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Missing Girl's Family Threatened Every Day; Mom Cancels Visits

Appeals Court Denies Bond Motion

POSTED: Tuesday, August 12, 2008
UPDATED: 9:12 am EDT August 12, 2008

The family of a missing Orlando girl continues to be threatened every day as a search for the child continues.

"We get threats every day," missing child's grandmother Cindy Anthony said. "We get threats on our home phone and we get threats on our cell phone."

Missing Caylee Anthony's mother, Casey, canceled another scheduled Orange County Jail visit with her brother on Tuesday.

Casey Anthony's attorney, Jose Baez, said his client wants to talk with her family but is sacrificing for her daughter.

"It's not something she wants," Anthony's attorney Jose Baez said. "She wants to see her family. She wants to talk to her family but she's willing to sacrifice that for Caylee."

Casey Anthony's father, George, was the last family member to see her last Sunday.

Wednesday will mark one month since Casey Anthony was jailed in connection with the case.

Caylee Called?

Meanwhile, the grandmother of missing Caylee Anthony said she believes the missing girl may have made a call after she vanished -- which would be new information in the case.

"I believe my mother also heard Caylee during that time," Cindy Anthony said.

When Cindy Anthony was asked how Caylee would know her great-grandmother's phone number, she said the number was programmed into Casey Anthony's phone.

A sheriff's department representative is checking to see if Cindy Anthony has ever mentioned the call before.

Expert Discusses Liars

Family and friends have described Casey Anthony as a pathological liar -- a person who they claim has told one lie after the next, Local 6 reported.

Dr. Richard Hall, who is a forensic psychiatrist with patients who are both in and out of jail, said habitual liars often lie to feel good about themselves.

"It shows that I'm smarter than you are and it shows that I have some power over you," Hall said. "And it shows that I've got some power over you and that I can manipulate you."

Hall said people who lie often never come forward to tell the truth.

"People who are habitual liars continue to lie in captivity just like they lie in the general public," Hall said. "So, they tend not to change and suddenly want to tell the truth and get everything."

Hall said he can't comment specifically about the Caylee Anthony case but said it could take some time as investigators search for the truth.

Bond Motion Denied

On Monday, an appeals court has denied a motion to lower the bond for Casey Anthony.

The 5th District Court of Appeal in Daytona Beach denied Casey Anthony's motion for a rehearing. The motion was sealed.

"I still think that to this day, the bond is excessive and tantamount to no bond at all," Baez said.

Casey Anthony is being held on $500,000 bond on charges of child neglect, making false statements and obstructing an investigation. Police said she lied to them and didn't report her daughter, Caylee, missing for more than a month.

Grandparents Visit Detectives

The grandparents of Caylee Anthony met with detectives on Monday for about two hours in a nonscheduled visit.

George and Cindy Anthony were at the Orange County Sheriff's Office from about 9:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. in what they called an exchange of ideas.

Cindy Anthony said she talked with detectives about a phone call that Casey Anthony said she received in which she heard Caylee in the background. According to a search warrant, detectives said phone records show that the phone call never occurred.

"We discussed that with the deputies today. They're re-looking at the phone records because that's a misstatement," Cindy Anthony said.

Mobile Billboard

Also on Monday, George and Cindy Anthony were pulling a mobile billboard behind their vehicle showing information about Caylee.

"This is a very important day for me to be doing this," George Anthony said. "I'm not letting negativity come into play because negativity comes in and that's all people go on."

George Anthony said he did not know exactly where they would be driving.

"A 3-year-old girl's missing. I think people should look at that and say, 'My gosh, what can I do to help find her?'"

Lee Anthony, Casey Anthony's brother, is scheduled to visit her on Tuesday, and her parents are set to visit her on Thursday, although it is not known if Casey will allow the meetings. She has canceled the last two visits with her family.

Psychic-Led 'Blind Driving'

Meanwhile, a psychic detective and her team are "blind driving" around Central Florida searching for Caylee Anthony.

"We will not even look at street names," psychic detective Gale St. John said. "We drive and go completely on feeling instinct, chasing down what we call a person signature."

St. John and her team arrived in Central Florida and immediately began using specially trained cadaver dogs to check areas on foot over the weekend near Lee Vista Road.

St. John, who is part of a group that calls themselves the "Body Hunters," has been on "Larry King Live," Court TV and the Discovery Channel after helping authorities recover missing children and finding at least one body.

She said she has not received a feeling on Caylee's location but claims it is still early in her searching process.

The team will be driving around the region on Monday. Another psychic will be helping in the search as well, Local 6 reported.

Air Tested

Local 6 has learned that a lab affiliated with the University of Tennessee may be using a new type of technology to test air samples taken from the car of Caylee's mother, Casey Anthony.

Cadaver dogs led detectives to believe there were signs of decomposition in the trunk of Casey Anthony's vehicle and hit on two spots in the child's grandparents home early in the search for the missing girl.

The lab apparently testing the air samples, called The Body Farm, is run by the school's anthropology department.

A researcher at The Body Farm has developed an artificial nose of sorts that can sniff out evidence of human decomposition and decay.

It works by recognizing compounds found in the air where decomposition occurs.

Detectives won't confirm where the samples were transported to, but they said the air samples are being tested for decomposition.

A national search for Caylee continues.

Watch Local 6 News for more on this developing story.

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