Society was introduced to a missing little
girl, Caylee Marie Anthony On July 15, 2008. She was a 2-year-old who lived
with her with her mother, Casey Marie Anthony, and her maternal grandparents,
George and Cindy Anthony. Cindy made a horrific phone call to 911 saying that
she had not seen Caylee for 31 days and that Casey's car smelled like a dead
body had been inside it. Cindy said Casey had given varied explanations as to
Caylee's whereabouts before finally telling her that she had not seen Caylee
for weeks. Several suspicious questions were raised in society when Casey tried
to collect many falsehoods, excuses, and reasons for why her daughter went
missing. For one, Casey told detectives that a nanny had kidnapped the child
and that she had been trying to find her. For two, Casey had lied about where
she was and what she did for a living. Casey explained to detectives that she
was simply too frightened to alert the authorities that her daughter had gone
missing.
When news broke out that Caylee had
disappeared, pictures of her dancing on stripper poles and drinks in her hands
showed that Casey did not have a care in the world. Audiences that were reached
and affected were those that desired cultural changes. These individuals and
families across the nation were shocked at Casey’s misbehavior when Caylee was
supposedly “mssing”.
After a long time of searching for Caylee, a
meter reader found a suspicious object near the Anthony residence. Sheriffs
went out to see what it might be and in fact found the remains of Caylee
Anthony. With more investigating, detectives found Google searches of “neck
breaking” and how to make “chloroform”. People may wonder, is this woman crazy
to kill her child and thinking she could get away with it (Hayes, 2011) ?
Consider, if she had to lie in the first
place to try and cover herself, this may mean she is not insane. Someone who is
insane does something with out control. Lying shows that she knows what she did
and possibly could of prevented this. Casey had done this in the “right mind”
so to speak and is a cold-blooded killer.
After 33 days of testimony, 400 pieces of
evidence and more than 90 witnesses, dedicated viewers were on the edge of
their seats waiting for the guilty verdict. The jury in the Casey Anthony case
had finally reached a verdict Casey Anthony was found not guilty (Lohr, 2011).
In today’s world, it is important to not
focus on the “hard evidence” of cases. As this happens, we lose sight of what
is in right front of us, a killer. Did the jurors miss what Casey did? Did they
over look the moral and ethics behind this case? I believe so. They failed to
dig deeper about Casey’s motive behind her lies and her actions while her
daughter went missing. They focused on the physical evidence and not so much
common sense. With all of the lies and evidence of finding Google searches of
“neck breaking” and how to make “chloroform”, usually raises a red flag.
However, the jurors seemed to disagree.
What does this say about the justice system?
More importantly, where is justice for Caylee? Will we continue to let selfish
and self-centered killers free? Today, we still do not know “who” killed this
innocent young child. Yet, we do have the satisfaction that Casey has to spend
the rest of her life in hiding and fear from those that know the truth—that she
is responsible for the murder of her 2-year-old daughter.
Hayes, A. (2011, July 5). Casey anthony not
guilty of murder, other charges in daughter's death. Retrieved from
http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/07/05/florida.casey.anthony.trial/
Lohr, D. (2011). Casey anthony trial verdict:
Not guilty of first-degree murder (update). Retrieved from
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/05/casey-anthony-trial-verdict_n_890173.html
