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EquuSearch Leader Hires Anthonys' Ex-Attorney

Two former players in the case against Casey Anthony have joined forces against Casey's defense team.


NEW MESSAGE BOARD: Justice For Caylee

Tim Miller from EquuSearch, a group that performed several searches for Caylee Anthony, has now hired attorney Mark Nejame. Nejame had previously represented George and Cindy Anthony.

Miller wants to prevent the defense from getting all the records relating to the tips that EquuSearch received as they search for Caylee, who was found dead in December. Her mother, Casey, has been charged with the child's murder.


PSYCHIC'S CREDIBILITY QUESTIONED AMID CLAIMS SHE TALKED WITH P.I.

Eyewitness News uncovered new information Wednesday that raises questions about the credibility of a Virginia psychic who claims she was the one on the phone with the Anthonys' private investigator, directing him around the scene, a month before Caylee Anthony's remains were found there.

WFTV reporter Kathi Belich talked to a family member from another murder mystery 20 years ago who said psychic Ginette Lucas took her money and gave her useless information in return (full interview).


RAW INTERVIEW: Psychic's Credibility Questioned
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Lucas said she was the one directing the Anthonys' private investigator, Dominic Casey, on the phone in November, but the man who shot the video said Mr. Casey never mentioned a psychic and was secretive about his numerous phone calls.

"She makes you feel like you're her best friend until the money runs out," Mary Thweatt told Eyewitness News.

Thweatt, of Virginia, said a month after her niece was raped and murdered her family desperately turned to Lucas to find the killer. She said they paid Lucas about $5,000 for useless information.

"That it was probably a soldier and he had something red on his sleeve and being that we have four or five different military bases within 75 miles around us," Thweatt said.

Now, Lucas and Dominic Casey claim she was on the cell phone with him on November 15 in the videotape at the scene where Caylee Anthony's remains were found weeks later. Mr. Casey said it was 9:15am and had initially said he was talking to his ill daughter. The psychic says she called him several times, but can't find her phone records.

"At 6:00am, I tried his cell phone," Lucas told Eyewitness News on Tuesday.

The man who shot the video, private eye Jim Hoover, said Mr. Casey has more than one cell phone, which raises questions.

"Who are you on the cell phone with and what cell phone are you using?" questioned WFTV legal analyst Bill Sheaffer.

Thweatt does not believe the psychic's claim that she was on the phone with Dominic Casey in the video.

"To this day, has the murder of your niece been solved?" Belich asked her.

"No," she said.


PSYCHIC CLAIMS SHE WAS ON PHONE WITH P.I.

Dominic Casey was on a cell phone while he poked and prodded the ground near the remains scene.

"At 6:00am, I tried his cell phone and said, 'Hey listen, you got to go out to this site, it's very, very important,'" Lucas told Eyewitness News (full interview).


VIDEO REPORT: Mystery Caller Revealed?
WFTV ANALYST: Sheaffer Believes P.I. Search Was Staged

Another site that was searched by Dominic Casey in the video was a house (see map) less than one mile from the Anthonys' home (see map) and the area where Caylee Anthony's remains were found (see map | map showing all three locations).

Eyewitness News has learned that the home is owned by Hernan Gonzalez, a name similar to that which Caylee's mother, Casey Anthony, gave detectives for the mystery nanny, Zenaida Gonzalez, who Casey said had her daughter.

Eyewitness News legal analyst Bill Sheaffer said that the actions of the detectives lead him to believe that the video may have been staged (watch interview) for Casey's defense team.

"What better location to go to than an abandoned house where someone by the name of Gonzalez used to live," Sheaffer said.

The psychic from Virginia claims she was the one who told the Anthonys' private detective to search the wooded area.

The Anthonys' other private detective, Jim Hoover, said Dominic Casey made several phone calls while searching the two spots and also has several cell phones.

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