# Sarasota, FL couple refreshes Caylee Anthony memorial **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 10, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarasota-fl-couple-refreshes-caylee-anthony-memorial/762347 "2016-08-10T14:58:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarasota-fl-couple-refreshes-caylee-anthony-memorial/762347/1 "2016-08-10T14:58:44Z")
[http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/orange/os-caylee-anthony-memorial-cross-birthday-20160809-story.html](http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/orange/os-caylee-anthony-memorial-cross-birthday-20160809-story.html) Caylee Anthony’s body was found in December 2008 on a wooded piece of property along Surburban Drive in Orlando, after she had been reported missing in July 2008. Her mother (Casey) was acquitted in 2011 of her murder. Upon the discovery of her body a makeshift memorial was erected on the property where she was found. A cross was placed, lots of toys and stuffed animals were placed there. And then time passed and the memorial was left subject to the weather, etc. abandoned and overgrown. > **[A sad tribute for a murdered child: Memorial site for Caylee Anthony](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2572946/As-Casey-Anthonys-legal-woes-continue-memorial-site-daughter-Caylee-sits-abandoned-overgrown.html)** > > Distressing pictures have been released showing Caylee Anthony's neglected memorial site that was meant to commemorate the little girl's death. Caylee's remains were found in 2008 and there is still no explanation for her mysterious death. The property is not public land, in fact there were no trespassing signs posted on the property. And the owners have reportedly attempted to sell the land. > **[Caylee Anthony – Page 143 – Kreuzer's Korner](https://kreuzer33.wordpress.com/tag/caylee-anthony/page/143/)** > > Posts about Caylee Anthony written by Kreuzer33 I’ve got to believe that the memorial site on the property has a significant impact on it’s value and desirability. So now you have complete strangers with no connection to the Anthony family or the property, deciding on their own clean up the memorial site and erect a new cross with fresh stuffed animals. It’s 130 miles from Sarasota to Orlando. How often is this couple going to be there to keep the memorial maintained? It rains almost daily in Orlando. The site is going to become worn down again. If I was the property owner, I’d pull all of that crap out of there everytime someone put it up. I love the comment at the bottom of the article: _The life department called, your order is in, pick it up! Seriously!_ And the reason the Sarasota couple was in Orlando…playing Pokémon Go. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarasota-fl-couple-refreshes-caylee-anthony-memorial/762347/2 "2016-08-10T16:16:01Z")
You can say the same about all roadside memorials where someone bought it, and some group of family, friends, schoolmates, posse members keep “maintaining” a tatty memorial. One one hand, grief is a strange thing and needs to be respected. OTOH, public memorials need to have a time limit. Take the foil-wrapped cross, candles and stuffed animals home to a corner of your yard, if you must. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarasota-fl-couple-refreshes-caylee-anthony-memorial/762347/3 "2016-08-10T22:45:36Z")
I changed the title how you asked. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarasota-fl-couple-refreshes-caylee-anthony-memorial/762347/4 "2016-08-10T23:27:45Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > One one hand, grief is a strange thing and needs to be respected. But as the OP noted, the people who recently tended the memorial have no connection to the family, did not know the victim, and trespassed on private property. Their grief, or self-importance, or stupidity, or whatever it is that compels them to do this, does not need to be respected. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarasota-fl-couple-refreshes-caylee-anthony-memorial/762347/5 "2016-08-11T10:04:16Z")
LOL. It’s a swamp. It was flooded when the teams were searching for Caylee. She wasn’t found until the water receded months later. No one will buy that land for any normal development. It’s useless land. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarasota-fl-couple-refreshes-caylee-anthony-memorial/762347/6 "2016-08-11T10:09:56Z")
It is a pretty memorial. I’m glad there’s something there to represent Caylee and to remind people of what happened. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarasota-fl-couple-refreshes-caylee-anthony-memorial/762347/7 "2016-08-11T12:36:56Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > LOL. It’s a swamp. It was flooded when the teams were searching for Caylee. She wasn’t found until the water receded months later. > > No one will buy that land for any normal development. It’s useless land. Disneyworld was built on property that was a swamp…look how that turned out. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarasota-fl-couple-refreshes-caylee-anthony-memorial/762347/8 "2016-08-11T15:14:27Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Disneyworld was built on property that was a swamp As was much of Metairie, Louisiana. Which is why it’s sinking. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarasota-fl-couple-refreshes-caylee-anthony-memorial/762347/9 "2016-08-11T15:28:16Z")
Wetlands protection might be an issue. Owning land with any wetlands can be a nightmare. A close friend of mine bought 2 acres and wanted to build a house. There was a wetland area at the bottom corner of his land. He was building on the other side of the property. The inspector put him through hell. He had to build a temporary barrier to protect the wetland area. The inspectors were out there several times making sure the wetland wasn’t disturbed. Damn mosquitoes are bad there too. They breed in that area. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarasota-fl-couple-refreshes-caylee-anthony-memorial/762347/10 "2016-08-11T15:40:42Z")
Personally, I really dislike these memorials. They spring up on private property or public lands, they look like crap in a very short time, causing someone else to have to clean up the dead flowers and soggy teddy bears, and the thought of remembering where someone died or was killed is just morbid. Following that logic, there should be memorials in the two bedrooms at my mom’s house where her parents and sister died (of old age and disease decades apart - nothing nefarious to see here…) Seems to me if you want a meaningful remembrance, instead of buying something that will be garbage in a matter of a week, why not plant a tree or make a donation to a good cause in honor of the deceased? OK, maybe I’m just an old grouch, but I swear, if I meet a gruesome end, I will come back and haunt anyone who decides to erect a sappy memorial to me. You have been warned!!! ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarasota-fl-couple-refreshes-caylee-anthony-memorial/762347/11 "2016-08-11T16:21:04Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I’m glad there’s something there to represent Caylee and to remind people of what happened. Why? ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarasota-fl-couple-refreshes-caylee-anthony-memorial/762347/12 "2016-08-11T16:37:16Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Damn mosquitoes are bad there too. They breed in that area. On a completely different topic, the FDA has approved the release of mutant mosquitos, developed by a British firm, in Florida to help combat Zika and other mosquito transmitted diseases. Apparently the genetically modified mosquitos are designed so that their offspring die before they reach maturation and the ability to breed. In other countries where these mutant skeeters have been released they have seen up to a 90% decline in mosquito populations. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarasota-fl-couple-refreshes-caylee-anthony-memorial/762347/13 "2016-08-11T16:38:52Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > It is a pretty memorial. I’m glad there’s something there to represent Caylee and to remind people of what happened. Except nobody really knows for sure what happened. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarasota-fl-couple-refreshes-caylee-anthony-memorial/762347/14 "2016-08-11T16:45:24Z")
That community suffered through a lot of trauma. The search for Caylee lasted several months and involved hundreds of volunteers. Then it took a couple years for the trial to start. Reopening wounds and creating frustration at the outcome. A simple memorial to Caylee seems appropriate. Only because of what her death means to that community. Memorials aren’t needed for every death. Most cases don’t receive so much intense coverage. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarasota-fl-couple-refreshes-caylee-anthony-memorial/762347/15 "2016-08-11T18:22:51Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > That community suffered through a lot of trauma. The search for Caylee lasted several months and involved hundreds of volunteers. Then it took a couple years for the trial to start. Reopening wounds and creating frustration at the outcome. > > A simple memorial to Caylee seems appropriate. Only because of what her death means to that community. > > Memorials aren’t needed for every death. Most cases don’t receive so much intense coverage. except there is a memorial to Caylee. It’s called a grave, and it’s the appropriate place for public displays of mourning (especially mourning someone they never even knew). StG ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarasota-fl-couple-refreshes-caylee-anthony-memorial/762347/16 "2016-08-11T18:59:43Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Personally, I really dislike these memorials. They spring up on private property or public lands, they look like crap in a very short time, causing someone else to have to clean up the dead flowers and soggy teddy bears, and the thought of remembering where someone died or was killed is just morbid. Following that logic, there should be memorials in the two bedrooms at my mom’s house where her parents and sister died (of old age and disease decades apart - nothing nefarious to see here…) Seems to me if you want a meaningful remembrance, instead of buying something that will be garbage in a matter of a week, why not plant a tree or make a donation to a good cause in honor of the deceased? > > OK, maybe I’m just an old grouch, but I swear, if I meet a gruesome end, I will come back and haunt anyone who decides to erect a sappy memorial to me. You have been warned!!! I agree. If you want to give a teddy bear, give it to a children’s cancer ward, where it can be useful. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarasota-fl-couple-refreshes-caylee-anthony-memorial/762347/17 "2016-08-11T19:34:31Z")
In my town, there is one of these roadside memorials that’s been there for about 6 years now. The family and friends of the 19 year old kid that killed himself one night driving drunk and flipped his car, keep the memorial up to date with a large 6’ cross that’s been polyurethaned. There’s also a bench and few other things there. The problem is that it’s directly in front of someone’s residence, between the road and the house. I don’t know the person that lives there, who knows, they may have given permission for them to do that. Call me heartless, I would not have. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarasota-fl-couple-refreshes-caylee-anthony-memorial/762347/18 "2016-08-11T20:05:04Z")
Roadside memorials to vehicular deaths do have public-safety value in some cases; it is the most effective warning sign I’ve seen for ‘dangerous’ curves and intersections. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarasota-fl-couple-refreshes-caylee-anthony-memorial/762347/19 "2016-08-11T20:11:57Z")
> [@Peremensoe](#): > > Roadside memorials to vehicular deaths do have public-safety value in some cases; it is the most effective warning sign I’ve seen for ‘dangerous’ curves and intersections. Odd. Most I’ve seen are on unremarkable stretches of road, and far too many of the ones I know details about involved alcohol. So. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarasota-fl-couple-refreshes-caylee-anthony-memorial/762347/20 "2016-08-11T21:07:24Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Disneyworld was built on property that was a swamp…look how that turned out. Yeah, it turned into Disneyworld, yuck 😛 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarasota-fl-couple-refreshes-caylee-anthony-memorial/762347.md?page=2)