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Updated: 4:59 p.m. Monday, Sept. 29, 2008 | Posted: 8:44 a.m. Monday, Sept. 29, 2008

Zenaida Gonzalez Tells WFTV "My World Has Been Turned Upside-Down"

 

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. —

The woman Casey Anthony says last had Caylee Anthony says the accusation has turned her world upside down. Channel Nine's Mary Nguyen spoke with Zenaida Gonzalez at the RDV complex in Maitland on Monday morning.

ZENAIDA INTERVIEW:See Images | Watch Complete InterviewVIDEO REPORTS:Zenaida Gonzalez Speaks | Supporters Join Family For Vigil READ: Judge Rejects HOA Injunction Request For Anthony Home (PDF)CINDY ANTHONY INTERVIEW:See Images | Watch Part 1 | Watch Part 2NEW DOCUMENTS:Conversation Between Casey, Anthony Rusciano (explicit) | Ex-Boyfriend Stutz | Ex-Boyfriend Rusciano | Tow Truck Driver | Tow Truck Company Manager | Casey's Letter To Sheriff Beary | Computer Forensics Report(PDFs) NEW PHOTOS: Photos Investigators Found On Cindy's Cell PhoneMESSAGE BOARD:Talk About Anthony Case

"I just get in the car and cry. I'm being judged for something I didn't do," Zenaida Gonzelez told Eyewitness News.

She is the woman who Casey Anthony claims took 3-year-old Caylee. She said, ever since Casey Anthony told authorities that Zenaida lived at the Sawgrass Apartments and took care of Caylee, her world has been turned upside down.

Zenaida Gonzalez 092908 ZENAIDA GONZALEZ TALKS Images | Watch Interview "I also do have those threatening phone calls at 2:00 or 3:00am, threatening my kids, threatening myself," Gonzalez said.

For the first time, Zenaida Gonzalez revealed her face to the public in an interview with Eyewitness News. Zenaida is a single mother of six and says she is having a hard time coping. She wants everyone to know that she is innocent.

"To clear my name, to get some type of closure. I want the truth to come out. I want them to know that I didn't do anything wrong," Zenaida said.

When Caylee Anthony was reported missing, Casey told detectives the last time she saw her daughter was when she dropped her off at the Sawgrass Apartments. She said she left her with a nanny by the name of Zenaida Gonzalez.

Zenaida said she never met Casey Anthony. She took a tour of the apartment complex earlier in the year, but that's the only connection she has to them.

"There are a lot of people out there who believe in her, that do believe her lies," Zenaida said.

Detectives believe Casey made up the name, but Zenaida says people all over the country are blaming her for Caylee's disappearance.

"They call me bad words right from the beginning and tell me they are going to do bad things to my daughters for what I did to little Casey, I mean Caylee," she said.

Zenaida and her Attorney John Morgan filed a civil lawsuit last week. They said they want her name cleared.

Zenaida said that she has been fired from her job and due to the incident; no one wants to hire her. Zenaida also said she just got of the hospital on Sunday because of a bleeding ulcer.

HOA INJUNCTION DENIED

The HOA at Chickasaw Oaks Phase III failed in their attempt to get protesters outside the Anthony moved. In the ruling (read full ruling), the court wrote, "That the residents of Chickasaw Oaks Phase Three have endured inconvenience throughout this saga cannot be denied. For the reasons set forth herein, however, the Court is unable to grant the temporary injunction requested by the HOA."

But the court did make clear that protesters who break the law should be handled appropriately.

"There should be no mistake that the Court’s action is not a license to protestors or the Anthonys to do what they want, where they want, whenever they want. There is no First Amendment right to trespass, litter or inflict violence on another, and law enforcement personnel need not feel hamstrung in dealing with such activities," the court wrote.

CASEY ANTHONY GETS DRUG TESTED

Casey Anthony was tested for drugs Monday. She said nothing Monday afternoon as she left a meeting with her home confinement manager at the Orange County Corrections building.

While Casey was drug tested, the results have not been released.

SUPPORTERS JOIN ANTHONYS FOR CAYLEE VIGIL

While supporters of the Anthony family prayed for Caylee Sunday night, a handful of protesters stood across the street and tried to disrupt Sunday night's vigil. Their efforts, though didn’t keep Cindy Anthony from reading a poem.

"Caylee where ever you are, we promise you that you will be back in our arms real soon. There is nothing more important Caylee, than bringing you home," Cindy read.

It’s the same poem she wanted to read last Sunday night, but couldn’t. The Anthony family cancelled last week’s vigil to try to bring back the peace and quite that disappeared from the Hopespring Drive neighborhood soon after the child’s mother, Casey reported her missing.

"When it got cancelled due to things like that, it's just sad that we can't hold a fifteen minute vigil for a child who's missing," said supporter Darlene Schmidt.

The Anthony’s held the vigil because they thought that with the help of security and hired private investigators, the turmoil on their street had calmed down.

Meanwhile, Casey Anthony will be out of the house again for her weekly appointment with a home confinement manager.

CASEY ANTHONY LEAVES HOME SATURDAY

Casey Anthony left her home Saturday morning for an approved trip to see her attorney, the day after stacks of of phone records, pictures and hours of police interviews related to the case were released by investigators to Eyewitness News.

Casey walked into attorney Jose Baez's Kissimmee office just after 9:30 Saturday morning, and as usual, had nothing to say to say to reporters.

Interviews that were released Friday were conducted with Casey Anthony's parents, lovers and friends.

The evidence was the biggest stack yet in the Caylee Anthony case. Some of the most disturbing things Eyewitness News found were on Casey Anthony's own computer, including a picture of a little girl with a teddy bear hanging from a noose. There was also a record of searches for missing children websites months before Caylee disappeared

INTERVIEW WITH CINDY ANTHONY RELEASED

It was a grueling two-hour interview with Cindy Anthony, where she frequently interrupted and dodged investigators' questions. It ended with them begging her to stop misleading the public, because it was hurting their search for Caylee.

cindyinterview092608-22 CINDY ANTHONY INTERVIEW Images | Watch Part 1 | Part 2 Cindy told a whole new story about where Casey was the first week Caylee was gone during the interview with investigators on August 1. Cindy Anthony relayed to detectives a totally different story Casey told her about where she and Caylee were the week after Caylee had last been seen. Casey said she was working long hours, staying at the Hard Rock Hotel near Universal and at Busch Gardens, where she and the nanny took Caylee on Sunday, then Zanny had a car accident on the way home.

"Zanny had a concussion," Cindy told investigators.

Cindy said she doesn't believe any of it now and that she doesn't believe Caylee was with Zanny.

"I think that Zanny, at this point, was a real person in the beginning, but I think Zanny is now whoever's watching Caylee," Cindy said.

"Do you think we're spinning our wheels looking for a Zanny?" an investigator asked.

"I'm not sure. I have two theories. I think Zanny could either be Amy or Jesse at this point," she told them.

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EXPLICIT CONVERSATION BETWEEN CASEY, LOVER RELEASED

caseynewphotos15 CELL PHONE PHOTOS Photos From Cindy's Phone One of the main topics of conversation in an Instant Message conversation online with Anthony Rusciano, one of Casey's lovers, is sex.

"Sex is good with us, really good. And I know it's not the only reason you want to see me," Casey told him.

"Good, I hope so, but Jesus three week droughts blow," Rusciano replied. "So again, bring your little fine ass over here."

Rusciano was a sheriff's deputy later fired for lying about the affair. It seems like Casey's daughter Caylee was the problem in the relationship.

"Ha, want me to bring the little snot head?" Casey asked. "Didn't think so."

Later, in a police interview, Rusciano was asked about that comment.

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CASEY SEARCHED FOR MISSING CHILD WEBSITES

Eyewitness News dug through hundreds of files on Casey Anthony's personal computer Friday and found she had been looking at missing children websites long before Caylee disappeared.

Investigators released images found on Casey Anthony's computer they called "graphics of interest" in the case of her missing toddler. An anti-death penalty image (see picture), showing a little girl that even looks a bit like Caylee, has a caption that reads: "Why do people kill people, who kill people, to show people that to kill people is bad?"

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WRECKER SERVICE MANAGER NOTICED "PUNGENT" SMELL

The manager of the wrecking yard where Casey Anthony's car was towed knew something just wasn't right. As soon as he opened the car, he told investigators, he became suspicious, but it's when he opened the trunk that he became concerned.

Simon Burch told investigators the smell was unbearable and that it didn't smell like garbage. He didn't want to go on camera Friday and talk about the case, but the transcript of his interview with investigators, released Friday, reveals some interesting information about Casey Anthony's car.

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Previous Stories: September 26, 2008: Childhood Friend Claims Cindy Said "Casey Is Guilty Of Something" September 26, 2008: Casey's Ex-Fiance Calls Her "Diabolical" Liar On Newly Released Recordings September 25, 2008: Zenaida Gonzalez Hires John Morgan For Lawsuit Against Casey Anthony September 25, 2008: Anthony Family May Be Making Millions On Movie Deal September 25, 2008: Source Says Casey Said Caylee Was Sold To Someone In Puerto Rico September 24, 2008: Judge Denies HOA Plea To Move Protesters From Anthony Home September 23, 2008: Casey Anthony's Defense Team Acquires Forensic Scientist September 19, 2008: Caylee Look-Alike Leads Deputies To Swarm Central Florida Home September 19, 2008: Sheriff's Office To Boost Security; Guardian Angels Show Up September 18, 2008: Casey Calls 911 When Protesters Get Violent Outside House September 18, 2008: DCF Says It May Investigate Protesters Who Bring Children To Anthony House September 18, 2008: Casey Anthony Handcuffed, Arrested On New Charges September 17, 2008: George Anthony Tells Reporters "I Feel Sorry For All Of You" September 17, 2008: HOA Re-Filing Injunction To Keep Protesters Out Of Neighborhood

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