"She told defense attorney Jose Baez that she looked chloroform up when searching for information about chlorophyll.
Cindy Anthony said she was searching for information because of a scare regarding hand sanitizers.
Caylee's grandmother also said she looked up other terms involving trauma and injuries after her friend was in a car accident.
She also said the stain in the trunk of Casey Anthony's car was there when they purchased it.
These are all significant revelations because the prosecution has suggested strongly that Casey Anthony conducted these searches and Caylee's decomposing body made that stain."
REPORTERS ANTHONY COLAROSSI AND WALTER PACHECO; ORLANDO SENTINEL;
A backgrounder on this high profile Florida case cane be found on Wikipedia at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Caylee_Anthony
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"In a stunning revelation, Cindy Anthony, the mother of accused child killer Casey Anthony, testified today that she is the person who searched for chloroform and other suspicious terms on her family computer," the Orlando Sentinel story by reporters Anthony Colarossi and Walter Pacheco published earlier today begins, under the heading, "Casey Anthony trial: Cindy Anthony searched for chloroform, injuries on family computer."
"She told defense attorney Jose Baez that she looked chloroform up when searching for information about chlorophyll," the story continues.
"Cindy Anthony said she was searching for information because of a scare regarding hand sanitizers.
Caylee's grandmother also said she looked up other terms involving trauma and injuries after her friend was in a car accident.
She also said the stain in the trunk of Casey Anthony's car was there when they purchased it.
These are all significant revelations because the prosecution has suggested strongly that Casey Anthony conducted these searches and Caylee's decomposing body made that stain.
Cindy Anthony said she conducted the computer searches during March 2008. She explained no overtime was allowed for supervisors and that is why her timecard at work showed she was working during the time of the computer searches.
She also searched for acetone and hydrogen peroxide, Cindy Anthony said.
Then prosecutor Linda Drane Burdick aggressively cross-examined Anthony about her startling revelation that she had done searches for chloroform during March 2008.
Burdick asked if she was even home during the days in question when job records show she was working.
"I went home early a couple of days," Cindy Anthony said. "I didn't look up how to make chloroform. I looked up chloroform."
She did not make searches for "household weapons" or "neck breaking" other searches thought to be done by her daughter Casey Anthony.
Cindy Anthony said she first learned of the review of the computer search history in September 2008 from the detectives working on the case.
She also said she has a better recollection of her actions in 2008 now that she is on a different medication.
She said the home computer was always left on and she often asked Casey to get on the computer for a few minutes when she would come home from work.
Cindy Anthony's testimony came as the defense team continued its attack on the forensic evidence presented by the prosecution.
FBI forensic expert
Earlier, defense attorney Jose Baez grilled FBI expert Stephen Shaw, a forensic hair and fiber expert, about some of the evidence and the science behind it."
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The story can be found at:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/caylee-anthony/os-casey-anthony-trial-day-26-20110623,0,1426663.story
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PUBLISHER'S NOTE: The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at:
http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmith
Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at:
http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2011/05/charles-smith-blog-award-nominations.html
Harold Levy: Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog; hlevy15@gmail.com;
