07-12-2011, 06:22 PM
Texas Equusearch has filed suit.
State Attny. is not charging cindy with perjury.
WFTV
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Casey Anthony is only days away from being released from jail and she already faces a new lawsuit and expenses that she may have to pay for the time spent searching for her daughter, Caylee Marie Anthony.
Orange County Sheriff's Office officials said on Tuesday during a press conference that they are investigating a case of witness tampering, and they are tallying the expenses that Casey may have to pay them for the time they spent searching for Caylee.
The investigators said they have devoted three years of their lives to the case.
Investigators said the search for Caylee and investigation into her death took an emotional toll on them and no matter what the jury has said, they have no doubt that Casey murdered Caylee.
Caylee was always their focus. First to find her, and when her bones were found and her skeleton was wrapped with duct tape, they dedicated their time to finding her killer.
Detective Yuri Melich said during the press conference that Casey wouldn't tell him the truth.
Melich, who was the lead investigator in the murder case, was among the sheriff's officers who were finally able to tell their stories now that the case is closed.
"She never said it was an accident," Melich said. "She wouldn't tell us the truth."
The gruesome discovery took an emotional toll on detectives who have seen it all throughout their careers.
"To me, the personal toll was the fact that by looking at how they treated this poor child. Let the child rot in the woods is inhuman," Melich said.
The jurors might have had what they believe is reasonable doubt over not knowing exactly how Caylee died, but not the detectives.
"I certainly don't have any doubt. Working on this, I felt that our case was solid," said Sgt. John Allen.
The Casey case is closed, but the witness tampering investigation involving an altered Texas Equusearch document that was in the possession of her defense team is ongoing.
"A defense team investigator having possession of something that could be a fabricated document. How far could it go or don't you know yet?" reporter Kathi Belich asked Sgt. Allen.
"We don't know. Obviously we'll follow up. Obviously there are still a number of people we will need to interview in regard to that and we hope to get to the bottom of that," said Sgt. Allen.
Tim Miller of Texas Equusearch claims Casey's lies cost his search team $112,000 and has filed a lawsuit against her.
Miller said Casey owes the group money because Caylee was never really missing.
State Attny. is not charging cindy with perjury.
WFTV
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Casey Anthony is only days away from being released from jail and she already faces a new lawsuit and expenses that she may have to pay for the time spent searching for her daughter, Caylee Marie Anthony.
Orange County Sheriff's Office officials said on Tuesday during a press conference that they are investigating a case of witness tampering, and they are tallying the expenses that Casey may have to pay them for the time they spent searching for Caylee.
The investigators said they have devoted three years of their lives to the case.
Investigators said the search for Caylee and investigation into her death took an emotional toll on them and no matter what the jury has said, they have no doubt that Casey murdered Caylee.
Caylee was always their focus. First to find her, and when her bones were found and her skeleton was wrapped with duct tape, they dedicated their time to finding her killer.
Detective Yuri Melich said during the press conference that Casey wouldn't tell him the truth.
Melich, who was the lead investigator in the murder case, was among the sheriff's officers who were finally able to tell their stories now that the case is closed.
"She never said it was an accident," Melich said. "She wouldn't tell us the truth."
The gruesome discovery took an emotional toll on detectives who have seen it all throughout their careers.
"To me, the personal toll was the fact that by looking at how they treated this poor child. Let the child rot in the woods is inhuman," Melich said.
The jurors might have had what they believe is reasonable doubt over not knowing exactly how Caylee died, but not the detectives.
"I certainly don't have any doubt. Working on this, I felt that our case was solid," said Sgt. John Allen.
The Casey case is closed, but the witness tampering investigation involving an altered Texas Equusearch document that was in the possession of her defense team is ongoing.
"A defense team investigator having possession of something that could be a fabricated document. How far could it go or don't you know yet?" reporter Kathi Belich asked Sgt. Allen.
"We don't know. Obviously we'll follow up. Obviously there are still a number of people we will need to interview in regard to that and we hope to get to the bottom of that," said Sgt. Allen.
Tim Miller of Texas Equusearch claims Casey's lies cost his search team $112,000 and has filed a lawsuit against her.
Miller said Casey owes the group money because Caylee was never really missing.