important in the procecution’s case when presenting to a jury taking into account cell phone activity, witnesses, text messaging, laptop and desktop activity.
Continue the fight for justice B and supporters. I’ve been trying to keep up with all the very impressive sleuthing. The autopsy report was read with a heavy heart and brought to mind the secretly recorded conversation between Tony and Lee. I was stated that Casey had started to compulsively lie as early as middle school. I think the fact that the Anthonys did not seek help for Casey back then or at any time since is the real tragedy because; as blink said, Caylee’s only hope would have been her daddy. I think the moral of the Anthony’s story is beware of pride, vanity and greed.
C
You know pardon my expression but someone must really be a dumb$SS to think they could bury their daughter under a playhouse in their parent’s backyard and get a way with it. And for someone to think the whole Zanny the Nanny thing is believable is ludicrous too! She is delusional. Two things I know to be true…1)Casey killed Caylee and 2)to quote her friend “she is not that smart…” The sad thing is that her parents are acting like they believe her. Emphasis on acting. They must really think everyone’s a moron to believe their lies! It’s almost pathetic.
I was glad to hear that no photos were mistakenly released as was rumored earlier.
No bombshells as far as I can see (sort of scanned the autopsy). Experts will be arguing the time frame as far as vegetative growth & insect pupae. The duct tape was disturbing, but we knew about that before. Dr Baden has already come out and said that it was a “leap’ to consider it (duct tape) an act of premeditation, and I agree. However, if you argue that it isn’t an act of premeditation then you seem to be arguing some level of involvement (even after the fact) of the client, rather than SODD. Unless you are going to argue that someone else unknown/known killed her by mistake or accident which is just odd. Of course everything will be run up the flagpole to see what flies as reasonable doubt.
As an aside, and for what it is worth, I believe that the Anthonys suffer from a mental illness/condition that would explain some of their actions and behavior. I am frustrated at times, but do not feel the disdain that others do towards them.
Blink, I have long thought that Caylee was placed somewhere before being put in the woods. However, I always a hard time imagining Casey burying her in the back yard, because it’s near impossible to put the St Augustine grass back into place so that it was not a dead patch on July 16 when LE inspected the property. Not to mention the tough work involved in removing sod and re-leveling the area – twice.
But under the playhouse; it’s just possible for me to imagine a desperate Casey accomplishing that.
I am assuming that George did a little excavating and used a layer of leveling sand in order to seat the playhouse level when it was first set up. There might be little or no roots under the playhouse to contend with.
Blink, was the playhouse relocated to a different spot in the yard in late June/early July, then the original playhouse site paved?
Blink, you’ve got a great website that I get wrapped up in like the rest of your regulars. I’ve got a medical background so I’m admittedly a bit more ‘hardened’ to forensics. Having read the autopsy report, if one takes the 16th as date of death, it’s the realization & images conjured up that eat at me the most. Little Caylee was probably skeletonizing, with her body parts dragged around by neighborhood cats (for example) by the 23rd (at latest, 30th).. while Casey was drinking it up at nightclubs. And as an RN, $Cindy$ has the background to fully appreciate the autopsy report – moreso than George so isn’t it interesting that she hung back, as provacative as she usually is. very telling. Send in George to do the really dirty work.
I too think Caylee first died in the trunk, & may have dipped her in the pool to ensure that she was dead before she wrapped the duct tape around her skull & basically ‘gift wrapped’ her & buried her there at the Anthonys by the 18th, then used the neighbor’s shovel to get her remains & subsequently dump her body off Suburban. The body fluids permeating the trunk liner were sufficient to cause the strong decomp smell given the heat/weather in FL last June… & gasoline was quite clever & useful to use to try to mask chloroform smell, both being hydrocarbons, but wasn’t enough to do a complete job this time.
I do not believe for a second that Caylee’s remains, which imo were in trash bags buried under the playhouse, were drug anywhere. Those dogs would have hit everywhere. I have seen them work.
B
Just when you think you have heard it all, read it all, seen it all…. COMES Dominic Casey with Orwell and Clockwork Orange!!!!
Gotta love those M&M lawyers!!!!
http://www.wftv.com/pdf/19803207/detail.html
Honest to Christ these people.
If Dom Casey ever read Orwell I will eat a petrified squirrel you know what.
B
I ALSO THINK CASEY WAS A COMPLETE MORON TO TRY TO BURY THE CHILD IN THE BACKYARD??..IN HINDSIGHT, IT WAS A SHAME THAT THE DIRT WAS TOO HARD FOR CASEY TO DIG THRU , WHEREBY ,CASEY JUST GAVE UP AND TOSSED CAYLEE INTO THE TRUNK…
CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW DIFFERENT THINGS WOULD HAVE GONE DOWN , HAD SHE BEEN SUCCESSUFL IN HER ATTEMPT TO BURY CAYLEE IN THE BACK YARD??….LAW ENFORCEMENT WOULD HAVE FOUND HER BODY WITHIN THE WEEK AND THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE END OF IT…