Casey Anthony

Casey Anthony was offered a limited immunity deal

Casey Anthony was offered a limited immunity deal by the prosecutors until Sept 2, 2008, but did not take it.

Casey Anthony was arrested for the 3rd time on September 15, 2008, on new charges of theft, and was released shortly afterward.

On October 14, 2008, Casey Anthony was indicted by a grand jury on charges of first-degree murder and was arrested for the 4th time. She entered a plea of not-guilty to the charges that she killed Caylee.

On October 21, 2008, the charges of child neglect were dropped against Casey. In a statement that morning, the State Attorney's Office explained: "The neglect charges were premised on the theory that her child, Caylee Marie, was still alive. As the investigation progressed and it became clear that the evidence proved that the child was deceased, the State sought an indictment on the legally appropriate charges." On April 14, 2009, prosecutors announced that they plan to seek the death penalty in this case. Casey Anthony and her family maintain that she is innocent of all charges.

Anthony told investigators that she had left 2-year-old Caylee on June 17 with a baby sitter named Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez also known as "Zanny" at a specific Orlando apartment complex. A woman named Zenaida Gonzalez who was on the apartment records as having visited apartments on that date was questioned by police but she said she did not know Casey or Caylee Anthony. The 38-year-old Kissimmee mother of six has since sued Anthony for defamation and for damages including punitive. It was reported that Anthony would be exercising her rights under the 5th Amendment in response to written questions in the civil case. The civil trial is set for August 29, 2011. Casey's former fiance Jesse Grund said he had trouble believing that Casey would kill Caylee. He stated "I don't believe Casey would have hurt her on purpose.

Casey Marie Anthony born March 19, 1986, Caylee's mother, has been charged with the first degree murder of her daughter.

She was first arrested on July 16, 2008, for giving false statements, neglect of a child, and obstruction of a criminal investigation with a request that she be held on a no bond status until Caylee Anthony was located.

On August 21, 2008, Casey Anthony was released after the one month of incarceration. She was released from the Orange County jail after her $500,200 bond was posted by California bail bondsman Leonard Padilla.

She was arrested again on August 29, 2008, on charges of forgery, fraudulent use of personal information, and petty theft for forging $700 worth of checks and using her friend's credit cards without permission. Leonard Padilla subsequently rescinded the $500,200 in bail due to a lack of cooperation from Casey Anthony.

On September 5, 2008, Casey Anthony was released again on bail after being fitted with an electronic tracking device. Her $500,000 bond was posted anonymously, and it was later revealed that her parents, Cindy and George Anthony, signed a promissory note for the bond.

On October 14, 2008, Casey Anthony was indicted by a grand jury on charges of first-degree murder and was arrested for the 4th time. She is currently in the Orange County Jail awaiting her expected May 16, 2011, trial date, jury selection will start on May 9, 2011, in an undisclosed location. The Florida state attorney's office in April 2009 announced that it intended to seek the death penalty.

The case is detailed in a 2009 book by true crime author and novelist Diane Fanning titled Mommy's Little Girl. According to a jail source she spends her days reading the Bible and writing letters. She is housed in a 12 X 7 cell in the Protective Custody wing of the Orange County jail, only emerging to take a shower and exercise. She has weekly meetings with her lawyers and apparently has had no visitors since 2008. The Florida law is that all inmates visits and phone calls are videotaped and is public record.