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Padilla: Bond Will Be Revoked Saturday

Friday, August 29, 2008 2:38:25 AM
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ORLANDO --  Bounty hunter Leonard Padilla said Casey Anthony's bond will be revoked on Saturday. She’ll then be booked back into the Orange County Jail.

The news comes one day after news leaked air samples taken from Anthony's trunk showed a body was decomposing inside.

Deputies also are pouring over the results of DNA tests, but won't release the results. 

Published reports said Anthony may be offered a limited immunity deal if she will lead them to the child.

So far, the State Attorney's Office is remaining tight lipped about any possible deal in the works.

Padilla Fears Caylee Is Dead

Although Padilla said Wednesday he thinks Caylee is still alive, on Thursday he said he fears she is dead.

"I've had a lot of friends of hers say she couldn't have harmed the baby,” said Padilla. “She loved her too much. It had to be an accident. She had to cover it up. That's exactly what they've said several of them."

Padilla was hoping Casey would be more cooperative after getting out of jail, but said that's just never happened. 

He said he now fears about Casey's safety, saying she's getting death threats.

Padilla is also on the record saying Casey has mental problems and that whatever charges she ends up facing, she'll likely plead not guilty by reason of insanity.

Casey Meets With Lawyer

Casey spent hours Thursday at her lawyer's office in Kissimmee.

However, she ran in and out, ducking our cameras both times.

She has been informed she'll likely be thrown back in jail.

Jose Baez, her attorney, said Thursday he feared this might happen by such a high profile bounty hunter.  

“Well you know that's disappointing to hear,” said Baez. “You know I feel that Mr. Padilla came here and he gave me his word, and until he tells me otherwise, I'm going to hold him to his word -- that he wasn't going to come down here, get his 15 minutes of fame (and) then throw her back in jail.”

Casey has another visit with her lawyer planned for Friday.

Padilla said he's not taking Casey back to jail on Friday as a courtesy, so she can finish that visit.

Sheriff's Office Not Talking About FBI Test Results

As for the Orange County Sheriff's Office, deputies said they continue to review evidence in the case, including the results of DNA testing that just came back from the FBI.

Deputies said they would meet Thursday with the State Attorney's Office about what comes next. However, they're remaining tight lipped about the results of those tests, and said for now, they are treating the case as if Caylee is still alive and out there somewhere.

“Investigators have a lot of information to look over,” said Capt. Angelo Nieves. “Make sure they look over that information with the State Attorney's Office, and make a determination on the information we're receiving. Again, we still continue to look for Caylee and try to locate her."

For now, deputies said they’re not talking about the possibility of re-arresting Casey, but they did say she is still not talking to investigators about what happened to her daughter.

Casey's Not Going Back To Jail, Cindy Said

Casey Anthony's mother Cindy spent of her evening Thursday hammering no trespassing signs on her front lawn.

She said, despite the day’s developments, Casey is not going back to jail, and she doesn't believe the results of the new air samples of Casey's car, even though she herself initially said the car smelled like a dead body.

"I got the car on the 15th of July,” said Cindy. “When they picked up from Amscot on the 30th of June there was no odor. (But what about the odor you said you smelled to the 911 operator?) That was 15 days later. I found rotten whatever it was -- something decomposing in there. Maybe someone put a body in the car after it went to the tow yard. Why don't you call them about their security?"

Cindy said she is frustrated the media is focusing too much on Casey, and is not out looking for the missing 3-year-old, who she insists is still alive.

Texas EquuSearch Join In Search

The newest group to join the search for Caylee met with sheriff's deputies Thursday.

The group Texas EquuSearch has been involved in over 900 missing persons cases, with one of the most notable being the case of missing high school student Natalie Holloway.
    
She vanished in Aruba in 2005 and was never found.

The group said while members haven't gotten any information from Casey on the whereabouts of their daughter, they're vowing to do what they can in the outside chance Caylee will be found safe.

"We're holding onto that miracle, but we also know after this much time goes by, the ending is affected,” said Tim Miller from Texas EquuSearch. “So we're just coming in open minded and see if some of our resources may help.”

Miller said he doesn't know where they will even begin looking for Caylee.

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