Chloroform, Evidence Among New Casey Documents
Posted: 9:21 am EST November 6, 2009Updated: 10:52 am EST November 10, 2009
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Over 2,000 pages of new documents were released Friday, including information that Casey Anthony may have had a bottle full of chloroform and a used syringe.The newly-released documents are shedding new light on the evidence prosecutors are using to build their case against Casey Anthony including details about the evidence at the scene where Caylee's body was discovered.At the scene where investigators found Caylee Anthony’s remains, they recovered a Disney bag that contained a Cool Blue Gatorade bottle. Even after the six months from time Caylee was last seen alive and the time her remains were found, the bottle contained a liquid that still smelled of household chemicals and a used syringe.
DOCUMENTS RELEASED 11/06/09
PHOTOS: Evidence Images From Documents
Forensic Entomology Lab Exam Report
Investigators Take Casey Tattoo Photos
1,765 Pages Of FBI Exams, Docs SLOW to load
Henkel Tape Product Specs, Supplier List
SHEAFFER BLOGS: Legal Expert Analyzes Documents
VIDEO REPORT: Details Emerge From Documents
In the documents there was a bombshell of evidence:Tests from the FBI show chloroform was in the bottle and in the syringe. Eyewitness News had reported previously that there were traces of chloroform found in the trunk of Casey’s car.Forensic experts told Eyewitness News Chloroform could be a by-product of decomposition, but the level found in the trunk would be too high to be natural from a small child. That may suggest chloroform from another source was in the trunk.Investigators believe Casey had searched the internet on her computer to find out how to make Chloroform. They found similar search results on her ex-boyfriend's computer several months before discovering those on Casey's computer. Chloroform can be made with common household chemicals and can be deadly in high doses.Test results from an entomology report (read it) show the trunk also reveal the presence of what are called "coffin flies." An entomologist wrote that those are the most common flies found in human decomposition.They found signs of flies that typically arrive both early and late in the decaying process.If Caylee's body was in the trunk of Casey’s car, experts determined it was likely her body was removed sometime between June 19 2008, which is three days after she was last seen alive, and June 27; the day the car was found in an Amscot parking lot.Investigators also found something on the clothing of Caylee's favorite doll, a doll her family says she never went anywhere without. The doll was found in Casey's car and they later believe that it was urine they found on the doll's clothing.Most the documents released Friday are detailed reports of FBI examinations of evidence (read it). There are also some photos of evidence among the documents (see them).Also among the documents are Henkel tape product specs along with a list of suppliers (read it) and a document about the day investigators went to the jail to take photos of Casey's tattoo (read doc | see tattoo photos).
NEW MOTIONS ON CASEY MURDER, FRAUD CHARGESCasey Anthony's defense team has filed three new motions in the case. One concerns the check fraud charges and the other two concern the death penalty murder case against her.Casey is in the Orange County jail, accused of murdering her daughter Caylee Marie Anthony.
MOTIONS: Fraud | To Dismiss | Death Procedure
VIDEO REPORT: Motions Filed Against Casey
The defense says the death penalty should be dropped because the only reason prosecutors are seeking a death sentence is to seat a conviction-prone jury.Also, Anthony's lawyers say there is no proof that Caylee was killed in a cold, calculated and cruel manner. They argue the indictment is defective, because it contains no facts; therefore, the defense has no idea how to defend her against the murder charge.“But for the fact that we're dealing with the death of a child and a mother who's facing the death penalty you bet, that's just a laughable motion to be filed in the case at this time. It's just almost, when is the defense ever going to get serious?” WFTV legal analyst Bill Sheaffer said.The defense is also arguing that prosecutors should not have filed three charges against Casey for every check she's accused of stealing from her best friend. They want the judge to drop some of the charges.Casey’s pretrial for her check fraud case has been changed from December 18 to December 11, which is the anniversary of when Caylee’s remains were found.
CASEY CASE MADE INTO PLAY CALLED "TOT MOM" The Casey Anthony case is coming to a stage in Australia. A play called "Tot Mom" will be headlining at the Sydney Theatre Company in Australia starting in late December.The mastermind behind the idea is Oscar-Winning director Steven Soderbergh, who is famous for directing movies like the Ocean's Eleven series and Erin Brokovich.
CASEY IMAGES: In Court | Pics Of Tattoo
According to the company's web site, Soderbergh uses “excerpts from transcripts of Nancy Grace's show, court documents and police reports to create a compelling drama for our sensation-hungry times."Grace is apparently a prominent figure in the production. She's being played by Essie Davis, who appeared in "Australia" and "The Matrix Revolutions." A spokeswoman said Grace had no comment on the play.The play will run December 18 through January 31.
P.I. FIGHTS BEING DEPOSED IN CASEY CASE A private investigator has stepped up his fight to keep from going under oath in the case against Casey Anthony. Dominic Casey filed a motion on October 21, to stop his deposition scheduled for November.In the motion (read), Dominic said his information is privileged because he once worked for Casey Anthony and for her lawyers.
MOTION: P.I.'s Privilege Log
He was videotaped in the woods near the Anthony family home in November, a month before Caylee Anthony’s remains were found in that same location.
METER READER TO BE DEPOSED IN CASEY CASE Casey Anthony's defense team scheduled its deposition of meter reader Roy Kronk (read document). He is the man who found Caylee Anthony’s remains on December 11.Kronk will be deposed on November 19.
READ: Notice Of Deposition | Notice Of Provision
Roy Kronk says December 11 was not the first time he found Caylee's remains in the woods off Suburban Drive. He says he first saw them in August of 2008, but the deputy who was sent to investigate did a poor job. The deputy was fired for lying when he was questioned about the incident.Also in the case against Casey, prosecutors have given the defense more than 2,000 pages of new documents and more photographs (read document).
JUDGE REFUSES TO DISMISS CASEY'S CIVIL CASEA judge refused to throw out the defamation lawsuit against Casey Anthony, filed by Zenaida Gonzalez. Judge Rodriguez, Monday, (read order) denied her defense team’s motion to get Casey’s civil case dismissed.
READ: Judge’s Order Denying Motion
VIDEO REPORT: Judge Refuses To Dismiss Case
Gonzales shares the name as the mystery nanny that Casey says disappeared with her daughter Caylee. Casey's civil attorney had argued that it was not fair for Casey to have to defend herself in the civil case, before going to trial for murder.But the judge disagreed, ruling that since Zenaida's lawyers backed off of demanding Casey answer very specific questions about the nanny, it would not hurt her defense in the murder trial.The case against Casey will go back to court in December. A pre-trial hearing is scheduled in her check fraud case for December 18, with the trial set for January 25. Her defense team has asked that the trial be moved out of Orange County, but a judge has yet to rule on that.In a hearing last week, (images) | (video) the defense won the right to have the photographs of Caylee's remains copied on CDs, which they will send to their experts.
DOCUMENTS RELEASED 11/06/09
SHEAFFER BLOGS: Legal Expert Analyzes Documents
VIDEO REPORT: Details Emerge From Documents
In the documents there was a bombshell of evidence:Tests from the FBI show chloroform was in the bottle and in the syringe. Eyewitness News had reported previously that there were traces of chloroform found in the trunk of Casey’s car.Forensic experts told Eyewitness News Chloroform could be a by-product of decomposition, but the level found in the trunk would be too high to be natural from a small child. That may suggest chloroform from another source was in the trunk.Investigators believe Casey had searched the internet on her computer to find out how to make Chloroform. They found similar search results on her ex-boyfriend's computer several months before discovering those on Casey's computer. Chloroform can be made with common household chemicals and can be deadly in high doses.Test results from an entomology report (read it) show the trunk also reveal the presence of what are called "coffin flies." An entomologist wrote that those are the most common flies found in human decomposition.They found signs of flies that typically arrive both early and late in the decaying process.If Caylee's body was in the trunk of Casey’s car, experts determined it was likely her body was removed sometime between June 19 2008, which is three days after she was last seen alive, and June 27; the day the car was found in an Amscot parking lot.Investigators also found something on the clothing of Caylee's favorite doll, a doll her family says she never went anywhere without. The doll was found in Casey's car and they later believe that it was urine they found on the doll's clothing.Most the documents released Friday are detailed reports of FBI examinations of evidence (read it). There are also some photos of evidence among the documents (see them).Also among the documents are Henkel tape product specs along with a list of suppliers (read it) and a document about the day investigators went to the jail to take photos of Casey's tattoo (read doc | see tattoo photos).
NEW MOTIONS ON CASEY MURDER, FRAUD CHARGESCasey Anthony's defense team has filed three new motions in the case. One concerns the check fraud charges and the other two concern the death penalty murder case against her.Casey is in the Orange County jail, accused of murdering her daughter Caylee Marie Anthony.
MOTIONS: Fraud | To Dismiss | Death Procedure
VIDEO REPORT: Motions Filed Against Casey
The defense says the death penalty should be dropped because the only reason prosecutors are seeking a death sentence is to seat a conviction-prone jury.Also, Anthony's lawyers say there is no proof that Caylee was killed in a cold, calculated and cruel manner. They argue the indictment is defective, because it contains no facts; therefore, the defense has no idea how to defend her against the murder charge.“But for the fact that we're dealing with the death of a child and a mother who's facing the death penalty you bet, that's just a laughable motion to be filed in the case at this time. It's just almost, when is the defense ever going to get serious?” WFTV legal analyst Bill Sheaffer said.The defense is also arguing that prosecutors should not have filed three charges against Casey for every check she's accused of stealing from her best friend. They want the judge to drop some of the charges.Casey’s pretrial for her check fraud case has been changed from December 18 to December 11, which is the anniversary of when Caylee’s remains were found.
CASEY CASE MADE INTO PLAY CALLED "TOT MOM" The Casey Anthony case is coming to a stage in Australia. A play called "Tot Mom" will be headlining at the Sydney Theatre Company in Australia starting in late December.The mastermind behind the idea is Oscar-Winning director Steven Soderbergh, who is famous for directing movies like the Ocean's Eleven series and Erin Brokovich.
CASEY IMAGES: In Court | Pics Of Tattoo
According to the company's web site, Soderbergh uses “excerpts from transcripts of Nancy Grace's show, court documents and police reports to create a compelling drama for our sensation-hungry times."Grace is apparently a prominent figure in the production. She's being played by Essie Davis, who appeared in "Australia" and "The Matrix Revolutions." A spokeswoman said Grace had no comment on the play.The play will run December 18 through January 31.
P.I. FIGHTS BEING DEPOSED IN CASEY CASE A private investigator has stepped up his fight to keep from going under oath in the case against Casey Anthony. Dominic Casey filed a motion on October 21, to stop his deposition scheduled for November.In the motion (read), Dominic said his information is privileged because he once worked for Casey Anthony and for her lawyers.
MOTION: P.I.'s Privilege Log
He was videotaped in the woods near the Anthony family home in November, a month before Caylee Anthony’s remains were found in that same location.
METER READER TO BE DEPOSED IN CASEY CASE Casey Anthony's defense team scheduled its deposition of meter reader Roy Kronk (read document). He is the man who found Caylee Anthony’s remains on December 11.Kronk will be deposed on November 19.
READ: Notice Of Deposition | Notice Of Provision
Roy Kronk says December 11 was not the first time he found Caylee's remains in the woods off Suburban Drive. He says he first saw them in August of 2008, but the deputy who was sent to investigate did a poor job. The deputy was fired for lying when he was questioned about the incident.Also in the case against Casey, prosecutors have given the defense more than 2,000 pages of new documents and more photographs (read document).
JUDGE REFUSES TO DISMISS CASEY'S CIVIL CASEA judge refused to throw out the defamation lawsuit against Casey Anthony, filed by Zenaida Gonzalez. Judge Rodriguez, Monday, (read order) denied her defense team’s motion to get Casey’s civil case dismissed.
READ: Judge’s Order Denying Motion
VIDEO REPORT: Judge Refuses To Dismiss Case
Gonzales shares the name as the mystery nanny that Casey says disappeared with her daughter Caylee. Casey's civil attorney had argued that it was not fair for Casey to have to defend herself in the civil case, before going to trial for murder.But the judge disagreed, ruling that since Zenaida's lawyers backed off of demanding Casey answer very specific questions about the nanny, it would not hurt her defense in the murder trial.The case against Casey will go back to court in December. A pre-trial hearing is scheduled in her check fraud case for December 18, with the trial set for January 25. Her defense team has asked that the trial be moved out of Orange County, but a judge has yet to rule on that.In a hearing last week, (images) | (video) the defense won the right to have the photographs of Caylee's remains copied on CDs, which they will send to their experts.
Previous Stories:
- November 3, 2009: New Motions On Casey Murder, Fraud Charges
- October 30, 2009: Casey Case Made Into Play Called "Tot Mom"
- October 23, 2009: P.I. Fights Being Deposed In Casey Case
- October 21, 2009: Meter Reader To Be Deposed In Casey Case
- October 21, 2009: Anthonys Take Cruise After Big Payout For TV Interview
- October 20, 2009: Judge Refuses To Dismiss Casey's Civil Case
- October 19, 2009: Casey's Defense Campaigns On Primetime TV
- October 16, 2009: Transcripts Reveal Inconsistent Anthony Family Statements
- October 16, 2009: Judge Won't Dismiss Charges, Fraud Trial Date Set
- October 16, 2009: Anthony Family Interviews With Prosecutors Released
- October 14, 2009: Casey Anthony's Jail Account Runs Dry
- October 14, 2009: Casey's Defense Wants Check Fraud Venue Change
- October 9, 2009: Casey Tattoo, Duct Tape Photos Released
- October 8, 2009: Prosecutors: Casey’s Defense Filed Bogus Motion
- October 7, 2009: Defense Wants Charges Dropped In Casey Case
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