casey & caylee anthony
the beginning
While Casey was in high school the people in her life began to notice a change. She started going to parties, going to clubs, experimented a-little with drugs, and began drinking. She also started lying. Nothing to big, just little petty ones here and there. Slowly, but surly her lies began to escalate. Perhaps her biggest lie, at the time, involved her graduation.
So that's where I'll start.
So that's where I'll start.
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION
Casey Anthony attended Colonial High School in Orlando, FL In 2004 she was all set to walk across the stage, (WITH HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN ATTENDANCE) receive her diploma, and put her high school life behind her. The invitations had been sent out. She had already began receiving graduation gifts. Her mother, Cindy, was so proud off her daughter that she was preparing a huge graduation party for her. But Casey had a secret... |
In the days leading up to graduation, her mother started asking her questions. "Casey, where's your cap?" "Casey where's your gown?"' "What's going on?" "What are you not telling me?" "What are you hiding?"
At first Casey just blew off her mother and her questions. She came up with excuse after excuse, claiming nothing was wrong. |
As graduation grew closer, Casey knew that she could not keep her secret much longer. And she was right. The day before Casey was supposed to get her diploma and graduate high school, Cindy got a phone call from the school saying "Casey could not be part of the graduation ceremony." After that call Casey confessed to her mother that she did not have enough credits to graduate.
Now, at first Cindy was irate. She yelled and yelled and yelled at Casey. "What are you talking about?" "What do you mean?" "Why?!" Casey gave her multiple excuses blaming the school. When in fact (DUH) it was because Casey wasn't showing up to class or turning in her assignments. (Why, you ask?) Because Casey didn't want to.
Now, at first Cindy was irate. She yelled and yelled and yelled at Casey. "What are you talking about?" "What do you mean?" "Why?!" Casey gave her multiple excuses blaming the school. When in fact (DUH) it was because Casey wasn't showing up to class or turning in her assignments. (Why, you ask?) Because Casey didn't want to.
After Cindy calmed down, she told her daughter (AS ANY "GOOD" MOTHER WOULD DO), she tells her daughter not to say a word to anyone. Not to her father. Not to her brother. Not to her grandparents. Not to anyone. So now Casey AND Cindy have a secret., and they both went along with it, all the way to the graduation ceremony.
Casey's grandparents attended the graduation. They started to become confused when they noticed Casey was not in a cap and gown like the others. Upon asking Cindy why, Cindy explained that "the school had messed up, but not to worry." (NOT TO WORRY!?!) Neither Cindy nor Casey called any family member to let them know Casey didn't graduate Neither Cindy nor Casey returned any of the graduation gifts Casey had received. Neither Cindy nor Casey cancelled Casey's graduation party. (YES THAT'S RIGHT, THEY STILL HAD THE PARTY AND NEVER LET ON THAT CASEY DID NOT GET HER DIPLOMA.) |
Casey never returned to school. Casey never completed her missing credits. Casey never finished high school. Casey dropped out.
denial
Cindy was completely oblivious to the fact that her daughter was pregnant. (REALLY!?!) After they returned home and Casey realized how many people had approached her mother with the same questions and concerns, Casey went to Cindy's work and admitted to her mother that she was pregnant. (7 MONTHS PREGNANT!) A few days later Casey AND Cindy sat down with George, Casey's father, and told him he was going to be a grandfather. And even though the pregnancy wasn't expected, George was elated He and Cindy began preparing their lives and home for the arrival of their grandchild.
Lee Anthony, Casey's brother, said he had his suspicions about his sister being pregnant.. On one occasion Lee said he saw her stomach as she came out of a bathroom the two shared in 2005. “When I went in, she was coming out. I could see her mid-section and she was showing.” Lee said he questioned Casey and their mother about it, but they BOTH denied Casey was pregnant. Lee didn't learn the truth until DAYS before his niece was born. He had been too hurt and angry about his family not including him in the truth, he refused to visit Casey at the hospital when she gave birth to Caylee.
**I fill it is important to also mention that the true identity of Caylee's father is still unknown. There is a laundry list of possibilities. Many have been removed from that list through DNA testing. (I WILL COVER THIS MORE LATER ON)
Also important is that many of Casey's friends have stated that Casey didn't even want the baby when she discovered she was pregnant and talked about putting her up for adoption, but Cindy refused to let her.
Lee Anthony, Casey's brother, said he had his suspicions about his sister being pregnant.. On one occasion Lee said he saw her stomach as she came out of a bathroom the two shared in 2005. “When I went in, she was coming out. I could see her mid-section and she was showing.” Lee said he questioned Casey and their mother about it, but they BOTH denied Casey was pregnant. Lee didn't learn the truth until DAYS before his niece was born. He had been too hurt and angry about his family not including him in the truth, he refused to visit Casey at the hospital when she gave birth to Caylee.
**I fill it is important to also mention that the true identity of Caylee's father is still unknown. There is a laundry list of possibilities. Many have been removed from that list through DNA testing. (I WILL COVER THIS MORE LATER ON)
Also important is that many of Casey's friends have stated that Casey didn't even want the baby when she discovered she was pregnant and talked about putting her up for adoption, but Cindy refused to let her.
enter caylee
Caylee Marie Anthony was born on August 9, 2005 At 7:14am in an Orlando Florida hospital. She was a healthy baby girl weighting in a 7lbs 4oz.
After Caylee was born she and her mother went back to Casey's parents house to live, as that was the plan all along. All in all Caylee was very loved and very well cared for and taken care of. She was growing up to be a very happy little girl. To the outside world they all seemed to be a typical all american family, But on the inside things were much, much different. The world would find out just how different in the summer of 2008. When little Caylee was reported as "MISSING".
After Caylee was born she and her mother went back to Casey's parents house to live, as that was the plan all along. All in all Caylee was very loved and very well cared for and taken care of. She was growing up to be a very happy little girl. To the outside world they all seemed to be a typical all american family, But on the inside things were much, much different. The world would find out just how different in the summer of 2008. When little Caylee was reported as "MISSING".