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Casey Anthony Trial Postponed Until March

During Thursday morning's pre-trial hearing in the case against Casey Anthony, the judge postponed the trial until sometime in March per attorney Jose Baez's request.


PRE-TRIAL HEARING: See Images | Raw Video

The judge set another pre-trial status hearing for January 15 at 9:00am, but did not specify when in March the trial would start.

Baez also told the judge he planned to file a change of venue.

Casey Anthony did not attend Thursday's hearing.


ANTHONYS DEFEND CASEY ON NATIONAL TV

Cindy and George Anthony appeared on CNN's Larry King Live Wednesday night, but offered very little new information.

"It's come up for nothing. There is nothing they have found that has given them any evidence that Caylee is no longer with us," said Cindy.


RAW VIDEO: George And Cindy On Larry King Live
VIDEO REPORT: Parents Defend Casey On TV

The Anthonys said they are trying to keep the search for their granddaughter Caylee as the main focus. However, the couple defended their daughter Casey in front of a national audience. Despite Casey being charged with murdering her own daughter, Cindy didn't have a problem defending her.

"Casey has done nothing to her daughter. There is no evidence that shows that," Cindy said. "I can with 100 percent of my being say that I believe that Casey had nothing to do with Caylee's disappearance."

George Anthony originally told the FBI that he recognized the unmistakable smell of a decomposing body, but his story has changed.

"Inside that bag was garbage. There really was pizza, I seen it and I know what was in there," George said to Larry King.

The Anthonys say they are focusing on the alleged Caylee sightings and claim the most recent was Wednesday in Tennessee inside of a grocery store.

"My investigator has already spoken with the Tennessee authorities and the tipster and we are just waiting to see if there is any video in the store," Cindy said.

George and Cindy also spoke out against law enforcement.

"I wanted them to put out an Amber Alert for my granddaughter, which they never did. They never contacted the FBI and I wanted them to," George said.


BAEZ WANTS DETECTIVES INVESTIGATED

Jose Baez wants to investigate detectives from the Orange County Sheriff's Office. Wednesday, Baez sent someone to the sheriff's office to get the personnel files of detectives John Allen and Yuri Melich.

However, he didn't pick up the list of 1,800 Caylee sightings that he requested over a month ago. Despite all the evidence, the Anthonys insist Caylee is alive.


CASEY ANTHONY'S ATTORNEY REQUESTS MALL VIDEO

Eyewitness News has learned that Casey and her defense team are asking a judge to force a Central Florida mall to turn over video from a security camera.

Attorney Jose Baez said that a photograph taken by an unidentified shopper with a cell phone camera on November 16, showing a girl who resembles Caylee Anthony playing at the Florida Mall in Orlando five months after she was last seen, led to the request. The photo was submitted to a tip line in the ongoing search for the missing child.


VIDEO REPORT: Baez Makes Request To Obtain Video

Baez wants the Florida Mall to turn over all of its surveillance tapes from 2:00pm to 5:00pm on November 16. In a motion filed Monday and released by the State Attorney's Office on Wednesday (read it), he asked a court to subpoena them. No decision has been made yet.

Baez wants access to the tapes because "in spite of the first degree murder charges faced by Ms. Anthony, this is still a missing person's case."

"The inability to act could hinder the prompt and safe recovery of Caylee Marie Anthony," Baez wrote in the request.

The Florida Mall has thus far refused to release the video.


ANTHONYS TO TESTIFY IN CIVIL CASE

Later this month the Anthonys will have to testify in a civil case filed against their daughter, Casey. They are scheduled to give depositions in the suit filed by Zenaida Gonzales. That's the name of the woman who Casey claimed was the mystery babysitter, who kidnapped Caylee.

However, Gonzales said she doesn't know Casey, and that she ruined her good name. Casey has also filed a countersuit against Gonzales.

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