george anthony sexual abused her, and that casey learned to cope with lies and denial. this they say explains her behavior in the wake of caylee s death. she acted as if it never happened. it never even happened. you hear stories of this zanny the nanny. it s true. for two years she pretended she had a job and pretended she had a nanny. is that normal? is that what normal people do? the defense argues that after finding caylee s dead body in the family pool, george and casey covered it up together. george began to yell at her look what you have done. your mother will never forgive you, and you will go to jail for child neglect for the rest of your fricking life. she is not guilty of murder. this is not a murder case. this is not a manslaughter case.
let s return the jury. on day seven of casey anthony s murder trial, a detective testifies about an audiotaped interview with casey just days after she told her family caylee was missing, kidnapped by a nanny named zenaida. i don t know where my daughter is. what is the nanny s name. zenaida. did you contact her? i tried twice. the detective would soon learn there is no nanny. she is portraying this drama for you and trying to suck you into it. the more details she gives you, the more likely you would with who would know all those details if it wasn t true. casey goes on, fabricating intricate details about the nanny. she had roommates. did you know any of those roommates? they were rafael and jennifer. do you know where she was
days turn to weeks and still no caylee. then george finds out their car, the white sunfire casey has been driving, has been towed. concern gives way to panic when they get close to the car and smell something. they get there, and they say there is this overwhelming stench, just coming from the car. you re three feet away and you can smell it. george is a former sheriff s deputy, and later tells police he recognized the smell. it smelled like a decomposed body. you don t forget that odor, no matter what it is, you never, ever forget. after retrieving the car, cindy anthony finally tracks casey down through a friend and confronts her. when casey came to the door, you know, i asked her where caylee was. and she said she was with the nanny. i said let s go pick up caylee. no, mom, it s kind of late in the evening. i told her one or two things is happening. we re either going to drive to
captured on video at a bank of america. no one knows where caylee is. reporter: meanwhile, cindy anthony, caylee s grandmother, was trying desperately to see the little girl. a prosecution says that casey avoided her, putting her off with an escalating series of lies about a fictitious job, made-up locations and a nanny that never existed. cindy anthony, pressing her daughter, wants to know where caylee anthony is. caylee, the prosecution says, was already dead. you will learn that three pieces of overlapping duct tape covered the nose and mouth of caylee anthony. the prosecution then spells out the motive. caylee s death allowed casey anthony to live the good life. at least for those 31 days. everyone wants to know what happened.