Saturday, August 13, 2011

Little Girl - Friend Testifies That Casey Anthony Was Frustrated With Her Mother

A friend of Casey Anthony says the suspect had to cancel plans often

Casey Anthony is accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, in 2008

"They're going to pin this on me," Casey Anthony says in a call made from jail

Anthony's defense attorney says the little girl drowned accidentally

(CNN)The murder trial of Casey Anthony continues Wednesday, a day after a friend testified that the suspect was growing more frustrated with her parents around the time her 2-year-old daughter disappeared.

Amy Huizenga on Tuesday told jurors that the two were previously close friends and that Anthony complained frequently about her parents, particularly her mother.

Anthony's relationship with her mother was "strained. It was hard. Her mom was continually agitated with her," Huizenga said. "I remember she told me her mom had told her she was an unfit mother. She was extremely upset about that."

The suspects was also agitated at her mother as well, as she had to cancel plans "fairly frequently" because she had no one to watch her daughter, Huizenga testified. It was happening more frequently during the spring of 2008, Huizenga said, and the "frustration was greater."

In late June 2008, Anthony told her that she was keeping Cayleeaway from her parents, as they were having marital problems and were considering divorce, and "she wanted to keep Caylee out of the drama."

But actually, by late June, Caylee was missing. The last time the little girl was seen was June 16, and she was not reported missing until July 15 by Cindy Anthony, Casey Anthony's mother.

Casey Anthony, 25, is charged with seven counts in Caylee'sdeath, including first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse and misleading police. If convicted, she could face the death penalty.

She has pleaded not guilty and denied harming her daughter or having anything to do with the little girl's disappearance or death. Defense attorney Jose Baez has said that once all the facts were known, it will become clear his client is innocent.

Caylee's skeletal remains were found in December 2008 in a wooded field not far from the home of Casey Anthony's parents, George and Cindy Anthony.

Earlier, jurors heard an obscenity-strewn phone conversation Casey Anthony made from jail just after her arrest, in which she lamented that no one was listening to her, denied knowing what had happened to Caylee and said authorities weren't trying hard enough to find the nanny she claimed had kidnapped the child.

Also Tuesday, jurors heard a recording of the call made to her parents' home on July 16, 2008, the day after Caylee was reported missing.

Casey Anthony's defense attorney explains her behavior in June and July 2008 by saying she had been sexually abused as a child by her father and, to a lesser extent, her brother and was taught from a young age to hide her pain. George Anthony has also denied abusing his daughter in previous testimony.

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