2011年6月28日星期二

CASEY ANTHONY TRIAL: Witness a Key Moment for Defense?

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Casey Anthony's defense team is expected to call meter reader Roy Kronk to the witness stand today in what could be a key moment in the defense's strategy.

Kronk is the man who discovered Caylee's remains in a wooded area near the Anthony family home and who the defense claims is "morally bankrupt."

Casey Anthony, 25, is accused of murdering her 2-year-old daughter and could face the death penalty if convicted.

Kronk's attorney told ABC affiliate WFTV late Monday night that Kronk had been asked to appear in court today.

During opening statements in the trial, defense attorney Jose Baez attacked Kronk's character and alleged that he tampered with Caylee's remains.

"Mr. Kronk is a morally bankrupt individual who actually took Caylee's body and hid her," Baez said on May 24. Kronk later "found" the body, Baez claims, because he hoped to collect a reward.

Updated evidence photos from the Casey Anthony murder trial

The lawyer did not explain in his opening statement how Kronk allegedly came into possession of Caylee's body.

Caylee's remains were found in a wooded area off of Suburban Drive near the Anthony family home on Dec. 11, 2008, nearly six months after she was last seen alive. The toddler was reported missing on July 15, 2008, 31 days after she disappeared.

The defense claims that Caylee accidentally drowned in the family pool and that George Anthony, Casey Anthony's father, helped dispose of the body. They claim that Casey Anthony hid her daughter's death in a bizarre coping mechanism that she learned after years of sexual abuse at the hands of her father.

George Anthony has denied those allegations.

Roy Kronk Expected to Testify About Finding Caylee Anthony's Remains

If Kronk testifies, he will be one of the first witnesses mentioned who could corroborate the defense's shocking opening statement. The defense team has seemed to shy away from their opening statement since they began calling witnesses. Instead, they have focused on trying to poke holes in the prosecution's forensic evidence.

Prosecutors claim Caylee was drugged with chloroform and duct tape was placed over her nose and mouth.

The toddler's remains were found by Kronk with duct tape, a Winnie the Pooh blanket, canvas bags, black plastic trash bags and a Gatorade bottle with a syringe.

This morning, a man who was working with Texas Equusearch in the hunt for Caylee, described combing the wooded area in September 2008, nearly three months before Caylee was found.

Joe Jordan said he and his search team did not find Caylee's remains. He and his team did find a cooler and a pink baby blanket.

When Caylee was found, he sent an email to law enforcement.

"I conveyed I believed I was in the location where I believe her remains were located," Jordan said.

Jordan told law enforcement that the remains were moved.

The defense is trying to establish that Caylee's remains weren't placed in the wooded area until shortly before they were found and while Casey Anthony was in jail.

Upon cross examination, Jordan said he may have been mistaken and may not have searched in the area where the remains were found.

On Monday, two private detectives testified that they had also searched in the wooded area in November and did not find Caylee. They also found something that looked like a blanket. It's unclear if it's the same blanket that Jordan described today or whether it was the blanket found with Caylee's body.


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