Witnesses Deposed In Casey Anthony Case

Posted: 12:24 pm EDT June 4, 2010Updated: 6:19 pm EDT June 4, 2010

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- Several witnesses were deposed Friday in the case against Casey Anthony. Casey's attorneys questioned several people under oath, but they wouldn't say why they handpicked those witnesses.

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Friday’s deposition list included a wide range of people. Every one from her mother's co-worker to their next door neighbor, who lent Casey a shovel, to her boyfriend's roommate was on the list.

Casey Anthony's defense team is on a tight schedule to finish up its depositions. Friday's depositions went quickly and they finished ahead of schedule.

Friday's first witness was Cindy Anthony's co-worker, Debbi Bennett, who said Cindy told her Casey's car smelled like “a dead body” the same month the car was found.

The defense also deposed Casey’s friend J.P. Chatt, who was at Caylee's second birthday party and owns the condo where Casey hung out with her best friend, Amy Huizenga, and her boyfriend Ricky Morales.

Brian Burner, the Anthonys' next door neighbor who loaned Casey a shovel days after Caylee disappeared, was also questioned. He dodged WFTV’s cameras and did not want to answer any questions.

Casey's boyfriend's roommate, Nate Leiniwicz, was also on the list. He told WFTV and CNN’s Nancy Grace that Casey never mentioned that Caylee was missing and never acted worried; she cooked for them and partied with them as usual.

Orange County Sheriff's Office Investigator Samara Melich was Friday's last witness. She had investigated a reported sighting of Caylee at Orlando International Airport on July 2, 2008 and found no proof. Investigators say Caylee was murdered two weeks before that.

The defense isn't talking about what they found out Friday.

“As a policy, I don't talk about what we talk about in the depos unless they're filed and we have a reason to make them public. We try to keep them private,” Jose Baez said.

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