Caylee's mom named in murder indictment


ORLANDO, Florida (CNN) -- A Florida grand jury has returned a seven-count indictment charging Casey Anthony with first-degree murder in the disappearance of her 3-year-old daughter, Caylee.
Caylee Anthony, 3, disappeared in mid-June but wasn't reported missing until a month later.

Prosecutors announced the charges Tuesday afternoon, shortly after a grand jury returned the indictment.
Lawson Lamar, the state attorney for Orange County, Florida, said the first count is a capital charge -- which could carry a penalty of life in prison or death.
She was also charged with aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter of a child and four counts of providing false information to police.
The 19 grand jurors -- 10 women and nine men -- deliberated for about half an hour after hearing from police, a cadaver dog handler, an FBI agent and the missing child's grandfather.

Anthony, who spent most of the day at her lawyer's office, surrendered about 90 minutes after the sealed indictment was returned. Prosecutors are asking Anthony be held without bond.
"She's not running from this," attorney Jose Baez said as his 22-year-old client wiped tears from her eyes during an impromptu media briefing. "She's doing her best to stand strong, to stand up to the powers that are working against her. And they threw the kitchen sink at her a long time ago."
"She has been living a nightmare," the attorney added. "She has a missing child. She's also a child."

Earlier in the day, Casey Anthony's father -- Caylee's grandfather -- testified before the grand jury. The panel was convened to look into the suspicious circumstances surrounding the child's disappearance.
George Anthony was prepared to do the "unthinkable" -- testify against his own daughter, lawyer Mark Nejame told a clutch of reporters gathered on the courthouse steps Tuesday morning.

Florida tot's mom indicted on murder charge

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I was wondering when they were going to do this. It has looked pretty suspicious from the beginning. Who waits a month to report their kid missing?

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You know, I have four girls, one of which is 2 1/2 and I cannot imagine anything like this. If she's guilty, she needs to fry.

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I don't have daughters, but if one of my boys had gone missing, there would have been calls going to the cops like yesterday.

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Betcher boots, Lilbit!
Of course, I think Casey knew/knows right where this little girl was/is the whole time, so there was no reason to call the baby in missing.

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"It is inexcusable that 4 million NRA members bear the load for 80 million gun owners and 20 million hunters." - John C. Sigler

It's unbelievable to me that any mother would wait a month to report their child missing. And where does the lawyer get off calling Casey Anthony a child also? The woman is 22 years old. I know 12 year olds that would have been on that phone calling 911 in a heartbeat.

This case reminds me of this little girl.
This is so so sad.

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That guy should have been subject to a lethal injection with a dirty needle!

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I just hope they have enough evidence to convict her. What kind of parent does not report her child missing? The grandmother is the one who reported the missing baby. Mother said she was too scared to call the police. WHY? I hope they are able to find this baby girl, to give her a proper burial.

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