ORLANDO, Florida (AP) -- The mother of a missing central Florida toddler was released from jail on $500,000 bail Thursday and ordered to return to her parents' home, where authorities will monitor her with an electronic ankle device.
Casey Anthony didn't report her daughter missing for 30 days, police say.
Casey Anthony didn't report her daughter missing for 30 days, police say.
Casey Anthony, 22, said nothing as she left the Orange County jail Thursday.
She faces charges of child neglect, making false statements and obstructing an investigation in the disappearance of 3-year-old Caylee, who has been missing since June.
Police say Casey Anthony lied to them and didn't report Caylee missing for more than a month. Caylee's grandmother reported her disappearance in July.
Anthony's attorney, Jose Baez, escorted her out of the jail under a black umbrella amid a throng of reporters. He got into a scuffle with a journalist, pushing him out of the way.
Anthony, who has been jailed since mid-July, was instructed to go to her parents' home and plug her electronic monitoring device into her phone, Orange County Corrections spokesman Allen Moore said.
A hearing in the case was scheduled Thursday morning, but Anthony was not expected to appear.
A group from a California bail bonds company flew to Florida on Sunday to help Clearwater-based bondsman Albert Estes post the bond. They said they believe Anthony might be more likely to talk about her daughter's disappearance if she were released from jail.
Anthony told investigators she left Caylee in an apartment with a nanny June 9. But investigators say the apartment had been empty for several months.
She told detectives she didn't immediately call authorities to report Caylee missing because she was conducting her own investigation, according to an affidavit.
But authorities say Anthony, a single mother, has shown no remorse or concern for Caylee under questioning. Cadaver-sniffing dogs detected a scent in her car, and hair, dirt and a strange stain were found in the trunk. Investigators are still awaiting FBI tests on that evidence.
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A neighbor told detectives Anthony had asked to borrow a shovel some time in June. Her father said she had stolen two gas cans from the garage and refused to let him get something from the trunk of her car. A boyfriend said she never told him in June that Caylee was missing.
Baez maintains his client is innocent and is waiting for the proper time and place to explain her behavior.
Why is it that there is NO national outrage at this. Yes there are a few people, god bless 'em, that are making noise over it, but really, there was more press over that Natalie Holloway case, and she may have actually been at partial fault for being in that situation.
Here we have this very young child, baby actually, missing for several months. Mom, arguable I know, that loves to party, sleep around, have a good old time without one smidgeon of parental responsibility. My kids leave my sight for more than 10 seconds and I am asking about them, or looking for them. Why is it that no one is starting a nationwide hunt for this child? Oh, that's right, there's no sex offender involved.
What we have here is the greatest perversion of trust possible. A mother abandoning (sadly possibly killing) her very young child. Throwing the child to the wolves as it were. What more heinous crime can be attested to? I can think of none.
I hope this child is found. I know the possibility is low that she will be found alive, but I keep that hope. If not, then I hope that the body can be found so that she can be laid to rest with dignity.
The mother on the other hand, if she is proven to be responsible, that bitch needs to die.
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