The Creator of the Casey Chloroform Sculpture
Well today's testimony shows us now where the defense is trying to point the spotlight: on the oft-mentioned "fantasy world" Casey supposedly created for herself as a result of the allegedly accidental death of her baby daughter back in '08.
Baez, when cross-examining the lead detective who brought Casey right up to her fake place of employment, even said: "If Casey had said that Zanny was sitting in a nearby [empty] chair, what would you have thought of her state of mind?" Of course, this question was immediately objected to by the State's attorney and sustained by the judge.
The prosecution wants to paint a picture for the jury of a young woman who is sociopathic and has a talent for concocting elaborate lies but is reluctant to go down the "loony-tunes" path. They don't want her to get off on some insanity plea.
The defense hasn't come out and said it would be attempting to go that route (an insanity decision) but they sure are building up the incredibly odd character of Casey and her bizarre behavior.
I expect as the trial goes on, especially once the defense starts to flesh out the whole accidental drowning story and Casey's cover-up due to her supposed years of sexual abuse and its affect on her subsequent sense of reality, we'll be seeing more and more their portrayal of a troubled psyche if not all-out mentally ill person. Today's questioning by Baez seemed to suggest they may bring up schizophrenia or illnesses like it.
In this spirit, this starts a new series of posts focusing on what I feel are the most bizarre and "out there" aspects of this whole affair. You know, basically "Charlie Sheen" it up.
Here's something that goes back a couple of years but still has as much relevance to the current trial proceedings since the prosecution mentioned in their opening statement that they will show evidence pointing to Casey's use of chloroform. And if they are successful in convincing the jury that she used it at all, it's probably going to be the closest we'll ever come to a smoking gun.
After all, imaginary people and elaborate lies don't kill children but chloroform and duct tape can.
Apparently the rather twisted individual who created this "artwork" agrees but has no problem proclaiming their admiration for Casey's murderous deed.
I personally suspect the sculpture was originally made as a benign model of a molecule someone was studying for a science project since the Casey reference is only in the form of a piece of stuck on duct tape with a heart sticker and handwriting. Still a sick thing to put up for sale though.
Welcome, Kook, to the carnival!
Baez, when cross-examining the lead detective who brought Casey right up to her fake place of employment, even said: "If Casey had said that Zanny was sitting in a nearby [empty] chair, what would you have thought of her state of mind?" Of course, this question was immediately objected to by the State's attorney and sustained by the judge.
The prosecution wants to paint a picture for the jury of a young woman who is sociopathic and has a talent for concocting elaborate lies but is reluctant to go down the "loony-tunes" path. They don't want her to get off on some insanity plea.
The defense hasn't come out and said it would be attempting to go that route (an insanity decision) but they sure are building up the incredibly odd character of Casey and her bizarre behavior.
I expect as the trial goes on, especially once the defense starts to flesh out the whole accidental drowning story and Casey's cover-up due to her supposed years of sexual abuse and its affect on her subsequent sense of reality, we'll be seeing more and more their portrayal of a troubled psyche if not all-out mentally ill person. Today's questioning by Baez seemed to suggest they may bring up schizophrenia or illnesses like it.
In this spirit, this starts a new series of posts focusing on what I feel are the most bizarre and "out there" aspects of this whole affair. You know, basically "Charlie Sheen" it up.
Here's something that goes back a couple of years but still has as much relevance to the current trial proceedings since the prosecution mentioned in their opening statement that they will show evidence pointing to Casey's use of chloroform. And if they are successful in convincing the jury that she used it at all, it's probably going to be the closest we'll ever come to a smoking gun.
After all, imaginary people and elaborate lies don't kill children but chloroform and duct tape can.
Apparently the rather twisted individual who created this "artwork" agrees but has no problem proclaiming their admiration for Casey's murderous deed.
I personally suspect the sculpture was originally made as a benign model of a molecule someone was studying for a science project since the Casey reference is only in the form of a piece of stuck on duct tape with a heart sticker and handwriting. Still a sick thing to put up for sale though.
Welcome, Kook, to the carnival!