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southernbelle
12/11/08

In reply to (Heart) Breaking
You know, I've been pretty mad at my kids at points. Like really mad. And I've been upset when I haven't gotten to go to a movie or a much needed date with my husband because a baby-sitter flaked or something happened. But then my five year old comes cackling down the hall with Reese cup all over his hands or my daughter gives me a breathless synopsis of a book she has just finished and loved and I get over it. I feel really bad that this little girl didn't have a mother in her life that was so in love with her that it could overtake any other emotion.
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rollergirl76
12/11/08

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Nancy Grace must be having a field day right now.
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prestocaro fears the culling
12/11/08

@rollergirl76: Tune in and watch her head explode!
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gerbilsoutofexile...is cheap and easy
12/11/08

In reply to (Heart) Breaking
Casey's mother is just a big a whacko as Casey. I would say the apple doesn't fall far.

When I think of all the years I spent aching for a baby... I would have driven down there on a second's notice and taken her back here to our home. If you don't want them, for christ's sake, give them to someone who does.

Sick bitch.
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marypoppinpills
12/11/08

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I don't know who I'd rather punch in the face first, Casey or her mother. Casey is a sociopath; her mother is an enabler.

Reminds me soooo much of my step-grandma & step-aunt. Pill popping auntie wanted a cute lil baby, cute lil baby became out of control toddler, afflicted with quite a few "mysterious" illnesse; now sick, angry lil boy lives with grandma...illnesses miraculously cured! Now auntie is trying her damndest to adopt a newborn baby.

What the holy fuck is wrong with people??? Babies are not fucking dolls! I'm so angry at this...
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Lizawithazee
12/11/08

@marypoppinpills: The father is in on it as well. He's the one who at first said the smell was unmistakably that of a dead body, then changed his story to say it smelled like "garbage." Very telling, don't you think?
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applejuice
12/11/08

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Maybe I am jaded, but I had no hope that they would find her alive.

The fact that the police had proof that a deomposing human body had been in the trunk of the car coupled with the bizarre behaviour of Casey and her parents pretty much sealed the deal for me. I mean, in all reality how else could there be a dead body in the woman's trunk? They don't just fall out of the sky or happen to be there every day.

Very sad.

But - not only is there some closure now, also they will hopefully find more useful forensic evidence.
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Lizawithazee
12/11/08

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They better be able to nail her murdering ass now that they have the body.

This also implicates the grandparents more closely than before, in my mind-- possibly as accessories after the deed was done.
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ElleL
12/11/08

In reply to (Heart) Breaking
So incredibly sad.

Justice is coming.
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SisterMaryMartha
12/11/08

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less than than a half-mile from the home of the parents of Casey Anthony

Oh, man.
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victoriasauce
12/11/08

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I believed all along that poor Caylee wasn't alive because of Casey's suspicious behavior, but as a mother, seeing this news on CNN made my heart skip a beat. I seriously have chills right now.

God. Some people. I don't understand how a mother is remotely capable of such a thing. My daughter is my LIFE. I can't handle hurting her feelings by telling her it's time to go to bed.
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lizkdc
12/11/08

In reply to (Heart) Breaking
This story, the Hudson family one, another in Massachusetts where the dad made his son disappear but hasn't given up the body: the idea of adult humans wreaking their frustrations and madnesses on the little guys has freaked me out.

The other night I babysat and seriously got up in the middle of the night to check the sleeping kids like three times. I had beer watching telly after they were in bed and then I got frightened I would lose all sense of responsibility and let something bad happen to the kids. It's not a literal fear that some stranger is going to break in the house and hurt them. More of a free-floating deep anxiety of bad old fate. Is this what it's like for you parents all the time? Kind of relieved to be just an aunt.
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lalaland13
12/11/08

@lizkdc: I have the free-floating anxiety all the damn time anyway. So I can't imagine what it would be like having kids. I'm always afraid something will happen to me, like I'll get raped when I do laundry (even if it's at 6 at night, it gets so damn dark early this time of year).

I think my anxiety is one reason not to have kids. Yet lately I've wondered if I could have one, with the right guy. Just one. My nerves couldn't handle more than one.

Yeah, this is awful. The anxiety that parents feel must just be part of being a parent. It doesn't have to be bad all the time, but you should feel like you're supposed to protect them. And killing them? No. No. Just no.
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AuntieEm (robots from the year 2000 > zombies)
12/11/08

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oh no . . . poor little thing . . . oh no . . .
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Kali Mama
12/11/08

In reply to (Heart) Breaking
At least the remains (whoever that poor baby is) can get a proper burial.
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SarahMC
12/11/08

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I also find it disturbing that so many people don't want to believe the mother did it. Fathers kill their own children all the time. All. the. time. Sometimes to "punish" the children's mother for whatever reason. But when a mother does it people's outrage levels skyrocket. I hate Casey too but it's sorta unfair.
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prestocaro fears the culling
12/11/08

@SarahMC: Mothers who are tried for killing their children either get off (because they appear so weak and repentant) or receive unusually long sentences compared to fathers tried for the same things.

Sucks.
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stacyinbean
12/11/08

@SarahMC: It is ridiculous (and unfair) but it clearly has to do with the idea that a mother is far more bonded to her child than a father because she carried the child. I can't imagine how any parent, or really any human, could hurt an innocent child, but men do it all the time and then when a woman does it's such a big fucking deal.
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Gumbina80
12/11/08

@SarahMC: Step fathers are especially dangerous. Hardly anybody talks about the threat that non-related males bring to a household.
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georgina
12/11/08

@SarahMC: But a lot of the outrage in this particular situation is that she claims that her daughter was missing for a month before she told anyone. And then concocted an outrageous story involving a phantom babysitter. And has not helped the authorities in any meaningful way in their search for Caylee. At best, she is a terrible & negligent mother. I think the outrage here is justified whether or not she actually murdered her little girl.
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SarahMC
12/11/08

@georgina: I think the outrage is warranted too; I can't stand the sight of her. But it's pretty telling that Women Baby-Killers get so much more attention and fuel so much more rage in the community. When men kill babies it's like "tsk tsk, shouldn't the mother have stopped him?"
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Brigit
12/11/08

@Gumbina80: That was one of the reasons my mom never remarried. When she's dated, and even during very long term relationships she would never bring them home, except for short visits. She was always paranoid about our safety and also had us in very short leashes.
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cwisto moweina has got yer goat
12/11/08

@Gumbina80: Step-off the step-father, please.
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NefariousNewt
12/11/08

In reply to (Heart) Breaking
Sheriff's Department just wrapped up a press conference. No new news. That don't have a positive id at this time.
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stacyinbean
12/11/08

In reply to (Heart) Breaking
Out of curiosity, does Florida have the death penalty?
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