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Dozens Visit Makeshift Memorial In Memory Of Caylee Anthony

ORLANDO (CBS4) – Less than 24 hours after Casey Anthony was released from jail, a steady stream of people have left flowers and stuffed animals in a wooded area where her daughter Caylee's remains were found in December 2008.


Toys now fill the area. It's a wooded section of land near her family's home. For many who visited the site, it's a day of painful memories. One teen arrived carrying a stuffed animal, took off his flip flops and walked through the six inches of muddy water that filled the area. He put down the plush toy, said a prayer and turned to leave. As he approached dry ground, a stranger gave him a hug and said, "Thank you." He broke down and began sobbing, holding the woman tight. For a moment, the two strangers shared a moment that many here are feeling.

The mood was quite different at the jail just after midnight, though, when Caylee's mom Casey walked out a free woman.

"Boo!" yelled people in the crowd waiting outside, "Baby killer," another said.

Many felt they just watched a killer go free.

"Do not pass judgment," yelled one man, "our maker will do that".

"She got away with it," yelled another as the SUV carrying Anthony sped off into the night.

"Karma," one woman said smiling and wagging her finger.

That is when the crowd broke out chanting "Justice for Caylee. Justice for Caylee."

Casey Anthony Released From Jail

Back in Caylee's neighborhood, friends and complete strangers walked quietly from the site where her body was found to her home, trying to keep the focus on her and her short life.

"We can look up right now and see a cloud, it has a shining spot in the middle. I find that very ironic, I believe that could be Caylee," said Michelle Kentz as she walked with her children."

When the crowd returned to the site, the organizer reminded people, "I want you to know this is not the site where Caylee's remains are, this is where she lives on, her memory."

While people there are trying to find something good in all this, it's been hard especially not knowing how she died and that no one is paying the price.

"It's terrible," Heather Murray sighed, "you have this overwhelming sadness that comes upon you when you come over here."

Also Sunday afternoon 40 to 50 people staged a walk to remember Caylee Anthony and urge support of the so-called "Caylee's Law." Introduced in Florida earlier this month by state Rep. Bill Hager of Boca Raton, the law would require a parent or guardian to report a missing or deceased child within 24 hours. The law is named after Caylee because Casey Anthony did not report her daughter missing for 31 days.

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