Casey Anthony held on $500,000 bond

Until watching today’s bond hearing, I was truly holding out hope that Caylee Anthony was still alive. Now, I’m not so sure. One of the sheriff detectives questioned testified that there was a smell of decomposition coming from the car that Casey had been driving, along with hair that appeared similar to Caylee’s.

During testimony, new evidence was revealed in the case involving possible evidence in the woman’s car.

An attorney asked Orange County Sheriff’s Detective Yuri Melich what was found.

“I actually went into the car to smell what the smell smelled like,” Melich said. “Before, just before I came into (current position), I was a homicide detective for two years with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office and in my experience, the smell that I smell inside that car was of decomposition.”

Melich said officers were told that there was a bag of trash in the car.

“The two smells were not the same,” Melich said.

Melich said dirt and a mystery stain are being checked in the trunk of the car.

“Because they found hair samples in the trunk of the car that are similar in color and length to that of Caylee and they also found a stain in the trunk that came up under black light that is questionable,” Melich said. “They also found some dirt inside the car that needs to be processed.”

“Based on the evidence of human decomposition, would it lead you to believe would it not that there is a possibility that this child is no longer alive?” an attorney asked.

“Yes, that could be concluded,” Melich said.

“Is Mrs. Anthony a suspect in that circumstance,” Melich said.

“I wouldn’t use the word suspect, I would use the word person of interest,” Melich said.

Deputy Sheriff Jason Forgey also testified that a K-9 cadaver dog alerted to human decomposition in the Anthony’s car.

“(The dog) put his head inside the vehicle and looked straight to the back seat,” Forgey said. “He alerted to the odor of human decomposition.”

This doesn’t sound good, and takes a lot of my hope away. I can’t wait to see how Grandma spins this one on the talk shows. Maybe this will finally cause her to confront her daughter and get the truth out of her. Although listening to her testify during the bond hearing, I heard a lot of the same attitude that has been coming out in her TV interviews. Doesn’t she know that this isn’t helping her case?

I just pray that the dogs were alerting on something else, and that Caylee is still out there somewhere. And until her mother decides to talk, I think her butt should stay right in jail. At least she was showing some emotion today (she appeared to be crying when they put her back into handcuffs, etc)…although whether those tears were for Caylee or for herself remains a big question in my mind.

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