However, these witnesses also admitted under cross-examination that when she was seen with her daughter she did not appear to be a bad mother or to mistreat Caylee. He described the disappearance of some gas cans from his shed, which he later confronted his daughter about. She retrieved them from the trunk of her car and returned them.
This occurred about a week after Caylee was last seen, but allegedly before anyone in the family knew she was missing. Before the gas cans were taken, George Anthony had left duct tape on one of them, and according to him, the returned cans had no duct tape. It had been found abandoned in a parking lot and towed two weeks earlier.
The decomposition of a human body is a very unique and recognizable smell to anyone with experience with it, and the manager testified that he has had that experience. George Anthony also claims familiarity with the stench through his time as a detective. Judge Belvin Perry questioned the probative nature of these messages, and suggested they would be excessively prejudicial, so the prosecution withdrew their attempted introduction of them.
For the full story of this testimony, go here. It was Cindy who finally reported Caylee missing a month after she last saw her, and her testimony focused on that month. The explanations involved a nanny named Zanny who was taking care of Caylee while Anthony attended work meetings, as well as a car accident during an outing in Tampa.
Another explanation was that they were staying in a hotel with a wealthy suitor. Hopkins said he knew Anthony from school, but had no children and had not introduced Anthony to a nanny for Caylee, as she had claimed. Several other aspects and details of her stories about him were also untrue, including their relationship, his job, and where he lived.
Testimony included a description of a statement and interview given by Anthony after Caylee was reported missing, in which she claimed Caylee had been kidnapped by the nanny introduced to her by Hopkins. Investigators were unable to find the nanny described by Anthony. Anthony claimed she did not come to the police after the kidnapping out of fear. She also said the hair from the trunk of the car contained a mark she had only seen in hairs from decomposing bodies—that is, hairs still in the scalp when the body started decomposing.
The DNA present in the hair shaft was also tested, but this was not DNA that can be linked to a single individual either. While hair ripped by the root can still contain nuclear DNA, the shaft of hair such as that found in the car contains only mitochondrial DNA. Unlike nuclear DNA, mitochondrial DNA does not change between generations, but is passed directly and intact from the mother to the child. The analyst described a particular band on the hair as consistent with decomposition, but this observation is based only on her experience, and is not a proven correlation.
Other interesting forensic evidence brought up included air samples taken from the car, which showed signs of gases consistent with decomposition, as well as chloroform, which is what the prosecution says Anthony used to kill her daughter. After hearing from multiple witnesses describing an odor of decomposition in the car, the jury heard evidence from experts regarding the same odor. A trash bag was found in the trunk and ruled out by technicians as being the source of the odor recognized by witnesses; a highly trained cadaver dog alerted on the trunk, indicating that a body had been stored within; and the jury heard from Arpad Vass, a forensic anthropologist conducting research at the body farm on decomposition.
Vass performed chemical tests on air samples from the trunk, carpet samples, the spare tire cover, and scrapings from the wheel well of the car. He testified that these results indicate only decomposing remains could account for the odor in the trunk.
He also testified that there were high levels of chloroform present in the samples—an important fact to the prosecution, which claims Anthony used chloroform on her daughter before smothering her.
Duct tape was found over the mouth, holding the jaw bone to the rest of the skull. Chief medical examiner Dr. While potentially disturbing, and therefore prejudicial to a jury, Judge Perry allowed this evidence because of its importance in the case.
Entomological evidence is the most accurate indication of time of death once the body has decomposed. July The not-guilty charge divided many people who followed the case. July Others, such as Tim Allen, right, and David Antolic, held signs of a different tone in front of a jail in Orlando on July 16, , the day before Anthony was released.
July 17, Casey was sentenced to four years in jail with credit for time served. Aftermath: Seven years after being acquitted of the death of her daughter, Casey Anthony, pictured here with her attorney Cheney Mason in , resides in West Palm Beach, Florida. In , Anthony told the Associated Press she's still not "certain The identity of Caylee's father has not been publicly revealed.
June 16, - Caylee is reportedly seen alive for the last time. July 15, - Casey's mother, Cindy Anthony, reports that Caylee is missing. Read More. July 16, - Anthony is arrested for child neglect, giving false statements and obstruction. She tells police her daughter vanished after she left her with a babysitter named Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez, who has also disappeared.
July 17, - Officers search Anthony's car and a cadaver dog picks up the scent of human decomposition. August 27, - Authorities say an air sample test from Anthony's car indicate there were human remains in the trunk.
October 14, - A grand jury indicts Anthony on capital murder and other charges. She pleads not guilty. December 11, - Skeletal remains are found in a wooded area near the Anthony home by a utility worker. December 19, - Authorities announce the remains have been identified as Caylee Anthony. April 13, - Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty, reversing an earlier decision not to pursue capital punishment.
May 9, - Jury selection begins. May 24, - The prosecution and defense deliver opening statements in an Orlando courthouse. June 6, - Forensic expert Arpad Vass testifies that the only plausible explanation for the odor in Anthony's car trunk is the presence of a decomposing human body.
June 9, - Anthony becomes ill and Judge Perry calls the court into recess for the day. June 15, - The prosecution rests. June 30, - The defense rests. Anthony does not testify. July 5, - The seven women and five men of the jury deliberate for 10 hours and 40 minutes before coming back with a verdict of not guilty of first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse and aggravated manslaughter of a child.
December 11, — Skeletal remains are found in a wooded area near the Anthony home by a utility worker. December 19, — Authorities announce the remains have been identified as Caylee Anthony. April 13, — Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty, reversing an earlier decision not to pursue capital punishment.
May 9, — Jury selection begins. May 24, — The prosecution and defense deliver opening statements in an Orlando courthouse. June 9, — Anthony becomes ill and Judge Perry calls the court into recess for the day. June 15, — The prosecution rests. June 30, — The defense rests. Anthony does not testify.
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