The Case Against Casey - Dimond

The Case Against Casey by Diane Dimond

Excerpt:

As the Casey Anthony prosecution commences tomorrow, Diane Dimond analyzes thousands of evidence pages, including never-published photos of her 2-year-old's remains (warning: graphic image).

The top of her tiny skull peeped out from the entwining foliage in a garbage-strewn wooded area just around the block from the only home she'd ever known. Eighteen of her 20 baby teeth were found scattered nearby, as were many of her skeletal, underdeveloped bones.

Not even Hurricane Fay, which rammed through the Orlando, Florida, area in August 2008, could wash away the child's legacy. It was as if Caylee Marie Anthony—or what was left of her—was patiently waiting for someone to find her and seek justice.

A photograph of her remains, revealed here for the first time, was taken by an Orange County crime-scene specialist and is, perhaps, the single most riveting and personal piece of evidence expected to be presented in the murder case against Caylee's mother, Casey Anthony, which starts tomorrow with opening arguments. This photo of the skull may, in fact, be included in the prosecution's multimedia introduction to the seven-woman, five-man jury, which has been selected over the past two weeks in a sometimes circus-like atmosphere.

It seems highly unlikely that the court will hear from the defendant herself. So jurors will get a sense of who she is from the evidence. To get a sense of what that will be, The Daily Beast examined thousands of pages of documents—available under Florida's Sunshine Law—and conducted interviews with sources close to the prosecution, as well as independent sources with knowledge about the case.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-05-22/casey-anthony-jury-will-see-photo-of-caylees-skull-remains/#