When I first heard about this, my first thought was that the mom, Casey, may have accidentally caused her daughter's death, possibly by leaving her in the car in the Florida heat for awhile, because from seeing pictures of Caylee and Casey together, I just couldn't fathom that Casey would have purposefully caused her daughter's death.
Then after I saw they had a pool, and hearing about the flurry of phone calls to her parents, Caylee drowning in the pool seemed probable. If Caylee is dead and it is found to have been accidental, what I can't understand is why Casey wouldn't have reported the accident immediately.
Here's my theory, LOL. I think somehow Caylee died accidentally while under Casey's care, probably in the pool. Immediately Casey tried to call her parents numerous times but couldn't get ahold of anyone. Then, realizing the enormity of the situation, her mind can't grasp the fact that her beautiful, darling daughter is dead, and Casey snaps, disassociating herself from the events, devises the kidnapping scheme, and in her mind, has convinced herself the kidnapping is what really happened.
I think that Casey has had a psychotic break, secondary from not being able to accept that she caused her daughter's death. I came up with this theory because, no matter how self-centered Casey is, no matter if she is a big-time party girl, from looking at all those pictures of Caylee with Casey, how they always have big smiles on their faces, I cannot for the life of me, believe that Casey could be so cold and callous, and seemingly uncaring about the disappearance of her daughter.
Who knows? Stranger things have happened. Nothing makes sense about this case. I know I would be a screaming, hysterical lunatic if my almost 3yo daughter went missing. It is just so sad.