Casey Anthony defense: 'Scores' of potential witnesses identified

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By Drew Petrimoulx @ October 4, 2010 6:38 PM Permalink | Comments (0)

Lawyers for Casey Anthony spent Monday at the Orange County courthouse pouring over records of the volunteer group Texas Equusearch.

They said they found volunteers who searched the area where Caylee Anthony's body was found that were not previously identified.

"Scores of people have been telling us, all day long, that they've been on Suburban Drive," said defense attorney Jose Baez.

Suburban Drive is the street where Caylee Anthony's body was discovered. Volunteers could bolster the defense theory that the body was not at the crime scene during searches and, therefore, must have dumped there by somebody other than Casey.

"It's significant and you want to talk to them," Baez said.

But Texas Equusearch founder Tim Miller says the area was covered in rain water during searches, and his volunteers never got close to the scene.

"I'm just sure that they're not going to find anything in our records that will help the defense in any way," Miller said.

Defense attorneys will look over records again Tuesday and then have their investigators question potential witnesses.

The judge would have to sign off before witnesses could be questioned under oath.http://wdbo.com/localnews/2010/10/casey-anthony-defense-scores-o.html