Woman: STATE OF FLORIDA VERSUS CASEY MARIE ANTHONY.
Man: BOTH SIDES READY TO PROCEED.
IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE JURY
HAS REACHED A VERDICT.
STATE?
Woman: THE STATE'S READY TO PROCEED, YOUR HONOR.
-Man: DEFENSE? -Man: DEFENSE IS READY.
-WILL THE DEFENDANT RISE ALONG WITH COUNSEL?
MADAM CLERK, YOU MAY PUBLISH THE VERDICTS.
AS TO THE CHARGE OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER,
WE, THE JURY, FIND THE DEFENDANT...
Narrator: IT'S THE STORY THAT CAPTIVATED THE NATION.
WHO COULD TAKE A LITTLE, TINY CHILD
AND THROW THEM IN THE WOODS?
WHAT KIND OF MONSTER DOES THAT TAKE?
Narrator: AFTER PRESENTING
A MOUNTAIN OF COMPELLING EVIDENCE,
THE PROSECUTION HAS RESTED THEIR CASE.
Man: ALL THE EVIDENCE WE HAD LED US TO THE CONCLUSION
THAT CASEY ANTHONY HAD KILLED CAYLEE.
Narrator: BUT THE CASEY ANTHONY TRIAL IS FAR FROM OVER...
TONIGHT, OUR SPECIAL INVESTIGATION
REACHES A SHOCKING CONCLUSION.
WITH BOMBSHELL REVELATIONS FROM THE DEFENSE...
THIS IS THE LEVEL OF ABSURDITY.
IT'S A FANTASY OF FORENSICS.
A VERDICT THAT THAT NO ONE EXPECTED...
I REALLY, LIKE, LOST MY BREATH.
THE DEVIL IS DANCING TONIGHT.
Narrator: NEW, EXPLOSIVE ALLEGATIONS
FROM A DEFENSE TEAM INSIDER...
Man: ACCORDING TO THE AFFIDAVIT,
CASEY WAS PAYING OFF HER LEGAL SERVICES IN SEXUAL FAVORS.
Narrator: AND IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW,
THE ANTHONYS FINALLY REVEAL
WHAT THEY THINK REALLY HAPPENED TO CAYLEE.
Man: I BELIEVE THAT CASEY GAVE HER SOMETHING.
CAYLEE DIDN'T WAKE UP.
Woman: WHO COULD TAKE A LITTLE, TINY CHILD
AND THROW THEM IN THE WOODS?
WHAT KIND OF MONSTER DOES THAT TAKE?
Woman: CASEY ANTHONY BECAME THE MOST HATED WOMAN IN AMERICA.
Woman: ONE LIE BEGETS ANOTHER LIE BEGETS A BIGGER LIE.
Woman: WE FOUND MY DAUGHTER'S CAR TODAY.
AND IT SMELLS LIKE THERE'S BEEN A DEAD BODY IN THE DAMN CAR.
Man: WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW THAT YOUNG LADY DIED.
Woman: IT GAVE THE DEFENSE A LOT TO WORK WITH.
THIS IS NOT GOOD STUFF.
I'M NOT IN CONTROL OVER ANY OF THIS.
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND. COME ON!
Woman: ALL OF OUR HOPES WERE GONE.
I JUST COULDN'T UNDERSTAND IT.
Woman: THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG.
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Narrator: PROSECUTORS IN THE CASEY ANTHONY CASE
HAVE PRESENTED A COMPELLING ARGUMENT
ABOUT HOW HER DAUGHTER, CAYLEE, MET A GRISLY FATE.
Ashton: MY NAME IS JEFF ASHTON,
AND I WAS ONE OF THE PROSECUTORS ON THE CASEY ANTHONY CASE.
OUR THEORY WAS THAT CASEY RENDERED CAYLEE UNCONSCIOUS,
MAYBE WITH CHLOROFORM.
SHE THEN PUT DUCT TAPE
OVER HER MOUTH AND HER NOSE
SO THAT SHE COULDN'T BREATHE
AND ALLOWED HER TO DIE IN HER SLEEP.
Woman: THE PROSECUTION HAD CRUCIAL FORENSIC EVIDENCE
TO BACK UP THEIR THEORY.
FORENSICS WERE THE BACKBONE OF THEIR CASE.
Narrator: NOW, IT'S JOSE BAEZ'S TURN TO CHALLENGE
THE FORENSICS AND MOUNT A VIGOROUS DEFENSE.
Woman: FOR JOSE BAEZ, THIS WAS A HUGE UPHILL BATTLE.
THE DEFENSE HAD TO FIGURE OUT
A WAY OF USING THESE SAME FACTS
BUT TELLING IT FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE
THAT WOULD CONVINCE JURORS THAT SHE DIDN'T DO THIS.
Woman: IN A TRIAL, THERE IS THE BURDEN OF PROOF, OF COURSE.
BUT, AS ANY DEFENSE ATTORNEY WILL TELL YOU,
THE DEFENSE DOESN'T HAVE TO PROVE ANYTHING.
SO AFTER THE PROSECUTION, HERE,
BLOWS UP THIS BIG BALLOON
FULL OF THE EVIDENCE
THEY SAY THEY HAVE AGAINST CASEY ANTHONY,
ALL BAEZ HAS TO DO IS THROW DARTS
AT THE BALLOON,
DARTS OF REASONABLE DOUBT.
MY NAME IS DR. LAWRENCE KOBILINSKY.
I'M A PROFESSOR OF FORENSIC SCIENCE.
I SERVED AS A CONSULTANT FOR THE DEFENSE.
AS JOSE ENTERED THE TRIAL,
HE KNEW THAT THIS WAS A FORENSIC SCIENCE CASE.
AND MY ADVICE TO HIM WAS, "FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE."
GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
Man: MOST JURORS DON'T UNDERSTAND FORENSIC SCIENCE.
I THINK JURORS WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND
THE SCIENCE LOOK AT AN EXPERT
AND DECIDE ON CREDIBILITY.
Man: I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE FORENSICS.
THIS IS THE LEVEL OF ABSURDITY
THAT THIS PROSECUTION WILL TAKE IT TO.
THEY'LL ASK YOU TO IMAGINE FICTIONAL SCIENCE.
IT'S A FANTASY OF FORENSICS.
Narrator: THE DEFENSE BEGINS BY DISPUTING THE SOURCE OF THE ODOR
IN THE TRUNK OF CASEY'S CAR.
Man: MANY DIFFERENT PIECES OF EVIDENCE
ALL INDICATED THAT A DEAD BODY HAD BEEN IN THE BACK
OF THAT CAR FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME
AROUND THE TIME THAT CAYLEE WOULD'VE GONE MISSING.
Man: BUT ACCORDING TO JOSE BAEZ,
THERE WAS A MUCH LESS SINISTER EXPLANATION FOR
WHY THERE WAS A HORRIFIC SMELL INSIDE THE TRUNK.
THERE HAD BEEN A BAG OF GARBAGE IN THE TRUNK
WHEN THE CAR WAS PICKED UP FROM THE IMPOUND LOT.
CASEY THREW THE GARBAGE IN THE TRUNK OF HER CAR.
SHE FORGOT TO THROW OUT THE TRASH.
THAT'S WHERE THE SMELL COMES FROM.
Woman: AS THE DEFENSE TOLD IT,
IT WAS A HOT FLORIDA SUMMER
WHEN THAT CAR WAS SITTING IN THE IMPOUND LOT,
AND THE CONTENTS OF THAT TRASH BAG
WERE FESTERING FOR DAYS AND DAYS.
Narrator: TO SUPPORT THEIR THEORY,
THE DEFENSE CALLS SOMEONE WHO EXPERIENCED THE ODOR FIRSTHAND,
CINDY ANTHONY.
Woman: ON THE 9-1-1 CALLS, YOU CLEARLY HEAR HER SAYING,
"IT SMELLS LIKE A DEAD BODY."
CINDY SEEMED TO CONTRADICT HERSELF ON THE STAND.
SHE'S CHANGED HER TUNE
AND HAS BOUGHT INTO THE DEFENSE THEORY
THAT IT WAS, INDEED, ROTTING GARBAGE.
IT WAS NOT HARD TO EXPLAIN AWAY CINDY'S FLIP-FLOPPING
AS A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO TRY AND PROTECT HER DAUGHTER, CASEY.
Narrator: CINDY, HOWEVER, CLAIMS THAT HER DESCRIPTION
ON THE 9-1-1 CALL
WAS SIMPLY A PLOY TO GET THE POLICE TO RESPOND.
Woman: AFTER I FOUND OUT CAYLEE WAS MISSING,
THAT'S WHEN I CALLED THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HYSTERICAL.
WHEN YOU'RE HYSTERICAL, YOU'RE GONNA SAY
WHATEVER YOU CAN THINK OF THAT COULD GET THEM THERE
AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.
Narrator: BAEZ THEN TAKES ISSUE WITH THE EVIDENCE
THE PROSECUTION SAYS
PROVES THERE WAS A ROTTING CORPSE IN THE CAR.
USING A TECHNIQUE HE INVENTED,
DR. ARPAD VASS TESTED
A CARPET SAMPLE TAKEN FROM THE CAR
FOR THE CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OF DECOMPOSITION.
THE SAMPLE FROM THE TRUNK IS COLLECTED,
PUT INTO A PAINT CAN AND SEALED.
THE VAPOR THEN COMES OFF THE RUG
AND IS COLLECTED IN THE CAN.
YOU THEN CAN REMOVE A SAMPLE OF THAT VAPOR
AND THEN FORCE IT INTO THIS DEVICE
TO SEPARATE THE CHEMICALS.
DO YOU HAVE AN OPINION AS TO WHETHER THERE WAS
A DECOMPOSING HUMAN BODY IN THE TRUNK OF THAT CAR?
I CAN FIND NO OTHER PLAUSIBLE EXPLANATION,
OTHER THAN THAT, TO EXPLAIN ALL THE RESULTS WE FOUND.
Narrator: BUT ON CROSS-EXAMINATION,
THE DEFENSE LETS THE JURY IN ON A CRITICAL FACT.
Man: SIR, THE TESTIMONY
THAT YOU'VE GIVEN IS THE FIRST TIME
THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN THIS TYPE OF TESTIMONY IN A COURT OF LAW.
IS THAT CORRECT? -YES.
DR. VASS' TECHNIQUE
WAS NOT A PROCEDURE THAT, AT THE TIME,
WAS USED IN ANY CRIME LAB IN THE UNITED STATES
OR ANY PLACE ELSE, FOR THAT MATTER.
THIS KIND OF SCIENCE HAD NEVER BEEN
PUT INTO A COURTROOM BEFORE.
AND JOSE BAEZ MADE SURE THAT THE JURY KNEW THAT.
Narrator: HE THEN PROCEEDS TO CHALLENGE THE RELIABILITY
OF DR. VASS' METHODS
AND QUESTIONS HIS QUALIFICATIONS.
Man: A MAJORITY OF WHAT YOU'VE TESTIFIED HERE TODAY
HAS TO DEAL WITH CHEMISTRY, DOES IT NOT?
-CORRECT. -YOU ARE NOT A CHEMIST.
CAN YOU TELL THE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY
WHAT YOU GOT YOUR Ph.D IN?
ANTHROPOLOGY.
Woman: JOSE BAEZ VERY NEARLY LAUGHED AT DR. VASS.
YOU'RE MEASURING AIR FROM A CAN?
HE SORT OF DENIGRATED THIS SCIENTIST
WHO HAD DEDICATED HIS WHOLE LIFE TO STUDYING THIS.
Narrator: BAEZ CONTINUES,
PIVOTING TO ANOTHER FINDING OF DR. VASS --
THE HIGH LEVELS OF CHLOROFORM DISCOVERED IN THE CAR.
CHLOROFORM IS KNOWN AS A CHEMICAL
THAT CAN BE USED TO RENDER PEOPLE UNCONSCIOUS.
SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THEORIES
THAT WE WORKED ON WAS THAT CASEY
HAD USED CHLOROFORM
TO KNOCK CAYLEE OUT
SO THAT SHE WOULD, YOU KNOW,
DIE IN A HUMANE FASHION.
Narrator: BUT BAEZ CONTENDS THAT THE DISCOVERY OF CHLOROFORM
IN THE TRUNK OF A CAR IS FAR FROM NOTEWORTHY.
WHERE CAN YOU FIND CHLOROFORM?
PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE.
IT'S A VERY COMMON CHEMICAL IN VERY LOW QUANTITIES.
CHLOROFORM HAS A NUMBER OF PURPOSES.
IT'S COMMONLY FOUND IN CLEANING COMPOUNDS.
SO FINDING CHLOROFORM IN A TRUNK IS NOT THAT BIZARRE.
Woman: IT GAVE THE DEFENSE SOME MORE FODDER TO WORK WITH
IN THIS MYSTERY OF WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO CAYLEE
AND RAISING REASONABLE DOUBT,
WHICH IS WHAT THEIR JOB WAS.
IT RAISED REASONABLE DOUBT.
Narrator: TO FURTHER CHALLENGE THE IDEA
THAT CASEY USED CHLOROFORM TO SUBDUE CAYLEE,
BAEZ TURNS TO THE SEARCHES FOR THE SUBSTANCE
ON THE ANTHONY FAMILY COMPUTER.
Man: BASED ON THE TIMING OF THE SEARCHES,
WE FELT WE WERE ABLE TO ESTABLISH
THAT IT COULD ONLY BE DONE BY CASEY.
Narrator: BUT THE DEFENSE OFFERS UP
A NEARLY INCOMPREHENSIBLE EXPLANATION.
Man: DO YOU RECALL DOING ANY SEARCHES FOR CHLOROFORM?
YES. I STARTED LOOKING UP CHLOROFORM,
I MEAN, CHLOROPHYLL.
AND THEN THAT PROMPTED ME TO LOOK UP CHLOROFORM.
Woman: WHEN YOU TYPE IN THREE OR FOUR LETTERS, THINGS COME UP.
I WAS SEARCHING FOR STUFF
THAT HAD PERTAINED TO OUR BAMBOO
BECAUSE ONE OF THE DOGS WAS GETTING ILL AFTER,
WE NOTICED, AFTER EATING THE BAMBOO LEAVES
THAT WAS IN OUR YARD.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS NO TOXICITY
OR ANYTHING THAT I NEEDED TO BE CONCERNED WITH.
AND I SEARCHED CHLOROPHYLL.
BUT I REMEMBER CHLOROFORM COMING UP DURING THAT SEARCH.
Narrator: BUT PROSECUTORS ASSERT
THAT IT WOULD'VE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE FOR CINDY
TO HAVE MADE THE SEARCHES.
IS IT YOUR TESTIMONY THAT DESPITE THE FACT
THAT YOUR WORK RECORDS SHOW THAT YOU WORKED ON MONDAY,
MARCH 17, THAT YOU WERE HOME?
IT'S POSSIBLE, YES.
THE PROSECUTION, ON RE-EXAMINATION,
CAME BACK AND CONFRONTED CINDY
WITH TIME CARDS FROM HER OFFICE,
SHOWING SHE WAS CLEARLY AT HER OFFICE AT THE TIME.
WERE YOU HOME?
IF THOSE COMPUTER ENTRIES WERE MADE, THEN I MADE THEM.
I WAS HOME.
I WAS LIKE, "THAT'S IT.
YOU'RE JUST MAKING THIS UP.
YOU KNOW IT'S NOT TRUE."
THIS IS BEYOND THE PALE.
Woman: SHE OWNED THOSE SEARCHES
AND TOOK THE SUSPICION OFF HER OWN DAUGHTER.
I THINK CINDY ANTHONY'S MOTIVATION FOR CHANGING HER MIND
ON WHAT CAUSED THE SMELL
AND WHO DID THE SEARCHES ON HER HOME COMPUTER
CAME OUT OF A PLACE OF LOVE IN HER HEART.
SHE DIDN'T HAVE A GRANDDAUGHTER ANYMORE,
SO SHE WANTED TO PROTECT HER DAUGHTER.
Narrator: NOW, THE DEFENSE SETS ITS SIGHTS ON THE MAN
WHO DISCOVERED CAYLEE'S REMAINS
AND REVEALS A DAMNING ALLEGATION.
Man: YOUR TESTIMONY THAT YOU PUT THAT STICK
IN THE EYE SOCKET OF THE SKULL
AND LIFTED IT UP TO BE SURE WHAT IT WAS?
-YES, SIR. -SO BASICALLY, HE'S SAYING,
"YOU CAN'T PAY ATTENTION TO ANYTHING AT THE CRIME SCENE.
IT'S ALL CONTAMINATED."
Narrator: AFTER CHALLENGING THE FORENSIC EVIDENCE
COLLECTED FROM CASEY ANTHONY'S CAR,
HER DEFENSE FOCUSES
ON THE DISCOVERY OF CAYLEE'S REMAINS.
Narrator: THEY CALL ROY KRONK,
THE UTILITY WORKER WHO DISCOVERED THE BONES,
TO THE STAND.
THAT WAS A VERY HORRIFIC THING FOR ME TO FIND, OBVIOUSLY.
ACCORDING TO THE DEFENSE, THERE IS SOMETHING
DEEPLY COMPROMISING ABOUT ROY KRONK'S STORY
OF DISCOVERING CAYLEE'S REMAINS.
Man: YOUR TESTIMONY THAT YOU PUT THAT STICK
IN THE EYE SOCKET OF THE SKULL
AND LIFTED IT UP TO BE SURE WHAT IT WAS?
YES, SIR. I APOLOGIZE FOR DOING SO.
BUT LIKE I SAID, I DID NOT KNOW WHAT IT WAS.
JOSE BAEZ, WITH ONE LITTLE EXPLANATION, SAYS,
"ALL THE EVIDENCE AT THE CRIME SCENE
IS CONTAMINATED
BECAUSE ROY KRONK MOVED THE BODY.
SO YOU NEED TO DISREGARD EVERYTHING AT THE CRIME SCENE."
Woman: ROY KRONK WAS A GIFT TO THE DEFENSE IN THIS CASE.
IT GAVE THE DEFENSE A LOT TO WORK WITH.
THIS IS NOT GOOD STUFF.
Narrator: THE DEFENSE THEN PREPARES TO LAY SIEGE TO
THE EVIDENCE AT THE CENTER OF THE PROSECUTION'S NARRATIVE:
THE DUCT TAPE FOUND ON
CAYLEE ANTHONY'S SKELETAL REMAINS.
Man: THE DUCT TAPE IS PROBABLY
THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF EVIDENCE IN THE CASE.
Man: WOULD THE SINGLE PIECE OF TAPE
BEEN SUFFICIENT TO HAVE COVERED THE NOSE AND MOUTH
AND MADE BREATHING IMPOSSIBLE?
YES.
Woman: THE PROSECUTION ALLEGED THAT THE DUCT TAPE
HAD ACTUALLY BEEN USED AS A MURDER WEAPON.
THEY SAID THAT CASEY ANTHONY
FIRST CHLOROFORMED HER CHILD
AND THEN PLACED SEVERAL PIECES OF DUCT TAPE
OVER HER MOUTH AND NOSE,
CAUSING HER SUFFOCATION DEATH.
Narrator: TO COUNTERACT THIS CLAIM,
BAEZ TURNED TO HIS FORENSIC CONSULTANT,
LAWRENCE KOBILINSKY.
MY ADVICE TO HIM WAS,
"COUNTER THE PROSECUTOR'S EXPERTS WITH YOUR OWN EXPERTS.
BUT YOU NEED THE BEST EXPERTS."
Narrator: AT TRIAL, HE CALLS UPON A VETERAN PATHOLOGIST
NAMED DR. WERNER SPITZ.
Woman: DR. WERNER SPITZ WAS A PRETTY HIGH-PROFILE
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL.
HE HAD TESTIFIED BEFORE CONGRESS
IN THE JFK ASSASSINATION CASE.
HE HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN MANY OTHER HIGH-PROFILE CASES,
LIKE THE O.J. SIMPSON CASE.
Narrator: SPITZ CONDUCTED HIS OWN AUTOPSY
AND EXAMINED THE DUCT TAPE.
Man: ACCORDING TO SPITZ, BECAUSE CAYLEE'S BODY
WAS COMPLETELY SKELETONIZED,
IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO ASSERTIVELY SAY
WHERE THAT DUCT TAPE WAS ON HER REMAINS.
Man: THERE WAS NOTHING ON THE BONE
THAT WOULD SUGGEST DUCT TAPE.
THERE WAS NOTHING ON THE DUCT TAPE
THAT WOULD SUGGEST THAT IT HAD APPLICATION
ON THE SKIN, EITHER.
Narrator: SPITZ ARGUES THAT
IF DUCT TAPE HAD COVERED CAYLEE'S MOUTH,
THERE WOULD BE ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE TO PROVE IT.
Man: IF THERE IS A FIRM CONNECTION
BETWEEN THE DUCT TAPE AND THE SKIN,
THERE WOULD'VE BEEN DNA ON THAT DUCT TAPE.
Woman: DR. SPITZ SAID,
"IF IT HAD BEEN STUCK TO THE CHILD,
HER DNA WOULD'VE BEEN ON THE BACK SIDE OF IT.
AND THE DNA OF WHOEVER PLACED IT
THERE WOULD'VE BEEN ON THE FRONT."
AND HE FOUND NO DNA.
Narrator: BUT SOME FIND HIS TESTIMONY TO BE A STRETCH.
THIS BODY WAS OUT IN 90-SOME-DEGREE
FLORIDA HEAT, UNDER WATER AT TIMES.
THE THOUGHT THAT THE FORCES
THAT BASICALLY DISINTEGRATED THE SKIN
WOULD SOMEHOW NOT DISINTEGRATE THE DNA
FROM WHICH THE SKIN IS MADE IS ABSOLUTELY LUDICROUS.
Narrator: BASED ON HIS FINDINGS,
SPITZ DISPUTES THE PROSECUTION'S EXPLANATION
OF EXACTLY HOW CAYLEE DIED.
AS FOR THE DUCT TAPE AS BEING CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE,
DR. SPITZ SAID IT WASN'T.
HE SEEMED TO SAY, "THERE WAS NO SCIENTIFIC WAY
TO PROVE THAT THE DUCT TAPE
HAD ACTUALLY BEEN USED AS A MURDER WEAPON."
Narrator: HE EVEN CHALLENGES THE STATE'S CLASSIFICATION
OF THE CHILD'S DEATH.
Man: DR. SPITZ CONCLUDED THAT CAYLEE'S DEATH
SHOULD NOT BE RULED A HOMICIDE.
THE VERY FOUNDATION OF A MURDER CASE
IS PROVING THAT THE VICTIM WAS, INDEED, MURDERED.
BUT THE DEFENSE WAS ABLE TO RAISE QUESTIONS
ABOUT THAT VERY FACT.
Narrator: WITH THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
AND THE CAUSE OF DEATH BEHIND HIM,
JOSE BAEZ NOW FOCUSES ON THE BEHAVIOR OF HIS CLIENT.
Man: ONE OF THE BIGGEST OBSTACLES
THAT THE DEFENSE WAS ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE TO FACE
WAS THAT OF CASEY'S CHARACTER.
Woman: THIS PARADE OF FRIENDS
TESTIFIED FOR THE PROSECUTION
THAT CASEY SAID HER DAUGHTER WAS WITH THE NANNY.
AND SHE DIDN'T ACT LIKE SHE HAD A DEAD DAUGHTER.
Man: NOW, THE DEFENSE USES THOSE VERY SAME WITNESSES
TO TURN THE PROSECUTION'S NARRATIVE ON ITS HEAD.
Man: WOULD YOU SAY SHE WAS A GOOD MOTHER?
YES, I WOULD.
THE DEFENSE ASKED ALL THESE WITNESSES
ABOUT CASEY'S RELATIONSHIP WITH HER DAUGHTER,
WHETHER THEY EVER SAW ANY EVIDENCE
OF NEGLECT OR ABUSE.
AND NO ONE EVER DID.
THEN, BAEZ HAD TO COUNTER THE STATE'S ARGUMENT
ABOUT MOTIVE,
THAT CASEY WANTED A CHILD-FREE LIFE.
FROM THE DEFENSE PERSPECTIVE,
MOTHERHOOD WASN'T AS HARD ON CASEY
AS IT IS ON SOME SINGLE MOTHERS.
AFTER ALL, CASEY WAS LIVING WITH HER PARENTS.
THEY PROVIDED FOOD AND SHELTER.
THEY WERE HELPING WITH CHILD CARE.
I MEAN, DID SHE REALLY WANT A CHILD-FREE LIFE
ENOUGH TO KILL HER CHILD?
THEY'RE SAYING, "NO. WE DON'T BUY IT."
WHAT THE JURY'S SEEING IS JOSE BAEZ,
THE WHOLE DEFENSE TEAM MAINTAINING CASEY ANTHONY'S
ABSOLUTE INNOCENCE HERE.
Narrator: THE DEFENSE RESTS ITS CASE.
BUT MANY OBSERVERS ARE PERPLEXED
THAT BAEZ HAS NOT ADDRESSED
HIS TWO MOST EXPLOSIVE CLAIMS.
Woman: IN HIS OPENING STATEMENT,
HE ALLEGED SEXUAL ABUSE.
BUT THAT NEVER CAME UP IN THE TRIAL.
THE EVIDENCE DID NOT SHOW
THAT THERE WAS ANY SEXUAL ABUSE.
THE EVIDENCE DID NOT SHOW DEFINITIVELY
THAT LITTLE CAYLEE DROWNED, EITHER.
Woman: IT WAS AN UNUSUAL STRATEGY.
HE DROPPED THE BOMB IN THE BEGINNING.
BUT HE NEVER BROUGHT ONE WITNESS UP TO TALK ABOUT IT.
Man: AFTER WEEKS OF EVIDENCE,
TESTIMONY AND COURTROOM SHENANIGANS,
IT WAS TIME FOR CLOSING ARGUMENTS.
THE EVIDENCE IN THIS CASE
PROVES BEYOND ANY REASONABLE DOUBT
THAT CASEY ANTHONY DECIDED
THAT THE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE LIFE THAT SHE WANTED
AND THE LIFE THAT WAS THRUST UPON HER
WAS SIMPLY IRRECONCILABLE.
SHE CHOSE TO SACRIFICE HER CHILD.
Woman: ONE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE POINTS
OF THE CLOSING ARGUMENTS CAME FROM
THE PROSECUTION'S LINDA DRANE BURDICK.
SHE LOOKED AT THE JURY AND SAID,
"WHOSE LIFE WAS BETTER OFF WITH CAYLEE DEAD?"
AND SHE FLIPPED A BUTTON ON THE BIG SCREEN.
AND UP POPPED THE PICTURE OF CASEY ANTHONY IN A NIGHT CLUB
GRINDING AGAINST ANOTHER WOMAN.
AND SHE CLICKED THE BUTTON AGAIN.
AND THERE WAS CASEY WITH HER BRAND NEW TATTOO THAT SAID,
"BELLA VITA" -- BEAUTIFUL LIFE.
AND SHE LOOKED AT THE JURY, AND SHE SAID,
"THERE'S YOUR ANSWER."
THE PROSECUTION WAS BRILLIANT, FRANKLY.
THEY WERE VERY MEASURED.
THEY TOLD A STORY.
IT WAS SORT OF A PLEASURE TO WATCH.
Man: BUT NOW, IT'S THE DEFENSE'S TURN TO FIRE BACK.
Narrator: JUDGE PERRY, HOWEVER,
FORBIDS BAEZ FROM DIRECTLY
ADDRESSING THE ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ABUSE.
THE JUDGE, I THINK, WANTED TO KEEP THIS A FAIR TRIAL.
AND THESE ALLEGATIONS WERE SO OFF THE CHARTS
THAT HE WOULDN'T ALLOW THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY
TO MENTION IT IN CLOSING ARGUMENTS
BECAUSE THERE'S NO PROOF FOR IT.
Narrator: THE DEFENSE GOES ON TO ARGUE
THAT THE PROSECUTION'S STORY ABOUT CAYLEE'S MURDER
DOESN'T ADD UP.
Man: HOW DID SHE DIE?
WHEN DID SHE DIE? WHERE DID SHE DIE?
DID THEY PRESENT ONE SINGLE PIECE OF EVIDENCE
AS TO WHERE CAYLEE WAS WHEN SHE PASSED AWAY?
ZERO.
Woman: FOR ALL HIS INEXPERIENCE AT THE TIME,
NOT HAVING TRIED A WHOLE LOT OF CASES,
JOSE BAEZ WAS REALLY GOOD IN FRONT OF A JURY.
HE KNEW HOW TO TALK TO JURORS.
HE HAD A COMMAND OF THE FACTS AND HIS ARGUMENTS.
I THINK THAT HE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB IN HIS CLOSING.
Narrator: JOSE BAEZ ENDS ON A POWERFUL NOTE.
THERE'S THE PROOF.
Woman: PART OF THE CLOSING ARGUMENT
OF JOSE BAEZ WAS TO SHOW A PICTURE OF LITTLE CAYLEE
AT THE BACK FRENCH WINDOWS,
OPENING THE BACK DOOR.
RIGHT OUTSIDE THAT WINDOW IS THE SWIMMING POOL.
SO THEREIN LIED THE THEORY OF SHE LET HERSELF OUT.
SOMEONE, SOME ADULT LEFT THE LADDER DOWN.
AND SHE CLIMBED INTO THE POOL AND ACCIDENTALLY DROWNED.
Man: THIS WAS AN ACCIDENT THAT SNOWBALLED OUT OF CONTROL.
YOU ARE BEING ASKED TO MAKE
THE BIGGEST DECISION OF YOUR LIFE.
A HUMAN LIFE LIES IN THE BALANCE.
Narrator: IT'S THE FINAL STAGE IN THE TRIAL OF THE CENTURY.
NOW, AFTER 33 DAYS OF TESTIMONY,
IT'S UP TO THE JURY TO DECIDE
THE FATE OF CASEY ANTHONY.
CAN YOU IMAGINE DECIDING TO CONVICT
OR NOT TO CONVICT SOMEONE OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER?
THEIR LIFE IS IN YOUR HANDS.
IN THE CASEY ANTHONY CASE,
I WAS A CRIME REPORTER AND A TV HOST.
I GOT SO NERVOUS AS WE WERE WAITING FOR THIS VERDICT.
THIS IS THE MOMENT OF TRUTH.
IT'S AGONIZING.
Narrator: FINALLY, ON JULY 5, 2011,
THE JURY INFORMS THE CLERK
THAT THEY'VE REACHED A VERDICT.
THE JURY DELIBERATED FOR ABOUT 11 HOURS,
MAYBE JUST SHY OF 11 HOURS.
THAT WAS A PRETTY QUICK DELIBERATION TIME.
ON THE DAY THAT THE VERDICT WAS ANNOUNCED,
I WAS IN THE VERY LAST ROW IN THE UPPER DECK
OF THE COURTHOUSE.
THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE COURTROOM THAT I RECALL WAS VERY QUIET.
STATE?
Woman: THE STATE'S READY TO PROCEED, YOUR HONOR.
-Man: DEFENSE? -Man: DEFENSE IS READY.
Narrator: WHEN THE BAILIFF HANDS THE JURY'S VERDICT TO THE JUDGE,
HE SLOWLY EXAMINES THE DOCUMENTS.
Man: MY NAME IS BELVIN PERRY.
I WAS THE PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE CASEY ANTHONY CASE.
I READ IT TWICE BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE
THAT I SAW WHAT I SAW.
WILL THE DEFENDANT RISE ALONG WITH COUNSEL?
MADAM CLERK, YOU MAY PUBLISH THE VERDICTS.
STATE OF FLORIDA VERSUS CASEY MARIE ANTHONY.
AS TO THE CHARGE OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER,
WE, THE JURY, FIND THE DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY.
SO SAY WE ALL.
DATED AT ORLANDO, ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA,
ON THIS 5TH DAY OF JULY, 2011.
Woman: WHEN THIS WOMAN STOOD THERE
AND JUST VERY CALMLY SAID
"NOT GUILTY OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER,"
IT WAS LIKE A BOMB HAD BEEN DROPPED.
Woman: AS TO THE CHARGE OF AGGRAVATED MANSLAUGHTER
OF A CHILD, WE, THE JURY,
FIND THE DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY.
AS TO THE CHARGE OF AGGRAVATED CHILD ABUSE,
WE, THE JURY, FIND THE DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY.
CASEY WAS SHOCKED.
AND EVERYBODY ON THE DEFENSE SIDE
WAS EMBRACING EACH OTHER.
AND THEY WERE IN TEARS.
ONCE I HEARD THE THIRD "NOT GUILTY,"
I WAS JUST IN MY OWN HEAD.
I WASN'T LISTENING TO ANYTHING.
I WAS, LIKE, IN DISBELIEF.
I REALLY, LIKE, LOST MY BREATH.
IT WAS SO COMPLETELY UNFATHOMABLE TO ME
THAT THEY WOULD NOT HOLD HER RESPONSIBLE
FOR CAYLEE'S DEATH IN ANY WAY.
I WAS SURPRISED.
I THOUGHT THERE WAS CLEARLY ENOUGH EVIDENCE
TO SUSTAIN A VERDICT OF GUILTY
ON ONE OF THE HOMICIDE COUNTS.
Woman: CASEY WAS FOUND GUILTY OF FOUR MISDEMEANORS.
SHE LIED TO THE POLICE ABOUT LEADING THEM, BASICALLY,
ON A WILD CHASE IN ALL SORTS OF DIRECTIONS
REGARDING WHERE HER DAUGHTER WAS.
Woman: WE WERE ACTUALLY ADVISED, NO MATTER WHAT THE VERDICT WAS,
TO EXIT FOR,
PRETTY MUCH, OUR SAFETY.
I FELT AT PEACE WITH THE VERDICT
BECAUSE I ASKED GOD TO SHOW ME JUSTICE FOR CAYLEE,
IF SOMETHING INTENTIONALLY HAPPENED TO HER,
THAT CASEY GO TO JAIL THE REST OF HER LIFE,
THAT LORD, PLEASE GRANT HER
WHAT YOU FEEL IS THE RIGHT PUNISHMENT.
AND I FEEL HE DID. AND I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
I FEEL AT PEACE WITH THAT.
IT'S ALWAYS WHO CAN PUT ON THE BEST SHOW.
I HATE TO SAY THAT WORD.
JOSE DID HIS JOB.
HE PUT ON THE BEST SHOW.
HE GOT WHAT HE WANTED.
JOSE WON.
Narrator: BAEZ AND HIS TEAM
CELEBRATE THEIR UNEXPECTED VICTORY
IN A PRESS CONFERENCE AFTER THE TRIAL.
Man: I KNOW I CAN GO HOME, AND MY DAUGHTER WILL ASK ME,
"WHAT DID YOU DO TODAY?"
AND I CAN SAY, "I SAVED A LIFE."
Woman: THIS IS THE JURY OF THE PEOPLE,
RIGHT HERE, THAT HAVE GATHERED.
Narrator: OUTSIDE THE COURTROOM, THE MOOD IS FAR DIFFERENT.
HOW UPSET ARE YOU RIGHT NOW? I CAN'T EVEN TALK?
I'M APPALLED BY THIS.
Woman: PEOPLE WERE JUST LIKE, "WHAT?!
THIS CAN'T BE. THIS CAN'T BE."
EVERYBODY THOUGHT IT WAS AN OPEN-AND-SHUT CASE.
SOMEWHERE OUT THERE, THE DEVIL IS DANCING TONIGHT.
Woman: SHE KILLED THAT BABY.
SHE THREW HER AWAY LIKE SHE WAS TRASH.
Narrator: THE PUBLIC'S ANGER
IS NOT ONLY DIRECTED AT CASEY ANTHONY,
BUT ALSO THE JURORS WHO DECIDED HER FATE.
MY NAME IS RUSS HUEKLER.
I WAS A JUROR ON THE CASEY ANTHONY TRIAL.
THE MOST DISCOURAGING THING
WAS THE DEATH THREATS.
I PROBABLY GOT 1,000 E-MAILS
TELLING ME THAT I DIDN'T DESERVE TO BREATHE.
LIKE, HOW COULD I BE SO STUPID?
HOW COULD I BE SO WRONG?
YOU KNOW, SHAME ON ME.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT CASEY WAS INNOCENT.
IT WAS JUST THE PROSECUTION
JUST DIDN'T PROVE THEIR CASE.
THEY COULDN'T SAY HOW SHE DIED.
THEY COULDN'T CONNECT CASEY TO THE MURDER.
IT WAS ALL CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE, THE WHOLE CASE.
Perry: THEIR PROSECUTION ASKED FOR THE DEATH PENALTY.
BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW THAT YOUNG LADY DIED.
SO ACHIEVING A DEATH PENALTY
IN THAT PARTICULAR CASE WAS GONNA BE VERY DIFFICULT,
IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE.
THIS WAS A CASE WHERE THE BODY WAS COMPLETELY DECOMPOSED.
SO YOU COULDN'T HAVE ANY EVIDENCE
FROM THE AUTOPSY TO SHOW HOW THE KID DIED.
Woman: NOBODY CONNECTED THE DOTS.
WE DIDN'T FIND OUT EXACTLY WHERE IS SHE MURDERED,
WHAT SPOT.
WHERE DID SHE TAKE THE CHILD AFTERWARDS?
HOW DID CASEY ANTHONY MAKE THE CHLOROFORM?
OR DID SHE BUY IT?
THE PROSECUTORS DIDN'T PAINT A PICTURE.
THEY LEFT IT UP TO THE JURORS TO VISUALIZE THIS MURDER.
AND THE JURORS COULDN'T VISUALIZE IT.
Narrator: FOR PROSECUTOR JEFF ASHTON,
THE VERDICT IS TOUGH TO SWALLOW.
YOU KNOW, I'VE TRIED TO, IN MY OWN MIND,
SORT OF FIGURE OUT HOW IT
IS THAT THIS JURY'S VIEW OF THIS EVIDENCE
WAS SO AT ODDS WITH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF OTHER PEOPLE.
AND I FINALLY CAME TO THE CONCLUSION
THAT THE PROCESS OF
THE MEDIA TRYING THIS CASE ON TV
OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN,
IT KIND OF SKEWED THE JURY PANEL.
LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT I MEAN.
OF ALL THE JURORS THAT WE HAD TO CHOOSE FROM,
MOST OF THEM HAD ALREADY BEEN CONVINCED OF HER GUILT
BY THE MEDIA -- AND, OF COURSE,
ONCE THEY'RE CONVINCED, THEY CAN'T SERVE.
SO WHO DO YOU HAVE LEFT?
PEOPLE YOU HAVE LEFT ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE HEARD ALL THE EVIDENCE
WE HAVE,
BUT STILL AREN'T CONVINCED SHE'S GUILTY.
SO HOW ARE WE EVER GONNA CONVINCE THEM?
Narrator: TWO DAYS AFTER THE VERDICT,
CASEY IS SENTENCED FOR THE FOUR MISDEMEANOR ACCOUNTS
OF LYING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.
EACH ONE OF THOSE MISDEMEANORS CARRIED A YEAR.
AND SHE WAS SENTENCED TO A YEAR
FOR EACH TO BE SERVED CONSECUTIVELY,
WHICH MEANS 4 YEARS.
THE THING IS SHE HAD BEEN INCARCERATED
FOR MORE THAN 3 YEARS.
AND YOU GET TIME OFF FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR.
SO SHE DID 10 MORE DAYS.
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
Narrator: ON JULY 17, CASEY IS RELEASED FROM PRISON,
AND THE MOST HATED WOMAN IN AMERICA ATTEMPTS
TO SLIP INTO OBSCURITY.
BUT IT'S NOT LONG BEFORE, ONCE AGAIN,
SHE'S MAKING HEADLINES.
Woman: A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR
UNLEASHED A BOMBSHELL OF DOCUMENTS.
SOME OF IT WAS REALLY SHOCKING.
Narrator: ON JULY 17,
10 DAYS AFTER SHE WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY
FOR KILLING HER DAUGHTER,
CASEY ANTHONY IS RELEASED FROM PRISON.
THE ALLEGATIONS MADE AT THE TRIAL
HAVE STRAINED HER RELATIONSHIP WITH HER PARENTS.
SO CASEY SETS OUT ON HER OWN.
WHERE DOES SOMEONE LIKE CASEY ANTHONY GO
TO REBUILD HER LIFE?
SHE IS AN INFAMOUS FIGURE NATIONWIDE.
FOR A WHILE, SHE LIVED WITH ONE OF HER ATTORNEYS.
BUT SHE SORT OF BECAME A NOMAD.
I TRACKED HER DOWN, AT ONE POINT,
IN PALM CITY, FLORIDA,
RECEIVING SANCTUARY IN A CHURCH COMPOUND.
SHE LIVED IN A HOUSE OFF TO THE SIDE.
THE MINUTE I SHOWED UP, OTHER MEDIA SHOWED UP,
AND SHE HIGHTAILED IT OUT OF THERE.
Narrator: IN JANUARY OF 2013,
A FLORIDA APPEALS COURT
OVERTURNS TWO OF CASEY'S FOUR CONVICTIONS
FOR LYING TO AUTHORITIES.
BUT HER LEGAL TROUBLES ARE FAR FROM OVER.
ZENAIDA GONZALEZ SUED FOR BESMIRCHING HER NAME.
AND EQUUSEARCH, THE SEARCH COMPANY
THAT HAD SPENT SO MUCH MONEY SEARCHING FOR CAYLEE ANTHONY,
WANTED SOME OF THEIR MONEY BACK.
IN THE END, CASEY ANTHONY SIMPLY FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY
TO GET OUT FROM UNDER IT ALL.
Narrator: CASEY REACHES A SETTLEMENT WITH EQUUSEARCH.
AND ZENAIDA GONZALEZ'S LAWSUIT IS DISMISSED.
THEN, IN MAY 2016,
COURT FILINGS IN THE BANKRUPTCY CASE
REVEAL SHOCKING ALLEGATIONS.
Man: BURIED IN CASEY ANTHONY'S BANKRUPTCY CASE
IS THE EXPLOSIVE ACCUSATIONS
OF A DEFENSE TEAM INSIDER.
Man: A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR NAMED DOMINIC CASEY,
WHO WORKED FOR THE DEFENSE TEAM DURING THE TRIAL,
UNLEASHED A BOMBSHELL OF DOCUMENTS
ABOUT THE BEHAVIOR HE SAID HE WITNESSED
BETWEEN JOSE BAEZ AND CASEY ANTHONY.
SOME OF IT WAS REALLY SHOCKING.
HE ALLEGED THAT JOSE BAEZ HAD ALMOST COMPLETE CONTROL
OVER CASEY AND THAT CASEY WAS VERY COMPLIANT WITH HIM.
HE SAYS THAT, AT ONE POINT,
JOSE BAEZ SET UP A MEDIA INTERVIEW FOR CASEY ANTHONY.
AND AT THE VERY LAST MINUTE,
SHE DECIDED SHE DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT
AND SAID, "PLEASE, PLEASE CANCEL THIS FOR ME."
HE DID THAT FAVOR FOR CASEY ANTHONY.
AND THEN THE REPAYMENT, ACCORDING TO DOMINIC CASEY,
WAS, THIS IS A QUOTE,
SHE OWED HIM THREE BLOW JOBS.
Man: DOMINIC CASEY SAID THAT OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS,
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JOSE BAEZ
AND CASEY ESCALATED
AND BECAME MORE INAPPROPRIATE.
Woman: DOMINIC CASEY ALLEGED THAT ONE TIME,
HE WENT TO THE OFFICE AND FOUND CASEY ANTHONY
RUNNING OUT JOSE BAEZ'S DOOR,
GIGGLING, STARK NAKED.
DOMINIC SAID THAT HE CONFRONTED CASEY.
AND IT WAS AT THAT POINT THAT CASEY CONFESSED
SHE WAS PAYING OFF HER LEGAL SERVICES IN SEXUAL FAVORS.
SHE SAID, "WELL, I HAVE TO DO THIS
BECAUSE I HAVE NO MONEY TO PAY HIM BACK."
Narrator: IN THE AFFIDAVIT, THE PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR
GOES ON TO MAKE CLAIMS
ABOUT THE EVENTS THAT SHAPED CASEY'S INFAMOUS DEFENSE.
Woman: IN COURT DOCUMENTS, DOMINIC CASEY ALLEGED THAT
WHEN JOSE BAEZ HIRED HIM,
HE HIRED HIM NOT TO GO OUT
AND FIND THE MISSING CAYLEE ANTHONY,
BUT TO GO OUT AND FIND HER BODY.
BAEZ ALLEGEDLY TOLD THIS PRIVATE DETECTIVE
THAT HE KNEW THAT CASEY KILLED HER.
BUT HE NEEDED HIM TO GO FIND THE BODY
BEFORE SOMEBODY ELSE DID.
Man: WHEN CAYLEE'S BODY WAS DISCOVERED,
THE TEAM BEGAN TO STRATEGIZE A DEFENSE THEORY.
Narrator: ACCORDING TO DOMINIC,
AFTER REVIEWING PHOTOS OF THE ANTHONY HOME,
HE NOTICED SOMETHING UNUSUAL.
THE PORTABLE LADDER OF THE ABOVE-GROUND POOL
HAD BEEN LEFT IN PLACE.
HE CAME UP WITH AN IDEA.
Woman: ACCORDING TO DOMINIC CASEY,
IT WAS HE WHO CAME UP WITH THE THEORY
THAT CAYLEE HAD DROWNED IN THE BACKYARD POOL.
Narrator: JOSE BAEZ AND CASEY ANTHONY
ARE QUICK TO RESPOND TO DOMINIC'S CLAIMS.
WHEN DOMINIC CASEY'S AFFIDAVITS ARE MADE PUBLIC,
JOSE BAEZ AND CASEY ANTHONY
EMPHATICALLY DENIED ALL OF THE ALLEGATIONS.
Woman: BAEZ HAS DENIED THIS.
BUT DOMINIC CASEY SAYS HE KNOWS WHAT HE SAW,
AND HE KNOWS WHAT HE HEARD.
AND HE HAD A DISCUSSION WITH CASEY ABOUT IT.
Narrator: DOMINIC CASEY'S ALLEGATION AND BAEZ'S DENIAL
ONLY ADD TO THE INTRIGUE AND UNCERTAINTY
ABOUT WHAT REALLY TRANSPIRED IN THE ANTHONY HOME
ON JUNE 16, 2008.
NOW, IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW,
WE'RE SEEKING ANSWERS FROM THE TWO PEOPLE
CLOSEST TO THIS PAINFUL TRAGEDY.
FOR HER PART, CINDY ANTHONY'S VIEWS
REMAIN CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH CASEY'S TRIAL DEFENSE.
JUNE 16, SOMETHING HAPPENED TO CAYLEE.
FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, SHE DROWNED IN OUR POOL,
AND CASEY PANICKED.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT DISTRACTED HER OR WHAT HAPPENED.
BUT AS FAR AS BEING RESPONSIBLE,
I FEEL LIKE IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.
I MEAN, IT MAKES SENSE THAT SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENED,
AND THAT, YOU KNOW, SHE DISCOVERED HER TO THE POINT
WHERE SHE KNEW SHE COULDN'T REVIVE HER.
Narrator: ACCORDING TO CINDY, THE TRAGIC LOSS,
IN PART, EXPLAINS CASEY'S SUBSEQUENT LIES.
Cindy: EMOTIONALLY, SHE WAS -- SOMETHING HAPPENED TO HER
WHEN SHE REALIZED HER CHILD HAD DIED,
THAT SHE COULDN'T COPE WITH THAT.
AND SHE PANICKED.
AND I THINK THAT HAPPENS TO A LOT OF PEOPLE,
THAT SOMETIMES YOU'RE WORRIED
THAT SOMEONE'S NOT GONNA BELIEVE YOU THAT IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.
SO YOU TRY TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE SOMETHING ELSE.
Narrator: CINDY EXPLAINS THAT SHE LEARNED
OF THESE EVENTS NOT FROM CASEY HERSELF,
BUT RATHER, FROM HER LAWYER, JOSE BAEZ.
Cindy: WHEN HE TOLD ME SEVERAL WEEKS
BEFORE THE TRIAL THAT,
YOU KNOW, CAYLEE HAD DROWNED,
I GO, "WELL, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?"
HE GOES, "WELL, I'M GOING TO TELL THEM IN COURT
THAT SHE DROWNED.
BUT I'M GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT
HOW TO GET YOUR DAUGHTER OFF
FOR NOT SAYING ANYTHING FOR 30 DAYS."
THEN I SAYS, "WELL, JUST SAY THE TRUTH."
HE GOES, "NO ONE'S GOING TO BELIEVE THIS STORY."
Narrator: BUT GEORGE ANTHONY SEES IT VERY DIFFERENTLY.
George: I JUST DON'T BELIEVE
THAT CAYLEE DROWNED IN THIS POOL.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT. THAT'S A BUNCH OF BULL TO ME.
Narrator: CINDY ANTHONY BELIEVES
THE DEATH OF HER GRANDDAUGHTER, CAYLEE,
WAS AN ACCIDENTAL DROWNING.
HER HUSBAND GEORGE, HOWEVER, HOLDS A FAR DIFFERENT VIEW.
George: I DON'T BELIEVE THAT SHE DROWNED IN THIS POOL.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT. THAT'S A BUNCH OF BULL TO ME.
THAT'S TOO EASY OF A STORY TO BRING UP
'CAUSE IF THAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED,
I THINK MY DAUGHTER
WOULD HAVE AT LEAST HAD THE COMMON DECENCY
OR COMMON SENSE INSIDE TO CALL 9-1-1
AND SAY SOMETHING.
"MY DAUGHTER'S IN THE POOL. I CAN'T GET HER.
SHE'S WHATEVER."
THAT'S A BUNCH OF CRAP.
Narrator: GEORGE BELIEVES THE TRUTH OF WHAT HAPPENED
MAY LIE IN UNUSUAL BEHAVIOR
HE OBSERVED IN CAYLEE MONTHS BEFORE SHE DIED.
CAYLEE WAS ALWAYS A VERY HEALTHY CHILD,
VERY HEALTHY GIRL.
BUT JUST KNOW, AT TIMES, THAT SHE WOULD SLEEP FOR 10,
12, 13 HOURS AT A TIME, MAKES NO SENSE TO ME.
WHEN I'D SEE HER FROM ONE DAY TO THE NEXT,
IT WAS TOTALLY DIFFERENT, CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE
WITH BLACKNESS UNDERNEATH HER EYES
AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
A 2 1/2 OR ALMOST 3-YEAR-OLD CHILD
WOULD NOT HAVE THAT UNLESS SOMETHING'S GOING ON.
Narrator: GEORGE BELIEVES CASEY MAY HAVE BEEN
GIVING CAYLEE MEDICATION TO MAKE HER SLEEP.
I BELIEVE SHE GAVE HER SOMETHING, YEAH.
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST MY BELIEFS.
Narrator: ACCORDING TO GEORGE,
THE MEDICATION IN QUESTION
MAY HAVE COME FROM FRIENDS OF CASEY
THAT HAD A STEADY SUPPLY.
WHAT KIND OF DRUGS WERE THESE GUYS INVOLVED
WITH THAT CASEY WAS DEALING WITH?
FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND,
IT WAS STREET DRUGS AND ALSO ILLEGAL DRUGS.
SOME OF IT WAS OF THE XANAX-TYPE THING.
WHAT'S THE STREET NAME FOR XANAX?
ZANNY.
Narrator: FOR CASEY'S FRIEND CLINT HOUSE,
THERE IS A CURIOUS CONNECTION BETWEEN THE DRUG
AND THE FICTITIOUS NANNY
THAT CASEY CLAIMED LOOKED AFTER HER CHILD.
A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW ZANNY IS THE SLANG TERM FOR XANAX.
SO AS SOON AS I HEARD THAT "ZANNY THE NANNY,"
THAT IS WHAT POPPED INTO MY MIND.
I THOUGHT THAT SHE WAS USING XANAX TO BABYSIT HER CHILD.
Narrator: ON THE DAY CAYLEE DIED,
GEORGE BELIEVES THIS PRACTICE VEERED OUT OF CONTROL.
George: CAYLEE WAS WITH CASEY.
I BELIEVE THAT CASEY GAVE HER SOMETHING.
AND CAYLEE DIDN'T WAKE UP.
Narrator: FOR GEORGE, HIS BELIEFS HAVE FORGED
AN UNMENDABLE RIFT
BETWEEN HE AND HIS DAUGHTER.
George: SHE'S SOMEWHERE IN FLORIDA,
FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.
WHATEVER'S LIFE SHE HAS,
I HOPE SHE MAKES SOMETHING POSITIVE FOR IT.
AM I EVER GONNA SPEAK TO MY DAUGHTER AGAIN?
NO.
WE'RE DONE BECAUSE WHEN ALL THIS STUFF HAPPENED,
I LOST MY DAUGHTER AND MY GRANDDAUGHTER.
I LOST THEM BOTH.
JUSTICE WOULD BE FOR ME TO...
HAVE MY DAUGHTER BEHIND BARS
AND HAVE HER SUFFER LIKE,
PRESUMABLY, CAYLEE SUFFERED.
Narrator: FOR CINDY, HOWEVER,
THE LINES OF COMMUNICATION WITH CASEY REMAIN OPEN.
WE TALK FROM TIME TO TIME. I SPEAK TO HER ON THE PHONE.
I THINK IT'S A SLOW PROCESS.
BUT I FEEL THAT WE'RE RECONNECTING.
I...
I HAVE TO FORGIVE HER.
I HAVE TO FORGIVE HER BECAUSE IF I DON'T FORGIVE HER,
THEN I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO LIVE WITH MYSELF.
Narrator: DESPITE THEIR DIVERGENT VIEWS ON THIS TRAGEDY,
AS A COUPLE, GEORGE AND CINDY FORGE ON.
I REFUSE TO LET IT BREAK US UP. I MEAN, SURE,
WE'VE HAD OUR MOMENTS.
BUT I DON'T THINK HER AND I COULD REALLY BE HURT...
YEAH. MUCH ANYMORE,
BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'VE SEEN, TAKEN,
GOD, WHAT'S BEEN THROWN AT US.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S TOO MUCH MORE THAT COULD REALLY HURT US.
I DON'T THINK I CAN FIND ANYBODY ELSE
THAT WOULD UNDERSTAND MY DAY-TO-DAY UPS AND DOWNS
AND WHAT WE GO THROUGH OTHER THAN HIM.
Man: IT CLOSED THE CHAPTER ON THIS.
THE PEOPLE NEED THE TRUTH.
THEY DON'T NEED FAIRY TALES.
THEY NEED CLOSURE.
AND THERE'S ONE PERSON THAT KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED.
MAYBE ONE DAY,
SHE WILL LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED.
THE ONLY ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE WE'LL EVER HAVE IS
IF CASEY EVER SPEAKS,
SAYING "YEAH, I KILLED HER ON PURPOSE."
BUT HONESTLY, WITH HER HISTORY,
I'M NOT SURE I'D BELIEVE ANYTHING SHE SAID ANYWAY.
Woman: EVERYBODY LOVES A GOOD MYSTERY.
AND THIS ONE HAD SUCH INTRIGUE:
A BEAUTIFUL DEFENDANT, AN INNOCENT LITTLE CHILD,
GRANDPARENTS THAT SEEMED TO NOT QUITE BE
EMOTIONALLY ALL TOGETHER.
AND THIS KIND OF MYSTERY ATTRACTS ALL OF US.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A FASCINATION WITH CRIME.
THERE'S A VOYEUR IN MANY OF US.
SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE USE THIS CASE,
LOOKING AT THEMSELVES,
COMPARING THEMSELVES TO HER.
WOW, YOU KNOW, LIKE, "I'M A BETTER MOTHER THAN THAT."
I MEAN, THIS WOMAN WAS UNBELIEVABLE.
Man: REMARKABLY, TODAY,
WE THINK ABOUT CASEY ANTHONY.
WE DON'T THINK ABOUT THE INNOCENT TODDLER
WHOSE LIFE WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM HER AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE.
SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN 11 TODAY.
BUT AS A RESULT OF THIS CRIME,
THE LAWS IN FLORIDA HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO ENSURE
THAT ANYONE GUILTY OF NEGLECT
THAT DON'T REPORT THEIR CHILD WAS MISSING
FACE FELONY CHARGES.
AND WITH THAT COMES A CONVICTION OF UP TO 2 DECADES.
IF ONE THING CAN BE CELEBRATED,
IT IS THAT CAYLEE'S LIFE WAS NOT TAKEN IN VAIN.