Jezebel: investigation

Disturbing Details Released In Caylee Anthony Case

Intern Katy — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:45:00 EST

Documents from the state attorney's office have been released which provide new details in the Caylee Anthony case, and they are truly heartbreaking.

Court documents released Wednesday reveal that Caylee's remains were found bound by duct tape, and on the duct tape that had been used to cover her mouth, police found a heart-shaped sticker. Investigators seized sticker books and scrapbook material from Caylee's home as evidence. In the laundry bag with Caylee's body they also found a Winnie the Pooh blanket and a toy horse. Caylee's remains were found in December by Roy Kronk, a utility worker, in the woods near the Anthony's home. Kronk alerted police of his suspicions several weeks before the body was found. Caylee's mother, Casey Anthony, has been charged with first-degree murder and remains in jail. [CBS]

Disgusting Pigs

Maria — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:40:00 EDT

Undercover investigators from PETA have shot a video depicting physical, and possibly even "sexual" abuses against pigs at a pig farm in Iowa. The footage shows farm workers hitting sows with metal rods, slamming piglets on a concrete floor, and discussion of shoving rods into the orifices of sows. The farm is a supplier to Hormel Foods, which makes Spam and other food products. The farm ownership was transferred over the summer (when the PETA investigators were working) from Natural Pork Production II LLP to MowMar LLP. Both of the companies condemned the violence and expressed a commitment to "animal welfare and humane handling" and that the pork industry is "full of good people." [AP]

Loose Lips

Maria — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:40:00 EDT

Mary-Kate Olsen's lawyer says that MK had "nothing to do" with the drugs that killed Heath Ledger (despite tabloid and gossip blog speculation that she supplied the drugs to him) and that she has already provided the government with "relevant information." Hm. • Morgan Freeman's female passenger during his car accident was Demaris Meyer, a very close friend of his wife. Freeman was driving Meyer's car at the time of the crash. • Charlie Sheen gets paid $825,000 per episode for the painfully unfunny TV series, Two And A Half Men, making him the highest paid comedy star in prime-time. [People, TMZ, Perez Hilton]