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Originally Posted by Choker
If your kid accidently drowned it is very likely you would get charged with child neglect and a few more charges. In my opinion the state has not shown evidence the body was ever in the trunk. She lived with her Father and the child drowned in the Fathers pool, likely he would be charged also. What if he was the only person home when she drowned?
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I live just a few miles from the Anthony home. Sadly here in central FL several children accidentally drown every year. Just a few weeks ago a family from Tenn was visiting friends here and their child drown in the hosts pool. Tourist come to Disney and their children drown in the hotel pools. Its such a preventable death and yet it happens over and over.
I can't remember a time when it was reported that charges were filed or when the family tried to hide the fact the child accidentally drowned. That doesn't mean it hasn't happened. It just rarely happens.
I don't know what the exact laws are regarding pools but there are ones like they must be surrounded by a certain height fence with a locked gate. If a homeowner has complied with all the rules and the child has still managed to drown its unlikely neglect charges would be filed which is what happens the overwhelming majority of the time.
As for the body in the trunk the state provided....
The hair sample with the band which comes from a decomposing body.
I believe it was stated there were the flies associated with a decomposing body.
It was stated by several people that smelled the trunk and had previously smelled human decomposition that it was the same smell which is unique and unforgettable.
Then there is the air samples that were tested. Even though they were controversial they were admitted and allowed as evidence. Those samples say that a decomposing body was in the trunk.
Now if the defense wants to say that the child accidentally drowned they need to show how the body made it to the woods. They are going to try and pin something on the meter reader. I'd like to know every step after the child's body was removed from the pool and it needs to be a better explanation with evidence than what the prosecutors have provided with the trunk.