Sources: Duct Tape Used To Kill Caylee

Sources: Duct Tape Used To Kill Caylee

Anthony's Defense Says State Has No Definitive Proof Of Murder

POSTED: 10:30 am EST February 16, 2010
UPDATED: 6:29 pm EST February 16, 2010

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ORLANDO, Fla. --Sources close to the investigation said that a group of new pictures released Tuesday include images of what prosecutors said is the murder weapon used to kill Caylee Anthony.

According to sources, a strip of duct tape found on Caylee's mouth is one of three prosecutors believe were used by Casey Anthony to suffocate her daughter.

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"The fact that there was more than one piece and they were used to block the airways, clearly that's where the state is going to argue the premeditation comes from," Hornsby said.

The state attorney has denied comment, but in a December hearing, prosecutor Jeff Ashton first laid out his theory.

"Maybe her killer saw her eyes as she applied one piece, then two, then three so that no breath was possible," he said. (Watch The Hearing Video)

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Casey Anthony Evidence: Is Murder Weapon Among Pictures?

02/16/2010 6:23 PM

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Lee
Ferran reports: After prosecutors released several pictures of evidence in connection with the murder of toddler Caylee Anthony today, reports surfaced that the murder weapon could be featured among them.

Was it the syringe with traces of chloroform found near the child’s remains? Or the knife with a fiber still lodged in the teeth investigators say they found in mother Casey Anthony’s car?

Actually, the answer is most likely neither according to The Orlando Sentinel and local news affiliate WESH. Rather, a roll of duct tape has drawn much attention from prosecutors.

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Citing a unnamed sources close to the investigation, WESH Orlando reported today that prosecutors consider the duct tape a murder weapon.


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