Casey Anthony trial: Defense claims meter reader tampered with 2-year-old's remains - AP

Casey Anthony trial: Defense claims meter reader tampered with 2-year-old's remains
Posted: June 12, 2011 - 12:49am
By Associated Press

Excerpt:

ORLANDO Caylee Anthony's skull and most of the rest of her remains were 19 feet from the road when they were found, a crime scene investigator testified Saturday.

Defense attorney Jose Baez demonstrated the remains were virtually steps from the road, nearly the same distance as the jury from the defense table, by stretching a tape measure across the courtroom. That testimony that the scene was easily accessible from the road could be significant, because defense attorneys claim the meter reader who found the remains tampered with them.

The defense has said that the 2-year-old girl accidentally drowned in her grandparents' swimming pool.

More than 50 investigators recovered more than 390 pieces of evidence during 10 days at the wooded scene where Caylee's remains were found, in the same residential neighborhood as the Anthony family home, said Jennifer Welch of the Orange County Sheriff's Office. Among the items recovered were pieces of trash and black trash bags.

Read more at Jacksonville.com: http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2011-06-12/story/casey-anthony-trial-defense-claims-meter-reader-tampered-2-year-olds#ixzz1P5M5GwSv