Prosecuting Casey Anthony Page #5

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she's not at universal studios.

Where was Casey?

[ Laughter ]

Thanks.

Do you know that drowning

is the leading cause of death

for kids under 5?

More kids drown

in pools in Florida

than any other state of

the union, including California.

There's no way

you think caylee drowned, Jeff.

Yeah, but it's like

all her lies...

just enough plausibility.

Caylee loved to swim.

She knew how to open

the sliding glass door

by herself.

She could climb up the steps

and get into the pool.

There are home movies

to prove it.

But it's not what happened,

or she'd have been found

in the pool,

not a swamp six months later.

[ Sighs ]

We just have to pick jurors

who can use common sense.

Day one of the trial

of the century.

That's what they're calling it.

As jury selection kicks off,

Casey Anthony

sits in court today

as juror after potential juror

speaks out.

I don't think

I could be neutral.

You couldn't get away from it.

I was hearing the story like

four to five times a day.

I just tuned it out, finally.

I haven't formed any opinion.

Maybe she did it,

maybe she didn't.

[ Voice breaking ] Honestly?

I've been praying for her,

the mother.

She lost her child.

My wife said she's guilty.

I look at her.

I see evil in her eyes.

I'm sorry, but that's what

I think. I can't help it.

We're over 100 people in,

and we're not even halfway home.

Dummies, skeptics, and a lot

of smokers, for some reason.

We're about

to dump one of them.

Listen to what this guy wrote

on his web page here.

"Book coming soon.

L.O.L."

Who's this?

Take a guess.

"Got the title,

cover, and all."

He was hustling.

There is a lot of that

going around.

The meter reader...

he got 15 grand

from

"good morning America."

Two minutes

about finding the body.

How about abc giving 200k

to team Casey

for photos of that baby?

They overpaid.

CBS got all the family albums

from George and Cindy

for only 20 grand.

Casey's ex-boyfriend...

I read that he got four grand

for a picture

of caylee in the pink t-shirt.

Oh, "big trouble

comes in small packages."

It's the last thing she wore.

Look, our case is rock solid.

Forensics say she's guilty.

Common sense says she's guilty,

and the jury is gonna

say she's guilty.

And do you know why?

Because she is guilty.

The murder trial of tot mom

Casey Anthony heats up,

Finally, reality hits.

The consequences of murder

and the brutal death

of 2-year-old

caylee Marie Anthony.

Jeff:
Baez is gonna try to use

shock and awe as a tactic.

You are his alternative story.

He needs to obliterate you.

So it's down

to me or Casey now?

Look, I'm not gonna tell you

not to love your daughter.

But you loved

your granddaughter, too.

So be calm, tell the truth,

and when I object...

and I will...

stop talking

until the judge rules.

All right?

I know Casey

did something to caylee,

but I just don't know what.

That's the first time you've

ever said that to me, George.

I'm glad the trial is starting.

I'll finally know the truth.

I'm not gonna lie to you,

George.

You've heard enough lies

to last a lifetime.

I don't think we're ever

gonna know the whole truth.

Only Casey knows that.

Well, I'm focused on caylee,

not Casey.

Me, too.

[ Indistinct shouting ]

[ Cheers and applause ]

[ Camera shutter clicks ]

[ Indistinct conversations ]

Bailiff:
All rise for the

honorable belvin Perry junior.

Linda:

It's time to tell the story

of a little girl

named caylee Marie Anthony.

Caylee lived

nearly every day of her life

on a quiet residential street

in Orlando

called hopespring drive.

Baez:
Hopespring drive.

Where, as you can see, it looks

like the all-American home.

You can drive by any home

in the United States

and never know

what secrets lie within.

On father's day, June 15, 2008,

Cindy Anthony took her

beautiful little granddaughter

to see her great-grandfather,

Cindy's father,

where Cindy took the last

known photograph of caylee.

The next photograph

of caylee Anthony

is taken on December 11, 2008.

The story of this case

is about what happened

between the photograph

taken on June 15th

and the photograph

taken on December 11th.

What happened

to caylee Marie Anthony?

Everyone wants to know

what happened.

How in the world

can a mother wait 31 days

before reporting

her missing child?

That's insane. It's bizarre!

The answer is quite simple.

Caylee was never missing.

Caylee Anthony died

when she drowned

in her family's swimming pool

on June 16, 2008.

When Casey Anthony

can't get out of the corner

that she has

painted herself into,

when her back

is against the wall,

what does Casey Anthony do?

After caylee drowned,

Casey did what she's been doing

all her life... hiding the pain.

She went into that dark corner,

where she pretends

that the situation she's in

isn't the life she's living.

Casey Anthony comes up

with a new and a bigger

and a better lie.

And that all started for

Casey when she was 8 years old

and her father

walked into her bedroom

and began

to touch her inappropriately.

Day 21.

Day 22. Day 23. Day 24. Day 25.

Day after day... 31 days.

No one knows where caylee is.

While Casey is just

gallivanting around Orlando,

captured on video

at a video store.

Baez:
Casey Anthony

was raised to lie.

This child at the age of 8

learned to lie immediately.

She could be [Sighs]

and have her father's penis

in her mouth

and go to school and play

with the other kids

as if nothing was wrong.

And where is caylee?

Where is caylee?

Casey and George

couldn't find her,

so they went outside.

Casey went to the left,

and George

headed towards the pool.

When Casey came back

around the corner of the house,

she saw George Anthony,

and he was

holding caylee's body.

And he was yelling,

"look what you've done!

"Your mother

is never going to forgive you,

"and you are going to go to jail

for child neglect

for the rest

of your fricking life!"

At the end of this case...

When this case is over...

you will

have no trouble concluding

that caylee Anthony was murdered

by her mother, Casey Anthony.

Baez:

...Someone's going to ask you,

"why did you find Casey Anthony

not guilty?"

You're gonna say, "they couldn't

tell me how she died.

"They couldn't prove

it was a murder.

"There was no evidence

of child abuse.

"There was no motive.

And that's why

we voted not guilty."

[ Indistinct conversations ]

The state calls George Anthony.

Now, take us to the morning

of June 16th of 2008.

It was a Monday.

Tell us how that day began.

It was a typical morning.

I just did

the normal-type stuff,

seeing Casey go off to work.

I'd blow caylee a kiss.

[ Smooches, blows ]

And I'd say,

"jojo, see you later."

She called me jojo.

And she'd blow a kiss back,

and then I'd give Casey a hug

and tell her to drive safe.

Just normal-type stuff,

and that was the last day

that I saw Casey

and caylee together.

Mr. Anthony,

I need to ask you some questions

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