More Gruesome Testimony In Casey Anthony Trial
ORLANDO (CBS4) –A day after falling ill when jurors saw pictures of her 2-year-old daughter's skull, Casey Anthony returned to an Orlando courtroom, to hear more gruesome testimony as her murder trial resumed.
She broke down in tears and starting shaking when a professor of anthropology testified that some of her daughter Caylee's bones had been chewed on by animals. She was immediately comforted by defense attorney Dorothy Simms.
Professor John J. Schultz of the University of Central Florida, told jurors how a team of forensics people carefully searched the wooded area, marking with tiny flags the locations where the child's bones were found.
Prosecutors resumed Friday where they left off when Judge Belvin Perry ended proceedings a day earlier after Anthony felt sick and had to leave the courtroom.
On Friday morning, jurors saw photos of the tattered and torn shorts and shirt Caylee was wearing when she died. Later, as they viewed pictures of Caylee's bones, Anthony looked down, covering her mouth with her fist.
Scuffle At The Courthouse
The trial is apparently the hottest seat in town. Prior to the start of Friday's proceedings, Orlando police had to break up a scuffle among people gathering for a chance to watch the trial.
According to WKMG-TV, more than 100 people gathered early Friday near the Orange County Courthouse. Some people had been waiting since 1 a.m. The TV station reports that police were called after a scuffle broke out as people jockeyed for position.
Court officials don't allow potential spectators to line up until 5:30 a.m. Only the first 50 in line are allowed to watch the murder trial from inside the courtroom.
WKMG reports that as the group ran to get in line early Friday, a woman was knocked down and had to be taken away in an ambulance.
Anthony is accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, in 2008.
On Thursday, the judge was forced to recess court early after Casey Anthony got sick.
Judge Belvin Perry ended proceedings about an hour and a half early, closing the most intense day of evidence so far, which included jurors seeing photos of Caylee Anthony's decomposed skull.
Prosecutors say she used duct tape to suffocate her daughter in the summer of 2008. The defense contends Caylee drowned in her grandparents' pool.
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