Imperfect Justice: Prosecuting Casey Anthony (17 page)

The interior of Casey’s bedroom, taken not long after Caylee was reported missing. Later on, when Casey was released on bail and living at home, she would move her bed farther away from the window and from the protesters right outside.
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This shot of Caylee’s bedroom was taken by police. Seeing this photo always reminds me that, regardless of which side you’re on, a terrible thing was done to an innocent little girl. There’s no disputing that tragedy.
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The Pontiac that Casey was driving when Caylee disappeared. The car belonged to Cindy and George Anthony, and Casey abandoned it in a parking lot during the thirty-one days Caylee was missing. After Cindy and George recovered the vehicle from the tow yard, they realized something was terribly wrong.
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From the moment George approached the car at the tow yard, the odor coming from it was putrid. As he would later say to police, “When I first went there to pick up that vehicle, I got within three feet of it, I could smell something.”
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The trunk, pictured here, was the principal source of the odor. Working with Dr. Arpad Vass, a forensic anthropologist, we tested the smell, finding many of the chemicals common to human decomposition, as well as an unusually high level of chloroform.
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The defense tried to argue that the odor in the trunk had been produced by a bag of garbage that had been thrown into this Dumpster, pictured here, while the car was in the tow yard.
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The police retrieved the bag and itemized all of its contents. There was nothing in the bag producing an odor like the one that existed in the back of the car.
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The inside of George Anthony’s tool shed, which Casey broke into so she could take his gas cans. They are seated on top of the “ABC” box on the left. The “No Trespassing” signs in the middle were bought to keep members of the media and protesters off of the Anthonys’ property.
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An aerial shot of the wooded area where Caylee’s body was found by Roy Kronk, a meter reader who worked in the neighborhood by the Anthonys’ home.
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Another shot of the crime scene from the air. In this shot you can see just how close to houses the body was left.
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A view of the crime scene from the road.
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Looking toward the crime scene from the road. In a totally random yet unsettling coincidence, the yellow sign on the ground is advertising a day-care center.
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