Caylee/Casey Anthony Case EXCLUSIVE: New Prosecution Witness Sean Henady
Indiana– Last Wednesday, attorney for Texas Equusearch, Mark Nejame, released a few aerial images that in their opinion prove that the area where 34 month old Caylee Marie Anthony was under water at the time of the last search.
Today, in newly released discovery by the State’s Attorney’s Office, we see the aerial imagery expert responsible for that footage makes the witness list for the prosecution.
Sean Henady, tapped personally by TES founder Tim Miller, spoke exclusively today to blinkoncrime. This will be his only statement regarding the Caylee Anthony case until it’s conclusion.
In August and again in November of 2008, my services were requested by Texas Equusearch for aerial mapping in their efforts to locate missing toddler Caylee Anthony. In November only, my participation expanded to asissting with coordination of the search effort on the ground.
The complete case file, which includes information and Imagery from my office, has been provided to both the Orange County Sheriff’s Office and the defense counsel for Casey Marie Anthony as mandated by the discovery process. Every Image from my office was marked “Confidential Not For Public Distribution.”
Sean Henady, President Aerial Image Corp, 3 View Technologies
Henady, together with 12 year missing persons veteran and former director of Missing and Exploited Childrens program Mandy Albritton, recently co-founded 3 View Search Services.
3 View, a non profit organization, is a premier law enforcement support vehicle to provide resources and assets to emergency services teams and to facilitate search and recovery efforts.
Currently, 3VSS resources are only available at the request of the law enforcement agencies with jurisdiction in a missing persons case. 3VSS is chaired by former Congressman Nick Lampson, founder of The Missing and Exploited Childrens caucus in Washington, DC. Leonard “Len” Wilson is the organizations Chief Executive Officer.
Henady and his team of imaging experts worked extensively on the Stacy Peterson , Brittanee Drexel, and Corrie Anderson cases
In 2005, missing Indianna man Charles Ricky was located exclusively by Henady’s aerial images taken over a quarry he was ultimately recovered in.
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#345 Suz – I thought I helped Maura too but I guess I should know better.
I’m starting to feel way out of my league here. I’m going to sit back until there is more for an amateur like me to contribute.
WOW. If the Florida Bar can’t even reprimand a lawyer like Baez, who the h*ll can they reprimand? Good grief!!!! He’ll be completely insufferable now, I expect.
WSH…..the grand jury will convict a ham sandwich…but, to be a defense lawyer, you have to be rotten deep down inside anyways.
And, how can they clear him when only DC’s complaints are the only ones that are mentioned. In the beginning of all this, I believe they were 3 different people that filed complaints against him.
Just goes to show you how our justice system really works, IMO!
I guess that’s why I’m so mesmerized with this case. I still don’t believe without a shadow of a doubt that our GOOD OLE justice system will get justice for Caylee. It just seems more geared to helping the convicted! JMO, of course!
# 351 Lily
I like reading your posts.
# 353
Granmomma
I think that we should be careful here. Some defense lawyers have their hearts in the right places. Some do it for the love of law, and some do it to really represent the wrongly accused or convicted. SOME do it for other reasons.
I think that a couple of the complaints against Baez were actually the same, but submitted by different people. I’m not certain about a third one.
Shelly, it was totally great to hang out with you and the others last night. I plan on going back again this evening ~ this time with a voice. Anyway, just wanted to say that I love your costuming ideas (flannel gown and furry slippers) but I couldn’t find anything like that in the options. Maybe as I get more familiar with SL I’ll be able to manage a costume change. And YES ~ must have those curlers. I wonder if I need a cigarette hanging out of my mouth too?
gotcha’, wpgmouse. I guess I just figure that casey seems so stupid about everything else—having no body disposal plan; having no plausible story worked out, even after a whole month; failing to permanently get rid of the stinky car or at least the trunk liner; leaving what sounds like tons of artifacts from the house at the scene; hiding the body close to home; making stolen checks out to herself—I can’t imagine she would worry about a little bone that might or might not indicate strangulation (and which doesn’t prove whodunnit, only cause of death).
Stop me if I am overthinking this, but let’s explore. Let’s say she learned of what a hyoid was when she was studying neck breaking, or she otherwise knew about it from CSI or Dr. G’s show or true crime novels or Cindy’s medical journals, and so she did decide to steal the hyoid.
She either has to cut into the body to get at the little bone—with the scalpel and medical books she borrows from the M.N.? is that part of the theory?—which would look WORSE than strangulation should the body be found before it decomposes. Or she has to wait until it is skeletonized, which we now know may have taken as little as two weeks, but which I doubt very much that Casey knew (even deputy Cain didn’t know that little tidbit, and he was a pro), put herself back at the crime scene at least once to check on the decomp progress (which I guess many perps do if you believe the old saying, and if Blink is right about the shorts). If the child is skeletonized at that point, she finds and takes the hyoid bone because she does not want it to look like strangulation, but she leaves the duct tape still hanging from the hair, which looks like suffocation.
“I don’t want them to know she was strangled, so I will pretend she was suffocated.”
Since I don’t get why she would think one suspected cause of death would be preferable to another, it doesn’t make as much sense to me as the tiny hyoid bone simply washing away. But then Casey doesn’t always make much sense to me, so I guess anything is possible with that girl.
That defense attorney from CNN needs to stop giving her 2 cents worth of useless commentary/information. Jayne Swinetraub seems to want to be Casey’s best friend. They had a criminal profiler/psychologist commenting on Casey’s recent court appearance. She was stating that it appears that Casey is realizing that this is real, noticing that the smirk and arrogance is gone, and here comes Ms.Swinetraub to Casey’s rescue. Portraying Casey as a malnutrioned victim who stays in her cell for 23 hours a day. Hey, Jayne, AT LEAST CASEY GETS TO BREATHE!!! WHAT ABOUT THE DARK CIRCLES UNDER CAYLEE’S EYES! STAY OUT OF SUBJECTS WHERE YOUR EXPERTISE IS NILL!!!! http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0908/21/ijvm.01.html
WSH….okay….sorry if I offended anyone here about my take on defense lawyers….JMO, of course. Everybody has opinions I guess some is just better kept to oneself! Please forgive me if I stepped on any toes!
Silver,
You didn’t give me the wrong impression.
What I was trying to say (and didn’t quite) is that the Lovall case more than met the criteria for the DP, but I couldn’t find any information about the trial to see if the Brevard County prosecutors even sought the DP in that case. Both defendants were convicted of felony murder, a capital crime.
I was wondering, but didn’t state, if that would be the type of Florida case that Lyon might point to as an example of inconsistent application of the DP since the aggravating factors in the Lovall case are the same as those in the Anthony case. Moreover, the HAC factor was not in doubt in the Lovall case as it frankly is in the Anthony case (because no one knows how Caylee died).
I don’t doubt that Lyon is going to use every argument she can think of in attacking the Florida DP statutes and applications.
I believe Lyon is definitely going to attack the Florida DP for the fact that Florida is the only state in the country that only requires a simple majority (seven of the twelve jurors) in favor of death when voting in the penalty phase. In Florida, the trial jury’s penalty vote is only a recommendation; the trial judge makes the final decision for death or LWOP.
Why that would matter, as I understand it, is that the US Supreme Court has ruled that no convict may be executed in the US unless a jury has voted for the death penalty (not including military courts). I haven’t read the US Supreme Court’s ruling on that matter, but since Florida still has a simple majority vote, I assume the ruling does not specify a unanimous jury vote. Even so, my sense is that there is room to attack Florida practice relative to the US Supreme Court’s ruling.
Texas had a 10-2 minimum at one point (I don’t know what it is now), but all other states that allow the DP require a unanimous jury vote for death.
351 Lily
I couldn’t find any more information than you did, and what we found was what Silver had already posted.
I don’t see any reason for you to hold back on commenting. You have some very good insights.
The lawyer discipline system’s primary focus is on ensuring that lawyers act ethically in dealing with their own CLIENTS (not vis-a-vis 3rd parties). The Rules of Professional Conduct impose a plethora of duties on attorneys, mainly vis-a-vis their CLIENTS, and vis-a-vis the COURT.
The proper place for Dominic Casey to resolve any unpaid bill for services is in Court, and not through the Florida Bar’s Disciplinary system.
Not that his complaint was taken lightly.
Remember: After Dominic Casey filed the complaint with the Florida Bar, counsel for the Florida Bar found cause to submit it to the Grievance Committee (each judicial circuit in Florida has at least one, and they are made up of volunteers from that community, at last 1/3 of whom are NOT lawyers).
The grievance committee reviews complaints and decides whether there is probable cause to believe a lawyer violated the PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT RULES imposed by the Supreme Court of Florida (ONLY, i.e. not the laws of the State of Florida).
The fact that Dominic Casey brought a dispute concerning his claim of non-payment for services into the mix was unfortunate, because that is not really a claim that falls within the ambit of the Grievance Committee’s “jurisdiction”, if you will.
Also, a person who has an axe to grind over alleged non-payment for services rendered may make another statement (say, about instructions to NOT call 911) in order to embellish his claim. And on that claim, other than he said/he said, there was no evidence to assess.
Lest we forget, Dominic Casey has some credibility issues of his own. (all who have read his deposition transcript are aware of this).
btw-
The Grievance Committee members are volunteers from the community.
353 Granmomma
Since I began participating in forum discussions of this case last September, I’ve come across many people who expressed opinions similar to yours on the subject of defense attorneys. I have responded with variations of the following.
As with other sections of the government, our courts are set up with a system of checks and balances, which is why our government provides legal representation free-of-charge to anyone charged with a crime who cannot afford a private attorney. The purpose of defense counsel is to challenge the prosecution’s evidence so that law enforcement and prosecution don’t become careless and lazy when gathering evidence and charging suspects and so that guilty verdicts, when rendered, are closely fitted to the evidence that has withstood vigorous challenge.
As much as we may become infuriated with defense challenges and maneuvers, we need defense attorneys to be aggressive in order to keep government as honest as possible. And government does need that pressure to stay honest since history offers plenty of evidence of judicial corruption and prosecutorial misconduct. The US Founders were certainly aware of the potential for government overreach and abuse of police powers since five of the ten amendments that make up the US Bill of Rights specifically address legal protections for citizens who find themselves subject to police investigation or charged with crimes or convicted of crimes (amendments 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8).
In Islamic countries that follow the strictest form of Sharia Law, if a woman is raped, she needs four male witnesses testify on her behalf. If she is unmarried and becomes pregnant because of the rape, she can be charged with adultery and punished by public whipping, imprisonment, or even execution by stoning. Those laws make it nearly impossible to prosecute rapists, which is why prior to the reform of rape laws in Pakistan in 2006, a woman was raped every two hours and gang-raped every eight hours, according to the country’s independent Human Rights Commission. Under that system, a victim is guilty until proven innocent, and the required proof is virtually impossible to meet.
Compared with a legal system like that, I’m very, very grateful that we have the legal system we have. It’s not perfect. Ideally, people guilty of crimes would be convicted of exactly the crimes committed – no more, no less. But because judges, lawyers, police, and jurors are imperfect humans, we can’t expect the courts to meet ideal standards. Sometimes the innocent are convicted and sometimes the guilty are acquitted. Those who are guilty to some degree may be convicted of greater or lesser charges than their actions actually warrant. In the absence of divine omniscience to help us know exactly what happened in the commission of a crime, that’s as good as it’s going to get.
Our system mostly works so long as police investigations are lawful, thorough and unbiased, so long as judges are informed and impartial, so long as prosecutors and defense attorneys offer vigorous arguments with all available admissible evidence, and so long as honest jurors weigh the evidence objectively. That doesn’t mean justice will be perfectly served in every instance, but there is no legal system on the planet that tries harder than ours to serve justice perfectly.
In our system, the prosecution bears 100% of the burden in convincing the jury that the defendant is guilty of the crime for which he or she is charged. It’s the job of the defense counsel to challenge every bit of that evidence so that the defendant, if convicted, is not deprived of property (fines), liberty (imprisonment), or life (execution) unless the government’s case holds up after challenge. We would not have a legal system worth having if every person accused of a crime was not afforded the same level of vigorous defense, irrespective of the quality and quantity of evidence collected by the government.
Lastly, if we start to think that a defendant is not entitled to a vigorous defense (or any defense) because the evidence against him or her – as reported by the press – is so abundant and strong that it is manifestly clear to the public that the defendant is guilty as charged, then we will have all but insured an increase in police and prosecutorial misconduct. There are very good reasons why our Founders insisted that trials be public and that defendants have the right to face their accusers and challenge the evidence against them– because the public is thereby given some assurance via that open process that government is being held to ethical standards. Close it off, deny a defendant a trial, insist that the prosecution’s evidence be accepted without challenge, and before you know it, defendants against whom the evidence isn’t nearly as abundant or strong will be sent to prison or executed because there will be no pressure on government to prove its case.
Despite the vulnerability of our legal system to corruption on many levels, it’s a system that we can be justly proud of, and we need defense lawyers to make it work.
#359
Granmomma
Clearly, I am not a lawyer, so I’m not personally offended. I just think that it’s better not to make global sweeping statements about any particular group…
Bees…. geeze I hope they keep that place non-smoking!!!
You can bet that Dominic Casey could have been told by ‘Cindy’ what to do about not calling 911, and Baez could have been there holding his hands to his ears, so to speak.
357
Good morning, suz
In regards to the M.N., I was thinking more along the lines of access to
pharmaceutical drugs used in hospitals and other professional medical settings for sedation purposes (access that was definitely off-limits to her).
Should have made it clear I was off the “hyroid” scenario. Sorry you went further on to an exploration.
I do have to disagree with you on one thing, though. I do not believe Miss A. is stupid. My belief is that she has a brain that records, balances and retains information continuously – - as she reads it, hears it, creates it or watches it. She has a vast, internal data base, if you will, available for her to draw on the information of her choosing for immediate use to respond to whenever and whatever the situation at hand, as well as useage for pre-planned or future actions (those being short term only or including long term …I do not know). This, of course, is only my opinion.
I’m still lost as to who, technically, or actually, Dominic Casey was working for and/or taking directions from, in the mix of lawyer, client, law firm, the Anthony ‘family’, George and Cindy Anthony.
It seems to be a mess and easily covers up any confusion over who directed DC to do what at any given point. Then there’s the alleged closeness/touchy-feely situation between PI and one of the clients.
Presumably Baez would have been directing DC when he worked for Baez in the beginning, then Baez would be directing DC on behalf of Baez’s client, and then Cindy and George would have had a say, maybe they were all directing DC as he worked for Casey and the Anthony’s together, so DC was working for all of them in the interest of Casey.
If Baez was going to point the finger at Cindy and/or George, wouldn’t he want the PI NOT to be taking direction from ‘them’? Or did Baez know all along that he nor his client could claim work product, so why not try to get an investigator ‘inside’ the Anthony home gathering info to later be used against the parents in the capital case.
This is still a big mess of who worked for who.
In no way do I think this is the last of this issue, your right, we have some serious overlap issues.
B
And could it have been Casey, who, in a letter to Cindy perhaps (one of the ones that were ‘private’ via Baez who would have read it if that was the case) to say ‘do not call 911 if you find a body’. That would get around Baez not recalling a ‘conversation’– it would come from Casey to Cindy in writing, and maybe Baez didn’t know or want to know, at that point. Technically keeping his hands clean, while having an idea what Casey told her mother to tell her (maybe even ‘their’ PI). There could also be letters directly from Casey to Cindy to direct her to do same, as Cindy was obviously wanting info on the baby’s whereabouts.
Would like to know what the actual jail policies are, what the regular postal mail regulations are handled to and from inmates accused of capital cases when there is busy work for the inmate to have done with regards to ‘evidence’ on the outside– especially when an unlocated body of a baby and with the parents of the inmate being in full fledgling protection mode.
Kleat
Plus it Baez was permitted to bring his laptop in. Who knows how much interaction or communication was passed that way vs postal letters?
Plus…..(edit) take “it” out, I had two thoughts that intersected and then I changed the text, leaving part of the first thought in.
and BTW, while Casey stood accused of no more than ‘nothing’ as described by Cindy, and while she had Baez in hand, did Baez EVER take advantage of more than his firm’s investigator or investigators and Dominic Casey to find a kidnapped baby? Did Baez ever call the FBI and say we believe she is alive, please help us find the baby and bring her home safely and if worst comes to worst, to prosecute those responsible?? Oh yeah, Baez isn’t into prosecuting ANYONE, he’s from the Todd Black school of conspiracy theorists.
Sorry once again….I really didn’t mean to spark such a big issue. I was simply stating my opinion and I do understand and respect all of yours. I just don’t know what else to say…..except, to all you good defense lawyers out there…..I’m surely glad that some of your hearts are in the right place. AGAIN…..sorry to all who may have taken offense to my uneducated opinion.
Bar clears Baez of ethic complaint
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/20667422/detail.html
Kleat, speaking of Todd Black
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/20667422/detail.html
Although Baez has been cleared on Casey’s complaint, there is still an open bar complaint against the attorney.
The complaint involves Baez’s relationship with his former spokesman, a man known as Todd Black, who sent out press releases on Baez’s behalf. Black was later discovered to be a convicted felon.
It is not clear when the investigation into that complaint will be complete.
Does it bother anyone else that everyone in the MSM is missing that there’s one down- one to go?
B
Kleat thank you about the Dominick Casey comment. I have often wondered about that too. Lots of people seem so confident that his position was and is clear but it didn’t seem that way to me either. I just thought I wasn’t ‘gettin’ it’. In fact, with you, Silver, WSH and of course Maura – I often have to read a couple of times before I think “I get it”!
Are there any rules about what communication the client is allowed to pass through an attorney to the outside world and how? Seriously, gang leaders, etc. could still direct their criminal objectives if their attorneys visit often enough and are nothing more than a conduit to/from the outside world. With attorney/client privilege – or for that matter – any psychiatry visits or clergy visits – nothing could be subpoenaed, right? Especially with a laptop and a wireless card – email would be incredibly effective.
What then is the point in restricting outgoing mail? I guess those who can’t afford to an have an attorney visit all of the time don’t get the advantage.
Oh well – hope that’s not a knuckle-head question
# 379 Not a knucklehead question Lily.
In prison, many of the gang members have been found to have cell phones, that were smuggled in, believe it or not. And yes business is still conducted!
In this case, if they were smart, no emails would have been sent, but rather a note onto the laptop, and either printed later, or read directly from the laptop…in my opinion.
Does it bother anyone else that everyone in the MSM is missing that there’s one down- one to go?
B
Blink, you’ve got to stop watching or reading there! It is going to give you hypertension. lol!
Going…..
B
Could the state have still kept their ‘ongoing investigation’ as the body was yet to be discovered, and had investigative ‘underwraps’ tools to read client mail? Not though the lawyer of course, there may have been things that Baez said to Casey, ‘I will not read’ so if you were to say, tell your mother something about the baby that I would not be able to keep private, write it on this paper, and seal it, and I’ll take it to your mother. But that’s speaking hypothetically, I don’t know what you will write…. on that paper because I can’t learn it.
Easy for him to play a semantics game I suppose.
Maura #354
BRAVO.
And as to the Lovall case, here is a good exercise: imagine how the State can distinguish it from the facts of this case (cause of death/injury mechanism/INTENT).
It may seem as though the State is applying the DP in an arbitrary and capricious manner at first blush,–when you just take a cursory look at the appellate opinion and the information we have to date on this case, but recall that in the Lovall case– which is about as HAC as they come in my mind– there may have been insufficient evidence to prove intent to kill. The child was horribly physically abused, but it was the failure to get medical care (which could have saved her life) that led to her death (from urine spill).
Maura-sorry, meant #364 (typos abound)
yes, one down, MSM doesn’t notice… what the heck are they getting paid for?
let’s all head over and sign into their comment pages and set them straight! They print what they do because it’s what they are fed… no thinking required, just slurp and spit!
wpgmouse, lol, see, you DID stop me before I over thought it—just not in time. I am sure I am oversimplifying it by saying casey is stupid. She can obviously create clever fake emails from fake employers to fool her mom, and she certainly can tell a tall tale fearlessly. You must forgive me—I am on a Quixotic quest to stop folks from framing casey as a criminal mastermind, and that’s really more about railing against the theories that she deliberately left all kinds of clever clues, including the address of the lot where she dumped the body being caylee’s bday, etc.
I say she’s not bright because her crime seems a little sloppy, and because as much as she lies and weaves stories, her friends seem to catch on before too long, so she’s not even a great con artist. More like a con apprentice. The things she has going for her are her cuteness and her ability to lie to your face and not back down, even if you are showing her solid evidence to the contrary, as a high school friend of hers described it. You’d be surprised at how far that will take you in the world. (sometimes all the way to jail, lol)
‘Purgery’ (forgive the pun) to occur one year from now, so that means Baez will have NO record of this problem on his record as it will be purged from the FLA bar records before Casey ever gets to trial. I guess this is good in one way, Casey can’t use this as an excuse to claim inadequate council. (not that I’d know if it would be a basis or not, given the team make up at this point)
Personally, I wish they hadn’t decided to seek the DP against Casey, and not just because of the proof issues.
I think the one who actually benefits most as a result of it, is Casey (cause in the circus tent of her defense team, she now has a LYON in her ring, and not merely BOZO the CLOWN).
Wait… Did I just type that???!
I must be starting to lose it!
That was terrible. I apologize. Truly.
I should have just said that having Lyon on her defense team is about the best darn thing to happen to Casey since July 15, 2008.
I happen to agree, and if Mac makes it to the big show, it is the one two punch. Silver I dont know if you have read any of my stuff on him, and then using your own accesses, review his actual case work, but he is a stellar litigator. My lawyer friends in Or LAWN Do are sick of me saying I have a professional crush on him, but I do. That said, if he makes it out of his boiling pot in Cali, I will need to be resucitated.
B
Sorry for my ignorance……… what is MSM?
Oh, Blink. Of the three, he is, by leaps and bounds, the best in the dog-n-pony show department. As much as people here don’t see it (due to his attachment to this particular case/not knowing his history), the man could charm the skin off a snake (let alone how he has affected you, silly goose! lol!)
MSM = Mainstream Media
LOL Silverspnr!! That’ why we love ya!!!
“…circus tent of her defense team, she now has a LYON in her ring, and not merely BOZO the CLOWN).”
‘Truly’… right… gotcha… ‘Absolutely and potentially TRULY’!!!
Hey, Blink– Baez was cleared!!! So too, will Mr. ToddyMacs I fear (but we, your loyal virtual friends and supporters will be hear to revive you to be sure (standing by…) … (I can’t help but relate his name in short form to FreddieMacs name… for some unknown reason… )
Mariann,
MSM stands for mainstream media. I’m wanting to know what HAC stands for…
Blink,
I’ve followed you over here from scared monkeys and wanted to let you know how much I appreciate what you are doing for those who cannot do for themselves. Your work is truly astounding and I’m learning so much from you and all of your wonderful contributors. It’s a pleasure and an honor to be in your presence. Best wishes, keep up the great work, and please stay safe!
msm, MSM = Main Stream Media (regular news sources)
Ok… is Linda K-B a big shaggy dog act with a bad hair dye job? (not a clown, but where does she fit in? I hesitate to speculate on that one)
I was reading that as “MSN”…sorry
Once you are a member of the Bar, it seems incredibly difficult to be tossed out. It has to be an egregious act with smoking gun evidence, it appears
Amiyah, I think HAC means the crime was “heinous, atrocious, and cruel”
Re:MSM- Thanks for the explanation! lol
Does anyone know if Baez lives in Orlando and if he has grade school aged children- Cause I SWEAR I saw him in dark shades waiting to pick a child up from my childrens’ school.