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Tourists Travel To See, Photograph Missing Caylee Anthony's Mom

Life-Sized 'Caylee Doll,' 'Baby Killer' Signs Waved Outside Anthony Home

POSTED: Sunday, September 7, 2008
UPDATED: 7:00 am EDT September 8, 2008

Florida tourists and other families are traveling to the home of Casey Anthony for a chance to see and possibly photograph the woman and chaos in her neighborhood.


IMAGES: Fights Erupt Outside Anthony Home
IMAGES: Casey Released From Jail
EXCLUSIVE IMAGES: CSI Checks Casey's Car
IMAGES: Images Of Casey's Arrest
IMAGES: Missing Caylee Anthony Photos
IMAGES: Photos Of Casey Anthony Surface

The vacationing Parry family abandoned their vacation plans over the weekend, grabbed a camera and traveled to the home of Caylee Anthony's mother and family in Orange County.

"This is our last day before we go back (to Missouri) and we just had to see it for ourselves," Florida vacationer Tony Parry said.

Another family from Christmas, Fla., with eight children was seen posing for photographs in front of the Anthony home Saturday night.

"There has to be closure somehow, this will never end," a woman said late Saturday.

When Casey Anthony's mother, Cindy, stepped outside of the house Saturday, a man yelled, "You are going to burn in hell, Cindy" and others insulted her.

Saturday night there were about 100 people standing outside the home watching her.

'Caylee Doll' Waved

Meanwhile, protesters who appeared after Casey Anthony returned to her Orange County home said they refuse to leave while the woman's daughter, Caylee, 3, remains missing.

A life-sized baby doll held by one of the men in the crowd had a sign that read, "Hi, I'm Caylee. Have you seen my mommy?"

"Tell the truth," Greg May said as he held the doll. "Tell the truth. The truth will set you free. I don't see how those people sleep at night."

On Friday, several fights and acts of violence erupted outside the home.

Officers responded to the Anthony family's Orange County home after people began to rip signs and throw punches at each other. A man was seen being struck in the face by another man outside the Anthony home.

"You are all big and bad to kill a baby, but you can't come out and face us," a protester yelled when police arrived.

"You people hold signs that mean nothing, and you know nothing about," another person in the crowd yelled.

Several neighbors said they are fed up with the chaos the case has brought to their neighborhood.

"We have been putting up with this for six weeks," a neighbor said. "My kid can't play outside, and we can't leave the house without people trying to run us over."

Some people said they refuse to leave the Anthony house or neighborhood until Casey Anthony is returned to jail.

"We are going to be here every night until she comes out (with the truth)," protester James Harris said.

Gun Removed From Car

Also Saturday, police removed a gun from a car belonging to Casey Anthony's father, George, on Saturday.

Deputies received a tip that the gun was in George Anthony's vehicle.

Possession of the gun is a violation of the home confinement rules Casey Anthony must follow.

However, a judge ruled that he did not believe Casey Anthony knew that her father kept a weapon in his car and that she would not have to go back to jail, Local 6's Kimberly Houk reported.

Search Based On Cell Records

Also Saturday, a group of hundreds of people continued to search Central Florida for Caylee.

Some of the searchers traveled from Wisconsin and Pennsylvania to join the EquuSearch effort.

The latest search location was based on Casey Anthony's cell phone records in Blanchard Park, Local 6 has learned.

"Out of respect for Caylee, we are here to bring her back and put her to rest in a proper place," a searcher said.

People who have volunteered to search for Caylee were taught the difference between human and animal bones.

"We gave a bunch of the team leaders a book on all the bones in the human body because we are going to find a lot of animal bones out there," Equusearch director Tim Miller said.

Motorists Battle Car-To-Car

On Friday, motorists outside of the Anthony home yelled and battled car-to-car.

Motorists stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic near the property began to yell at each other.

"I don't think she killed her child at all," a driver yelled out of his window. "I think she may know something but I don't think by any means she is a baby killer."

"Good for what?" a motorist yelled back at the driver. "She has to go to jail because she doesn't want to say where her baby is. That is so trifling."

Other drivers also attacked Casey Anthony and her release back home.

"I think it is crap," motorist Kalin Bowles said. "There is so much evidence against her."

Some people were standing across the street from the Anthony's home with "Baby Killer" signs.

Men Wedged Through News Crews

Friday morning, Casey Anthony was rushed from the Orange County Jail by two men dressed in black after her $500,000 bond was posted by her parents.

The bouncers cleared the way, Local 6's Todd Jurkowski reported.

A woman in the crowd yelled "baby killer" as Casey Anthony walked to a nearby black sport utility vehicle and another applauded her release.

Casey Anthony was wearing a black hat and a T-shirt featuring a picture of her missing daughter, Caylee.

She arrived at her parent's Orange County before 10:45 a.m. and was driven into the home's garage.

Casey Was 'Voracious Reader'

Orange County Corrections official Allen Moore said Casey Anthony did not cause problems while she was in protective custody and that she was a "voracious reader" behind bars.

"I found out she was a model inmate, not creating any problems for staff or making any special demands," Moore said.

Anthony had no direct contact with other inmates while at the jail.

Moore said Anthony was in her cell much of the day and read.

"She was a voracious reader of books from the jail library," Moore said.

Moore did not know which books she read.

Jail Learned From Nowak Case

Moore also said that lessons learned from the recent case involving astronaut Lisa Nowak were implemented during Anthony's release Friday.

"When astronaut Lisa Nowak was here, we did not have this kind of restriction up and it prevented an unsafe situation where no one could get in or out of the building during the release process."

Moore said steps were taken to protect access the building because of the large media presence.

"When there is this much media outside of the building, we are going to insure access to the building," Moore said. "And protect it from the standpoint of public safety and fire codes."

Watch Local 6 News for more on this developing story.

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