George Anthony Lashes Out At Media; Casey Refuses Brother's Visit
Posted: 11:54 am EDT August 8, 2008Updated: 1:11 pm EDT August 8, 2008
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- There was an angry and emotional outburst Friday morning from the grandfather of missing 2-year-old Caylee Anthony. There was also emotion at the Orange County jail, frustration from Lee Anthony when his sister Casey refused to see him.
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SEARCH WARRANT: Document For Anthony House Search Warrant (PDF)
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It's been 24 days since Caylee Anthony was reported missing and the search for her is starting to take its toll on George Anthony. He lashed out at the media."I'm not talking to anybody. Stay off of my property! Stay away from me. Stay away right now!" he yelled at the media Friday morning as he took garbage to the curb.George yelled at members of the media that have been documenting his every move since 2-year-old Caylee was reported missing more than three weeks ago. Clearly, the stress is wearing him down."You people have no idea what we are going through! You don't care about me! You don't care about her! You don't care about my granddaughter!" George shouted at the media. "You want sensationalism. Shut up! I'm talking. I am talking!"This was on the same day the toddler's mother, Casey Anthony, rejected a visit at the jail by her brother Lee and one day after Orange County investigators released new details in the case that they say is filled with inconsistencies.Detectives said what Casey has been telling them all along about her missing daughter simply doesn't add up. Caylee's grandmother Cindy stayed behind Friday morning to explain why George is falling apart."He's been angry every day, you just haven't seen it. Ok? You hear something that finally comes to a head, stuff that festers. Anger has been there since day one," she said. "Angry at the situation. Angry that Caylee is not home. Angry at a lot of things. We're helpless."Little Caylee turns three Saturday, August 9. Cindy said the family bought a closet full of presents for her. Perhaps they are beginning to realize the child might not be there for that celebration.
CASEY REFUSES SCHEDULED VISIT WITH BROTHER LEEWhen Lee Anthony showed up at the Orange County jail Friday morning for a scheduled visit, Casey didn't want to see him. Lee had plenty to say when he arrived, but not a word when he left.Lee spoke at length with reporters before his scheduled visitation about how he still believes Casey's story despite mounting evidence against her, but when he sat down to talk to her inside the video visitation center, he was told she didn't want to.Lee was asked if he thought his sister was being truthful."To the best of her ability right now, I do," he said.Sounding at times like his sister's defense attorney, Lee Anthony dismissed a recent statement by one Zenaida Gonzalez that she's not Caylee's nanny and never heard of the missing girl."There are particular phone call records from that day that are extremely interesting," Lee said. "To try and pinpoint, you know, the idea that it's that person is ridiculous."Detectives allege there was no phone call from a Zenaida Gonzalez or anyone at the time Casey said she talked to Caylee. But Lee isn't so sure."There's plenty of calls unaccounted for. There are some calls that didn't have a caller ID," he said.The 25-year-old account manager maintained he's keeping an open mind about what happened to Caylee while he carries on his own investigation with the help of volunteers and friends. And, since right now the most serious charge against his sister is child neglect, he won't speculate she's done anything worse."Frankly, I wouldn't be here if I thought she wasn't still cooperating with me," he said.But Friday, she didn't. When Casey was asked by a corrections officer if she wanted to meet with her brother, she declined."I've just been informed by the visitation supervisor that when visitation session started, Casey Anthony was not at the visitation unit over in her housing area. Correctional officer came on over the screen and told Mr. Anthony that Casey did not wish to have the visit occur and then he left," said Allen Moore, Orange County Corrections. "She did not wish to have the visit. No reason was given for this. It's the inmate's right not to conduct a visitation if they choose to."The corrections officer asked three times if she was sure she didn't want to visit and each time Casey said no. He has rescheduled a visit with her for next Tuesday at 9:00am.
DIVERS TRAINING NEAR ANTHONY HOMEThe Orange County sheriff's dive team members are searching waterways near the Anthony home. Eyewitness News has been told it's part of a routine monthly training, but there is crime scene tape up blocking the search area.The second Eyewitness News drove up, deputies started taping areas off with crime scene tape. Across the lake, they taped off more areas. Even though deputies said it's not really a crime scene investigation, it sure looked that way."Just training," an official said.Even as deputies unfurled crime scene tape around the water, they insisted the massive search just down the street from missing toddler Caylee Anthony's home is nothing but routine training, but the crime scene tape and way they're acting certainly suggests otherwise.Dive teams entered the water while a sheriff's office boat slowly circled the area. That's when a deputy asked Eyewitness News to move the news truck."It's got nothing to do with a crime scene. It's got everything to do with it's against the law to park on a sidewalk, period," an official said.Eyewitness News offered to move to the grass, but the deputy said no. His order to leave made it seem like there may be something more than training going on. Eyewitness News also asked if equipment on the boat could detect bodies underwater, but the deputies on scene weren't allowed to say.A captain with the sheriff's public information office insisted late Friday morning that it's just scheduled training, but he admitted, given the circumstances, they'll have their eyes open just in case. He also said the tape was needed to stop media from interfering with training.
DEFENSE TEAM AGAIN TRYING TO LOWER BONDCasey Anthony's defense team is trying again Friday to reduce her $500,000 bond. A motion was delivered Friday morning to the Fifth District Court of Appeals in Daytona Beach.Judges inside the court are reviewing the motion for a rehearing on the denial of a lower bail for Casey. It was a week ago the same court did not see enough evidence to overturn her bond.The rehearing request isn't necessarily an unusual step. Sometimes the court will deny an appeal and then new information comes up and attorneys ask them to reconsider the case.The formal charges filed against Casey did not include murder and the state had argued that the possibility of murder was one reason Anthony should stay in jail with her $500,000 bond. There were some documents attached to the actual arguments filed by attorneys Friday morning, but it won't be known exactly what was in all the paperwork until the court is finished reviewing it.It's not clear if the court will make a decision Friday or if they'll ask for a response from the state first.
It's been 24 days since Caylee Anthony was reported missing and the search for her is starting to take its toll on George Anthony. He lashed out at the media."I'm not talking to anybody. Stay off of my property! Stay away from me. Stay away right now!" he yelled at the media Friday morning as he took garbage to the curb.George yelled at members of the media that have been documenting his every move since 2-year-old Caylee was reported missing more than three weeks ago. Clearly, the stress is wearing him down."You people have no idea what we are going through! You don't care about me! You don't care about her! You don't care about my granddaughter!" George shouted at the media. "You want sensationalism. Shut up! I'm talking. I am talking!"This was on the same day the toddler's mother, Casey Anthony, rejected a visit at the jail by her brother Lee and one day after Orange County investigators released new details in the case that they say is filled with inconsistencies.Detectives said what Casey has been telling them all along about her missing daughter simply doesn't add up. Caylee's grandmother Cindy stayed behind Friday morning to explain why George is falling apart."He's been angry every day, you just haven't seen it. Ok? You hear something that finally comes to a head, stuff that festers. Anger has been there since day one," she said. "Angry at the situation. Angry that Caylee is not home. Angry at a lot of things. We're helpless."Little Caylee turns three Saturday, August 9. Cindy said the family bought a closet full of presents for her. Perhaps they are beginning to realize the child might not be there for that celebration.
CASEY REFUSES SCHEDULED VISIT WITH BROTHER LEEWhen Lee Anthony showed up at the Orange County jail Friday morning for a scheduled visit, Casey didn't want to see him. Lee had plenty to say when he arrived, but not a word when he left.Lee spoke at length with reporters before his scheduled visitation about how he still believes Casey's story despite mounting evidence against her, but when he sat down to talk to her inside the video visitation center, he was told she didn't want to.Lee was asked if he thought his sister was being truthful."To the best of her ability right now, I do," he said.Sounding at times like his sister's defense attorney, Lee Anthony dismissed a recent statement by one Zenaida Gonzalez that she's not Caylee's nanny and never heard of the missing girl."There are particular phone call records from that day that are extremely interesting," Lee said. "To try and pinpoint, you know, the idea that it's that person is ridiculous."Detectives allege there was no phone call from a Zenaida Gonzalez or anyone at the time Casey said she talked to Caylee. But Lee isn't so sure."There's plenty of calls unaccounted for. There are some calls that didn't have a caller ID," he said.The 25-year-old account manager maintained he's keeping an open mind about what happened to Caylee while he carries on his own investigation with the help of volunteers and friends. And, since right now the most serious charge against his sister is child neglect, he won't speculate she's done anything worse."Frankly, I wouldn't be here if I thought she wasn't still cooperating with me," he said.But Friday, she didn't. When Casey was asked by a corrections officer if she wanted to meet with her brother, she declined."I've just been informed by the visitation supervisor that when visitation session started, Casey Anthony was not at the visitation unit over in her housing area. Correctional officer came on over the screen and told Mr. Anthony that Casey did not wish to have the visit occur and then he left," said Allen Moore, Orange County Corrections. "She did not wish to have the visit. No reason was given for this. It's the inmate's right not to conduct a visitation if they choose to."The corrections officer asked three times if she was sure she didn't want to visit and each time Casey said no. He has rescheduled a visit with her for next Tuesday at 9:00am.
DIVERS TRAINING NEAR ANTHONY HOMEThe Orange County sheriff's dive team members are searching waterways near the Anthony home. Eyewitness News has been told it's part of a routine monthly training, but there is crime scene tape up blocking the search area.The second Eyewitness News drove up, deputies started taping areas off with crime scene tape. Across the lake, they taped off more areas. Even though deputies said it's not really a crime scene investigation, it sure looked that way."Just training," an official said.Even as deputies unfurled crime scene tape around the water, they insisted the massive search just down the street from missing toddler Caylee Anthony's home is nothing but routine training, but the crime scene tape and way they're acting certainly suggests otherwise.Dive teams entered the water while a sheriff's office boat slowly circled the area. That's when a deputy asked Eyewitness News to move the news truck."It's got nothing to do with a crime scene. It's got everything to do with it's against the law to park on a sidewalk, period," an official said.Eyewitness News offered to move to the grass, but the deputy said no. His order to leave made it seem like there may be something more than training going on. Eyewitness News also asked if equipment on the boat could detect bodies underwater, but the deputies on scene weren't allowed to say.A captain with the sheriff's public information office insisted late Friday morning that it's just scheduled training, but he admitted, given the circumstances, they'll have their eyes open just in case. He also said the tape was needed to stop media from interfering with training.
DEFENSE TEAM AGAIN TRYING TO LOWER BONDCasey Anthony's defense team is trying again Friday to reduce her $500,000 bond. A motion was delivered Friday morning to the Fifth District Court of Appeals in Daytona Beach.Judges inside the court are reviewing the motion for a rehearing on the denial of a lower bail for Casey. It was a week ago the same court did not see enough evidence to overturn her bond.The rehearing request isn't necessarily an unusual step. Sometimes the court will deny an appeal and then new information comes up and attorneys ask them to reconsider the case.The formal charges filed against Casey did not include murder and the state had argued that the possibility of murder was one reason Anthony should stay in jail with her $500,000 bond. There were some documents attached to the actual arguments filed by attorneys Friday morning, but it won't be known exactly what was in all the paperwork until the court is finished reviewing it.It's not clear if the court will make a decision Friday or if they'll ask for a response from the state first.
Previous Stories:
- August 5, 2008: Mom No-Show For Visit On Day Casey Gets Formally Charged
- August 5, 2008: Anthony Family Posts Help-Wanted Ad For Unpaid Assistants
- August 5, 2008: Prosecutors Offer To Discuss Immunity To Get Casey Anthony To Talk
- August 4, 2008: Who Is Caylee's Father? FHP Report Could Help Determine
- August 4, 2008: Caylee's Grandparents Meet With Sheriff's Office Investigators Again
- August 3, 2008: Father Visits Casey Anthony In Jail, Leaves Without Answers
- July 31, 2008: New Jail Phone Call Has Brother Asking Casey About "Letter"
- July 31, 2008: Anthony's "Rotten Pizza Theory" Tested By Eyewitness News
- July 31, 2008: Toddler's Grandmother: "I Cannot Give You Names Of People"
- July 31, 2008: New Jailhouse Phone Call Released Between Casey Anthony And Brother
- July 31, 2008: Casey Anthony Won't Get New Bond Hearing
- July 30, 2008: Casey's Parents Talk To Media Before Visiting Daughter In Jail
- July 30, 2008: Casey Anthony's Attorney Appeals For Another Bond Hearing
- July 29, 2008: Waving Casey Leaves Court After Judge Denies Attorney's Motion
- July 29, 2008: WFTV Uncovers Incident Report About Break-In At Anthony's House
- July 28, 2008: Women With Same Name As Caylee's Alleged Babysitter Defend Themselves
- July 28, 2008: Nearly 200 Attend Vigil For Missing 2-Year-Old Caylee Anthony
- July 28, 2008: Jail Phone Call, 911 Calls Released In Casey Anthony Case
- July 25, 2008: Casey's Attorney Wants To Be Able To Retrace Her Steps With Her
- July 25, 2008: Crimeline Being Flooded By Tips In Caylee Anthony Search
- July 25, 2008: Grandfather Of Missing Toddler: "Don't Paint Bad Picture Of Family"
- July 25, 2008: 911 Call: "Smells Like There's Been A Dead Body In The Damn Car"
- July 24, 2008: Source Claims New Slab Of Concrete Or Pavers Behind Anthony Home
- July 24, 2008: $225,000 Reward Offered For Information Leading To Caylee's Safe Return
- July 24, 2008: Casey Anthony's Friends Reveal New Details To Channel 9
- July 24, 2008: Lawyer For Arrested Mom Makes Accusations Against Sheriff's Office
- July 23, 2008: Undisclosed Holds Put On Release Of Missing Toddler's Mother
- July 23, 2008: Anthony Family Says Caylee Is Alive, Trying To Post Bond
- July 23, 2008: Judge Sets Bond At $500,000 For Mother Of Missing 2-Year-Old
- July 23, 2008: Crime Expert Analyzes Casey Anthony Case, Evidence
- July 22, 2008: Arrested Mom's Ex-Fiancé Reveals Information That Could Change Timeline
- July 22, 2008: Mom Of Missing 2-Year-Old Could Be Released On Bond Tuesday
- July 21, 2008: Lawyer Says Denial Of Bond For Arrested Mom Was "Incorrect Ruling"
- July 21, 2008: Casey Anthony's Lawyer Trying To Get Her Out Of Jail On Bond
- July 20, 2008: Search For Toddler Continues, Prayer Vigil Held In Her Honor
- July 18, 2008: Cadaver Dogs, Investigators Search For Missing 2-Year-Old In Backyard
- July 18, 2008: Five Big Lies Hang Over Case Involving Mother Of Missing Toddler
- July 18, 2008: Investigators Say Missing Girl's Mom Borrowed Shovel From Neighbor
- July 18, 2008: Web Sites Give Glimpse Of Arrested Mother's Life, Family Problems
- July 17, 2008: Grandmother Of Missing Girl Praying For Toddler's Safe Return
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