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Caylee Marie Anthony (August 9, 2005 – 2008) was a two-year-old American girl who lived in Orlando, Florida, with her mother, Casey Marie Anthony, and her maternal grandparents, George and Cindy Anthony. On July 15, 2008, she was reported missing in a call made by Cindy, who said 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.〔Liston, Barbara.("On 911 call, Casey Anthony said tot was missing for 31 days" ), Reuters, May 31, 2011.〕 Casey told detectives several falsehoods, including that the child had been kidnapped by a nanny on June 9, and that she had been trying to find her, too frightened to alert the authorities.〔Reed, Travis. ("Files untangle tales from missing Fla. girl's mom" ), Associated Press, August 26, 2008.〕 She was charged with first-degree murder in October 2008 and pleaded not guilty. On December 11, 2008, Caylee's skeletal remains were found with a blanket inside a trash bag in a wooded area near the family home.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Prosecution, defense offer closing arguments in Casey Anthony trial )〕 Investigative reports and trial testimony alternated between duct tape being found near the front of the skull〔(Day 14: Photos of Caylee's skull make Casey Anthony ill, court ends early ), Central Florida News 13, June 9, 2011: Testifying at the trial of Casey Anthony, Orange County crime scene investigator Jennifer Welch and chief investigator for the Orange-Osceola County medical examiner Stephen Hanson are described as saying the duct tape was found "near the front of the skull."〕 and on the mouth of the skull.〔〔Investigators say a piece of silver duct tape had been placed over Caylee's mouth. When the duct tape was processed, investigators say, residue in the shape of a heart was discovered.〕〔Adhesive in the shape of a heart was found on a corner of a piece of duct tape that was covering the mouth portion of 2-year-old Caylee Anthony's skeletal remains, an FBI latent print examiner (Fontaine ) testified Monday in the capital murder trial of the girl's mother, Casey Anthony. 〕 The medical examiner mentioned duct tape as one reason she ruled the death a homicide, but officially listed it as "death by undetermined means".〔 The trial lasted six weeks, from May to July 2011. The prosecution sought the death penalty〔Liston, Barbara. ("Casey Anthony prosecutor says duct tape "murder weapon"" ), Reuters, June 10, 2011.〕 and alleged Casey wished to free herself from parental responsibilities and murdered her daughter by administering chloroform and applying duct tape. The defense team, led by Jose Baez, countered that the child had drowned accidentally in the family's swimming pool on June 16, 2008, and that George Anthony disposed of the body. The defense contended that Casey lied about this and other issues because of a dysfunctional upbringing, which they said included sexual abuse by her father. The defense did not present evidence as to how Caylee died, nor evidence that Casey was sexually abused as a child, but challenged every piece of the prosecution's evidence, calling much of it "fantasy forensics".〔Yunji de Nies and Jessica Hopper,(Casey Anthony Trial Becomes Heated During Closing Arguments ), ABC News, July 3, 2011.〕 Casey did not testify. On July 5, 2011, the jury found Casey not guilty of first degree murder, aggravated child abuse, and aggravated manslaughter of a child, but guilty of four misdemeanor counts of providing false information to a law enforcement officer.〔Pavuk, Amy and Prieto, Bianca, ("Casey Anthony not guilty of murder" ), Orlando Sentinel, July 5, 2011.〕 With credit for time served, she was released on July 17, 2011. A Florida appeals court overturned two of the misdemeanor convictions on January 25, 2013. The not guilty murder verdict was greeted with public outrage, and was both attacked and defended by media and legal commentators. Some complained that the jury misunderstood the meaning of reasonable doubt, while others said the prosecution relied too heavily on the defendant's allegedly poor moral character because they had been unable to show conclusively how the victim had died. ''Time'' magazine described the case as "the social media trial of the century".〔Cloud, John. ("How the Casey Anthony Murder Case Became the Social-Media Trial of the Century ), ''Time'', June 16, 2011.〕 ==Disappearance== According to Casey Anthony's father, George Anthony, Casey left the family's home on June 16, 2008,〔 taking her daughter Caylee (who was almost three) with her and did not return for 31 days. Casey's mother Cindy asked repeatedly during the month to see Caylee, but Casey claimed that she was too busy with a work assignment in Tampa, Florida. At other times, she said Caylee was with a nanny, who Casey identified by the name of Zenaida "Zanny" Fernandez-Gonzalez, or at theme parks or the beach. It was eventually determined that a woman named Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez did in fact exist, but that she had never met Casey Anthony, Caylee Anthony, any member of the Anthony family, or any of Casey's friends. On July 13, 2008, while doing yard work, Cindy and George Anthony found a notice from the post office for a certified letter affixed on their front door. George Anthony picked up the certified letter from the post office on July 15, 2008, and found that his daughter's car was in a tow yard. When George picked up the car, both he and the tow yard attendant noted a strong smell coming from the trunk. Both later stated that they believed the odor to be that of a decomposing body.〔 (authorized video)〕 When the trunk was opened, it contained a bag of trash, but no human remains. Cindy Anthony reported Caylee missing that day, July 15, to the Orange County Sheriff's Office. During the same telephone call, Casey Anthony confirmed to the 911 operator that Caylee had been missing for 31 days. Sounding distraught, Cindy said: "There is something wrong. I found my daughter's car today and it smells like there's been a dead body in the damn car."〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.wtsp.com/news/article/194785/19/CASEY-ANTHONY-TRIAL--Transcript-of-911-call- )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Death of Caylee Anthony」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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