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Casey Anthony: 'someone's trying to trick a confession out of me'

Reported by: Cary Williams
Email: cwilliams@abcactionnews.com
Last Update: 3/06/2009 7:59 am
Casey Anthony, mother of Caylee Anthony
Casey Anthony, mother of Caylee Anthony

ORANGE COUNTY, FL -- New documents, more than 1,000 pages, were released Thursday providing details about Casey Anthony's arrest and personal life.

Casey (photos) was arrested last October after she and her attorney led cops on a bizarre chase, during which she switched cars several times before her arrest.

When officers caught up with her, she told them, "That was us trying to counteract the media from following us down to jail because our only intention was to take me down to the jail to surrender me before this happened. That was the only thing we were trying to accomplish."

According to transcripts, she told a sheriff's deputy, "I have had interest in helping law enforcement from the beginning. Unfortunately my hands were literally tied and I was put in a position where someone's trying to trick a confession out of me. That's not going to happen."

She went on to say, "I'll take this as far as I need to to prove my innocence, which I guess is my point in all this."

Casey is accused of murdering her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee Anthony (photos). The toddler had been missing since last June before her skeletal remains were found in a wooded area near Casey's home on December 11.  Trial is set for October.

Casey's attorney, Jose Baez, had already seen the material released on Thursday as part of discovery process.  He issued a statement via email,  "We are going to reserve comment on discovery releases until those times when the discovery is of some importance to the real evidence in this case."

Included in the newly released documents are pictures from Casey's Photobucket.com Web account showing skulls and skeletons kissing.

Around the time investigators say Caylee was murdered, Casey uploaded a poster that reads, "That's done."

There is also a photo of Caylee with a heart.  It's similar to the heart sticker that was found on duct tape placed across the dead child's mouth.

The documents also show that Casey's boyfriend, Tony Lazzaro, went undercover for detectives and wore a wire when he met with Casey's brother, Lee Anthony.

Lee told Tony that Casey never talked about a nanny, but he apparently tried to support Casey's story by saying he thought he remembered a Zenaida who "hung out" at the Anthony home.

Casey told investigators a babysitter named Zenaida Gonzalez took Caylee.  She now faces a defamation suit by a woman named Zenaida Gonzalez who says she never met Casey or Caylee.  Gonzalez claims the publicity has humiliated her and damaged her reputation.



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