Mom Charged With Murder For Her Missing Daughter!!!!!!!

by **J The Kidd** Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:42 pm

ORLANDO, Fla. - The mother of a missing 3-year-old girl was
accused Tuesday in an indictment of killing her daughter, prosecutors
said, even though the child's body has not been found during an
exhaustive four-month search.

A grand jury returned charges of first-degree murder, aggravated
child abuse, aggravated manslaughter and four counts of lying to
investigators against Casey Anthony in the death of her daughter,
Caylee, State Attorney Lawson Lamar said. The mother is being held
without bond.

A few hours before the sealed indictment was issued, the 22-year-old
Anthony stood silently, sometimes crying, as her attorney told
reporters she is innocent.

"Casey is going through a nightmare," Jose Baez said. "I sincerely
believe that when we have finally spoken, everyone, and I mean
everyone, will sit back and say, 'Now, I understand. That explains it."

Casey Anthony's father, George, testified Tuesday behind closed doors
to the 19-member grand jury along with a detective, a cadaver dog
handler and an FBI agent.

The child's grandmother first called authorities in July to say that
she hadn't seen Caylee for a month and that her daughter's car smelled
like death.

Casey Anthony told authorities that she had left her daughter with a
baby sitter in June, and that the two were gone when she returned from
work. She says she spent the next month trying to find her daughter and
didn't call authorities because she was scared.

Investigators immediately started poking holes in her story. The
apartment where Casey Anthony said she had left her daughter had been
vacant for months, they said. They said she also lied when she told
them she had been working at an area theme park as a photographer.

Investigators also accused her of stealing checks from a friend and
cashing them. She was charged with felony child neglect and making
false statements along with forgery and theft. She was released on
$500,000 bail and confined to her parents' home.