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The Families of Those Who Kill

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I remember in the early days and weeks after Caylee went missing, people were standing in the street in front of the Anthony home, outraged at the Anthonys. I remember being beside myself that people were lashing out at Casey’s parents.

People, to this day, are still expressing anger and scorn at Cindy, George and Lee Anthony. They have a tremendous dislike for them. I suspect it is partly due to the fact they ultimately blame Casey’s parents for her behavior, but I suspect it is more than that. I think they likely loathe Cindy, George and Lee because they aren’t standing up and saying they think Casey had something to do with Caylee’s murder. It’s as if the Anthonys are denying the obvious, to most people, and that makes people go crazy.

Read moreYet the Anthonys are not alone in their denial, which I believe is a survival mechanism. I suspect many other family members of people who have killed likely do the same thing. I’ve said that here several times.

This week, I came across a news article on the father of Diane Downs, Wesley Frederickson. He is offering a $50,000 reward to any information which leads to the release of his daughter. This just made news in February of this year–25 years after his grandchildren were shot and one was killed.

This case is even more compelling than the Anthony case because Diane Downs was convicted of murder and locked up, whereas Casey hasn’t even gone to trial. More than that, Christie Downs, Diane’s 9-year-old daughter at the time of trial, testified against her own mom, saying that she witnessed her mom shoot her and her siblings, and then turn the gun on her own arm.

Making it all the more unbelievable, Diane Down’s father, 26 years later, is still clinging to the belief his daughter just has to be innocent, and that his grandchildren must have been delusional or lying. He even maintains a website to this day here.

I think Diane’s dad gives a new perspective to how powerful denial can be, and how it is a coping mechanism for survival.

I do not judge nor will I ever judge Diane Down’s father or the Anthonys, because to be in their shoes must be pure and utter hell, if you accept the most plausible of truths that their daughters attempted to kill their grandchildren, that their own flesh and blood knew no normal boundaries of love and compassion and had the ability to kill in cold blood.

My Thoughts on Lee Anthony’s Deposition

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I have watched your requested segments from Lee Anthony’s deposition below, and I, to my own surprise, do not see any indications that Lee is being deceptive. I believe, from the segments that I have seen, that he is telling us what “he believes to be true” in these segments (obviously, I am not speaking on behalf of the entire deposition as I have not watched it in its entirety).

I expected if anyone in the family were going to see the truth it would be Lee, but I don’t think he is there yet.

Lee’s movements, his body language, his words and his behaviors all seem consistent to me. I do not note any hot spots, or red flags. Honesty is always the hardest for me to convey. How do you identify sincerity, or genuineness?

Read moreLee basically tells us until he gets cold hard facts, he is going to believe his sister. I think he is being dead honest when he says that. He believes he knows his sister better than anyone, and he isn’t going to trust strangers and believe the worst without absolute proof. I don’t think one can fault him for that.

Accepting that you’ve been duped, duped huge, and that deception could have cost your niece or granddaughter her life, is not something that a person comes to accept easily.

Patricia Keays asks:

Can people be in denial to such an extent that they truly do believe things that others see as blatant lies?

Absolutely.

I see this most often with family members or people who were close to pathological liars. They have a horrible time accepting they’ve been duped, even when there isn’t a tragedy involved like this one. It’s hard for people to believe they didn’t see things as they really were, but instead they believed the falsities told to them. Those tall tales were their reality for a period of time, and they don’t give them up on them easily.

Now add that those tall tales make your own sister one of the most evil people you’ve seen in decades. Are you going to easily embrace that truth? It’s not likely.

I can’t help but see hints of George Clooney when I look at Lee. Do you see the resemblance?

Lee Anthony Requests

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Lee Anthony seems to be of interest to many of you, and you have asked that I review his deposition in the Zenaida Gonzalez defamation case. The deposition is several hours long, so at this time, if you would like to hear my thoughts on it, I just ask that you provide time markers, no longer than five minutes, of specific areas you like me to respond to, and I will consider it.

Feel free to make requests below.

Here is a page that links to all the depositions. Don’t forget to let me know which segment your time marker refers to.

George Anthony Wants to End Life

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This is absolutely the most heart-breaking news (more here) that I have seen this morning. George Anthony reportedly left, and checked into a motel. At some point, he missed a family meeting with their attorney, and sent his family a message that he wanted to end his life. The Orange County police tracked him down via his cell phone pings, and he is currently in the hospital for observation. He says he doesn’t want to live anymore.

Read moreI can only imagine the hell that Cindy and George are going through. The pain is beyond what any of us could ever comprehend. Few of us seem to put ourselves in their shoes to truly try to understand. They have not only one tragedy of inconceivable proportions, but two to deal with. And if they are to accept the realities of what happened, they have to accept that this nightmare came from their own flesh and blood. What does that do to a person’s sense of self-worth? I can only imagine it would bring you to where George found himself. How else could one feel?

I know many people will say that the Anthonys should have reacted differently while they still could. These are people who don’t understand our legal system, and what it is like to know or live with a psychopath. I personally don’t believe psychopaths are created. I believe they are born, and one day, we will understand the defects of the brain that cause these dangerous people to act in the ways that they do. But right now, we are in the dark ages of brain science.

If you’ve never experienced a psychopath, and been forced to deal with their manipulation, control and lies, it’s a world you couldn’t possibly understand. People without a conscience are people with incredible power and influence because they have no boundaries. They will push others to the limits of sanity because it doesn’t cause them any heartbreak to do so. Psychopaths are the ultimate manipulators. They can control the best of us, if we get too close.

My heart goes out to George and Cindy Anthony in these most difficult of times. I do not judge them for their behavior in any form. I feel great pain when I think of the situation they are in and I wish them the strength and courage to move forward, and ultimately peace in knowing the did the best they could with what they knew at the time.
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Fox also reported this:

A former boyfriend, Ricardo Morales, told investigators she had made jokes about giving Caylee baby medicine to put her to sleep, according to MyFOXOrlando.com. But he also said she seemed to have a normal relationship with her daughter.

So next time you hear something as sick as this, what are you going to do?

You can call the police, but if Casey says it is a joke, and the police believe her because she looks harmless, and she doesn’t have any type of record, and the police believe she is not a threat to her daughter, what else can you do? Seriously, what options do you have to stop something so horrific as what happened to Caylee?

I believe I can pick out a psychopath more than the average person, but until you or I can prove they have an intent to harm another person, there is absolutely nothing you or I, or anyone else can do to stop such a tragedy from occurring. It’s the price we pay for our ultimate freedoms as a society.

Remains Identified as Caylee Anthony

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Breaking news from CNN: The bones found last week are now confirmed to be those of Caylee Anthony.

How terribly sad. My heart aches for the Anthonys.

I forgot I wrote this on July 19th:

I did see some video footage of Casey online from Nancy Grace, and in that video Casey is gloating as the cameras pan on her as she is being led by police from one location to another (starting at time marker :05). Her eyes are glowing with excitement. She is clearly enjoying being in the spotlight, and being deceptive about her daughter.

Can we assume Casey killed her daughter? No, we can’t. A number of things could have happened to her daughter–many of which are horrible to think about, but Casey definitely knows the truth and she isn’t sharing it, and that doesn’t bode well for Caylee.

I don’t believe Casey accidentally killed Caylee. That glow that she had at that time was absolutely chilling. If she accidentally killed her daughter, she would not have felt this way. Add to that her rumored computer searches for breaking of the neck and for chloroform, and this case is bone chilling.

I personally think Casey was ultimately jealous of Caylee and her mom’s affection for Caylee. When Cindy wanted Casey to move out and inquired about getting custody of Caylee, Casey lost it, and decided to make her mom pay the ultimate price, as sick as that is to write. She obviously had no regard to Caylee whatsoever to do what she did.