Detectives Say Dive Team Did Not Find Caylee Anthony’s Bones
Updated information from WFTV. Turns out Padilla may be a bit shady.
ORLANDO, Fla. – For a few hours Thursday afternoon, searchers thought they’d found bones that could have been part of the remains of Caylee Anthony. But detectives quickly determined the evidence found by bounty hunter Leonard Padilla’s dive team was nothing but sticks and mud.
The detectives also cast suspicion on the find by asking Padilla to take a lie detector test.
Early Thursday afternoon, the dive team confirmed to Eyewitness News it had located several children’s toys inside a plastic bag in the Little Econ River including a plastic shamrock toy. The divers also claimed to have found three or four bones.
But Orange County Sheriff’s Office investigators said, in fact, there were no bones and the bag had nothing to do with the Caylee Anthony case. Additionally, the shamrock toy turned out to be a Gumby toy.
“There is nothing … at the scene that is credible or of a significant find,” said Capt. Angelo Nieves of the Sheriff’s Office (watch full statement). “Nothing that was discovered has been retained by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.”
FBI agents and sheriff’s office detectives arrived on the scene Thursday afternoon and sifted through the remains (video).
Diver Says Tiny Bones, Toys Found In Caylee Anthony Search
ORLANDO, Fla. – Divers searching for a sign of missing toddler Caylee Anthony on Thursday found a plastic bag with toys and small bones weighted down by bricks, bounty hunter Leonard Padilla said.
Inside the bag were two toys and bones the size of fingers and toes, diver David Badalai told WESH 2 News. There also was a shamrock, which Padilla said was a favorite symbol of mother Casey Anthony.
The bag, Balalai said, was held underwater by two bricks.
While law enforcement, including the FBI and the Orange County Sheriff’s Office headed to the scene, divers continued to pull items out of the water. The Sheriff’s Office plans a media briefing later this afternoon, but told WESH 2 News reporter Bob Kealing that the bag is of no value as evidence, and its lead investigator in the case left the scene.
From the air, Chopper 2 pilot Dan McCarthy said divers could be seen going down into drains and handing bags and other items up.
Person Dead Outside Paula Abdul’s Estate Believed To Be Idol Contestant
This is such a sad, sad story. I found this on another blog. Apparently she sat out front of Paula Abdul’s home and committed suicide. An autopsy is being conducted on the ex-American Idol contestant.
Paula Goodspeed had proclaimed her love for Abdul in her audition and has been following her around ever since. Her family has stated that she has mental problems and that they were concerned for her safety after they reported her missing yesterday.
On her MySpace page profile, she describes herself as 28 years old, originally born in Jamaica. Other media sources have described her as 30 years old from Thousand Oaks, California, which is where she now resides. She also self-describes herself as a Wiccan who seems to have an affinity for the Wizard of Oz movie. This is not the same Paula Goodspeed who is a real estate agent in San Bernadino County.
During the audition, Ms. Goodspeed gave her own rendition of “Proud Mary,” which was once sung by Paula. Simon made a seering comment in his usual style about her braces that was not forgotten: “How did she get through the metal detector?”
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Zachary Quintino To Play Spock On New Star Trek Movie
I think it will be the perfect role for him! I’m not a Trekkie but I know a lot of people are excited about this movie. It opens in May 09. Here is an interview MTV did with him about his upcoming role.
SAN DIEGO — At Comic-Con there are stars, there are favorites, and then there are kings. These days, names like Bruce Campbell, William Shatner and Stan Lee are moving over to make room for a new god among geeks: 31-year-old Zachary Quinto.
We caught up with the brain-swiping “Heroes” baddie on top of the new Hard Rock Hotel, where he sat back in a brimmed hat and sunglasses, looking out at the swarms of people who had attended a panel for his hit show moments before. Thanks to the series and his role in next May’s “Star Trek” reboot, Quinto is a fast-rising genre favorite. But he was nonetheless excited when we gave him a first look at his new Spock movie poster and was eager to talk to us about pointy ears, rules for dealing with nerds and the “Trek” sequels to come.
Jennifer Aniston: What Angelina Jolie Did Was “Really Uncool”
About time she spoke up for herself. I knew Jolie was nothing but a home-wrecking bitch. Although, now that some time has passed I am happy for Brangelina and their 500 adopted/biological kids (with more on the way). Best of luck to them.
Jennifer Aniston, however, can do better than John Mayer (in my opinion). Once a player, always a player.
In the December issue of Vogue, Jennifer Aniston opens up about Angelina Jolie – and then some.
When first asked about Jolie, Aniston asked the reporter, Jonathan Van Meter, to turn off the tape recorder for a moment.
She did, however, want to go on the record about one thing: She said she was bothered that Jolie felt the need to recount a detailed timeline of exactly how she fell in love with Brad Pitt on the set of Mr. & Mrs. Smith. (Pitt was still married to Aniston at the time).
“There was stuff printed there that was definitely from a time when I was unaware that it was happening,” Aniston said. “I felt those details were a little inappropriate to discuss.”
Aniston then shook her head in disbelief.
“That stuff about how she couldnt wait to get to work every day? That was really uncool,” Aniston said.
Asked if she ever speaks to Pitt, Aniston said that they have exchanged “a few very kind hellos … and congratulations on your babies.”
She stressed that the two “had an amicable split … The marriage didn’t work out.”
As for her on-again romance with notorious womanizer John Mayer, Aniston (who said she still wants children) said, “People need to mind their own business! Did you ever think Claudia Schiffer andDavid Copperfield made sense?”
“Love just shows up.”
Of Mayer bragging about dumping her the first time around, Aniston said, “Trust me, youll never see that happen again from that man.”
George Anthony Told Investigators That He Had A “Bad Vibe” About Caylee Anthony.
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – New documents were released Thursday in the case against Casey Anthony that reveal what George and Cindy Anthony told investigators in the hours and days after Caylee Anthony was reported missing.
The State Attorney’s Office released 500 pages of new documents in the case Thursday and they show that George Anthony told investigators he felt something was wrong from the very beginning. The documents focus a lot on interviews George and Cindy Anthony did with sheriff’s deputies.
When sheriff’s investigators questioned Casey’s father George nine days after Caylee was reported missing, George told them he had “bad vibes” the very first day he got his car back and smelled the smell in the trunk, a smell, he said as a former law enforcement officer, he knows and would never forget.
Casey’s father George told investigators, “I don’t want to believe that I have, have raised someone and brought someone in this world that could do something to another person. I don’t want to believe that.”
George also told them, “I, I, I believe that there’s someone dead back there and I hate to say the word human. Um, I hate to say that.”
George told them, when he opened the trunk of the car, he said to himself, “Please don’t let this be my Caylee.”
