Another day of depositions ended Friday with Jose Baez, Casey Anthony's attorney, in an upbeat mood. After a week of deposing, Jose Baez walked into the Orange County courthouse saying he wanted to get at the truth.
When he exited Friday afternoon, he told WESH-TV, ""We've been very successful in getting a lot of information. We're very happy with the progress."
Baez deposed the supervisor of county worker Roy Kronk, the man who found the remains of Caylee Anthony. He also questioned the deputy who received and signed off on Ray Kronk's tip in August, when nothing was found. Roy Kronk would subsequently make another call and report a suspicious bag in December - a bag that would contain the remains of missing 2-year-old Caylee Anthony.
Casey Anthony had already been arrested for the murder of her daughter by the time the Roy Kronk tip came in.
Jose Baez also deposed a sheriff's investigator who looked at Anthony's computer and found a single reference to Zenaida Gonzalez. Gonzalez was supposedly the babysitter, "Zanny," that Casey Anthony said she left her daughter with the last time she saw her.
"Another" Zenaida Gonzalez has since sued Casey Anthony for defamation, seeking damages because of the negative publicity she received from being suspected of being the "abducting" nanny. Casey Anthony has stated that the Zenaida Gonzalez that was detained and questioned by the police was not Caylee Anthony's babysitter, the so-called "Zanny."
Baez told WKMG, "We have gained a wealth of information these last several days that we did not have before... And we confirmed a lot of things that we suspected."
A reporter for WKMG, Adam Longo, commented, "This defense team is convinced Caylee's remains weren't in those woods until after Casey went to jail."
Longo's words may provide an inkling into what type of defense Casey Anthony's defense team will mount when the trial begins in October. Casting doubt on the prosecution's murder theory seems to be the direction Baez will take. Almost all the evidence gathered against Casey Anthony is circumstantial, so if Baez can insinuate enough doubt, he just might be able to get an acquittal.
It now seems that Jose Baez and the defense will more than likely attempt to establish that since nothing was found the first time utility worker Roy Kronk called the police about a suspicious bag in the wooded lot near the Anthonys home, it must have been deposited later. Or they may suggest that Roy Kronk put the bag there himself, which may have been why he called it in all three times.
After deposing Casey Anthony's one-time friend Kiomarie Cruz, a couple of corrections officers, and private investigator Jim Hoover in the preceding days, all of which could not have given Baez much hope, the defense lawyer seems to have ended the week a little better off than when he started it.
Still, with all the negative publicity, Casey Anthony's case is going to be a tough sell to a jury.
Jose Baez will depose more people in two weeks. We shall see if he can maintain a happy demeanor...
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