I can't help it. I have been sucked into the Casey Anthony story/trial. As some one who is interested in psychology and counseling, I find the whole situation fascinating. One of the reasons I am so intrigued by psychology is I constantly wonder what has shaped people. As the daughter of two overly dominant and unbelievably myopic parents, I want to understand the factors that shape us during our formative years. Therefore, the Casey Anthony mystery/story piques my curiosity. Its also really bazaar that she says NOTHING. And ultimately, this benefited her and probably is the reason she was acquitted. An even greater point of interest for this is that I don't know what happened. Usually, something in my gut tells me what makes the most logical sense of what occurred when I'm not totally sure. However, in this case I really don't know.
I have two theories:
1. It seems obvious that Caylee was well into her terrible 2's and as many two-year-olds are, was difficult at bedtime. As a typical 22 year old, I think Casey wanted to spend time with friends, party, etc. Its fairly obvious that "Zanny the Nanny" was Xanax to make Caylee sleep so Casey could hang out. It then seems that she switched the Xanax for chloroform b/c its far cheaper. It is possible, as many have suggested, that she overdosed her child and as she was dying she had a runny nose, blood out of her mouth, bodily fluids, etc and hence the duct tape was to plug up the mess. Then, panicked and realized she couldn't admit to the problems b/c basically drugging her child is abusive and she would be screwed either way. She deliberated, but the child began to rot in the hot FL sun and stink so she ditched her in the woods and hoped the problem would go away.
2. The second and scarier, but I believe more likely scenario, is that she did it to spite her mother. From what it sounds like, Caseys parents were hard on her. Although I don't think they seem like bad people per say, they definitely seemed to be down on their own daughter. Casey's ex-fiance, while admitting he finds Casey a deplorable person, tells stories of Cindy asking him why he would want to marry her, a high school drop out. While Cindy and Casey fought constantly, Caylee was doted on. They showered Caylee in gifts, sung her praises, and loved her unconditionally. Casey wasn't working so I'm assuming was always needing money. I think Casey was jealous and resented her child because of it, and hated her mother even more than before Caylee's birth because of it. There are many reports that the night before it happened Cindy called Casey an unfit mother and tried to strangle her. I think Casey used Caylee as a means to punish her mother frequently, and after that escalated fight did the ultimate. I don't think she was sexually molested as her attorney suggested. But, she may have been abused emotionally. And lets face it she was young.
While I'm not excusing her in any way, I do believe family psychology played a role here. Frightening stuff...
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