Casey Anthony Indicted by Grand Jury on Murder Charge

FamecrawlerOctober 15, 2008

Finally - the mother of missing 3-year-old toddler Caylee Anthony is being held accountable for her daughter's disappearance. A Florida grand jury returned an indictment today charging Casey Anthony with first-degree murder; the state attorney for Orange County said the first count is a capital charge -- which could carry a penalty of life in prison or death.

Caylee Anthony disappeared in mid-June, but Casey Anthony waited a full month before contacting authorities to report her daughter missing. The toddler's grandmother, Casey's mom. called the police in July to say that she hadn't seen Casey for a month and that her daughter's car smelled like a dead body.

While her daughter was missing, Casey Anthony was seen partying at nightclubs and living the life of a carefree single woman, at one point entering a "hot body" contest. She was also accused of stealing a friend's checkbook during this time and forging checks to go on shopping sprees.

Casey Anthony claimed that her daughter disappeared after she had dropped her off with a babysitter, but when police checked out her story they learned that the address that Anthony supplied belonged to vacant apartment. The woman Anthony named as the babysitter said she did not know Anthony.

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