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CASEY ANTHONY UPDATE

The latest in the Casey Anthony saga after the cut.


Video: Casey Anthony Sworn In

Nothing major… but some action in the Casey Anthony case today.


Live: Memorial Service For Caylee

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Mourners — some from hours away — are gathering at First Baptist Church of Orlando for the public memorial of Caylee Marie Anthony.

Eric Rose and his girlfriend drove to Orlando from Knoxville, Tenn., to attend the memorial because they want “to support George and Cindy Anthony.”

“Well, when you watch it every day on TV, you feel like you’re part of it,” Rose told the Sentinel this morning.

Click here to watch the live feed


Casey Anthony Back In Court Today

Here’s some raw video from just moments ago in an Orlando courtroom:


Caylee’s Grandfather Is Suicidal?

As you can imagine, George has had a rough couple months:

The grandfather of murdered Orlando girl Caylee Anthony is being evaluated at a hospital after he was reported missing and sent messages to his family that he wanted to end his life, according to Daytona Beach police.

George Anthony was found early Friday morning at a motel in Volusia County, Fla., after disappearing a day earlier.


Update On The Casey Anthony Case

More details about the grisly way in which Caylee was murdered:

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Newly-released documents in the murder of Florida child Caylee Anthony show that she was placed in a laundry hamper bag and had silver duct tape around her mouth.

The documents, made public Wednesday, include reports from police and crime scene investigators, FBI crime lab reports and transcripts of 911 calls placed by the meter reader who found the girl’s remains, according to MyFOXOrlando.com.

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Casey Anthony Appears In Court

Casey Anthony made a surprise appearance in court Thursday during a hearing that focused on restrictions on what her legal team could do with pictures and X-rays of her daughter Caylee Marie’s remains.

Orange Circuit Court Judge Stan Strickland approved a plan that would allow defense attorney Jose Baez to get the images and set up a secure Web site for them — a similar password-safe system is used by the medical examiner.

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Casey To Watch Caylee Funeral?

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If a local TV station carries Caylee Anthony’s memorial, Casey Anthony will be allowed to watch from jail, WESH-Channel 2 reported Monday night.

A corrections official shared the information, but didn’t want to discuss specifics on camera, Bob Kealing reported.

Casey Anthony is accused of first-degree murder in her daughter’s death. The memorial expected to be held later this month after the defense team completes its work on the toddler’s remains.

The question is, will local TV dare


Official: Caylee Anthony Is Dead

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It’s Caylee Marie. The five-month mystery ended today when authorities confirmed that skeletal remains discovered in woods last week belong to the missing two-year-old girl.

Sheriff’s officials delivered the news at a 2 p.m. press conference in Orlando. Word came after the FBI forensic lab in Virginia matched Caylee’s DNA with bones found a quarter-mile from her grandparents’ home.

Medical Examiner Dr. Jan Garavaglia said, “With regret, I am here to inform you that the skeletal remains found on


Strange News In Anthony Case

Missing Florida Girl

Orange County Sheriff’s officials will hold a press conference this afternoon at the sight where a body of a young child was found a week ago.

The shotgun presser is still underway but here is the gist of what the authorities are saying. The ‘meter reader’ who discovered what many believe is the body of Caylee Anthony also called the tips hotline several months back about the location where the body was found. He called in tips for three…


More Bones Near Anthony Home

Blame the Orlando Sentinel for this misspelling in sentence one:

A source at the Orange County Sheriff’s Office this morning confirmed that more bones where discovered over the weekend in the area where a child’s skull and other remains were found near the home that missing toddler, Caylee Marie Anthony, shared with her mother and grandparents.

Detectives did not give details about the bones, but they are continuing to sift through dirt and leaves in the wooded area close to


Confirmed: Remains Are Of Caylee

ORLANDO, Florida (CNN) — A corpse has been tentatively identified as missing toddler Caylee Anthony’s, attorneys for her mother told a Florida judge on Friday.

The attorney added that investigators said they “were proceeding as if this were little Caylee Anthony.”

Strands of hair found with the remains, found Thursday a half mile from the home of Caylee’s grandparents, are the same color as 3-year-old’s, the lawyer said. The age and measurements also were a match for Caylee,


Casey Anthony Is All The Rage…

Casey Anthony-related search traffic to The News Junkie today:


Evidence Taken At Anthony Home

Investigators obtained a search warrant overnight — the third since the start of the case — to remove evidence from George and Cindy Anthony’s home after an Orange County utility worker discovered the remains of a young child near the residence Thursday.

Officials were seen taking items out of the house on Hopespring Drive, where Caylee Marie lived with her mother Casey Anthony and grandparents. The investigators walked out of the house with several large brown evidence paper bags


“Remains Appear To Be Caylee”

EquuSearch’s leader said sheriff’s office investigator thinks the remains found today belong to missing toddler Caylee Marie Anthony.

Tim Miller, the founder and director of EquuSearch, said the remains “appear to be Caylee, but with any case, we have to wait until a positive ID is made.”

“It looks like finally it’s over with,” Miller said.

Orange County deputies said a meter reader found the remains of a young child this morning in the area of S. Chickasaw Trail