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August 22, 2008
Casey Anthony is helping, sincerely worried
Topics: NewsCasey Anthony is talking freely with her parents and helping with new leads into whereabouts of missing 3-year-old Caylee Marie, the family's spokesman said today.
"She is being cooperative and is sincerely worried about the well-being of her child. There is no doubt that this child has been kidnapped," said Los Angeles-based spokesman Larry Garrison. He said she is providing more details she couldn't give in jail.
Anthony, who has pleaded not guilty to charges of child neglect and filing a false report, was released from the Orange County Jail on Thursday after more than a month behind bars.
Garrison refused to go into details about what information supports a kidnapping. Garrison said it would impact the ongoing investigation.
Orange County Sheriff's Office spokesman Capt. Angelo Nieves could not immediately be reached for comment.
Investigators have said that Anthony is the key to their missing-person case. But they said the 22-year-old mother has lied about what happened.
After Anthony's release from jail, Nieves said this in a statement: "The fact that Casey Anthony has bonded out of jail changes nothing in our investigation and our determination to resolve this case."
Dressed in the same light blue hooded shirt and jeans she was wearing on her arrest day, Anthony emerged from the jail at 10:28 a.m. Thursday shielded by her attorneys under a black umbrella.
The trio was greeted by a throng of media who shouted questions at the woman deputies have named a "person of interest" in Caylee's disappearance.
At one point, a seemingly frightened and frail Anthony leaned toward attorney Jos� Baez and asked him to remove the umbrella.
" 'I'm innocent. I want to walk out of this place with my head high,' " Anthony whispered in Baez's ear, he later told reporters.
But shortly after her request, the media swarm became too much. Baez shoved a reporter, and then shouted at the group to get back.
Anthony was ushered into a waiting black Dodge Durango and they sped away.
The 15-mile trip from the jail to the Anthony home on Hopespring Drive in the Lee Vista area was mostly silent, Padilla said.
An entourage of vehicles rushed into the neighborhood. A pickup truck drove up onto Anthony's yard, blocking one side of the driveway, while a minivan stopped on the opposite side. The Dodge Durango pulled in between the vehicles and rushed into the open garage.
The door immediately shut.
It was behind closed doors and away from the media that the tearful reunion took place, Baez said.
Home confinement
Anthony has been placed on home confinement and can only leave her parents' house for a handful of reasons, including lawyer visits, court appearances and church.
Anthony is scheduled to be back in court for a pre-trial conference Nov. 5.
Walter Pacheco can be reached at wpacheco@orlandosentinel.com or 407-420-6262. Bianca Prieto can be reached at bprieto@orlandosentinel.com at 407-420-5620. Amy L. Edwards can be reached at 407-420-5735 or aledwards@orlandosentinel.com.
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