casey & caylee anthony
Here are some short Bio's on V.I.P.'s of the Casey Anthony trial.
caylee marie anthony
Caylee Marie Anthony (August 9, 2005 – 2008) was an American two-year-old girl who was reported "MISSING" July 15, 2008, in Orlando, Florida. Her skeletal remains were found in a wooded area near her home on December 11, 2008. Her then 22-year-old mother, Casey Marie Anthony, was tried for the first degree murder of Caylee but acquitted. She was, however, convicted of misdemeanor counts of providing false information to police officers.
Caylee lived with her mother, Casey, and her maternal grandparents, George and Cindy Anthony. On July 15, 2008, Caylee was reported missing to 9-1-1 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. She said Casey had given varied explanations as to Caylee's whereabouts and finally admitted that day that she had not seen her daughter for weeks. Casey fabricated various stories, including telling detectives the child had been kidnapped by a fictitious nanny on June 9, and that she had been trying to find her, too frightened to alert the authorities. With the child still missing, Casey was charged with first degree murder in October and pled not guilty.
On December 11, Caylee's skeletal remains were found with a blanket inside a trash bag in a wooded area near the family home. Investigative reports and trial testimony alternated between duct tape being found near the front of the skull and on the mouth of the skull. The medical examiner mentioned duct tape as one reason she ruled the death a homicide, but officially listed it as "death by undetermined means".
Caylee lived with her mother, Casey, and her maternal grandparents, George and Cindy Anthony. On July 15, 2008, Caylee was reported missing to 9-1-1 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. She said Casey had given varied explanations as to Caylee's whereabouts and finally admitted that day that she had not seen her daughter for weeks. Casey fabricated various stories, including telling detectives the child had been kidnapped by a fictitious nanny on June 9, and that she had been trying to find her, too frightened to alert the authorities. With the child still missing, Casey was charged with first degree murder in October and pled not guilty.
On December 11, Caylee's skeletal remains were found with a blanket inside a trash bag in a wooded area near the family home. Investigative reports and trial testimony alternated between duct tape being found near the front of the skull and on the mouth of the skull. The medical examiner mentioned duct tape as one reason she ruled the death a homicide, but officially listed it as "death by undetermined means".
casey marie anthony
Caylee Anthony's mother. Was born March 19, 1986, in Warren, Ohio, Casey Anthony was one of two children of Cindy Anthony and George Anthony, who has worked in law enforcement. Casey was a bright, personable young girl, with friends and what many thought was an ordinary American family. However, friends say that a motive to lie began when Casey was in high school. Cindy and George attended the graduation of Casey, with Casey grandparents, only to discover that she was short of credits from several graduates. Casey had stopped attending classes, towards the end of the school year, but has led his family to believe she was walking with the graduating class.
When she was 19 years old, Casey gave her family yet another shock. She had put on weight, and her parents suspected she was pregnant. Casey denied, saying she was a virgin. Seven months into her pregnancy, she told her parents the truth. The identity of the baby's father, however, remained a mystery. Casey made to different men, including her fiance Jesse Grund, and a young man she had dated before, who had died in a car accident. On August 9, 2005, Caylee Anthony was born.
A friend of Casey said she had discussed giving the baby up for adoption, but was discouraged by her mother. For years, Casey and Caylee lived with her parents, and acted as Grund the baby's father. Grund even believed Caylee could be her baby, knowing that the moment of conception that it is improbable. A DNA test later found that Grund was not Caylee's father. The identity of Caylee's father is unknown.
While living with his parents in Orlando, Casey and Cindy had a fight June 15, 2008. After seeing a picture online of Casey at a "party without clothes," Cindy Casey has accused of being an unfit mother, and threatened to try to get custody of Caylee. The day after the argument, Casey left home of her parents, taking Caylee with her. She told Cindy and George that she intended to travel to Tampa to work at Universal Studios.
Over the next 31 days, Cindy called her daughter to see Caylee. Each time, Casey told him the girl was with a babysitter, Zenaida "Zanny" Fernandez-Gonzalez.On July 13, 2008, Cindy and George Anthony received a letter saying the car Casey was in a tow yard. When George went to pick up the car, he found fellowship Casey with Caylee's car seat and toys. George noticed a strong odor, like that of decaying organic matter, from the trunk. Alarmed, Cindy found Casey at home of her boyfriend, Tony Lazaro, and brought her home. Casey broke down, telling his mother and brother Lee she had left Caylee with Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez nanny in Orlando on June 16, and that Gonzalez had kidnapped the toddler.
On July 15, 31 days after the disappearance of two years Caylee, Cindy Anthony reported her "MISSING" to the Office of the Orange County Sheriff. After interviewing Casey, detectives found discrepancies in a signed statement she made on the disappearance of her daughter, Caylee.
When she was 19 years old, Casey gave her family yet another shock. She had put on weight, and her parents suspected she was pregnant. Casey denied, saying she was a virgin. Seven months into her pregnancy, she told her parents the truth. The identity of the baby's father, however, remained a mystery. Casey made to different men, including her fiance Jesse Grund, and a young man she had dated before, who had died in a car accident. On August 9, 2005, Caylee Anthony was born.
A friend of Casey said she had discussed giving the baby up for adoption, but was discouraged by her mother. For years, Casey and Caylee lived with her parents, and acted as Grund the baby's father. Grund even believed Caylee could be her baby, knowing that the moment of conception that it is improbable. A DNA test later found that Grund was not Caylee's father. The identity of Caylee's father is unknown.
While living with his parents in Orlando, Casey and Cindy had a fight June 15, 2008. After seeing a picture online of Casey at a "party without clothes," Cindy Casey has accused of being an unfit mother, and threatened to try to get custody of Caylee. The day after the argument, Casey left home of her parents, taking Caylee with her. She told Cindy and George that she intended to travel to Tampa to work at Universal Studios.
Over the next 31 days, Cindy called her daughter to see Caylee. Each time, Casey told him the girl was with a babysitter, Zenaida "Zanny" Fernandez-Gonzalez.On July 13, 2008, Cindy and George Anthony received a letter saying the car Casey was in a tow yard. When George went to pick up the car, he found fellowship Casey with Caylee's car seat and toys. George noticed a strong odor, like that of decaying organic matter, from the trunk. Alarmed, Cindy found Casey at home of her boyfriend, Tony Lazaro, and brought her home. Casey broke down, telling his mother and brother Lee she had left Caylee with Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez nanny in Orlando on June 16, and that Gonzalez had kidnapped the toddler.
On July 15, 31 days after the disappearance of two years Caylee, Cindy Anthony reported her "MISSING" to the Office of the Orange County Sheriff. After interviewing Casey, detectives found discrepancies in a signed statement she made on the disappearance of her daughter, Caylee.
george anthony
Casey Anthony's father. George Anthony was born September 5, 1951 in Niles, Ohio. When he was 22 years old he joined the Trumball County Sheriff's department in 1974. George Anthony was a homicide detective for 10 years, but quit law enforcement at the age of 33 in 1985. He is married to Cindy Anthony and they have two children, Lee Anthony and Casey Anthony. In 1989 George and his family moved to Orlando Florida. Where he worked as (among other things) a security guard. After the birth of his granddaughter in 2005, he and Cindy helped raise the child in their home.
After Caylee went "MISSING" and was later found dead, George came under fire after his daughter, Casey, accused him of molesting and raping her when she was a child and could be Caylee's biological father. Later Casey went on to accuse him of Caylee's murder. He denied (and still does) all allegations and DNA result excluded him of being his granddaughters father.
In 2009 George attempted suicide, but was stopped from going through with it after his family contacted the authorities when he sent out numerous text messages and phone calls to family and friends.
After Caylee went "MISSING" and was later found dead, George came under fire after his daughter, Casey, accused him of molesting and raping her when she was a child and could be Caylee's biological father. Later Casey went on to accuse him of Caylee's murder. He denied (and still does) all allegations and DNA result excluded him of being his granddaughters father.
In 2009 George attempted suicide, but was stopped from going through with it after his family contacted the authorities when he sent out numerous text messages and phone calls to family and friends.
cindy anthony
Cindy Anthony, Casey Anthony's mother and Caylee Anthony's grandmother, was born June 5 1958. Cindy is originally from Warren, Ohio, but moved to Orlando Florida with her husband and two children in 1989. They still resides there to this day. She had been a nurse for several years. She recently took a permanent disability leave from her last nursing job.
We were first introduced to Cindy in 2008 when she placed (the now infamous) 911 call reporting her granddaughter "MISSING". Claiming "There smells like there's been a dead body in the damn car." Referring to her daughter's, Casey Anthony, white Pontiac Sunfire.
Cindy also took some heat from the media and the public after it was revealed that even though she was a nurse, she could not tell that her 19 year old daughter was pregnant. (very pregnant) (7 months pregnant) and later allegedly perjured her self on the stand in the daughters murder trial.
We were first introduced to Cindy in 2008 when she placed (the now infamous) 911 call reporting her granddaughter "MISSING". Claiming "There smells like there's been a dead body in the damn car." Referring to her daughter's, Casey Anthony, white Pontiac Sunfire.
Cindy also took some heat from the media and the public after it was revealed that even though she was a nurse, she could not tell that her 19 year old daughter was pregnant. (very pregnant) (7 months pregnant) and later allegedly perjured her self on the stand in the daughters murder trial.
lee anthony
Caylee Anthony's uncle. Casey Anthony's brother. Lee Anthony was born in Warren, Ohio on November 2, 1982. Lee was four years older than Casey and while they were growing up, the two were very close.
Lee got everyone's attention when he broke down on the stand claiming to be extremely hurt by his family when they didn't include him in when the rest of the family found out Casey was pregnant. So much so, he did not even visit his sister in the hospital when she gave birth to Caylee.
Lee also made headlines when his sister claimed that he also molested and raped her through out her life. Casey even proclaimed that he could possibly be the father of his niece, Caylee. Lee denied the allegations and was later cleared through DNA testing.
Lee got everyone's attention when he broke down on the stand claiming to be extremely hurt by his family when they didn't include him in when the rest of the family found out Casey was pregnant. So much so, he did not even visit his sister in the hospital when she gave birth to Caylee.
Lee also made headlines when his sister claimed that he also molested and raped her through out her life. Casey even proclaimed that he could possibly be the father of his niece, Caylee. Lee denied the allegations and was later cleared through DNA testing.
Jose Baez
Jose Angel Baez was in born 1968. He is currently a lawyer living in Florida. He has handled a number of high profile cases in the State of Florida, but is best known as the lead attorney for Casey Anthony, who was acquitted of murder in July 2011 after a trial that attracted significant national and international attention.
Baez was born in Manhattan, New York, and raised in the Bronx and south Florida with his three sisters. He attended Homestead High School in Florida, leaving in the ninth grade at age 17, when he got married and became a father. After earning his General Education Development diploma, he joined the U.S. Navy in 1986. According to his resume, he spent three years assigned in connection with NATO at Norfolk, Virginia, trained as an intelligence analyst, and held a Top Secret security clearance.
After leaving the Navy in 1989, Baez attended Miami-Dade Community College, then transferred to Florida State University where he earned a BA. He earned his Juris Doctor degree from St. Thomas University School of Law in 1997.
After graduating from law school, Baez began his legal career as special assistant public defender for Miami-Dade County, but was denied admission to the Florida bar until 2005 because of a previous bankruptcy.
Baez came to significant national and international attention when he took on the case of Casey Anthony. Anthony was acquitted of the murder of her daughter, Caylee, after a trial that lasted six weeks. In a press conference on the day of the verdict, Baez said, "While we're happy for Casey, there are no winners in this case. Caylee has passed on far, far too soon, and what my driving force has been for the last three years has been always to make sure that there has been justice for Caylee and Casey because Casey did not murder Caylee. It's that simple." He added, "And today our system of justice has not dishonored her memory by a false conviction."
Baez was born in Manhattan, New York, and raised in the Bronx and south Florida with his three sisters. He attended Homestead High School in Florida, leaving in the ninth grade at age 17, when he got married and became a father. After earning his General Education Development diploma, he joined the U.S. Navy in 1986. According to his resume, he spent three years assigned in connection with NATO at Norfolk, Virginia, trained as an intelligence analyst, and held a Top Secret security clearance.
After leaving the Navy in 1989, Baez attended Miami-Dade Community College, then transferred to Florida State University where he earned a BA. He earned his Juris Doctor degree from St. Thomas University School of Law in 1997.
After graduating from law school, Baez began his legal career as special assistant public defender for Miami-Dade County, but was denied admission to the Florida bar until 2005 because of a previous bankruptcy.
Baez came to significant national and international attention when he took on the case of Casey Anthony. Anthony was acquitted of the murder of her daughter, Caylee, after a trial that lasted six weeks. In a press conference on the day of the verdict, Baez said, "While we're happy for Casey, there are no winners in this case. Caylee has passed on far, far too soon, and what my driving force has been for the last three years has been always to make sure that there has been justice for Caylee and Casey because Casey did not murder Caylee. It's that simple." He added, "And today our system of justice has not dishonored her memory by a false conviction."
Jeff Ashton
Jeff and his wife Rita live in Winter Park, Florida, where Jeff has made his home for three decades following graduation from law school at the University of Florida. He has 6 children and three rescue dogs.
Jeff Ashton was a prosecutor for the State of Florida for 30 years, and in that time he tried more than 80 murder cases. Now retired, he lives in Florida with his wife and children. He is the first lawyer to successfully try a case using DNA evidence.
In 1987, he became the first prosecutor in the country to introduce DNA evidence. A jury accepted the new science and convicted a serial rapist. DNA evidence is now used to convict defendants in cases around the world. Throughout his career, he has handled thousands of cases and taken 300 to trial. He has won convictions in 12 capital murder cases. He is credited as being the most experienced homicide prosecutor in the history of Orange County, Florida.
He is a best-selling author of the book "Imperfect Justice: Prosecuting Casey Anthony," which details his last murder case. After 30 years as a prosecutor, Jeff retired in July 2011.
Jeff Ashton was a prosecutor for the State of Florida for 30 years, and in that time he tried more than 80 murder cases. Now retired, he lives in Florida with his wife and children. He is the first lawyer to successfully try a case using DNA evidence.
In 1987, he became the first prosecutor in the country to introduce DNA evidence. A jury accepted the new science and convicted a serial rapist. DNA evidence is now used to convict defendants in cases around the world. Throughout his career, he has handled thousands of cases and taken 300 to trial. He has won convictions in 12 capital murder cases. He is credited as being the most experienced homicide prosecutor in the history of Orange County, Florida.
He is a best-selling author of the book "Imperfect Justice: Prosecuting Casey Anthony," which details his last murder case. After 30 years as a prosecutor, Jeff retired in July 2011.
Judge Belvin Perry, Jr.
Belvin Perry, Jr. was born on October 10, 1949, in Orlando, Florida. He presently serves as chief judge in the Florida's Ninth Judicial Circuit. He was the presiding judge for the high profile Casey Anthony murder trial.
Perry's father (Belvin Perry, Sr.) served as the first of Orlando, Florida's African-American police officers.
Perry earned his Bachelor of Science degree in History in 1972 from Tuskegee University. In 1974 he earned his Masters of Education from the same university. In 1977, Perry received a Juris Doctor degree from Texas Southern University's Thurgood Marshall School of Law.
Judge Perry has been involved in two of Central Florida's most highly publicized trials. As a prosecutor, Perry was the lead attorney in the case of Florida v. Buenoaño, in which Judy Buenoano was tried and convicted of killing her son Michael Goodyear and her husband at the time, James Goodyear. As a Circuit Court Judge, Perry presided over the case "State of Florida v. Casey Marie Anthony", in which Casey Anthony was charged in the death of her daughter Caylee Anthony. The jury found Anthony 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.
Perry's father (Belvin Perry, Sr.) served as the first of Orlando, Florida's African-American police officers.
Perry earned his Bachelor of Science degree in History in 1972 from Tuskegee University. In 1974 he earned his Masters of Education from the same university. In 1977, Perry received a Juris Doctor degree from Texas Southern University's Thurgood Marshall School of Law.
Judge Perry has been involved in two of Central Florida's most highly publicized trials. As a prosecutor, Perry was the lead attorney in the case of Florida v. Buenoaño, in which Judy Buenoano was tried and convicted of killing her son Michael Goodyear and her husband at the time, James Goodyear. As a Circuit Court Judge, Perry presided over the case "State of Florida v. Casey Marie Anthony", in which Casey Anthony was charged in the death of her daughter Caylee Anthony. The jury found Anthony 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.
roy kronk
Roy Kronk is the utility meter reader who found the remains of little 2-year-old Caylee Anthony on December 11, 2008 in a wooded area of Florida.
Kronk stopped in the woods located within a mile of defendant’s home to relieve himself on August 11, 2008. Although a lot of the swampy terrain was underwater from a recent tropical storm, Kronk saw something about 25 to 30 feet in the distance that caught his attention. Later that night Kronk called the local police to report what he saw: something white that didn’t look like it should have been there.”
On each of the next two days, Roy Kronk made a follow up call to police to see if they found what he had seen in the woods. On the third day, an officer met Kronk at the site. According to Kronk’s testimony during the murder trial of Caylee’s mother Casey, the officer stood in one place, looked left, then right, took a step and slipped down into the muddy mire. For the next 30 minutes, according to Kronk, the officer “chewed him out” for making him come out to that location made muddy by Tropical Storm Faye.
Exactly four months later, Roy Kronk again went into the same woods to relieve himself. This time he came across the skull and skeletal remains of a young child. They belonged to Caylee Anthony.
In the age-old no-good-deed-goes-unpunished tradition, instead of being credited for his tenacity while attempting to aid in the solution of the Anthony mystery, Kronk became a scapegoat and a suspect. The defense team’s theory of defense for Casey Anthony alleges Kronk stole the child’s body from they-don’t-know-where; kept it stored in an unknown place; and dumped the remains in the woods so that he could “find” it and claim the $225K reward.
Kronk stopped in the woods located within a mile of defendant’s home to relieve himself on August 11, 2008. Although a lot of the swampy terrain was underwater from a recent tropical storm, Kronk saw something about 25 to 30 feet in the distance that caught his attention. Later that night Kronk called the local police to report what he saw: something white that didn’t look like it should have been there.”
On each of the next two days, Roy Kronk made a follow up call to police to see if they found what he had seen in the woods. On the third day, an officer met Kronk at the site. According to Kronk’s testimony during the murder trial of Caylee’s mother Casey, the officer stood in one place, looked left, then right, took a step and slipped down into the muddy mire. For the next 30 minutes, according to Kronk, the officer “chewed him out” for making him come out to that location made muddy by Tropical Storm Faye.
Exactly four months later, Roy Kronk again went into the same woods to relieve himself. This time he came across the skull and skeletal remains of a young child. They belonged to Caylee Anthony.
In the age-old no-good-deed-goes-unpunished tradition, instead of being credited for his tenacity while attempting to aid in the solution of the Anthony mystery, Kronk became a scapegoat and a suspect. The defense team’s theory of defense for Casey Anthony alleges Kronk stole the child’s body from they-don’t-know-where; kept it stored in an unknown place; and dumped the remains in the woods so that he could “find” it and claim the $225K reward.
Zenaida Gonzalez
a.k.a. Zanny-the-Nanny
In 2008 Casey Anthony told investigators that her nanny (OF TWO YEARS), a woman by the name Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez, "took" her daughter Caylee after she had dropped her off at "Zanny's" Sawgrass Apartment on June 16, 2008 and would not return her.
Zenaida had never seen nor heard of Casey or Caylee Anthony before this whole mess started and she has NEVER lived at the Sawgrass Apartments.
Gonzalez is suing Casey for defamation after using her name when she falsely claimed that "Zanny the Nanny" was caring for her missing daughter. Zenaida says she lost her job and weathered harassment due to this lie; now her lawyers worry that Casey's escape will make it "impossible to ever depose her."
Gonzalez stated “She doesn’t know how much damage she has done. Not only to me, that she has done to them, my children. They came out of me. I raised them by myself and now she is hurting them more than me,”
The trial is set for January 2013.
Zenaida had never seen nor heard of Casey or Caylee Anthony before this whole mess started and she has NEVER lived at the Sawgrass Apartments.
Gonzalez is suing Casey for defamation after using her name when she falsely claimed that "Zanny the Nanny" was caring for her missing daughter. Zenaida says she lost her job and weathered harassment due to this lie; now her lawyers worry that Casey's escape will make it "impossible to ever depose her."
Gonzalez stated “She doesn’t know how much damage she has done. Not only to me, that she has done to them, my children. They came out of me. I raised them by myself and now she is hurting them more than me,”
The trial is set for January 2013.