Casey killed Caylee to cover up secret relationship, prosecution says in closing

Associated Press

ORLANDO, Fla.

Prosecutors told jurors today during closing arguments in the Casey Anthony murder trial that the woman killed her 2-year-old daughter Caylee because the child prevented her from having a relationship with a club promoter.

Prosecutor Jeff Ashton also said Anthony worried Caylee was getting to the age where she would have told Anthony’s parents that the woman was spending her days and nights with her boyfriend — not going to work and leaving Caylee with a nanny.

“Casey is very bright,” Ashton said. “Her lies are very detailed. ... But when Casey wants to do what Casey wants to do, she finds a way.”

Ashton’s arguments are expected to last through this morning. The defense will give its closing argument Sunday afternoon, and then the jury will begin its delibrations.

The case has played out on national TV since Caylee’s disappearance in the summer of 2008 and continued through her mother’s trial.

Casey Anthony was born in Warren in 1986 to George and Cindy Anthony, who lived in Howland before moving the family to Florida in 1989.

Watch for updates today on Vindy.com, and read the full story Monday in The Vindicator and on Vindy.com.