Similar topics
Legal Analyst Sheaffer says Caseys tattoo was bizarre and inconsistent with a mother concerned for the safety of her child
+4
cherylz
Nama
Juanita
artgal16
8 posters
Victim's Heartland :: Victims Heartland :: Victims Heartland Library :: Not Guilty/Conviction Over Turned/ Incompetent To Stand Trial :: Casey Anthony ~ Not Guilty~ She was released from jail 7/17/11 :: Casey Anthony Threads Jun 16, 2009 Through May 9th 2011 :: Bill Sheaffer
Page 1 of 1
Legal Analyst Sheaffer says Caseys tattoo was bizarre and inconsistent with a mother concerned for the safety of her child
source:
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
“It is going to be dramatic and it's going to be damaging to the defense when the jurors look at this,” WFTV legal analyst Bill Sheaffer said (watch full interview).
Sheaffer said looking at the tape will bring an emotional reaction from jurors.
“I have witnessed jurors looking at this type of evidence and getting emotional in a courtroom. I've also witnessed people look at what we're looking at and become overwhelmed with emotion,” he said.
Also released Friday are photographs the Orange County Sheriff's Office recently took of Casey in jail and her tattoo (see tattoo). She got the tattoo days after Caylee disappeared, when she claims she was out looking for her daughter. Instead, the tattoo artist asked her where Caylee was and says Casey told him she was with a sitter and was just fine.
“That is so bizarre and inconsistent with a desperate mother whose child has been taken by a third party,” Sheaffer said.
Eyewitness News found, among the 1,400 pages released, documents showing investigators saw signs of decomposition in one of Caylee's hairs they found in Casey's car back in July and later confirmed through further testing what Eyewitness News was first to report last year, that it was Caylee's hair and it came from her dead body (hair decomposition document).
The documents also revealed Friday there were plenty of people who saw a piece of evidence before it was destroyed. Eyewitness News first reported, last month, FBI fingerprint dusting destroyed adhesive from a heart-shaped sticker found on the duct tape over Caylee's mouth (sticker residue document). The evidence may have been destroyed, but documents show several FBI agents saw it before it was dusted.
One of the documents released Friday shows that investigators found three pieces of duct tape attached to Caylee Anthony's hair (see document). Each was about six to eight inches long.
Two of the three pieces were still stuck together, one over the other. Each one bore the same brand logo of the rare tape found on the Anthonys' gas can and the tape Eyewitness News found on one of the family's Caylee posters.
WFTV legal analyst Bill Sheaffer, a former prosecutor, says the discovery of layered pieces of duct tape answers the question for him as to why there was duct tape over Caylee's mouth.
“The person who placed this duct tape and put it in multiple layers did it for one reason and one reason only, to make sure that child could not breathe either through the mouth or the nose,” Sheaffer said (watch full interview).
Sheaffer says a child Caylee’s age would suffer extreme distress when prevented from breathing.
“They would become panicked and not understand what they're feeling, but knowing they can't breathe,” Sheaffer said.
That kind of cruelty would be one of the factors jurors would consider in deciding whether to recommend the death penalty if Casey were to be convicted and Sheaffer says it's a powerful one.
“The cruelty of suffocation, it just reaches on a high scale,” Sheaffer said.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
“It is going to be dramatic and it's going to be damaging to the defense when the jurors look at this,” WFTV legal analyst Bill Sheaffer said (watch full interview).
Sheaffer said looking at the tape will bring an emotional reaction from jurors.
“I have witnessed jurors looking at this type of evidence and getting emotional in a courtroom. I've also witnessed people look at what we're looking at and become overwhelmed with emotion,” he said.
Also released Friday are photographs the Orange County Sheriff's Office recently took of Casey in jail and her tattoo (see tattoo). She got the tattoo days after Caylee disappeared, when she claims she was out looking for her daughter. Instead, the tattoo artist asked her where Caylee was and says Casey told him she was with a sitter and was just fine.
“That is so bizarre and inconsistent with a desperate mother whose child has been taken by a third party,” Sheaffer said.
Eyewitness News found, among the 1,400 pages released, documents showing investigators saw signs of decomposition in one of Caylee's hairs they found in Casey's car back in July and later confirmed through further testing what Eyewitness News was first to report last year, that it was Caylee's hair and it came from her dead body (hair decomposition document).
The documents also revealed Friday there were plenty of people who saw a piece of evidence before it was destroyed. Eyewitness News first reported, last month, FBI fingerprint dusting destroyed adhesive from a heart-shaped sticker found on the duct tape over Caylee's mouth (sticker residue document). The evidence may have been destroyed, but documents show several FBI agents saw it before it was dusted.
One of the documents released Friday shows that investigators found three pieces of duct tape attached to Caylee Anthony's hair (see document). Each was about six to eight inches long.
Two of the three pieces were still stuck together, one over the other. Each one bore the same brand logo of the rare tape found on the Anthonys' gas can and the tape Eyewitness News found on one of the family's Caylee posters.
WFTV legal analyst Bill Sheaffer, a former prosecutor, says the discovery of layered pieces of duct tape answers the question for him as to why there was duct tape over Caylee's mouth.
“The person who placed this duct tape and put it in multiple layers did it for one reason and one reason only, to make sure that child could not breathe either through the mouth or the nose,” Sheaffer said (watch full interview).
Sheaffer says a child Caylee’s age would suffer extreme distress when prevented from breathing.
“They would become panicked and not understand what they're feeling, but knowing they can't breathe,” Sheaffer said.
That kind of cruelty would be one of the factors jurors would consider in deciding whether to recommend the death penalty if Casey were to be convicted and Sheaffer says it's a powerful one.
“The cruelty of suffocation, it just reaches on a high scale,” Sheaffer said.
Last edited by artgal16 on Sun Oct 11, 2009 12:57 pm; edited 1 time in total
artgal16- Join date : 2009-06-09
Re: Legal Analyst Sheaffer says Caseys tattoo was bizarre and inconsistent with a mother concerned for the safety of her child
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
Nama- Administration
- Join date : 2009-05-28
Re: Legal Analyst Sheaffer says Caseys tattoo was bizarre and inconsistent with a mother concerned for the safety of her child
I added one more paragraph to my initial post
above -because I wanted to include the fact
that there were several pieces of duct tape stuck
together - showing real cruelty to Caylee.
above -because I wanted to include the fact
that there were several pieces of duct tape stuck
together - showing real cruelty to Caylee.
artgal16- Join date : 2009-06-09
Re: Legal Analyst Sheaffer says Caseys tattoo was bizarre and inconsistent with a mother concerned for the safety of her child
It also says Caylee would have suffered extreme distress for not being able to breathe
artgal16- Join date : 2009-06-09
Re: Legal Analyst Sheaffer says Caseys tattoo was bizarre and inconsistent with a mother concerned for the safety of her child
Every time I look at that tattoo I feel physically ill.
artgal16- Join date : 2009-06-09
Re: Legal Analyst Sheaffer says Caseys tattoo was bizarre and inconsistent with a mother concerned for the safety of her child
This is why the ME called it death by homicide. IMO. She viewed the duct tape as the murder weapon.
Notice on the tattoo...what is missing? The Northern star has a dot missing from it's center. Go to Blinkoncrime, interesting read.
Notice on the tattoo...what is missing? The Northern star has a dot missing from it's center. Go to Blinkoncrime, interesting read.
cherylz- Join date : 2009-05-30
Re: Legal Analyst Sheaffer says Caseys tattoo was bizarre and inconsistent with a mother concerned for the safety of her child
I guess, I would think the tattoo artist just failed to place the center dot. It is hard to imagine that casey instructed the guy to not place the dot in the center. Then again, this maybe why the tat is important to LE and prosecution. Possibly they have spoke with the artist about this, and he has told them she instructed him to leave off this dot. Will be interesting to find out.
Marica- Join date : 2009-07-23
Re: Legal Analyst Sheaffer says Caseys tattoo was bizarre and inconsistent with a mother concerned for the safety of her child
Interesting.....that would be something if she asked to have it left off her her back.
CritterFan1- Join date : 2009-06-01
Re: Legal Analyst Sheaffer says Caseys tattoo was bizarre and inconsistent with a mother concerned for the safety of her child
Casey had an appt. to go back but ended up in jail. LOL! An unfinished tattoo. And most likely at the expense of Amy!
Re: Legal Analyst Sheaffer says Caseys tattoo was bizarre and inconsistent with a mother concerned for the safety of her child
Oh damn.. she was gonna go back for the final DOT!!! and got arrested!!! well maybe the jailers will let the guy drop buy and finish it for her.. maybe with a dirty dull square needle!!!
Last edited by Marica on Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:22 am; edited 1 time in total (Reason for editing : messed up)
Marica- Join date : 2009-07-23
Re: Legal Analyst Sheaffer says Caseys tattoo was bizarre and inconsistent with a mother concerned for the safety of her child
Its interesting about the missing dot - I dont believe the tattoo artist would have left it off - these guys are pretty precise and I would think as they do one design they finish it completely - and then do the next,
but it is possible. Its such a large tattoo that is what was interesting to me. I thought it would be very small. Over on wordpress there is a large response
from James Thompson who will testify for the state that he saw Casey and Caylee at WalMart that also is interesting as well as the blinkoncrime.com about the tattoo.
but it is possible. Its such a large tattoo that is what was interesting to me. I thought it would be very small. Over on wordpress there is a large response
from James Thompson who will testify for the state that he saw Casey and Caylee at WalMart that also is interesting as well as the blinkoncrime.com about the tattoo.
artgal16- Join date : 2009-06-09
Re: Legal Analyst Sheaffer says Caseys tattoo was bizarre and inconsistent with a mother concerned for the safety of her child
very interesting info! and i can't belive it takes an expert's opinion to see how cruel KC is !
adelacruz- Join date : 2009-05-28
Similar topics
» Legal Analyst Bill Sheaffer on Casey Anthony Case
» Bill Sheaffer, Legal Analyst Weighs In on Latest Doc Dump with Kathy Belich!
» Sheaffer's analysis of the July 15, 2009 hearing
» Bill Sheaffer, Legal Analyst Weighs In on Latest Doc Dump with Kathy Belich!
» Sheaffer's analysis of the July 15, 2009 hearing
Victim's Heartland :: Victims Heartland :: Victims Heartland Library :: Not Guilty/Conviction Over Turned/ Incompetent To Stand Trial :: Casey Anthony ~ Not Guilty~ She was released from jail 7/17/11 :: Casey Anthony Threads Jun 16, 2009 Through May 9th 2011 :: Bill Sheaffer
Page 1 of 1
Permissions in this forum:
You cannot reply to topics in this forum