Caylee Anthony: Reward up to $200k, Billboards and tips coming in

Caylee Anthony has been missing since June 16th in Orlando, FL. while timelines are sketchy and the people and places involved seem to change on a daily or hourly basis. The one fact is that a 2 year old from the Orlando area has vanished without a trace. It is times like this where I wish life was more like the show "Without a trace" where all the BS and fluff around the story is miraclously cleared up and the child is found within 48 mins of TV time. The legal process and the humanity of it all gets in the way in real life.

Todays new developments have a witness talking to detectives about a sighting July 2nd. 14 billboards are going up around Florida. The reward fund has grown to $200k and mobile billboards are finally rolling around Orlando.

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35, Orlando) -- The search for missing toddler Caylee Anthony continued gaining momentum Wednesday.

The grandmother Cindy Anthony said Wednesday afternoon that there will be 14 billboards across the state, two in Orlando, with the missing girl’s picture. Cindy Anthony also said that the reward for information leading to Caylee’s return has been raised to $200,000. 

As for the tip that Caylee had been seen at the Orlando International Airport on July 2nd; the grandmother said the tip came from a family who had flown out of the airport on vacation and had seen a small girl resembling Caylee. The youngster apparently said her name was Caylee "Antony," pronouncing it without the "h" the way Cindy Anthony says her granddaughter does. When asked her age, the little girl said she was 3; Caylee is almost 3 years old.

Cindy Anthony said that the woman who gave her the tip was meeting with Orange County Sheriff’s detectives and a sketch artist to try and come up with a composite of the older woman that the little girl was seen with.

Link: MyFox Orlando | New Billboards Going Up; Tipster Meets with Investigators.

Comments

[nika]

i think that Casey is a victim of incest and her father is also Caylee's father.

and this is why there is no record of a father and this is why casey is a compulsive liar and shows little emotion- that's what can happen to incest victims. i think Caylee became in danger of being an incest victim and either she was rapad and murdered by the grandfather or casey killed her in a type of defense. either way i think all three (grandmother, grandfather and Casey) worked together to get rid of the body. and Cindy is speaking in very specific terms when she says "there could be one or two reasons why Casey is not telling the truth and that somebody could be holding something over her head and threatening her in some way." i think Casey has been living in an extreme state of conflict, being both a victim and a dependent mother and maybe she snapped- or maybe that grandfather did it. But either way- i think there is a deep back story here that actually makes everything make a certain sense and this is why the women in this family lie all the time and the grandfather is relatively silent.

[LisaFla]

The same thought occurred to me: incest.
Cayla's father is Casey's father. Cindy seems very jealous of Casey and Casey is very jealous of her family being more concerned with Caylee's well-being than her own.
Have you noted how often Cindy refers to Caylee as "my baby", even when talking to Casey. I would be angry, too, if I was sitting in jail and my mother said that to me.
Perhaps this is not the first time that Casey has been jealous. I believe that I have seen or heard that Cindy made Casey and Caylee move out so that Cindy and the father/grandfather could go on vacation, essentially putting them out on the street.
Before then, Casey was leaving their home on a regular basis to go to her non-existent job. Why did Cindy have no idea who was caring for her beloved granddaughter Caylee during that time? Did she never offer to drop her off or pick her up? Did Caylee never get sick during the time her mother was at her imaginary job?
The idea that Cindy would swallow the answer that the father of Caylee died in an accident without prodding Casey for more info, is ridiculous. Especially since Caylee would be able to receive financial support from the SSA or the father's estate.
If Cindy thought it was a case of one of many guys, she would still insist on DNA testing to determine the father so that Caylee could receive child support. The Anthony family does not appear to be "rolling in the dough". What was this woman thinking? And what makes her think that the rest of us are as willing to delude ourselves as she is?
In my opinion, there is a very good reason for Casey's behaviors and reactions... her parents. They have molded and manipulated Casey into the sociopath that is now exposed to the world.
I'm also curious about the grandfather "formerly being a homicide investigator". Doe anyone know when and where or if?
This case is a tragic psycho-thriller without the benefit of a final scene or chapter, or the reassurance that it's only fiction.

[Michelle]

Why does everyone keep saying Casey is a high school dropout?????

On the bond hearing where cindy is being questioned she mentioned a few times about Caseys Graduation, and her graduating....listen to the bond hearing for yourself... Is that another lie too?

Cindy and George are brother and sister or they share the same father...I heard her fathers name is Lee Anthony Sr (the one in the retirement home) how can they all share the same last name, and she clearly stated its her dad...when the the police was on the stand in the bond hearing, he stated he had talked to cindy about this visit with Caylee on fathers day, and asked what her dads name was, and than Attorney Bauez asked for a sidebar...so you couldnt hear anything else...

By looking at George's profile from the side and Cindys it appeared they have the same nose and mouth from the side..i think they are related.............. brother sister, half brother sister with same father?????????????

Flowers in the Attic???????????????????

[abby]

Cindy posted this on Myspace
Thursday, July 03, 2008
my caylee is missing
She came into my life unexspectedly, just as she has left me. This precious little angel from above gave me strength and unconditional love. Now she is gone and I don’t know why. All I am guilty of is loving her and providing her a safe home. Jealousy has taken her away. Jealousy from the one person that should be thankfull for all of the love and support given to her. A mother’s love is deep, however there are limits when one is betrayed by the one she loved and trusted the most. A daughter comes to her mother for support when she is pregnant, the mother says without hesitation it will be ok. And it was. But then the lies and betrayal began. First it seemed harmless, ah, love is blind. A mother will look for the good in her child and give them a chance to change. This mother gave chance after chance for her daughter to change, but instead more lies more betrayal. What does the mother get for giving her daughter all of these chances? A broken heart. The daughter who stole money, lots of money, leaves without warning and does not let her mother now speak to the baby that her mother raised, fed, clothed, sheltered, paid her medical bills, etc. Instead tells her friends that her mother is controlling her life and she needs her space. No money, no future. Where did she go? Who is now watching out for the little angel?

[vinet]

Like most people I am really hoping that this little girl is alive and will be found soon. I don't really agree with the incest theories but what I think is that they haven't investigated enough. Where is Caylee's father?? What if he isn't dead?? What if that is another one of Casey's lies?? Maybe that is what she was doing when she was supposedly "working" maybe she was meeting with Caylee's father. I think he has her and that they are combined so they can get some kind of reward money when she miracously shows up at a pharmacy like Padilla keeps saying!!

[Patty]

Your idea of Family relations in the Anthony family had me wondering, too. Since Caylee's DNA samples were gathered by the police, I would assume that the police already know if her DNA shows related DNA from two related members of the Anthony family combined in Caylee's DNA or shows DNA from a non-Anthony, as well. I wonder if that information will become public. Interesting theory.

[Hannah]

That girl is like Scott Person,it is all about them.

[Hannah]

That girl is like Scott Person,it is all about them.

[Anne]

I have experienced a daughter much like
Casey Anthony, and my heart aches for Cindy. It is obvious to me Cindy loved Casey and Caylee very much and did all she could to care for both of them. If you read this, Cindy, know someone has great empathy for you.