Casey Faces Lawsuit, Possible Expenses For Caylee Search

Casey Anthony is only days away from being released from jail, and she already faces a new lawsuit and expenses that she may have to pay for the time spent searching for her daughter, Caylee Marie Anthony.

Tim Miller of Texas Equusearch claims Casey's lies cost his search team $112,000, and he has filed a civil lawsuit against her. Miller had a processor serve Casey the suit at the Orange County Jail on Wednesday.

Miller said Casey owes the group money because Caylee was never really missing. The group spent 40-percent of its annual budget searching for a child discarded in a swamp.

"Less than a quarter mile from the house. I was very angry about that," said Miller. He said Casey told him during the search, "Well thanks for being here, I know she's alive out there somewhere... So please bring her back."

An Equusearch attorney said the suit is only against Casey and, so far, does not include other family members. Miller said Casey will have a new local attorney representing her. He said Casey's private attorney is Charles Greene.

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On Tuesday, Orange County Sheriff's Office officials said during a press conference that they are investigating a case of witness tampering, and they are tallying the expenses that Casey may have to pay them for the time they spent searching for Caylee.

Investigators said the search for Caylee and investigation into her death took an emotional toll on them, and no matter what the jury has said, they have no doubt that Casey murdered Caylee.

Caylee was always their focus. First to find her, and then when her bones were found with her skeleton wrapped in duct tape, they dedicated their time to finding her killer.

Detective Yuri Melich, who was the lead investigator in the murder case, was among the sheriff's officers who were finally able to tell their stories now that the case is closed.

"She never said it was an accident," Melich said of Casey. "She wouldn't tell us the truth."

The gruesome discovery took an emotional toll on detectives who have seen it all throughout their careers.

"To me, the personal toll was the fact that by looking at how they treated this poor child. Let the child rot in the woods is inhuman," Melich said.

The jurors might have had what they believe is reasonable doubt over not knowing exactly how Caylee died, but not the detectives.

"I certainly don't have any doubt. Working on this, I felt that our case was solid," said Sgt. John Allen.

The case is closed, but the witness tampering investigation involving an altered Texas Equusearch document that was in the possession of her defense team is ongoing.

"A defense team investigator having possession of something that could be a fabricated document. How far could it go, or don't you know yet?" reporter Kathi Belich asked Allen.

"We don't know. Obviously we'll follow up. Obviously there are still a number of people we will need to interview in regard to that and we hope to get to the bottom of that," said Allen.

Also revealed on Tuesday was that defense attorney Jose Baez would not allow detectives to talk to Casey about allegations that her brother molested her and that her father might have that she told to ex-boyfriends and a jail pen pal .

"We did reach out to the Baez law firm and were asked not to approach her at the jail," said Sgt. Eric Edwards.

The sheriff's office, the Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the FBI are all totaling the costs they incurred in their search for Caylee until her remains were discovered on Dec. 11, 2008.

The State Attorney's Office has asked Chief Judge Belvin Perry to order Casey to pay the costs should she cash in on Caylee's death or come into money some other way.

Also during the press conference, Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said there were discussions with prosecutors about filing perjury charges against Cindy Anthony for her testimony in Casey's trial.

However, state attorney's office spokeswoman Danielle Tavernier said on Tuesday that prosecutors have decided against charging Cindy Anthony with perjury. Cindy Anthony initially told police she did not search for chloroform on the family computer, but at the trial she said she did.

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