Casey Anthony Lying "Off The Scale": Analyst - CBS

June 4, 2011 Casey Anthony lying "off the scale": Analyst

But, criminologist asks, is she "good enough actress" to convince jurors she didn't kill daughter Caylee if she takes stand

(CBS News) Jurors in the Casey Anthony murder trial in Florida were expected to hear a tenth day of testimony Saturday.

She's charged with first-degree murder in the death of her daughter, toddler Caylee Anthony, almost three years ago.

On Friday, jurors saw jail-house videos of Anthony talking to her parents about her missing daughter.

Prosecutors say the more she talked, the more she lied.

And criminologist and legal analyst Casey Jordan agrees, telling
"Early Show on Saturday Morning" co-anchor Rebecca Jarvis that Anthony's
lying was "off the charts."

Mike DeForest, of CBS Orlando, Fla. affiliate WKMG explained that the
tapes were made as the search was intensifying for two-year-old Caylee.

In one portion played for the jury, Anthony insisted to her mother,
Cindy Anthony that, "In my gut, I know she's (Caylee's) still OK. I can
feel it, Mom."

Prosecutors say the tapes show a pattern of deception.

"Someone just said that Caylee was dead this morning, that she
drowned in the pool," Cindy told Casey. "That's the newest story out
there."

"Surprise, surprise," Casey responded.

"We need to have something to go on," Cindy said.

"Mom," came the reply, "I don't have anything. I'm sorry. I've been here a month. I've been here a month today."

Four months after the recording was made, Caylee's body was found in the woods.

Anthony was charged with murder.

Ironically, the swimming pool story is at the heart of her defense. Her lawyer says Caylee did drown, but it was an accident.

Another key to Anthony's defense is that she'd been repeatedly abused by her father, George Anthony.

But in the jailhouse tapes, the relationship between father and daughter seems anything but hostile.
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