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Baez demands P.I.'s phone records

New motion calls for Dominic Casey's personal phone records

ORLANDO, Fla. – In a new motion, Casey Anthony's defense team is demanding that a private investigator hand over his phone records.

The motion does not specifically accuse private investigator Dominic Casey of wrongdoing, but it does raise questions about his honesty and his repeated visits to the woods where Caylee Anthony's remains were later found, Local 6 reporter Mike DeForest said.

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Caylee was reported missing in July and Casey, who was working for Anthony's defense team at the time, visited the woods off Suburban Drive on at least three different occasions in the month before Caylee's body was found nearby. Casey now works for the Anthony family.

Defense attorney Jose Baez filed the new motion Wednesday, which is demanding Casey's private cell phone records. Baez said Casey gave inconsistent statements about who is seen speaking on the phone with in a video recording of one of his searches.

Casey originally told Local 6 he was speaking to his daughter, but the private eye later told detectives he was on the phone with a psychic who allegedly told him where to find Caylee's body.

Another private investigator who worked with Casey, Jim Hoover, claimed Casey knew where Caylee's remains were hidden. Hoover shot the video of Casey on his phone while searching the woods.

Casey's attorney said the motion is a simple dispute over phone records and she hopes Anthony's defense team is not trying to implicate her client in a crime. She said she has worked out an agreement with Baez to turn over phone records.

The Florida Bar is investigating complaints filed against Baez by Casey. Casey said Baez told him not to call 911 if he found Caylee's body. Baez has disputed that claim.

Casey Anthony is being held at the Orange County Jail on first-degree murder charges in her daughter's death.


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