Casey Anthony: Texas EquuSearch volunteers cite ‘tampering’ by defense private eye

Casey Anthony: Texas EquuSearch volunteers cite ‘tampering’ by defense private eye

Two Texas EquuSearch complained to WFTV-Ch. 9 that a defense private investigator in the Casey Anthony case tried to tamper with their testimony.

The two men said investigator Jeremy Lyons tried to get them to change their testimony about searching for Caylee Anthony’s remains, WFTV’s Kathi Belich reported tonight.

Volunteers Brett Churchill and Brett Reilly say the area — where the toddler was later found — was underwater when they searched it. Both men are prosecution witnesses in the murder case, and both told Belich that Lyons’ actions were like tampering. The two volunteers “say Lyons lied to Churchill that Reilly had changed his story about whether the woods were flooded,” Belich reported.

“He tried to twist people into more or less .. changing their stories,” Churchill told Belich.

“This tactic to me is deceitful,” Reilly told Belich.

Both men complained to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office about Lyons, and Reilly also complained to defense attorney Cheney Mason, Belich reported.

In other developments, Anthony will attend the next hearing in her case on Oct. 29, WFTV and WESH-Ch. 2 reported.

WESH’s Bob Kealing listed the key depositions to be conducted next week in the Anthony case. Anthony is charged with first-degree murder in the death of her daughter.

Former Anthony fiance Jesse Grund and his father, Richard, are scheduled for Tuesday. Lead detective Yuri Melich will testify on Wednesday. Prosecutors will question Brandon Sparks, who lives in Washington state, via webcam on Thursday. Sparks is the son of Roy Kronk, the meter reader who found Caylee’s remains.

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