Florida: "Habitual Liar" Mother of Missing Tot Stays in Jail

While the Orange County Sheriff's Department works a tip that someone may have seen a child looking like toddler Caylee Marie Anthony get onboard a plane, the girl's mother remains in jail. And, her grandmother continues to attack police for arresting Casey Anthony, and for saying that a family car smelled like "decomposition."  Cindy Anthony scoffed at an investigator, saying that "pizza" left in a car could leave the same smell as decomposition.

UPDATE: A Florida judge today set Casey Anthony's bond at $500,000 and wearing a GPS monitor on two charges: one felony charge of child neglect in the case of her missing toddler Caylee and a misdemeanor charge for her lies to police. During emotional hearing, a veteran police homicide investigator also said that he'd smelled the "smell of decomposition" in a family car and that police had found hair in the car's trunk.

Anthony's attorney told media that his client would talk to police and help them in their search if they promised her immunity from prosecution. Anthony's family continues to maintain that she is not at fault in the disappearance of the child, who was missing more than a month before the mother replied the grandmother's questions about where Caylee was.

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From Florida, a very unsettling case--a mother who's been called a "habitual liar" and a toddler who hasn't been seen since June 9. No, mom Casey Anthony didn't report her child missing. When questioned, Anthony made up a story about leaving her daughter with  an apparently non-existent baby sitter.

Police earlier dug in the grandparents' back yard after it was reported that Anthony had borrowed a shovel from a neighbor. Nothing was found during that search. Anthony's mother, Cindy Anthony continues to maintain that her daughter is a "good mother." She's charged the Orange County Sheriff's Department with "making a big mistake" in arresting her daughter, who didn't even bother to tell her parents that little Caylee had been gone for more than a month.

Update: I found something that I think is very curious. Both WESH and WFTV  have photos of Caylee, apparently provided by the family. But for some reason, both stations have put the photos into a slideshow format that precludes anyone from saving a picture of the little girl.

That seems counter-intuitive when the search has gone nation-wide. The Orlando Sentinel, which has been closely following this story, also does not present a readily-accessible photo or series of photos.

The photos are all courtesy of the Sun-Sentinel.

If you see this child, please contact the Orange County Sheriff's Office at 407-254-7000, or 407-836-HELP (4357).