New Photos, Documents Released by Prosecutors in Caylee Anthony Case

New Photos, Documents Released by Prosecutors in Caylee Anthony Case:
Incriminating Evidence Against Mother Casey

Written by: Karen Banardello


The investigation into the death of Caylee Anthony has taken another twist, as Florida police have released more than 1,000 pages of documents and photos found on her mother’s computer. The pictures, which include images of skulls and skeletons, were released by Orlando investigators on Thursday, but perhaps the most incriminating one was of Caylee with a heart-shaped sticker similar to the one later found on her body when her remains were discovered.

PEOPLE Magazine first reported the find yesterday on its website. The report also mentioned the transcript of a conversation Caylee’s mother Casey, 22, had with police after she was charged with her daughter’s murder. According to the transcript, Casey told police she was not trying to flee authorities but merely trying to avoid the media when she switched vehicles several times on a Florida highway right before she was arrested on Oct. 14.

Casey told her side of the story to the Orlando Sentinel: “That was us trying to counteract the media from following us down to jail because our only intention was to take me down to the jail to surrender me before this happened. That was the only thing we were trying to accomplish.”

The documents also revealed that Anthony Lazzaro, Casey’ ex-boyfriend, went undercover for police when he met with her brother Lee on July 29. Not much information was exchanged, but Lee did tell Lazzaro that Caylee had been missing for 31 days before it was reported to police. Lazzaro also told police that he saw Casey, who was charged with the Caylee’s murder two months before her body was found, crying as she watched a video of her daughter.

Casey’s defense attorney, Jose Baez, tried to downplay the importance of the documents. “We are going to reserve comment on discovery releases until those times when the discovery is of some importance to the real evidence in this case,” he said in a statement he e-mailed to the Sentinel.

Casey was only two when she vanished in June. Her body was discovered six months later, in December, in a wooded area near the home where she lived with her single mom and grandparents.