Casey Anthony: WFTV asks if defense’s case is crumbling

Casey Anthony: WFTV asks if defense’s case is crumbling

posted by halboedeker on November, 17 2010 7:22 PM

WFTV-Ch. 9’s Kathi Belich had an exclusive tonight on prosecutors’ questioning of a Texas EquuSearch volunteer seen as crucial to Casey Anthony’s case.

The attorney for volunteer Laura Buchanan told WFTV that she didn’t know where Caylee Anthony’s remains were found. Buchanan wasn’t taking Belich’s questions, but her attorney, Bernard Cassidy, said, “She has never been to that area to see precisely where the body was.”

Why is that crucial?

WFTV explained that Anthony’s defense attorneys hoped to use Buchanan’s testimony to show that Casey Anthony couldn’t have put her child’s body where it was found.

After getting the admission from Buchanan’s attorney, Belich asked the Anthony defense attorneys if their case was crumbling. They weren’t talking either. In fact, they were walking away from her.

Anthony is charged with first-degree murder in the death of her daughter, Caylee Marie. The trial is set to start in May.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office is investigating whether Buchanan faked a search document in which she said she found nothing in the spot where the toddler’s remains were spotted months later. Cassidy said his client would explain to prosecutors why she was in possession of Texas EquuSearch documents that were supposed to have been turned in.

A short hearing in the Anthony case will be conducted by phone tomorrow, anchor Martie Salt explained.

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2010/11/casey-anthony-wftv-asks-if-defenses-case-is-crumbling.html