This Terrible Mother was Partying While Her 3-Year-Old Daughter was Missing

The story of the woman who was declared ‘America’s most hated mother.’

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Casey Anthony | Photo Credits: Wikimedia Commons

July 15th, 2008, was the starting point for a case that was to grip America’s attention and start a guilty vs non-guilty tirade in nearly every tabloid and news channel. At the center of it all, was Casey Anthony, who was to be despised by all of America.

Disappearance or Something More Sinister?

A picture of Cayley Anthony | Photo Credits: BBC

A hysterical woman made a phone call about getting into contact with an evasive daughter, who was finally ‘admitting’ that 3-year-old Caylee Anthony had been missing for a month.

The caller was Cindy Anthony, grandmother to Caylee, and mother to Casey. The Orlando police were quick to take notice of the issue. Cindy told the 911 operator that the car, Casey was using, smelt like there had been a ‘dead body inside the damn car’.

Chillingly calm, Casey Anthony was handed the phone, and she told the operator that she had ‘spoken to her daughter (today)’ and that the number was ‘no longer in service’. She also told the…

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