# Missing child...for more than a month now **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 18, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-child-for-more-than-a-month-now/456947 "2008-07-18T12:25:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-child-for-more-than-a-month-now/456947/81 "2008-08-21T20:03:02Z")
The bad news is that Mom-of-the-Year Casey [has been released from jail](http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/21/caylee.mom.bond.ap/index.html) (albeit under electronic surveillance). The good news is that [psychics](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,402098,00.html) are now on the case, so the tot will be found in no time. (“I think she’s near water… I’m seeing water… an ocean… or maybe a bathtub… or a Dasani bottle… and somewhere nearby there’s a book or a sign that has writing on it… with vowels…”; it’ll be interesting to hear Sylvia Browne’s take [“I think it’s her gall bladder that ruptured and she needs to have her spleen removed and she’s in either Guatemala City or Kiev… either way it’s difficult to disprove”.]) ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-child-for-more-than-a-month-now/456947/82 "2008-08-21T21:14:09Z")
Well, that’s odd. The article says that a group from a California bail bonds company bailed her out. I was expecting it to be her parents. They’re saying that they think she’ll be more likely to talk if she’s out of jail. That is just peculiar. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-child-for-more-than-a-month-now/456947/83 "2008-08-21T23:25:37Z")
No, some bounty hunter with a reality show (I thought at first it was Dog, but I’ve never heard of this guy) bailed her out and is convinced once she’s out of jail she’ll talk. I’m thinking this is half wanting publicity for himself, and half delusional thinking. Her attorney has told her to keep her yap shut, and the bounty hunter or his representative will be with her 24/7. They’ve already set up residence in her parents’ house. _That_ should be fun. Meanwhile, Caylee is still missing. A weird thing that happened was George, the grandfather, claimed that Caylee was kidnapped and he was in touch with someone who had the kidnapper under surveillance. Why he didn’t turn this info over to the police instead of the media I don’t know. I very much fear someone is pulling Grandpa’s leg. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-child-for-more-than-a-month-now/456947/84 "2008-08-21T23:42:54Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] No, some bounty hunter with a reality show (I thought at first it was Dog, but I’ve never heard of this guy) bailed her out and is convinced once she’s out of jail she’ll talk. I’m thinking this is half wanting publicity for himself, and half delusional thinking. Her attorney has told her to keep her yap shut, and the bounty hunter or his representative will be with her 24/7. They’ve already set up residence in her parents’ house. _That_ should be fun. [/QUOTE] Yeah, I’d vote for “publicity stunt.” Every time there’s a new story about the situation, they may be mentioned or pictured. And assuming they don’t lose her, they build a reputation and their money’s safe. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-child-for-more-than-a-month-now/456947/85 "2008-08-21T23:51:06Z")
I actually pity her attorney in all this. It just gets more and more odd. I confess I don’t understand (or sympathize much) with moms (or dads) who can’t seem to keep track of their 3 year olds. 7 year olds are much more mobile and independent. 3? 3 is still full of choking and other hazards. I can understand losing them in a store but for HOURS? :dubious: Where’s your head at, mom and dad? Losing them for a month is beyond plausibility–she’s either dead or kidnapped. I think she’s dead. And **Sampiro** , you crack me up. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-child-for-more-than-a-month-now/456947/86 "2008-08-22T00:14:56Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] No, some bounty hunter with a reality show (I thought at first it was Dog, but I’ve never heard of this guy) bailed her out and is convinced once she’s out of jail she’ll talk. [/QUOTE] Sounds like someone’s hoping to take over Dog’s former audience. Of course he has to act fast as Dog’s coming back. He was the highest rated show on A&E and one of the highest rated on cable, and totally coincidentally after a year of missed revenues A&E found it in their huge hearts to forgive his racist rants and thoroughly bizarro explanations of same. (My favorite was when he actually claimed “the two old ladies who own Mt. Vernon” [?!] were going to let him be buried in the slave cemetery so that when in the future children ask their parents “why is Uncle Dog buried there?” [which swear to God he said they’ll one day ask- even to the Uncle Dog part] they can explain racism to them; while there they can explain how it’s always been a dream of former slaves to be buried with a long haired heavily armed racist white man who chases runaways.) This bounty hunter is Leonard Padilla who evidently has a show on National Geographic channel. [His web site](http://www.leonardpadilla.com/) has bunches of Caylee links already. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-child-for-more-than-a-month-now/456947/87 "2008-08-22T00:18:17Z")
What’s funny is the spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff’s office is Jose Padilla. That could cause some confusion. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-child-for-more-than-a-month-now/456947/88 "2008-08-22T22:13:08Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] No, some bounty hunter with a reality show (I thought at first it was Dog, but I’ve never heard of this guy) bailed her out and is convinced once she’s out of jail she’ll talk. . . . [/QUOTE] Oh, that’s just what this case needs. Words fail. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-child-for-more-than-a-month-now/456947/89 "2008-08-23T00:15:45Z")
5 to 1 odds in favor of her trying to jump bail within 30 days. Any takers? ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-child-for-more-than-a-month-now/456947/90 "2008-08-23T00:25:51Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] 5 to 1 odds in favor of her trying to jump bail within 30 days. Any takers? [/QUOTE] As long as she won’t talk all they got on her is child neglect charges, wether she jumps bail or not probably depends on how good a job she feels she did on getting rid of the body. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-child-for-more-than-a-month-now/456947/91 "2008-08-23T01:00:56Z")
[QUOTE=DigitalC] As long as she won’t talk all they got on her is child neglect charges, wether she jumps bail or not probably depends on how good a job she feels she did on getting rid of the body. [/QUOTE] Nah. It depends on how well she keeps her cool, or on how dumb she is, or both. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-child-for-more-than-a-month-now/456947/92 "2008-08-27T17:12:31Z")
No link, but apparently the bounty hunter who bailed Casey out, now that he’s had a chance to review the 400 page document outlining the charges and evidence against her, is having a serious case of “Well, if I’d known this, I would never have bailed her out!” [She tried to put Caylee up for adoption](http://wdbo.com/common/ap/2008/08/26/D92Q0VJ01.html) and a deputy sheriff [has been fired](http://wdbo.com/includes/news/indepth/04916_Deputy_fired_for_lying_about_sexual_relationship_with_Casey_Anthony_184722.html) for lying about his relationship with Casey. These links are to a local talk radio station…I don’t know how long they will last. Meanwhile, no sign of Caylee. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-child-for-more-than-a-month-now/456947/93 "2008-08-27T17:52:37Z")
If you knew this woman, wouldn’t you be tempted to steal the kid? ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-child-for-more-than-a-month-now/456947/94 "2008-08-27T21:05:14Z")
That’s interesting about the grandmom talking Casey into keeping the child rather than adopting out. But that makes me think that if Casey didn’t want to raise a child, but the grandmom did, the fair thing would have been for the grandmom to adopt the child and raise her, herself. If Casey was looking for a way out of parenthood, black-market adoption would be very tempting. ---
**Author:** ![SomeUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@SomeUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SomeUserName)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-child-for-more-than-a-month-now/456947/95 "2008-08-27T21:10:03Z")
Wow. This is interesting. [http://www.cfnews13.com/Default.aspx](http://www.cfnews13.com/Default.aspx) Tests Detect Decomposing Body In Casey’s Car Wednesday, August 27, 2008 4:39:40 PM ORLANDO – Air sample tests sent to the University of Tennessee show there were traces of a decomposing body in Casey Anthony’s car at one time, according the Orlando Sentinel. On Wednesday, bounty hunter Leonard Padilla told News 13 he thinks Caylee is still alive, but now does not think Casey will be any help in locating the missing 3-year-old. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-child-for-more-than-a-month-now/456947/96 "2008-08-27T22:20:59Z")
[QUOTE=SomeUserName] On Wednesday, bounty hunter Leonard Padilla told News 13 he thinks Caylee is still alive, but now does not think Casey will be any help in locating the missing 3-year-old. [/QUOTE] Duh, you think\*? That’s the problem with rational people trying to help irrational people…you assume they think normally, but they don’t. There’s also news that prosecutors are offering her limited immunity if Casey will just admit Caylee died in an accident. What accident could cause the smell of decomposing human flesh _in the trunk of your car_ boggles the mind…I don’t even want to go there. \*That’s directed at the bounty hunter, not you, **SomeUserName** ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-child-for-more-than-a-month-now/456947/97 "2008-08-28T14:04:03Z")
Aaaaand the bounty hunter has seen the light, and is going to see about getting his bond money back: > **[WDBO](https://www.wdbo.com/news/caylee_dna_caseybackjail082708.html)** ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-child-for-more-than-a-month-now/456947/98 "2008-08-28T14:12:03Z")
Damn. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-child-for-more-than-a-month-now/456947/99 "2008-08-28T14:54:00Z")
[Padilla is concerned for Casey’s safety, that’s why he wants her back in jail.](http://wdbo.com/news/bondsmancaseyjail.html) ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-child-for-more-than-a-month-now/456947/100 "2008-08-28T15:08:36Z")
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