June 2009 - Posts
By Kerry Sanders, NBC News Correspondent
Orlando, Fla. – Orange County detectives believe 2-year-old Caylee Anthony was murdered one year ago.
It took about a month before her mother, then 22-year-old Casey Anthony, revealed Caylee was missing.
Cindy Anthony, Casey’s mother, dialed 9-1-1 and within hours, the saga began to unfold in dramatic, and at times, tabloid fashion.
From the deepest recesses of my memory, I can’t remember a human drama story that’s quite like this one.
The closest is the story of Elian Gonzalez.
I covered those developments from the moment the young Cuban boy was found on a raft in the Florida Straits, to the day he was forcibly taken by federal authorities from his Miami home, and finally to Elian’s eventual return to his father in Cuba.
Still, this murder investigation is different. Sensational, yes, but it’s always sad.
It’s important to remember, and it’s always on my mind: a little girl is dead.
Still, there are bizarre developments. Some you may have heard; others never went reported.
Here they are, in no particular order:
*There was the psychic who contacted NBC News to say she thought she knew where Caylee’s remains were.
She even sent us a video via the Internet pointing out the location.
It wasn’t news. Another crazy caller we figured.
Guess what?
We looked at the tape again after Caylee’s remains were discovered. Eerily, Caylee was found less than 200 yards from where the psychic sensed the 2-year-old’s presence.
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