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NANCY GRACE

Casey Anthony in Her Own Words

Aired March 15, 2010 - 20:00:00   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


NANCY GRACE, HOST: Breaking news tonight in the search for 2-year-old Florida girl, Caylee. Six months of searching culminates when skeletal remains found in a heavily wooded area 15 houses from the Anthony home confirmed to be Caylee. A utility meter reader stumbles on a tiny human skeleton, including a skull covered in light-colored hair, the killer duct- taping and placing a heart-shaped sticker directly over the mouth, then triple-bagging little Caylee like she`s trash.

Bombshell tonight. Ban the photos. That`s what tot mom`s fleet of defense attorneys are screaming to the trial judge. That`s right, tot mom hopes the jury will never see photos of her out on the town in a mini-skirt and push-up bra in the very days, the hours, after she says her 2-year-old girl, Caylee, vanishes. Not only that, she wants her own mother`s 911 call thrown out, where Cindy Anthony says tot mom`s car smells like a dead body. This is the battle going on now. Will tot mom get the Florida death penalty?

Tonight, tot mom caught on video. Will these words be fired right back at her in court?

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CINDY ANTHONY, CASEY`S MOTHER: I was in Lake County two days ago.

CASEY ANTHONY, CAYLEE`S MOTHER: OK.

CINDY ANTHONY: Is there anything there?

CASEY ANTHONY: Mom! Geez -- I`m sorry. I love you guys. I miss you.

CINDY ANTHONY: All right, sweetheart. Here`s Dad. Hold on.

CASEY ANTHONY: No, I`m going to hang up and just walk away right now because...

CINDY ANTHONY: No, don`t. Please don`t.

CASEY ANTHONY: I`m frustrated and I`m angry, and I don`t want to be angry. This is the first time I`ve truly, truly been angry this entire time. But I`m just so beyond frustrated with -- with all of this that I can`t even swallow right now, it hurts.

CINDY ANTHONY: Just understand we`re all going in so many different directions. We just want to go in the right one.

CASEY ANTHONY: Well, I can`t point you in that direction when I`m literally at a standstill!

CINDY ANTHONY: OK.

CASEY ANTHONY: I am just as removed from the situation as somebody who has no clue what`s going on. At least even random people that we`ve never met have more of an outlook on this than I do right now. It`s really sad. That`s really, really sad that I literally have nothing right now.

GEORGE ANTHONY, CASEY`S FATHER: I want to be able to reach out and hug you and give you the -- you know, the big Papa Joe hug. But you know, we`ve got to get that little girl back any way we can, and we`re doing everything we can.

CASEY ANTHONY: Dad, that`s my only concern. I gave Lee a statement. I want him to speak to whoever in the media, give them a statement specifically from me. He`s going to give them an exact quote. She`s my only concern. And next to Caylee, it`s you guys. That`s my only concern.

CINDY ANTHONY: What message do you want me to give to Zanny and to Caylee? What do you want me to tell Zanny?

CASEY ANTHONY: That she needs to return Caylee.

CINDY ANTHONY: What do you think her reasons are?

CASEY ANTHONY: Mom, I don`t know!

CINDY ANTHONY: OK.

CASEY ANTHONY: I forgive her. My only concern is that Caylee comes back to us and she`s smiling and she`s happy and that she`s -- that she`s OK.

CINDY ANTHONY: OK. What do you want me to tell Caylee?

CASEY ANTHONY: That Mommy loves her very much and she`s the most important thing in this entire world to me, and to be brave.

I didn`t get to thank you for all of your help and for everything that you`ve been doing. I know you know how I feel, but it`s not something that I want to go without saying. You know how much I love you and how much I appreciate this more and more every day. You know, not only to you but to Mom, to Dad. I know that it`s a heavy burden, and I wish that I could be there with you every minute of every day. I will be soon. I know that. I trust that. I can feel it. It`s coming. It`s getting closer. So we`ll have our family back.

I truly, truly love that little girl and miss her so much. And I miss you guys.

CINDY ANTHONY: I know, honey. We miss you, too.

CASEY ANTHONY: I know Lee`s priority list. We went through things. And I know Caylee`s at the top of everybody`s priority list. I`m the last on mine right now.

CINDY ANTHONY: I know you are. I know you`re the last on your list...

(CROSSTALK)

CASEY ANTHONY: I`ll sit here as long as I have to. I don`t care.

CINDY ANTHONY: Are you protecting Caylee or are you protecting me or are you protecting whom? I know you`re...

CASEY ANTHONY: Lee and I have made an agreement. I`m going to start writing letters. I`m going to do it today. I`m going to write individual letters to each of you, send them through the mail, through the jail mail...

CINDY ANTHONY: Casey, I don`t want to wait for the mail, darling.

CASEY ANTHONY: I`m protecting our family, yes. I`m protecting our family, yes, not from anything that I`ve done.

CINDY ANTHONY: Someone threatening us? Someone threatening us?

CASEY ANTHONY: Mom, just leave it at that, please.

CINDY ANTHONY: OK.

CASEY ANTHONY: For right now, just leave it at that.

CINDY ANTHONY: OK. I trust you.

CASEY ANTHONY: No one has once said anything for me, voiced that I love my daughter, that I want her safety, and that she and the rest of our family is my only concern.

LEE ANTHONY, CASEY`S BROTHER: I`m writing this down. It`s literally going to be a quote.

CASEY ANTHONY: All I want is to see her again, to hear her laugh, to see her smile, and to just be with our family. Nothing else matters to me at this point.

LEE ANTHONY: Understand that we all feel that way, every one of us, OK?

CASEY ANTHONY: I know. But again, they`ve been hearing that from you, from her uncle, from her grandparents, not from...

I`ve been praying every single day for insight and everybody`s thoughts and everybody`s feelings. So I know where you stand and where you`re coming from. And I know where you`re sitting right now, and mom and Lee and Joe Schmoe walking down the block that`s seeing this every day on the media for the last month. I can understand everybody else`s side in this. But the worst part is, is that nobody can see my side. And I have to keep my mouth shut. I have to keep my mouth shut about how I feel and with everything else because all I need to do is give the media more stuff for the detectives and whoever else to throw back in my face when this goes to trial.

CINDY ANTHONY: I love you.

CASEY ANTHONY: I know.

CINDY ANTHONY: I want you both home so bad! I`m trying to stay strong for you.

CASEY ANTHONY: And you`re doing such a great job, Mom. I want you to know that. You have. Everybody has said that. Everybody tells me every day.

CINDY ANTHONY: I`m trying so hard, but it`s getting harder every day!

CASEY ANTHONY: You have to stay as strong as you can, Mom. You have to. I know it`s hard. Trust me, I know -- I know better than anyone right now.

CINDY ANTHONY: I know you do.

CASEY ANTHONY: We`re going to get our little girl back. She`s going to be just as she was.

CINDY ANTHONY: I`ll never let anybody outside the family (INAUDIBLE)

CASEY ANTHONY: I know. Trust me, I`ve said the same then. I`m going to be the crazy overprotective mom at that point, but I don`t care. I think it`s well warranted, well deserved.

CINDY ANTHONY: You`ve always been a protective mommy.

CASEY ANTHONY: Yes, well, like I said, the crazy. I won`t let her out of my sight.

We`ll figure everything out, but I want it to overlap to where we can all have our time. And I`ll be with her. She`s not just my little girl. And I know -- I mean, she`s my baby. She`ll always be my baby. But she will always be your baby and Dad`s baby and Lee`s baby. She`s our little girl.

We miss her. We love her. I miss her. I love her dearly. And I want nothing more than for her to come home and to be safe and to be where she belongs, with her family. It`s obvious that we`ll stop at nothing to get her back because I know in my heart, I know in my gut, I know with every ounce of my being that we will be with her again.

Dad, I don`t care about all this other stuff. I mean, I don`t care about the media. I don`t care about what people have been saying about me. That doesn`t matter because I know it`s not true and everyone that knows me knows that it isn`t true. All I want is Caylee home. But I want to be there when she comes home.

LEE ANTHONY: How did you get through last Saturday?

CASEY ANTHONY: I didn`t. I spent the day almost completely by myself with my head under the covers. I read my Bible almost the entire day. I was miserable. I was completely and utterly miserable, just like I have been the entire time. That was the first time outside of our visits that I`ve really shown any emotion. And I was open and I didn`t care just because I couldn`t hold anything back. I broke down. It was the first time that I truly, truly broke down. It hurt, and I`m still recovering from that, hearing about the fact that Mom was making chili and there was probably a bunch of people at the house.

You have to keep your strength as much as you can (INAUDIBLE)

CINDY ANTHONY: I know because she`s going to need us when she comes home, and then you`re going to need us when you get home!

CASEY ANTHONY: I`ll be fine. I`m fine now because I have you guys. I have you guys, even if it`s not in physical form at the moment. I have your love and support. I have everything that I...

CINDY ANTHONY: She doesn`t see us. She doesn`t see us.

CASEY ANTHONY: She`s going to need all of us, so we all need to be strong. You need to take care of yourself. I was just telling Dad, like I told Lee, you need to eat. You need to sleep. You need to take care of yourself.

CINDY ANTHONY: This person`s not going to hurt Caylee, is she, Casey? She`s not going to hurt Caylee, is she, honey?

CASEY ANTHONY: No. I told you in my gut, I know she`s still OK. I can feel it, Mom. I know she`s still OK.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

GRACE: When we come back, tot mom comes face to face with detectives, all caught on video.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

GRACE: Tonight, there`s a battle brewing to determine if tot mom will get the death penalty. Will tot mom`s own words be used against her? We`ve obtained hours of footage of tot mom, Casey Anthony, spewing story after story. Take a look. Cops arrest Anthony and immediately begin questioning her. It`s all on tape.

(BEGIN AUDIO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Is your daughter in a better place?

CASEY ANTHONY: No, she`s not.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Are you worried about her?

CASEY ANTHONY: I`m absolutely petrified. If she was with her family right now, she`d be in the best place. She`s not. She`s with someone that I absolutely do not trust and that I`m absolutely scared that...

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That you don`t trust, yet was baby-sitting your daughter for a year?

CASEY ANTHONY: I don`t trust her now because of what happened.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, what point did you stop trusting her?

CASEY ANTHONY: The moment that her phone was cut off and I couldn`t get in contact with my daughter.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So you thought then, Man, something ain`t right?

CASEY ANTHONY: Something`s wrong.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And when you started thinking that something was wrong, which police agency did you call first, us or the city police, or who did you call first? Who did you go to for help first to help try to find her?

CASEY ANTHONY: No one.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No one. OK. All right. OK. Well, I`m glad we got that straightened out.

(END AUDIO CLIP)

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Unless you purposely misled us. This was all an attempt to help find your daughter, right?

CASEY ANTHONY: No.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That makes sense to you, correct?

CASEY ANTHONY: Again, in a backwards sort of way, yes.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: In a backwards sort of way?

CASEY ANTHONY: I`m coming back to places that are familiar to me, that I know are familiar to her.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Does that make sense to you? It makes sense to you that I`m trying to help the police find my daughter by giving them a bunch of bad addresses? That makes sense to you?

CASEY ANTHONY: That`s what I said, yes.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, no, I`m asking you, that makes sense to you? My attempt...

CASEY ANTHONY: That part of it, no. Not at all.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: My attempt to help him find my child, OK, what I`ve done to try to help him find my child is I`ve given him a whole bunch of addresses to go to that are bad addresses. That`s what I did to help him try to find my child. That makes sense to you?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Everything you`ve told us is a lie. You`re looking me in the eyes. You`re looking at -- everything you`ve told us is a lie. Every single thing. And you...

CASEY ANTHONY: No, it isn`t.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes. And you can`t keep sitting here and telling us the same thing and getting constantly -- over and over and over again, we`re disproving everything that you`re telling us. You`re telling us that you`ve lied to us. You`re telling us you`re giving us misinformation, everything you`re telling us. OK? This needs to end.

CASEY ANTHONY: The truthful thing...

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This needs to end.

CASEY ANTHONY: ... is I have not seen my daughter. The last time that I saw her was on the 9th of June.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And what happened to Caylee?

CASEY ANTHONY: I don`t know!

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Sure, you do. You need...

CASEY ANTHONY: I don`t know.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: ... to listen. Something happened to Caylee. We`re not going to discuss the last time you saw her. I`m guessing something bad happened to her some time ago, and you haven`t seen her. So that part is true, if you say you haven`t seen her, because she`s somewhere else right now.

CASEY ANTHONY: She`s...

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So you`re more afraid of your mom`s reaction than you are if you ever see your daughter again?

CASEY ANTHONY: No, I`m absolutely petrified. Absolutely petrified. I know my mom will never forgive me. I`m never going to forgive myself because there`s that chance that I might not see Caylee again, and I don`t want to think about that.

(END AUDIO CLIP)

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do you think (INAUDIBLE) the result a little differently?

CASEY ANTHONY: Absolutely, in a lot of different aspects. And that`s the conversation I`ve had not only with my attorney but with my family, so -- I mean, we all still feel -- I, as a mom, I know in my gut there`s -- the feeling as a parent, you know certain things about your child. You can feel that connection. And I still have that feeling, that presence. I know that she`s alive.

Whether you have a bucketload of evidence downstairs that contradicts that and says otherwise or all you have is speculation, or nothing at all, I mean, whatever it is, if there`s still that chance -- with all these tips that have come through, I know that it`s been speculated how many thousands of tips have come through.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There`s been a lot.

CASEY ANTHONY: There have been a lot.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

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CASEY ANTHONY: I have an open mind when it comes to things. I try to keep an open mind when it comes to things. But if I`m innocent, that`s -- that`s as far as that goes. And as far as anything else on top of that, I`ll take this as far as I need to to prove my innocence, which I guess is my point in all of this.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When you say you`ll take it as far as you need to to prove your innocence...

CASEY ANTHONY: With...

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: ... what do you mean?

CASEY ANTHONY: ... serving the indictment today and the warrant for my arrest, everything else. I`m not running.

(END AUDIO CLIP)

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

CINDY ANTHONY: They`re finally trying to be nice to us again, so...

CASEY ANTHONY: Good. They need to be nice to you because if they`re not, don`t talk to them.

CINDY ANTHONY: Yes.

CASEY ANTHONY: Serious.

CINDY ANTHONY: Yes.

CASEY ANTHONY: I mean, I want their help as much as we can get it. But they need to help us, too.

CINDY ANTHONY: I know.

CASEY ANTHONY: It needs to go both ways. It can`t be one-sided.

CINDY ANTHONY: I know.

CASEY ANTHONY: I`ll try to help them in whatever way that I can. But if they come in here attacking me, they`re not getting (EXPLETIVE DELETED). Sorry.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

GRACE: The tot mom investigation started with a series of frantic 911 calls. We have the 911 calls. It`s tot mom in her own words next.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

GRACE: One month. That`s how long it took for tot mom to even admit her daughter, Caylee, was missing. Listen as tot mom tells a 911 operator she knows who has Caylee, even claiming she spoke with Caylee briefly. Will those words come back to haunt tot mom at trial?

(BEGIN AUDIO CLIP)

911 OPERATOR: Is your daughter there?

CINDY ANTHONY: I`m on the phone with them!

911 OPERATOR: Is your daughter there?

CINDY ANTHONY: Yes.

911 OPERATOR: Can I speak with her? Do you mind if I speak with her? Thank you.

CINDY ANTHONY: I called them two hours ago, and they haven`t gotten here. Casey finally admitted that Zanny took her a month ago and she`s been trying to find her.

911 OPERATOR: Ma`am? Ma`am?

CINDY ANTHONY: Casey (INAUDIBLE) they want to talk to you. Answer their questions.

CASEY ANTHONY: Hello?

911 OPERATOR: Hello?

CASEY ANTHONY: Yes.

911 OPERATOR: Hi. What can you -- can you tell me what`s going on a little bit?

CASEY ANTHONY: I`m sorry?

911 OPERATOR: Can you tell me a little bit what`s going on?

CASEY ANTHONY: My daughter`s been missing for the last 31 days.

911 OPERATOR: And you know who has her?

CASEY ANTHONY: I know who has her. I`ve tried to contact her. I actually received a phone call today now from a number that is no longer in service. I did get to speak to my daughter for about a moment, about a minute.

911 OPERATOR: OK. Did you guys call and report a vehicle stolen?

CASEY ANTHONY: Yes. My mom did.

911 OPERATOR: OK. So there`s been a vehicle stolen, too?

CASEY ANTHONY: No. This was my vehicle.

911 OPERATOR: What vehicle was stolen?

CASEY ANTHONY: It`s a `98 Pontiac Sunfire.

911 OPERATOR: OK. I have deputies on the way to you right now for that. But now your 3-year-old daughter is missing, Caylee Anthony.

CASEY ANTHONY: Yes.

911 OPERATOR: White female.

CASEY ANTHONY: Yes, white female.

911 OPERATOR: Three years old, 8-9-2005 the date of birth?

CASEY ANTHONY: Yes.

(END AUDIO CLIP)

(BEGIN AUDIO CLIP)

CINDY ANTHONY: (INAUDIBLE) child thing, and we`ll have a court order to get her. If that`s the way you want to play, we`ll do it. And you`ll never...

CASEY ANTHONY: That`s not the way I want to play it.

CINDY ANTHONY: Well, then you have...

CASEY ANTHONY: (INAUDIBLE)

CINDY ANTHONY: No, I`m not giving you another day. I`ve given you a month.

(END AUDIO CLIP)

(BEGIN AUDIO CLIP)

911 OPERATOR: And you last saw her a month ago?

CASEY ANTHONY: Thirty-one days. It`s been 31 days.

911 OPERATOR: Who has her? Do you have a name?

CASEY ANTHONY: Her name is Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez.

911 OPERATOR: Who is that, baby-sitter?

CASEY ANTHONY: She`s been my nanny for about a year-and-a-half, almost two years.

911 OPERATOR: Why are you calling now? Why didn`t you call 31 days ago?

CASEY ANTHONY: I`ve been looking for her and have gone through other resources to try to find her, which was stupid.

911 OPERATOR: OK. Can you give me the name of the nanny again? Like, spell it out for me.

CASEY ANTHONY: Zenaida, Z-E-N-A-I-D-A.

911 OPERATOR: Last name?

CASEY ANTHONY: Fernandez...

911 OPERATOR: Fernandez?

CASEY ANTHONY: ... hyphen-Gonzalez. I think the officers are here.

(END AUDIO CLIP)

GRACE: When we come back: Her daughter`s missing, but behind bars, tot mom seems more worried about her own image.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

GRACE: Right now the battle raging. Will tot mom get the death penalty? Her defense desperately wants to ban hundreds of statements and photos of tot mom partying, some taken in the days and hours after little Caylee goes missing.

Will tot mom`s own words be used against her at trial?

Take a listen to this jailhouse video. It`s a phone call between tot mom and her family. She`s actually complaining her image is being tarnished. It`s nothing but me, me, me, me, me.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

GEORGE ANTHONY, CASEY ANTHONY`S FATHER: I want to bring up this thing about -- about, you know, you being the boss. You`re the one that can control everything. You`re the one --

CASEY ANTHONY, MOTHER OF CAYLEE ANTHONY: No, I -- dad. Please.

G. ANTHONY: Sweetie, I`m --

CASEY ANTHONY: I`m completely --

G. ANTHONY: I`m not trying to get you upset. I`m trying to talk to you.

CASEY ANTHONY: No, but I am upset now.

G. ANTHONY: Please.

CASEY ANTHONY: I`m completely upset. One, the media`s going to have a freaking field day with this. I wasn`t even --

G. ANTHONY: No, they`re not. Listen --

CASEY ANTHONY: How am I supposed to take this? Let me speak for a second. Dad, I let everybody talk.

G. ANTHONY: OK.

CASEY ANTHONY: They`re not releasing it -- well, I hope not. I`ll keep saying whatever I have to about the police.

G. ANTHONY: OK. Here`s mom.

CASEY ANTHONY: So they don`t want to go. Can someone let me -- come on!

CINDY ANTHONY, CASEY ANTHONY`S MOTHER: Casey. Hold on, sweetheart. Settle down, baby.

CASEY ANTHONY: Nobody`s letting me speak. You want me to talk and --

CINDY ANTHONY: All right. I`ll listen to you.

CASEY ANTHONY: Give me three seconds to say something.

CINDY ANTHONY: Go, sweetheart.

CASEY ANTHONY: You guys have given everything to the police. They`re not helping us. It`s obvious. We know their intentions. So I`m sorry. I`ve helped in every way that I possibly can since the day I got here.

G. ANTHONY: OK. Well, let me --

CASEY ANTHONY: They didn`t even give me 24 hours to help them, the police, without putting me here. So it`s obvious where everybody`s intentions lie. I know you guys want Caylee. I want Caylee more than -- than anybody can understand. But I can`t do anything. I can`t do anything from where I`m at.

I want to openly thank not only our family but our friends and the community for, you know, their unconditional love and support.

LEE ANTHONY, CASEY ANTHONY`S BROTHER: OK.

CASEY ANTHONY: I want to thank, obviously, all the charities that are -- that are donating their time and their efforts and their resources to help us. I want everyone to keep Caylee and our family in their prayers. And if there`s anyone that has any information, please to come forward without haste.

CINDY ANTHONY: None of us have anything right now, Casey.

CASEY ANTHONY: You guys have each other. You`re sitting next to dad. You still have Lee. You have access to our community, to our family and friends, to our house.

You`re taking for granted the fact that I have no one to comfort me but myself. And the occasional visit, which has to be business for the sake of finding Caylee. So yes, I may look like I`m in charge. Wrong. I`m completely pushed away from everything.

This is seriously the first time that I`ve been angry, that I`ve been this frustrated to where I -- I can`t even think straight at this moment. Throughout this entire thing I was pissed off that day at the police station. I was mad when all of that happened. But I tried to look at things objectively.

And this entire time I haven`t sat in my room for the entire month and been mad. Not once. Not one time. But right now this is the most agitated and frustrated that I`ve been, even when I`ve sat with Jose and I watched that episode of NANCY GRACE and stuff that was being said about mom and being said about me and him and everybody else, and stuff that I`ve heard. It`s frustrated me, but I`ve let it go.

Right now I`m so hurt by everything, I don`t even know what to say. And I hate to say that.

G. ANTHONY: Well, I`m not trying to upset you, and neither are mom. We`re not trying to. And if we are, I`m sorry for that.

CASEY ANTHONY: I know that`s not your intention. You have to understand where I`m coming from in this. And obviously, none of you are. By still expecting me a month literally out of the loop to have some sort of new insight on stuff? I mean, really?

CINDY ANTHONY: Everybody is looking for her. Are we going to be able to find her, do you think?

CASEY ANTHONY: I hope we can, mom. Now I didn`t get a chance to ask Lee.

CINDY ANTHONY: Can you look up a little bit more? Raise your eyes up a little bit. There you go. So --

(CROSSTALK)

CINDY ANTHONY: Look straight up so I can look into your eyes, darling. Thank you. I need -- you know I need to do that. It`s OK to cry, Casey. It`s all right, love. We`ve all been crying.

I know the pictures with Caylee in Zanny`s apartment. Is Zanny`s apartment the ones with the drums?

CASEY ANTHONY: She had a drum set, yes.

CINDY ANTHONY: The one in the picture?

CASEY ANTHONY: I think there are even other pictures. I told Lee to look through everything.

CINDY ANTHONY: OK. Is that Zanny`s apartment? Because I know whose apartment it is. Is it Zanny`s apartment?

CASEY ANTHONY: That exact apartment, no, it was Ricardo`s apartment. It was set up a lot like Zanny`s apartment.

CINDY ANTHONY: OK. Do we have any pictures of Zanny`s apartment?

CASEY ANTHONY: Mom, Lee and I already talked about this. I don`t know --

CINDY ANTHONY: OK. Sorry.

CASEY ANTHONY: It could be on the disk at home. I don`t know.

Being as strong as I can considering the situation. It`s just hard. It`s just very hard.

CINDY ANTHONY: I know. I can understand.

CASEY ANTHONY: I just want to go home. Every day I wake up I`m just hoping and praying that I get to go home. I just want to be with you guys. I just want to help find her. Because I feel a little hopeless. I feel a little helpless here.

I mean, honestly. Not really hopeless but more helpless. Because I can`t do anything from where I`m at.

Oh, god. My heart is aching because I just want to be back with our family. In my gut every day stronger and stronger I know we`re going to see Caylee. I know she`s coming home.

Our family`s broken. We want to have that fixed. We know what that means, to have our family broken apart by something now. By tragedy. We don`t want this to any longer be a tragedy.

I don`t want to be one of those thousands of parents that has to deal with the possibility of never seeing their child again. With the potential of knowing that their child`s alive and that they`re with someone else. The thought of that every day makes me sick.

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GRACE: When we come back, more evidence the defense wants thrown out of court for the jury to never see or hear. This as the battle rages as to whether tot mom will face the Florida death penalty.

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GRACE: The best witness for the state? Casey Anthony herself. In her own words. Take a listen to Anthony in police custody claiming she wants to help find her daughter. But then immediately clamps up and demands her defense lawyer. Why?

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CPL. ERIC EDWARDS, ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF`S OFFICE: Well, you`d have to excuse me for misunderstanding what we just went through.

(LAUGHTER)

CASEY ANTHONY: That wasn`t us running. That was us trying to counteract the media for following us down to the jail. Because our only intention was to take me down to the jail to surrender me before this happened.

That was the only thing we were trying to accomplish. You can ask Mr. Baez. You can ask my mom. You can ask anyone from the office. Even my bondsman, who was the driver. That was our only intention today.

EDWARDS: OK. What I`ll entertain you on the formalities here, I just want to read the sheet to you and have you sign it.

CASEY ANTHONY: OK.

EDWARDS: And then you`ve already waived, we`ll just do that again through the formalities.

CASEY ANTHONY: That`s fine.

EDWARDS: Because I`d like to be as thorough as I can possibly be.

CASEY ANTHONY: I`m fine with that.

EDWARDS: Is that OK with you?

CASEY ANTHONY: Yes.

EDWARDS: Orange County Sheriff`s Office Waiver and Affidavit Form. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be used in court as evidence against you. You`re entitled to talk to an attorney now or have him present now or anytime during questioning.

If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you without cost. Do you desire to consult with an attorney first or have one present during this interview, yes or no?

CASEY ANTHONY: Yes.

EDWARDS: OK. Go ahead and mark that. And if anytime -- we`re done.

CASEY ANTHONY: Yes.

EDWARDS: Yes. You just cross the line right through that and give me your signature. Right on that line.

CASEY ANTHONY: You don`t need me anymore? We`re done in.

EDWARDS: We`re done. And right there. And it is currently 4:22. Now, this is no secret. I have recorded that.

CASEY ANTHONY: Yes.

EDWARDS: Not so it would end up on any television show but because I`m thorough.

CASEY ANTHONY: So there`s no question. Exactly.

EDWARDS: No question. So I can take my recorder and I`ll clear this one now and turn it off.

CASEY ANTHONY: Yes.

EDWARDS: OK.

CASEY ANTHONY: I expected you to record that anyway.

EDWARDS: I`ve identified myself to you while you`re in custody.

CASEY ANTHONY: Yes.

EDWARDS: And you have -- you`ve signed this, you want your attorney present.

CASEY ANTHONY: Yes.

EDWARDS: Through that conversation we`ve agreed --

CASEY ANTHONY: Yes.

EDWARDS: Because -- express that to me again so I have full understanding before I get on the phone with him.

CASEY ANTHONY: We have discussed before that we have no problem sitting down together, him and I, and speaking with law enforcement or listening to all the questions that you have and discussing it and then we go from there.

EDWARDS: OK. And that`s -- there`s been no success with that so far?

CASEY ANTHONY: Nobody`s taken us up on that.

EDWARDS: So we`re going to open that window right now.

CASEY ANTHONY: OK.

EDWARDS: And hopefully we can make something happen. Because ultimately, I think we have the same interest.

CASEY ANTHONY: Mm-hmm.

EDWARDS: Finding your daughter.

CASEY ANTHONY: I`ve had interest in helping law enforcement from the beginning. Unfortunately, my hands were literally tied. And I was put in a position where someone`s trying to trick a confession out of me and --

EDWARDS: Well, I don`t want to -- no, no.

CASEY ANTHONY: -- that`s not going to happen.

EDWARDS: Well, don`t go there. I don`t want to -- you know as far as how we have to do things, and I would want to do things aboveboard and straightforward. I would want to read you your rights and Mirandize you.

Mr. Baez, I`m sure, has gone through that thoroughly with you, coached you on what to say, which is fine. That`s his right. That`s your right. But I as a law enforcement officer still am afforded the right to approach you as a suspect -- I`m not going to sugarcoat it. That`s one thing you`ll never get with me is a mind game.

CASEY ANTHONY: I appreciate that.

It`s been a long day.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It has been.

CASEY ANTHONY: How was my dad this morning?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He had a hard time.

CASEY ANTHONY: Yes.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Honestly.

CASEY ANTHONY: By the way, I saw from the media, I got a chance to tear him talking to my mom. I spoke to him last night and this morning for just a quick second before he left.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, I talked to him this morning for a little bit. He was with Mark. And he was really struggling. I mean, I can imagine him having a hard time. He was being called in to -- to essentially provide testimony to indict you.

CASEY ANTHONY: Mm-hmm.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And he was really struggling with that.

CASEY ANTHONY: Yes.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And I felt bad for him, to be honest with you. I surely did.

CASEY ANTHONY: I told him last night, I know he was subpoenaed and under the law he had to answer whatever questions were asked and I told him to do what he had to do at that point and if he didn`t he`d be held in contempt of court. I didn`t want to see that happen. So --

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What did he say?

CASEY ANTHONY: He just hugged me and told me that he loved me and to know he was struggling with it even last night. So.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think it was probably more so this morning.

CASEY ANTHONY: Yes. I could see that with the little bit that I saw from the media, from the pictures and the little bit of footage that they had.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You guys watched it on TV?

CASEY ANTHONY: Well, we watched it online a little bit.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Really?

CASEY ANTHONY: Yes. I try to stay away from the TV as much as possible. At least with the Internet I can scroll through, read what I want, and then just get rid of it that much faster. So.

Just a random question.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Sure.

CASEY ANTHONY: Are there cameras in all of the rooms or --

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I have no freaking clue. I`ve never been in this part of the building. So my guess would be yes.

CASEY ANTHONY: Yes. That`s what I was thinking, too. Well, my mom wasn`t aware that there was a camera in the room, I guess, when she met with Melich and I forget who else. And the big interviews were released to the media. And she was infuriated.

You would think that`s something that, you know, you should be told. But you don`t have to be.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Right.

(LAUGHTER)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The law is the law.

CASEY ANTHONY: Yes.

Here is my question. I know this is a question that a lot of people have asked. The grand jury and all that, it`s supposed to be secret. But it was released to the media right off the bat. My dad hadn`t even been subpoenaed, and that was released.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The happenings are secret. What takes place within the room is secret.

CASEY ANTHONY: Yes. But as far as when it actually is convened and, you know, pulled together, the witnesses and stuff like, that that`s not also supposed to be secret?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It depends on how they are subpoenaed.

CASEY ANTHONY: OK.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: But if you`re subpoenaed under a regular court order, that`s a public document.

CASEY ANTHONY: Well, (INAUDIBLE) attorney so I`m not quite sure how that came through. Yes, I know.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: But if the subpoena itself is just a regular grand jury subpoena --

CASEY ANTHONY: Yes, certain things are public knowledge.

(CROSSTALK)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That`s public records.

CASEY ANTHONY: Yes.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It doesn`t say what it`s for, it doesn`t say what case it`s in. It just says you`re subpoenaed to appear before the grand jury.

CASEY ANTHONY: Well, them announcing that, you know, there was going to be a grand jury, and obviously my name was thrown out, they knew who the grand jury was for.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Who threw your name out?

CASEY ANTHONY: The media said that it was from an inside source, meaning in here. So -- that`s where they all say --

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I can tell you what I think of the media and what I think of people who leak stuff to the media.

CASEY ANTHONY: I think it`s garbage. Yes. I agree.

(LAUGHTER)

(CROSSTALK)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That doesn`t make it any less necessary. Without them --

CASEY ANTHONY: Mm-hmm.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I`ll be quite honest. Without the media we don`t find a quarter of the kids that we --

CASEY ANTHONY: Oh, I agree. It helps. The exposure has helped bring in so many tips for my daughter.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: But at the same time I agree what it creates is it creates a monster that otherwise isn`t necessary.

CASEY ANTHONY: Exactly.

EDWARDS: If I read you your rights and we take the time to do that and -- you`ve met, right? Have you two met?

CASEY ANTHONY: No.

SCOTT BOLIN: Casey, I`m Scott.

CASEY ANTHONY: Nice to meet you.

BOLIN: OK.

CASEY ANTHONY: OK.

EDWARDS: OK. Take all that aggravation from prior contacts out of your mind. It`s a different game.

CASEY ANTHONY: Mm-hmm.

EDWARDS: I`m a homicide corporal. FBI. Not John Allen. Not Yuri. Not the aggravation that the family -- that they see those two as. And I`m not minimizing their professionalism or anything that they`ve done.

CASEY ANTHONY: Mm-hmm.

EDWARDS: OK? I just want to approach it in a different manner. And today with what was done today at the grand jury, regardless of accusations from everybody around, there`s been people that have reviewed what it is so far, Casey, we`re at the end of the hallway.

CASEY ANTHONY: To an extent, yes, I understand that.

EDWARDS: We`re -- we need you to determine what our next course of action`s going to be.

CASEY ANTHONY: OK.

EDWARDS: Really. Not saying you`re in control of the situation. You`re in control of your situation. That being said, I`d like to read you your rights and talk to you. Is that something you`re interested in?

CASEY ANTHONY: I would like to do that on the basis of with my attorney if that`s possible.

EDWARDS: You`d want him there?

CASEY ANTHONY: Yes.

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GRACE: When we come back, Casey Anthony caught on video. Will her own words be fired right back at her in court?

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GRACE: Despite thousands of pages of evidence, scores of witnesses, and DNA evidence, tot mom Casey Anthony never stopped insisting she`s innocent.

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CINDY ANTHONY: You`ll be find once Caylee is found.

CASEY ANTHONY: Mom, I understand that. Do you understand my position on this? You guys expect me to have a thousand answers and I have nothing. I`ve been here a month. Out of contact with everybody except you guys on the rare occasion that I get to see you and my attorney.

Do you understand what am I supposed to learn from that? And what am I supposed to learn from that, the first week and a half? Yes. I tried to help you guys back track because that`s all I could do is backtrack.

I can`t backtrack on anything. A month I`ve been removed from the situation. You don`t -- you guys are not understanding my side on this, and I`m sorry.

CINDY ANTHONY: No, I understand.

CASEY ANTHONY: You`re still asking me if there`s anything that I can tell you that`s going to help, that I`m the one that can do this. I can`t. The opportunity was there that I probably could have helped. I`m trying. I was trying. There`s nothing more that I can say or do until I`m home.

And even then I don`t know what I can do from that point. But I can at least do something other than sit on my butt all day and breathe or look up stuff for my case because that`s -- that has to be my focus right now.

CINDY ANTHONY: I found out my granddaughter has been taken. She has been missing for a month. Her mother finally admitted that she`s been missing.

UNIDENTIFIED 911 OPERATOR: OK, what --

CINDY ANTHONY: Get someone here now.

UNIDENTIFIED 911 OPERATOR: How long has she been missing for?

CINDY ANTHONY: I have not seen her since the 7th of June. Caylee`s missing. Caylee`s missing.

CASEY ANTHONY: My daughter has been missing for the last 31 days.

UNIDENTIFIED 911 OPERATOR: Why are you calling now? Why didn`t you call the 31 days?

CASEY ANTHONY: I have been looking for her.

CINDY ANTHONY: There`s something wrong. I found my daughter`s car today and it smells like there`s been a dead body in the damn car.

CASEY ANTHONY: I`m in the in control over any of this because I don`t know what the hell is going on. I don`t know what is going on. My entire life has been taken from me. Everything has been taken from me.

You don`t understand. Everybody wants me to have answers, I don`t have answers because I don`t know what`s going on. I have no one to talk except Jose when he comes. He`s the only person that I can talk to right now because I can`t even say anything to you guys besides telling you that I love you.

I want Caylee. Things like that, and that`s not even getting put on the air, which it should be. It`s everything else. Everything that I`m not saying. It`s why I haven`t been calling. It`s why I haven`t been taking calls because (INAUDIBLE) I said that we weren`t going to do that because I`m trying to make sure that I`m not going to give anybody anything else to throw against me. And even with me giving them nothing, they`re still doing it.

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GRACE: Let`s stop and remember Marine Lance Corporal Adam Crumpler, 19, Charleston, West Virginia, killed Iraq. Awarded the Purple Heart, Combat Action ribbon, Global War on Terrorism service medal, National Defense service medal.

Loved snowboarding, martial arts. Dreamed of starting a martial arts school. Leaves grieving grandmother Emma and sister Britney.

Adam Crumpler, American hero.

Thanks to our guests but especially to you for being with us. See you tomorrow night, 8:00 sharp Eastern. Until then, good night, friend.

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