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Cindy Anthony Calls 9-1-1 - Reports Caylee Is Missing

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By Charles Montaldo, About.com

'Smells Like a Dead Body In the Damn Car'

July 15, 2008

The Anthonys located their daughter Casey after a towing company contacted them about having their car which Casey regularly drove.

Caylee was not with Casey and at first Casey did not offer any details about her whereabouts.

At some point she told her brother and her parents that Caylee had been missing 31 days and the toddler was taken by her nanny, Zanie. She said she had not contacted the police yet because she was trying to do her own investiation into getting Caylee back.

Cindy immediately drove Casey to a police station, but it was closed. She called 9-1-1 and requested a police officer come to her home to arrest her daughter for car theft and for stealing money.

In a second call to 9-1-1 Cindy told the dispatcher that Caylee had been missing for 31 days and that Casey admitted she had not called the police because she had been trying to find the child herself. She then added, "There's something wrong. I found my daughter's car today and it smells like there's been a dead body in the damn car."

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