# Anyone following the Casey Anthony trial? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 29, 2011, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-following-the-casey-anthony-trial/583652 "2011-05-29T12:50:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 167
**Author:** ![Susanann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@Susanann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susanann)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-following-the-casey-anthony-trial/583652/167 "2011-06-22T20:41:02Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > 1. What motive did George have for covering up an accidental death of Caylee? > > 2. By all appearances and accounts of all family members, George cared deeply for Caylee. If he found her drowned in the pool, why didn’t he call 911 to have paramedics sent out to try and resucitate her? Most people know that a drowned child can possibly be revived. So why did he not even try? > > 3. If it was truly an accident covered-up, why doesn’t he testify now as to those facts? Does he hate Casey that much, that he’s willing to let his only daughter potentially get the death penalty over an accident? 1. to stay out of prison. The legal commentators on tv have all said that even if Caylees death was an accident, that Casey would still be guilty of a felony. Since it was George’s fault, not Caseys, then it would be George who would be facing hard time in prison, It was Georges pool, it was Georges ladder. It wss probably Georges fault. 2. George is an ex-cop and probably witnessed many many attempt of successful and failed resuscitations, and as such he probably knows at what point resuscitation aint gonna work. When George found Caylee, he knew from experience that resuscitation would not do one bit of good. 3. She has not been sentenced to death yet. There is no point in him revealing what he did yet because Casey might still get off. Finally, it is him or Casey who would go to jail, and he probably likes himself more. If the story is true that he molested Casey, then it would fit that he would rather not go to prison instead of Casey. Besides, even if George admitted to covering up the death and hiding the body, Casey would ALSO still go to prison, so there would be nothing to save Casey from if they would both be going to prison anyway if he talked. If he keeps his mouth shut, then perhaps Casey would not be convicted and they both would get off. Seems to me that George has nothing to gain and he, and Casey, are guaranteed to lose by admitting what he did. It is a no-brainer. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-following-the-casey-anthony-trial/583652)._