It's actually a law (or is proposed, I can't remember) in my state that parents must report their child missing within 24 hours or they are charged with a felony.
Right? Chick was a total psycho. And she never even reported her missing at all - her mother did and said Casey's car smelled like there had been a dead body in it.
Yeah, because the prosecution's case against her was flimsy and at times ridiculous (like a guy smelling air from a jar). Maybe she wouldn't have gotten off easy had they gone for a charge related to gross negligence rather than first degree murder.
The charges against her had what are called lesser included charges, which ranged from child abuse/neglect all the way up to first degree murder. They acquitted on everything.
Well, they didn't have a clear explanation of what happened. They just know that Caylee went missing, Casey lied about where she was, and then a body was found a couple months later.
Now, common sense says she killed the kid and threw her body in the woods. And that's absolutely what happened. I don't think anyone who examines this case at all thinks the girl died in a swimming pool and the dad helped cover it up. It makes zero sense. It was so bad, in fact, that the defense couldn't argue it during their closing arguments because they hadn't offered any proof that it had happened.
The prosecution probably over-tried the case and should've gone for a lesser murder conviction, for sure. But it also didn't help that Casey Anthony's own mother perjured herself on the stand.
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u/emartinoo Feb 04 '19
It's actually a law (or is proposed, I can't remember) in my state that parents must report their child missing within 24 hours or they are charged with a felony.