Casey Anthony Pre-Trial Hearing Tomorrow: The Motions

When I watch a hearing where motions are being heard, I like to have read the motions beforehand. Unfortunately, the media has not been providing us with copies of all the motions lately. I woke up this morning to the good news that my friend, Muzikman, had made the trip to the courthouse to get copies of the missing documents. Right now, he's my hero!

Today, I will cover the new documents. Previous motions were discussed in the previous article, just scroll down to read it.

One motion, the defense Motion for Reconsideration has attracted motions in opposition.

Orange County filed a motion on behalf of the jail which essentially tells the Court that nothing in the Bent decision relates to what the defense is asking for.

Key points in the Orange County pleading include:

The recent decision in Bent, entered on September 29, 2010, holds that audio recordings of personal inmate phone calls are not public record as audio recordings of personal inmate calls do not constitute "official business" of the jail. Therefore, the narrow holding in Bent is that such calls are not subject to disclosure under the Public Records Act, unless the content involves a crime or security issues...

The Bent decision distinguishes personal calls of inmates from "mail logs or logs of phone numbers called" which are records created by the jail...

The Bent decision actually supports deeming the logs public records subject to disclosure under the Public Records Act by stating, "The recordings at issue are personal phone calls, as opposed to records generated by BSO (here it would be the jail, such as mail logs or logs of phone numbers call." ID. This distinction shows that Court in Bent was issuing a very narrow ruling and did not intend to include jail logs in its exemption from disclosure, but intended to specifically exclude them

The Orlando Sun Sentinel also filed a response to the motion. Their motion agrees with what I wrote in my previous article, the motion is premature because it is subject to appeal. Indeed, the Sun Sentinel motion states that:

6. The Bent decision, however, is not yet final. The Sun-Sentinel has filed a motion for rehearing that remains pending... Until the Bend decision is final, Defendant's Motion for Reconsideration is, at best, premature. More importantly, the Bent decision is inapplicable to the facts underlying this motion and does not alter the public records analysis for records the Defendant seeks to seal.

It is worth reading this motion just for the footnote which in essence states that even if the Bent decision were final, it would still not apply in this case. From what I understand, the motion was turned in with about 50 pages of legal references.

I have a strong feeling this defense motion will go nowhere tomorrow. My only question is if Judge Perry will postpone hearing it until the Bent appeal is final, or if he will toss it on the other grounds stated in both the motions filed against it.

While the amended docket for the hearing does not include this filing, I'm pretty sure that the judge will hear it. It's a motion by Assistant State's Attorney Linda Drane Burdick. On October 26, she filed the State Of Florida's Motion To Extend Deposition Deadline For Specified Non-Expert Defense Witnesses Listed After May 2010. We already know that Judge Perry extended the deadline for witnesses listed by the State after May 24, 2010. We all remember Mr. Baez whining about them as he fumbled with the color-coded charts. The judge gave the defense until the end of December for these.

Ms. Drane Burdick is only asking for an extension of 30 (thirty) days. Snippets from the following paragraphs will clue you in to the problems the State is having. Read it and think what the defense would say if the State did the same to them!

7. ... In the Order Memorializing Status Hearing, the court ordered the submission of a list of these witnesses by October 18, 2010 at noon. The defense has not submitted to the undersigned a list of ordinary witnesses disclosed after May 24, 2010 for which they wish to extend the deposition deadline as per the Court's order.

Remember, October 31 is "Pumpkin Time"!

8. (The State lists names of those interviewed/deposed already) ...Guillermo Medino lives in Mexico and has not been in Florida since 2008...

The only information provided for Travis Sanders was that he lives in Northern California along with his e-mail address. Efforts to contact him via email have been unsuccessful.

An incorrect address was provided for Gail St. John and Tamra St. John in Ohio. Efforts to contact Ms. St. John through her web site have been ignored and the undersigned is in the process of obtaining service of process on the St. Johns in Ohio.

The attorney for Brandon Sparks has stopped responding to requests to set his deposition and the undersigned has had contact with prosecutors in King County, Washington in an effort to secure his presence at deposition.

9. The deposition of Laura Buchanan began on August 16, 2010 via Skype from New Jersey. At the time of the deposition, Mrs. Buchanan was represented by Raymond M. Brown of Iselin, New Jersey. By agreement of the parties, the deposition was suspended and was scheduled for completion on October 13, 2010 via Cisco Webex. On October 11, the undersigned was advised via email that Mrs. Buchanan was ill and would not be able to attend the October 13 deposition. On October 21, 2010, Mr. Brown advised that Mrs. Buchanan had retained new counsel in Ft. Lauderdale, FL and the deposition would not be able to be rescheduled before October 31, 2010. New counsel, Bernard Cassidy, is in the process of familiarizing himself with his client's involvement in the case and has agreed to discuss rescheduling the remainder of the deposition in the near future.

I'm going out on a big limb and this is purely speculation on my part; I'm seriously wondering if these "witnesses" have all been "Lyonized" and are now regretting what they told the defense PI, or what the defense PI got them to say. In paragraph 11 of the document, Ms. Drane Burdick very elegantly outlines the State's frustrations.

The office of the undersigned has worked diligently to identify those witnesses who would require depositions despite having no statement detailing the subject matter of their testimony, no telephone contact information, and in some cases, no contact information at all. All local witnesses have been deposed via telephone conference, Skype or Webex. Efforts have been made to coordinate and secure the attendance of the remaining witnesses, but due to their location and, for some, lack of cooperation, additional time is needed to complete the process.

As Ms. Drane Burdick pointed out in the September status hearing, she is sorely lacking in defense discovery. All she has is a list of names and no idea why they are on the defense list. I can't believe Judge Perry will be happy with this. The defense still isn't playing by the rules!

Finally, we now have a copy of the defense Motion for Clarification. It's a recap of that the judge ruled at the original JAC hearing and lists the amounts payable to expert witnesses. I'm still trying to figure out what it is they need clarified! I guess we'll find out tomorrow at 1:30 PM.

Update!

This is just in from WFTV:

Former meter reader Roy Kronk's son was to be deposed Thursday as well, but court records show Brandon Sparks is not cooperating. Sparks claims Kronk, who found Caylee's remains, appeared to have inside information.

Here's another example of a DEFENSE witness who doesn't seem to want to talk to the State. This is all very strange, indeed! I don't know about you, but if I volunteered information to the defense team, I would want the State to know exactly what I said.

It's $$$ Day! How much will Casey Anthony's defense team get?

Tomorrow at 9:00 AM, there will be a hearing between Judge Belvin Perry, the JAC (the money people) and Casey Anthony's attorneys Jose Baez and Cheney Mason.

Money will be the one and only issue discussed. According to Judge Perry's ORDER, the defense is to be prepared to provide information about the budget for the case which, among other items:

...an estimate of the number of hours to be expended by expert witnesses and whether those witnesses can comply with JAC rates.

InSession has just announced that they will be airing the hearing live. I'm sure all the regular outlets will air the hearing as well.

As for the civil case hearing yesterday, it was literally over before it began. There was a video feed, but no sound. Later on, WFTV reported that:

During a pre-trial hearing Tuesday afternoon, a judge delayed the start date for the civil trial Casey Anthony is facing.

The trial had been scheduled for June 14, but because of things not being completed, rulings still awaiting decisions and more information to review, both parties said they would not be ready for the June date.

Instead, the judge said that the trial wouldn’t start until the first quarter of next year, but a date has not been set.

Read more details HERE from the Orlando Sentinel.

Tomorrow should be another interesting hearing!

UPDATE!

It is being reported by WESH that

Anthony's lawyers are asking the judge to seal all state records indicating how her defense is funded.

In a new motion, Anthony's attorney, Jose Baez, argues public disclosure of invoices they submit for reimbursement will lead to "rampant speculation as to the defense strategy."

Thanks to Muzikman over at Websleuths for the pertinent documents!

Motion to Seal All Justice Administration Commission Documents

Amended Motion For Justice Administration Commission
Hearing And Motion For Approval Of Out Of State Mitigation
Specialist An Expert Witnesses

Both motions were filed by Jose Baez yesterday at 4:18 PM.

The first motion is very simple. It states that the JAC is a State agency and is subject to public access. He then indicates that the JAC allows records to be sealed if a a court order is obtained, although he cites no rules or statutes.

His reason is stated in the 4th paragraph (the second #3).

Documents and requests for funding will lead to endless speculation as to the Defense strategy for defending Miss. Anthony and could ultimately affect her right to a fair trial.

The second motion asks the Court's permission to use out-of-state experts. Throughout the motion, Baez makes reference to the fact that these experts have already spent many hours working on the case and going over discovery. It would be a waste of the State's money to have Florida experts start from the beginning.

All of the experts mentioned are willing to work for the fee stipulated by the JAC. Experts specifically named in the motion are:

Ms. Jeanene Barrett - Mitigation Specialist

Mortimer Smith - Investigator

Other than those two, the rest are listed under Out Of State Expert Witnesses.

As usual, there is a portion of this motion which I find especially interesting. In this case, it is paragraph 18 in the expert witness section. It provides a window into Baez' interpretation of the case.

18. The natural progression of this case through it's (sic) twists and turns has left all parties never knowing what will happen next, much less being able to anticipate the opposing parties next move, at least from a defense standpoint.

I find this part quite interesting because Baez is saying that it's the State that is causing him to never know what is coming next. I'd contend that the State has even more difficulty guessing what the defense will pull next.

What started out as a Child neglect case quickly catapulted into a homicide investigation to a First Degree Murder Indictment without a body, to one with a body, to a full blown Death Penalty Case. The argument being that it was extremely difficult to anticipate what type of case will ultimately go to trial?

I would guess that the constant changing of the nature of the case was that Casey Anthony was the one who didn't report her child missing for 31 days (child neglect). It was her car that reeked of death. (homicide) Once Caylee's remains were found with duct tape over the face, we were up to a death penalty case.

The last sentence there leave me baffled and confused as it starts as a statement and ends as a question.

The fact is that this case has had as many twists and turns as there have been lies and deceit by Ms. Anthony and her supporters.

Casey Anthony: The Case Goes On...

It was not a smooth day in court today for those of us who watched it on InSession or live-streamed. The first part of the hearing was blacked out due to feed problems. Fortunately, I've been able to fill in the blanks from the media accounts and reporting by the wonderful Beth Karas. Prior to the hearing it was announced that the Motion To Dismiss Due To Spoliation Of Evidence would not be heard today since the defense had not provided a witness list.

On September 10, the State filed a Motion To Compel Reciprocal Discovery concerning defense attorney Todd Macaluso's claims at the August 21 hearing that the defense had "substantial evidence" that the body of Caylee Anthony had been placed in its final location while Casey Anthony was in jail. Macaluso added that the defense had "substantial evidence" that Casey Anthony was innocent. In their motion, the State requested a witness list of those who would testify to these facts. According to the Orlando Sentinel,

Strickland ordered the defense to provide a witness list to the state by Feb. 1 or else explain why it can't do so. Prosecutors want to interview the witnesses who can support the defense’s claim.

Based on the ongoing media presence of members of the defense team, it appears to me that they are making broad statements about the evidence, but are loathe to disclose any specific evidence to the State to back up their claims. More than once, Jose Baez has stated that what the defense has to support their claims will come out at the trial. Likewise, Baez has frequently stated that Casey Anthony had "compelling reasons" she had acted as she did and it would come out at the trial. Unfortunately, Baez and his defense team is required to provide reciprocal discovery prior to the trial. While I can respect that the defense wants to keep as much information as possible in their pocket, it is necessary to disclose information to support their motions.

Next, Judge Stan Strickland addressed the State’s Motion to Strike Defendant’s Legally Flawed Motion to Dismiss Counts I and II.

In their original motion, the defense had argued that the judge should dismiss Count I (murder charge) because,

Even viewed in the light most favorable to the prosecution, the undisputed facts of this case show that the prosecution cannot prove its prima facie case for first degree murder.

The defense, in support of dropping Count II (the child abuse charges) indicated that,

There is no evidence showing that Miss Anthony ever harmed Caylee Anthony. In fact, the facts show that Miss Anthony was a good mother and provided Caylee Anthony with a safe and secure living environment.

The prosecution came back with their motion to strike indicating that it was legally flawed for a number of reasons.

The defense's Addendum filed October 6, included the same vague language as the original motion and included a sworn statement by Casey Anthony which stated,

I, Casey Marie Anthony, do hereby swear and affirm that the matters contained in the (sic) her previously filed Motion to Dismiss Counts I and II of the Indictment, and this Addendum, are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

I do hereby swear to the following:

1. I did not report my daughter missing until my mother called on July 15th 200.

2. I did tell law enforcement that I had dropped off my child with a person named Zenaida Fernandez Gonzalez when questioned by Law Enforcement.

In court, Linda Drane Burdick attacked both the original motion and the addendum. She told the court that the addendum was as flawed as the original motions. She stated that having beliefs or believing someone would testify to something wasn't appropriate in a motion. In addition, she pointed out that the motion and addendum contained no facts and use such terms as "allegedly" and "reportedly". She also indicated that the motion was essentially a farce and full of impermissible language. It's my opinion she totally slammed the defense in her presentation. If she was correct, there was nothing permissible in the entire motion and addendum.

Defense attorney Andrea Lyon spoke on behalf of the defense. She indicated that the Florida legislature never intended for a person to swear to something of which they had no knowledge. She also said that the motion contained sworn police reports and self-authenticating documents. She indicated that Casey Anthony could not swear to information in reports such as those of the medical examiner.

She also indicated that some of the arguments in the State's response were more appropriate to a demurrer. She asked the judge to dismiss the Motion to Strike and allow the State to come back with a demurrer if they chose and then set another hearing date. She indicated that it was a simple matter.

Judge Strickland added a slight bit of humor by wondering if the matter were so simple, why was he having a hard time with it. He indicated that since he had not had the opportunity to read all the defense material, he would rule on it later today.

Later, Strickland did rule, granting the State's motion. In his decision, Strickland stated that,

...While the lengthy motion is both thoughtful and interesting, it does not meet the requirements of Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.190(c)(4) which allows a defendant to move for dismissal alleging that there are no material disputed facts, and the undisputed facts do not establish a prima facia case of guilt against the defendant. While certain facts are undisputed, the bulk of the material facts are disputed.

The motion was granted without prejudice, so I would imagine the defense will be back when they have some facts to offer and Casey Anthony can swear to them. For the time being, Counts I and II remain firmly in place.

Next up was a motion I never got around to discussing. It was filed by the defense on October 12, and I thought I had some more time to read it and digest its content. However, the defense Motion To Modify Order Compeling(sic) Access To Crime Scene Photographs For Defense Experts ties directly to the motions on "spoliation" not discussed today. Apparently, the defense experts are having a difficult time working with the photographs of the remains. They are unable to have hard copies of them or to manipulate them as they need to conduct their investigations.

This is one motion I had mixed feelings about. As Drane Burdick indicated at the hearing, the main concern was that if the defense experts were out of state they would not be easily held liable for unexpected dissemination to the tabloid media. Once a disk was in the hands of the experts, there would be the possibility that someone could steal it or make unauthorized copies and make a small fortune. The thought of pictures of what little remained of Caylee Anthony after so many months in the elements getting out into the public is totally abhorrent to me.

On the other hand, I want Casey Anthony to have the best possible defense. I want the defense experts to have every opportunity to study the pictures for themselves under the best of circumstances. I want future defense motions to be based on solid, factual information that can be rationally discussed in the pre-trial hearings.

Judge Strickland did grant the motion. He will allow Baez and Lyon to have copies of the disk burned and personally delivered to the experts. With that decision, the defense team has taken on the mighty burden of protecting the privacy of Caylee Anthony. I hope that they do.

I would like to cite what to me was an electrifying moment in the discussion of the photographs.

Judge Strickland: State, your principle objection is just that the nature of the photos and to protect the family even though they're on the other side of the fence, right?

Linda Drane Burdick: No, I, actually my position is not to protect the family, my position is to protect the child who is deceased....

When she made that statement I am told by those who attended the hearing that Cindy Anthony began to say something and was restrained by her husband, George. Casey has a visible reaction to the comment and was comforted by Andrea Lyon.

I give kudos here to Ms. Drane Burdick. She made it clear to one and all that her one and only concern as a State's Assistant Attorney is to stand up for Caylee Anthony and getting justice for her.

Shortly after granting the motion, the hearing broke up. As people were milling around, it was amusing to hear Judge Strickland ask to see the man in the second row with the striped gray shirt. It turns out it was Marinade Dave! We should be hearing about his experiences soon, so do check out his blog for his take on the hearing and his meeting with Judge Strickland.

Video of the hearing

One additional note: Judge Strickland has set January 25, 2010 as the date for Casey's check fraud trial. He also set December 18 for a status hearing. I will post about this trial and the motions for it once I've had a chance to wade through them.

Death penalty back on the table for Casey Anthony

From WFTV

Casey Anthony could be put to death for the murder of her daughter Caylee. Late Monday afternoon, Eyewitness News learned the State Attorney's Office will be pursuing the death penalty in the case against Casey.

Six days before Caylee's remains were found around the corner from family's house, prosecutors had decided not to seek the death penalty against her mother Casey. But on December 11, all that changed and evidence found at the remains scene has convinced prosecutors Casey deserves to lose her life for what she did to her daughter.

"Based upon additional information that has become available since the waiver of intent to seek the penalty of death filed on December 5, 2008, sufficient aggravating circumstances exist to justify the imposition of the Death Penalty," the filed letter states.
The legal aggravating circumstances that would apply in this case would be that the murder was cruel and atrocious and cold, calculated and premeditated.

Read today's NOTICE OF INTENT

At this point, Jose Baez will have to find a death qualified attorney to lead the defense as he lacks the experience.

I would love to hear what you have to say.

Haleigh Cummings – The Search Continues

It's been almost a week since Haleigh was reported missing. She was last seen in her father's Satsuma, Florida trailer about 10 p.m. Monday.

Ronald Cummings' girlfriend was the last person to see Haleigh alive. She told police she noticed the child was missing when she got up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom.

The initial reports indicated the girlfriend, 17-year-old Misty Croslin, had been sleeping next to the girl. Croslin now says that she had been sleeping beside Haleigh's younger brother. Croslin said Haleigh was in her own bed when she went to sleep. Croslin awoke hours later and found Haleigh was gone.

There was no sign of forced entry and the back door to Cummings mobile home held open by a brick.

Haleigh's father, his girlfriend, and the child's mother are all cooperating with the investigation. Investigators do not have any suspects but, they have not ruled anyone out.

Each person who is interviewed has the chance to take a lie detection test that includes dozens of sex offenders who live nearby. Both Cummings and Croslin passed the polygraphs.

Several objects deemed "items of interest" found by searchers on Friday are not related to Haleigh's disappearance according to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office.

Officials have suspended the dive searches in the St. Johns River, but air and ground searches will continue.

Haleigh’s maternal grandmother, Marie Griffis, believes Haleigh is still alive and regrets criticizing Cummings and Croslin earlier during a TV interview.

"I'm too old to be criticizing the two, because they're still babies," she said, referring to 25-year-old Cummings and 17-year-old Croslin. "I feel maybe I've done some damage to Misty's heart, and I can't live with myself for doing that.

"The Lord knows that I want to apologize ... and I want to do it face to face," Griffis said.

Griffis' daughter, Crystal Sheffield, is Haleigh's biological mother.

Every interview with family members show how distraught they are - nothing like what we've seen with Casey Anthony.

Gainesville.com

Orlando Sentinel

CASEY’S BACK IN JAIL - THE CIRCUS CONTINUES

Guest Entry By Ritanita

It was quite a week in Orlando. On Tuesday, October 14, a grand jury indicted Casey Anthony on charges including ffirst-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter and four counts of false statements to law enforcement The grand jury heard testimony from Casey’s father George as well as a cadaver dog handler for the Orange County Sheriff's Office, an FBI special agent, and a lab expert. Two OCSD officers including Det. Yuri Melich also testified. It took the grand jury only half an hour to reach their decision on the charges.

Now, Casey is back in jail all by herself following a convoluted "surrender" which involved a ride with mom Cindy down by the airport, a quick switch to her bail-bondsman’s vehicle. In the end, police pulled over the SUV at a road stop and arrested Casey.

Meanwhile, her attorney Jose Baez and his PR representative, Todd Black caused quite a ruckus last week when Black made a statement on CNN stating, "This is a very serious case, involving not just the loss of the life of this little girl, but the loss of whatever is going to happen with Casey Anthony."

Baez called a news conference to state that Black was taken out of context, and Black himself has sent out a few press releases making the same assertion. Neither gentleman helped his own credibility in this tussle. Any person who viewed the original interview and the raw footage could clearly tell that this was not the case.

Listen to the original interview here: WFTV

Jose Baez’s press conference about this issue: WFTV

Todd Black’s response: WFTV

Sorry guys, no amount of spinning is ever going to take that comment back! Perhaps if you both had simply said that Mr. Black had mis-spoken you just might not have made laughingstocks of yourself in the media.

In addition to this circus-quality performance, Cindy Anthony added some of her own special spin. On the eve of the grand jury indictment, she gave an "exclusive" interview with Fox 35's Holly Bristow in which she rambled on and on about how Caylee is alive. If you haven’t seen it, check it out.

My Fox Orlando

The next day, during the vehicle switcheroo, Cindy let Holly know she’ll get "no more exclusives" because she followed Cindy’s vehicle!

Now, Casey faces arraignment on the latest charges on October 28 before Orange County Circuit Court Judge Stan Strickland at 8:45 AM.

WFTV

WFTV

Orlando Sentinel

LATEST NEWS

WOFL/Fox 35 had just stated that charges of child neglect against Casey Anthony have been dropped.

The child neglect charges were based on the assumption that Caylee Anthony was still alive, according a court media release. Casey Anthony has also been charged with aggravated manslaughter and four counts of lying to investigators.

Lawson Lamar, the State Attorney prosecuting the case, declined further comment. Officials said in the release that they don't wish to feed a media frenzy that would lead to a change of venue.

My Fox Orlando

Yikes ritanita! Many, many thanks!!!

Caylee Anthony Is Dead

~Caylee Anthony




A spokesman for the defense team told a national television news station that Casey’s young daughter Caylee is dead.

Todd Black, Baez's spokesman, was live on a phone interview on CNN Wednesday night when he said, "It's very difficult. This is a serious case involving not just the loss of the life of this little girl, but the loss of whatever is going to happen with Casey Anthony." He faltered slightly after saying the girl died.

Did Todd Black slip up?

Orlando Sentinel

Todd Black Interview with CNN

CNN Find Caylee Blog

Casey and Caylee Anthony Case: New Documents Released

The Orange County Sheriff's Office released approximately 600 more pages of documents to the public. (Okay, it's only 591 but that's still a bunch!) At this point, it I've not been able to find a source where all six hundred documents have been put up on a server by a media group. If anyone finds a link, please email me so I can include it in the blog.

The Orlando Sentinel has put up 317 pages so far.

Here's a key that ritanita has made:

Tony Lazzaro: Pp. 1-34
Amy Huizenga: Pp. 35-79
Text messages: P. 80
Brittany Schieber: Pp. 81-98
Ricardo Morales: Pp. 99-127
Troy Brown: Pp. 129-146
Lauren Gibbs: Pp. 147-158
Brian Bruner: Pp. 159-179
William Waters: Pp. 179-197
Lee Anthony: Pp. 99-266
Jesse Grund: Pp. 267-310 (two interviews)
Calendar pages: Pp. 311-317

WFTV Report

WFTV's Lee Anthony Transcript

WFTV's Tony Lazzaro Transcript

CNN Find Caylee Blog

Thank you ritanita for outlining where to find the various interviews in all those pages!

Casey Anthony Continues To Sit In Jail With Her Mouth Shut

There is an offer on the table from the State Attorney's Office if she chooses to speak about what happened by Tuesday. The deal comes off the table at 9 am.

Meanwhile, mixed stories continue to surface as to whether or not little Caylee is alive or not. All of these stories have appeared in the past 7 hours!

WESH: For the first time on the record on Sunday, Orange County investigators acknowledged that recent FBI lab tests indicated that Caylee Anthony's body was in her mother's trunk and that the child is dead.

Orlando Sentinel: "Since we've gotten things back from the FBI lab, we know that we're probably looking for a body," said Sgt. John Allen. "We're to the point in the investigation where we think it'd be good to go back and retrace some of our steps."

Local 6: Orange County sheriff's deputies said Sunday they are not ready to confirm that missing Caylee Anthony is dead or that her body was in the trunk of her mother's car.

While I’ve lost all hope that Caylee is alive, I don’t think the media is helping matters with the conflicting reports! It’s almost like listening to Cindy Anthony!

Kitty Malone says: I'm confused and IRKED! You know what I'm saying? How can 3 local papers have 3 different reports? Crack head writers? Okay, that was harsh, but come on! Please!

Hopefully, we will get some clarification from the Sheriff's Office today.

On Sunday, a Sheriff's Office helicopter was sent up with EquuSearch's infrared equipment to help map the search area and look for things such as recently disturbed areas or fresh tire tracks.

Volunteers searched and area north of Orlando International Airport. The area is roughly seven miles from the Anthony home.

Thank you Kitty Malone for your help!
CNN.com