Casey's Pen Pal Could Get Reduced Sentence

The letters could be Adams' ticket out of prison. Maybe not right away, but her attorney could use the letters and cooperation with prosecutors in Casey Anthony's case to try to get time off her sentence.

Inmate Robyn Adams Untreated not blurby Mug 040710 Robyn Adams Adams is Casey's pen pal, the jail inmate who saved the 500 pages of letters written by Casey. They were mailed, along with her own letters, to a friend on the outside, Tracey Nealey.

In Adams' letters, she reveals details about a seemingly depressed Casey, who was losing it behind bars and "crying all the time."

In one letter written more than a year ago, Adams even predicted Casey "will break down and talk." But, to this day, Casey hasn't.

Even though Adams and Casey agreed to flush the letters down the toilet, Adams seems to have kept them for a reason, saying in one letter "they might hold some value in the future."

But did she blow her chance to use them? WFTV legal analyst Bill Sheaffer doesn't think so.

"Just handing over letters and saying, ‘I'm handing them over, I want something in return,' at this juncture, just doesn't fly in the federal system," Sheaffer said.

Adams is serving a 10-year federal prison sentence after she and her husband, a former Altamonte Springs police officer, conspired to build a marijuana-growing operation. But, if she cooperates in providing letters and possibly testimony, after Casey's trial is over she and state prosecutors case could go back to federal prosecutors to help Adams get years cut off her sentence.

"Since this substantial assistance is in the prosecution of a murder case, I would expect a substantial reduction in Adam's sentence by federal court," Sheaffer said.

But Adams may have missed out on the chance to cash in by selling the letters to the tabloids. One tabloid paper told WFTV exclusive access to the letters could have fetched as much $10,000.

BOMBSHELL TURNS OUT TO BE A BUST

One of the bombshell revelations from Casey Anthony's jailhouse conversations turned out to be a bust. WFTV spent two days analyzing Casey's newly-released letters (read them) and jail conversations to see what the documents will really mean for her case.

CASEY JAIL LETTERS (explicit): Read Them All

The one conversation getting the most attention was from one of Casey's jail friends. She revealed information no one would have known except for Caylee's killer. It may not be a smoking gun, but it's certainly explosive.

Of the more than 800 pages of letters and documents released, page eight and nine hold the most explosive statements that are sure to be looked at very closely by both prosecutors and Casey's defense. They're not buried in the pages and pages of Casey's own letters, but instead statements made by Casey's pen pal, Robyn Adams, to investigators that could be the most explosive part of the new information.

"The best part of this witness testimony and the most damning is apparently confided to her by Casey Anthony," WFTV legal analyst Bill Sheaffer said.

Adams claims, in December 2008, the day investigators found Caylee's remains, Casey told her about the trash bag and a blanket the remains were wrapped in; it's information only investigators and the killer would have known about.

Sheaffer says prosecutors will say the letters show Casey confided in Adams and her statements are believable, but it may not be the bombshell that will make the case. The defense will attack Adams on the stand.

"As a convicted felon, she will have credibility problems right out of the gate," Sheaffer said.

Adams was convicted for setting up a marijuana drug operation with her husband. The defense will also argue, since Adams didn't share the information until this year, she could have learned about it from the media and embellished the story, perhaps to get a reduction in her own prison sentence.

"Make the jury believe she never said these things to this witness," Sheaffer said.

Still, prosecutors will likely take the chance and put Adams on the stand, as long as they believe she's telling the truth.

"I would be very surprised if they did not polygraph Ms. Adams," Sheaffer said.

JAIL GUARD RELIEVED OF DUTY, STILL PAID

Orange County jail guard Sylvia Hernandez, who facilitated the exchange of letters between Adams and Casey, has been relieved of duty but will still be paid.

Jail officials stressed Hernandez has not yet been disciplined or suspended.

An internal investigation is underway.

JUDGE SAYS DEFENSE CAN'T HAVE TAPED INTERVIEW

Orange County Judge Stan Strickland ruled Wednesday that Casey's defense team cannot have a taped interview of a volunteer who searched for Caylee.

Casey's lawyers had asked the judge for access to an illegally-made recording by Joe Jordan, a volunteer with Texas EquuSearch. Jordan secretly taped a conversation with his lawyer, but later turned it over to detectives.

The judge ruled the defense can use a statement from Jordan, but said the tape is off limits.

INMATE SAYS CASEY TOLD HER ABOUT USING CHLOROFORM

Nearly 800 pages of new documents were released Tuesday, including letters that Casey Anthony wrote to another jail inmate (read them) . Investigators told WFTV they contain damaging evidence against her, but Casey's defense team told WFTV they are not afraid of what's in them.

"The letters released today reflect the natural desire for companionship when isolated for 23 hours a day, and clearly demonstrate Casey's unconditional love for her daughter Caylee," Liz Brown, on behalf of Casey's defense team, wrote in a release sent out Tuesday night. "Despite these intentions, it is obvious in the letters authored by Robyn Adams that her sole purpose and only goal in corresponding with Casey Anthony was to create "leverage to get out of prison early."

Tuesday's newly-released documents give the most revealing look into Casey Anthony's life behind bars that the public has seen since she was first arrested nearly two years ago. Casey Anthony rambled in her letters and contradicts herself from sentence to sentence at times. All in all, she communicated less about Caylee and much more about her plans for her new life once she gets out of jail.

Inmate Robyn Adams, who interacted with Casey verbally in jail and through dozens of letters, told investigators Casey told her that Caylee had trouble sleeping and she had to use chloroform to put her to sleep. Also, Casey implied to Robyn Adams that her mother, Cindy Anthony, brought chloroform home from the clinic where she worked.

CASEY JAIL LETTERS (explicit): Read Them All DOCUMENTS: Sheriff's Report | FDLE Report TRANSCRIPTS: Robyn Adams | Krystal Holloway | Silvia Hernandez | Linda Tinelli | Rozzie Franco VIDEO REPORT: Letters Claim No Nanny

Casey also wrote to inmate Robyn Adams, "I know that Caylee's nanny, the real Zenaida, the girl who was my friend for four years, I know in my heart that she's not responsible. And I don't blame her for not showing her face." Casey also said she "was going to take Caylee and move away. Unfortunately, my plans got beyond tangled when Zanny wouldn't tell me where she and Cays were."

Casey claimed in one of her letters that she had given Caylee to the nanny, while she prepared for the two of them to start a new life and wrote, "That's why I waited to report her missing. Because she was and wasn't."

However, Casey confided to Adams that there was no "Zenaida." Adams believes that may have been written in one of the letters she sent to her friend, Tracey Nealley. Although Casey Anthony and Robyn Adams agreed to flush the letters after reading them, Adams kept them and mailed them to Nealley.

Adams also told investigators that, on the day Caylee was found and after the jail chaplain already told Casey that Caylee's remains had been found, Casey told Adams that Caylee was found in a baby blanket in a black trash bag. However, the chaplain didn't know that at the time.

Casey also accused her brother Lee Anthony of sexually abusing her for three years, starting when she was 12 years old. She wrote to Adams that he stopped after she threatened to kill him if he came back into her room. Casey also claimed that she was molested by her father George when she was younger, but did not elaborate further. She said her mother accused her of lying and called her a whore.

Early Wednesday morning, the Anthony family's attorney responded to those allegations.

"The Anthony family denies that there was any improper sexual behavior in their family, nor was there ever a time when Casey told them of sexually inappropriate conduct by her brother or father," Anthony family attorney Brad Conway told WFTV.

In an interview with Orange County detective Yuri Melich, an inmate named Maya Derkovic, who was in prison at the same time as Casey Anthony, told him the two established a friendship and repeatedly spoke through the ventilation system. During the conversations, Derkovic asked Casey about the circumstances of Caylee's disappearance. Derkovic said Casey told her three different versions of what happened to Caylee.

The first version, detective Melich states, was the same one Casey told him. The second version was that the babysitter was asked to come to Casey's house to watch Caylee while Casey went out. When Casey returned, both the babysitter and Caylee were gone. Another version was about the same, except when Casey returned to the empty home she found a note claiming Caylee had been abducted.

Derkovic told Melich during the interview that, when Casey would return to her cell from visits with her family, she would make derogatory remarks about her mother Cindy.

"Her parents would come and that's when she would make comments about her mom. And I asked her, 'Well how was your visit and how did it go?' And she'll make comments like, 'Well it's alright; at least the b**** knows how I feel now,'" Derkovic told Melich. "She'll talk about, well, how her mom never really cared about her that much. All she cared about was Caylee and she knows what it fells like to miss somebody and to feel pain and stuff like that."

WFTV asked a local anesthesiologist about what the drug could do to a child. Doctor Ted Noel has used anesthesia to put people to sleep. He is board certified and trained in critical care medicine.

While at one time chloroform was commonly used as an anesthetic, Doctor Noel says he would never use it today.

In fact, he says doctors stopped using it because it proved to be fatal too many times.

"It's quite easy to overdose if you're untrained because you simply don't know how much to give," Noel said.

Doctor Noel told WFTV as little as one ounce could kill a child. He said one of its original uses was as a pediatric anesthetic because it has a distinct, but not unpleasant smell.

CASEY COMPLAINS ABOUT JAIL

Casey's letters also told her biggest complaints about being in jail.

She complained "bitterly" about noisy and rude inmates. She also despised the jail food, in one note counting calories to see if she could survive solely on snacks.

Casey also complained about her small cell. When detectives interviewed the guard accused of helping exchange the letters, she said she left open the hole in the cell where Casey received food to keep her from allegedly suffocating.

CASEY WRITES ABOUT FAME, HER LOOKS

Casey Anthony's jail house friends also said Casey thought she was famous. In the letters, Casey wrote that she had to get pretty before she went to court and she laughed when her case got national attention. But she isn't a fan of WFTV or reporter Kathi Belich.

VIDEO REPORT: Casey Talks About "Celebrity" Status

"I've really started to dispise (sic) Channel 9, and Kathi Belich. No integrity. They don't check facts anymore which is just plain wrong, and very sad," Casey wrote in one of her letters.

Casey also talked about her fan mail. In one letter, she wrote that she got thousands of letters and cards from people across the country supporting her. She also wrote that at least two men had become obsessed with her and one even proposed to her on several occasions.

"There are a couple of fellas who have either become infatuated with celebrity or with the fair damsel in distress," Casey wrote. "He sends cards and letters proposing marriage, every card and every letter. I'm his princess. He wants to marry me now and he'll take care of me, yadda, yadda."

In another letter, Casey wrote about how she is angry because she isn't going to look good in court.

"I'll be leaving for court in couple of hours and I know I'm going to look like hell. I had every intention of going to bed early, waking up early enough to get pretty," she wrote.

Later the accused child killer compared her situation to being famous.

"Really? Is this what celebrities have to deal with? Yikes!" Casey wrote.

Casey continued to brag about her celebrity status during conversations she had with inmate Maya Derkovic.

"Her seeing herself on the news, hearing people talk about it, it was all fun and games to her. It was funny, it was exciting," Derkovic told a detective.

The letters also talked about how Casey has gained weight in jail and is dealing with acne. She also claims to have found God behind bars. Her letters often refer to God, how God is with her and is keeping her strong.

CASEY WRITES ABOUT GOD AND SNEEZES

Perhaps the most interesting aspect is Casey thinks God communicates with her by making her sneeze to agree or disagree with what's she's thinking.

"When I'm thinking something random, I sneeze. At times I've taken that as God affirming or denying my thoughts. I'm not a random sneezer," Casey wrote.

The documents also reveal that she seems to look to attorney Jose Baez as her father, inmate Robyn Adams as her sister and Baez's assistant as her new crush.

CASEY WRITES ABOUT HER 'NEW FAMILY'

Casey even jokes, calling herself a loser for having a crush on one of her own attorneys. She blames it on what she calls the lack of contact with intelligent, attractive males while behind bars.

However, her so-called father-figure, Jose Baez, consoles her, saying he's sorry she hasn't met a man deserving of her, but he guaranteed it would happen someday.

Baez, meanwhile, told WFTV a day before the letters were released that Casey's team is not concerned about the content of the letters and not releasing them would have been worse, because that would have left questions about their content.

"If you look at them within the context, they're of a person locked up 23 hours a day," attorney Jose Baez said after a hearing in the case Monday, before the letters had been released.

Casey has been in the Orange County jail since July 2008. She's in protective custody and is not supposed to have direct communication with other inmates. A guard, Silvia Hernandez, is now on paid leave from the Orange County jail in connection with the exchange of letters.

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