Casey Anthony Trial Thread #3

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Wow, an inmate who was with Casey Anthony had had a child who drowned, found by the child's grandfather (who called 911), but the child died. Weird story...didn't catch it all. Have to rewind during a commercial.

How convenient! Yes, please update.

 

[Kurby]

How convenient! Yes, please update.

from what i understood is that the girl (amber something i think) was in the jail but didn't speak directly to casey but had contact and told her story to inmates who DID speak directly to casey.

soooooooooooo a lot of hearsay about she told suzie who told tammy who told casey that amber's daughter drown and her father found her


i'm not sure how far that would go - it's not a good source of info from what i can see

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

Not verbatim, but close!

Linda Drane Burdick: A brief investigation conducted last week. Apparently a citizen called the OCSO, left some information about an inmate who may have had some contact with Miss Anthony at a point when the inmate was in the Orange County jail. That matter was investigated Thursday or Friday; a report was generated, a statement was taken over the phone from this witness, the transcript was produced and I received the transcript yesterday. The witness was April Whelan. Apparently her child died in a swimming pool and was found by the child's grandfather who immediately administered CPR and called 911. Miss Whelan was in an adjacent cell to Miss Anthony for a very brief period of time. Miss Whelan indicates to LE that she did NOT talk to Casey Anthony; however, she doesn't remember if she talked to other inmates. So at the present time, it's being explored whether there was indirect contact. As soon as I received reports verifying that Miss Whelan's son did pass away in a drowning incident as well as the reports from LE of the followup on the information obtained by a concerned citizen, that was provided to Mr Baez in the event that it does become relevant in relation to the investigation that continues.

The fact that OCSO were investigating this was communicated to me last Thursday or Friday, or perhaps Saturday; written reports were given to me yesterday afternoon and I gave them to Defense.

JBP: Do you plan to utilize Miss April Whelan? (Did he write that name down, or just remember? He's GOOD!)

Burdick: Based on her statement, I would say no. However, as that information is investigated, there may be something from it that would be suitable for a rebuttal case. But at this juncture, as I told Mr Baez, that would be "no". The court may not know...we continue to get phone call after phone call after phone call after email from concerned citizens, as I'm sure they do; we have to cull through that information to determine what are just fashion (?) suggestions, or prosecution suggestions, or what are actual fact or Brady (?) material and we have been doing that on a regular basis. This is one of those items that was investigated; if it turns out to be something relevant at this juncture, I would say no, but it could before the end of the case.

No comments from Baez on this now. JBP does not find this a discovery violation...the state has a continuing duty to disclose information that becomes available to them.

 

[mrsksomeday]

Her name was April Whalen, OSCaseyAnthony tweeted the article link from 2007.

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2007-12-26/news/cfbriefs26_1_1_orange-county-christmas-day-christmas-celebration

Very interesting that the child was underwater for up to twenty minutes but the family STILL called authorities to try to save the toddler.

 

[Conservative Hippie]

Ok....finally caught up with something like 40 pages! Now I'm more concerned about ineffective counsel.

 

[denisem]

I can see it now...."Casey's Couture" Clothing for Shot Girls & Pole Dancers~

Too much!

 

[LisaR]

Her name was April Whalen, OSCaseyAnthony tweeted the article link from 2007.

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2007-12-26/news/cfbriefs26_1_1_orange-county-christmas-day-christmas-celebration

Very interesting that the child was underwater for up to twenty minutes but the family STILL called authorities to try to save the toddler.

Very interesting that they called 911 after the child was under water for 20 minutes. Who does that? I know if my child was under water for 20 minutes, I would duct tape her up and let a meter reader drag her decomposed remains around the woods for six months. Eh........I guess every family responds in a different way.

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

How convenient! Yes, please update.

How'd I do?

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

I can see it now...."Casey's Couture" Clothing for Shot Girls & Pole Dancers~

Fits right in with Baez's bikini companies. No doubt he'll be looking for another profession.

Very interesting that they called 911 after the child was under water for 20 minutes. Who does that? I know if my child was under water for 20 minutes, I would duct tape her up and let a meter reader drag her decomposed remains around the woods for six months. Eh........I guess every family responds in a different way.

And no doubt somewhere out there is an "expert" who will testify to that.

 

[Mosoh]

Is Dr. Lee still on the defense list. I thought he left

 

[Kurby]

not that it matters (i dont' think) but why was april in jail?

did it have something to do with the death of her daughter?

 

[mrsksomeday]

Very interesting that they called 911 after the child was under water for 20 minutes. Who does that? I know if my child was under water for 20 minutes, I would duct tape her up and let a meter reader drag her decomposed remains around the woods for six months. Eh........I guess every family responds in a different way.

Maybe Kronk wasn't available and they figured they better call the authorities?

 

[Kurby]

this is april.

from a 2004 arrest - dont know if she was there and left just after casey got in or if she was rearrested for somthing and went back

i'm trying to find some info

 

[Kurby]

from websleuths

Originally Posted by grandmaj
OK so April Whalen's daughter drowned in a pool, she was a prisoner at Orange County with Casey, and as LMax pointed out this April's birthday just happens to be June 16th?

OMG the fantasy world continues even behind bars. No wonder Baez is upset the State may just have to blow his case out of the water with this little bombshell.

 

[Kurby]

it was a son that april had.

here's the news report


"Breaking news from around Central Florida
CENTRAL FLORIDA - The Area - In BriefDecember 26, 2007ORANGE COUNTY -- An Orange County family is mourning the loss of a toddler who drowned in a backyard pool during a Christmas celebration Tuesday afternoon.

The 15-month-old boy's grandfather found him in the pool at their home in the 9800 block of Heaton Court in eastern Orange County about 3:30 p.m., said Deputy Carlos Padilla, sheriff's spokesman.

A miscommunication between several adults at the home left Isaiah Whalen unattended, and he fell into the water, Padilla said.

Authorities think Isaiah may have been underwater for up to 20 minutes before he was found. The child was rushed to Florida Hospital East, where he later died.

Orange County Fire Rescue said it responded to an "unusually high" number of calls on preventable injuries on Christmas Day.

The department encouraged people to watch small children during holiday celebrations and designate a person to watch swimming pools or keep them secure.

The Sheriff's Office child-abuse unit is investigating the death."

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

this is april.

from a 2004 arrest - dont know if she was there and left just after casey got in or if she was rearrested for somthing and went back

i'm trying to find some info

This is from 2004 too...looks like same person, 2 different mug shots. I guess it could be the same offense tho...look at how many mugshots there are of Casey. Looks like April had a tough life.

 

[Carnie]

Meth is a bad, bad drug.

 

[Kurby]

she looks like shes been through the ringer.

can't seem to find anything from her 2008 arrest. no mug shot no info at all.

 

[mrsksomeday]

April was arrested on April 24, 2011 (transportation violation) and went to the Orange County Jail, here is a link of that mugshot:


http://www.jailbase.com/en/arrested/fl-occ/2011-04-14/arpil-lynne-whalen-11014597


Everyone said if that is what happened to Caylee why wait 3 years to say it? My opinion looks like Casey didn't have the drowning story to use until April of this year.

 

[Heidict]

Meth is a bad, bad drug.

I was just thinking the same thing. She has the classic meth user look. So sad.