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Caylee Anthony Remains Found – Orlando Florida – Human Skull Found in Orange County

Young Caylee Anthony aged 3, went missing from her home in Orlando, FLA, some time in June this year, but was not reported as missing until the July. Repeated requests from Caylee’s grandparents to Caylee’s mother asking where Caylee was, failed to yield any convincing answers.

On July 15th Caylee’s grandmother called 911 in distress, to tell them that her daughter would not tell her where Caylee was. She went on to say, “I can’t find my granddaughter. There’s something wrong”. “I found my daughter’s car today and it smelled like there’s been a dead body in the damn car.”

When questioned, Casey Anthony told the police that Caylee was with a babysitter. But when the police checked out her story, there were quite a few discrepancies. The supposed babysitter said that she didn’t know her and the address that Casey had supplied was actually an apartment that had been vacant for quite some time.

Remains have now been found a half a mile away from the grandparents, George and Cindy’s, home where Caylee’s mother also lived. The grandparents have now gone into seclusion at a nearby motel. The house is cordoned off while investigators and police carry out their work.

The call went into 911 after a utility worker discovered the remains of a small child and a human skull in a plastic bag on a wooded lot last Thursday. There is every initial evidence that these could be the remains of young Caylee Anthony who has been missing since June this year.

Amongst the remains, hair, bones and skin were found, and the mouth of the skull had residue of duct tape around it. These have now be sent away for forensic analysis and DNA testing.

The FBI has also been brought in to assist the Sheriff and his men in their ongoing investigations of both, the grandparents house and the wooded are where the remains were discovered last Thursday.

Caylee’s mother, 22-year-old Casey Anthony, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter and providing false information to law enforcement soon after Caylee was first reported missing.

Casey Anthony is now being held without bond in Orange County Jail. She had previously been investigated on lesser child neglect charges, petty theft and handling a forged cheque.

“Orange County Sheriff Kevin Beary said earlier Friday that a search of the grandparents’ home where the mother and daughter lived had also yielded links to the remains that he would not reveal. There are no other similar missing-child cases in the area”.

Linda Kenney Baden, One of the attorneys, at the court hearing on Friday said “anthropological measurements and hair colour” of the remains were said to match Caylee’s.

At the time of Casey Anthony’s arrest, police had found Traces of Chloroform, hair strands and evidence of decomposition in the Trunk of the car. The cadaver police dogs had also picked up the scent of death in the car and also in the back yard to the house.

Every indication at this early stage points to the fact that the remains found are that of Caylee Anthony, but until the DNA analysis comes through in a few days time, nothing is said to be conclusive.

Neighbours have set up a memorial for Caylee under a tree near her home. There have been many teddies, flowers and gifts left there as a token of sympathy, and each day the pile grows. -

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