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Bounty Hunter: Freeing Caylee's Mom Was Mistake

Holloway's Mom To Help In Search

POSTED: Wednesday, August 27, 2008
UPDATED: 1:40 pm EDT August 27, 2008

The man who bonded out the mother of missing Caylee Anthony said he would not have helped free her if he knew then what he knows now.


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Leonard Padilla, who helped post Casey Anthony's $500,000 bond, said he has had second thoughts in recent days concerning his role in getting her out of jail.

"Had I known that she would not talk to me, coupled with that (discovery) report -- no, I would not have come (to Orlando)," Padilla said.

"You would not have bonded her out?" a reporter asked.

"No, absolutely not," Padilla said.

Padilla said his second thoughts come after reading more than 400 pages of documents made public this week.

Much of the information had already been released, including that Anthony had told detectives a series of lies and was out partying days after her daughter was last seen, Local 6's Louis Bolden reported.

Casey Anthony also wanted to give her unborn daughter up for adoption, according to the documents.

A high school friend said Casey Anthony was interested in putting her child up for adoption, the document said.

Information To Be Used To Prosecute

The state plans to use the information to prosecute Anthony for a child neglect charge.

The released documents also include an arrest report and notes from detectives of interviews with Casey Anthony's friends and neighbors.

According to the documents, detectives said Anthony provided many details about the day she said she last saw Caylee, but did not give specifics, including cell phone numbers on how to reach friends whom she said could vouch for Gonzalez's existence, according to the documents.

Detectives said they also noticed a strange, suspicious depression near the swimming pool, the documents stated.

Holloway's Mother To Help

Also, help for the Anthony family is coming from the mother of Natalie Holloway.

Beth Holloway and Tim Miller, who is an investigator, will be in Orlando later this week.

The pair plans to meet with the family before starting their own search for Caylee.

Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.

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