Casey Anthony Paper

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Casey Anthony Trial

The trial of Casey Anthony involves the death of the two-year-old daughter of Casey Anthony, Caylee Anthony. Basing on the events, Casey supposedly left the house together with Caylee on the 16th of June 2008. Casey did not provide her parents any details on the exact location of her daughter. However, an online post allowed the parents of Casey to locate the car of their daughter on July 15. The car was inside the yard of a towing company. The stench of a dead body was noted inside the car. The parents of Casey were not convinced by Casey. On the 15th of July 2008 or 30 days after Caylee disappeared, a missing person report was filed for the child.

Criminal Process

Detective Yuri Melich noted a number of inconsistencies on the statements of Casey. Casey did not get the services of Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzales as a nanny, which was discovered later. According to Casey, Gonzales abducted her baby. Casey was arrested on July 16 with the charge of giving a misleading statement, neglect of her child, and hindering a criminal investigation. The cousin of Casey posted a $500,000 bond for the temporary freedom of Casey, who was released on August 21 or around a month after she was detained. She was released once again on the 5th of September 2008 Casey was released on bail as she for other charges after she was made to wear an electronic monitoring device. She was arraigned for aggravated manslaughter of a child, first-degree murder, and four counts of giving incorrect information on 14th of October 2008. The charge of child abuse was later withdrawn on the 21st of October. Casey Anthony was cleared of all charges in connection to first-degree murder, manslaughter and child abuse on the 5th of July 2011. She was given a one-year jail sentence but was released on the 17th of July 2011 due to good behavior. She was also fined $1,000 for each false statement that she...