From WESH 2 Orlando:
All weekend, two official sources who spoke to WESH 2 News on the condition of anonymity, said they have been recovering more human remains in the wooded area along Suburban Drive near the home of missing Caylee Anthony.
According to one investigator, at least two dozen bones have been discovered so far, in addition to a skull with light long hair consistent with a female child.
Investigators and Casey Anthony's defense team said they are operating under the assumption that the remains are those of the missing 2-year-old.
Investigators said they're still trying to determine why the child's mouth was taped shut with duct tape. At this point they said they do not believe this was meant to look like the child was killed by a kidnapper.
Investigators said they believe Caylee's body was dumped at the location in the woods shortly after she was killed. The bag full of human child remains was discovered by a meter reader, who went into the woods to relieve himself.
Sources have described a small "bone trail" found outside the garbage bag, leading them to suspect that it was likely submerged for an unknown period of time and some of the remains floated out of the bag or were scattered by animals.
For the first time, WESH 2 News has also confirmed that the child's body was wrapped in some sort of "covering" inside the bag.
According to sources, it was the covering -- along with the trash bag and duct tape -- that investigators said they believe are tied to the Anthony house nearby on Hopespring Drive.
On Saturday, it was confirmed that a portion of the remains were flown to the FBI crime lab in Quantico, Va. Test results to attempt to match the remains with Caylee's DNA are expected to take at least a week.
One investigator said that it was difficult to have seen the video and pictures of Caylee's smiling face and come to the realization that it appears her remains were simply dumped in the woods.
"It was cold," one source told WESH 2 News. "That's where the punch in the gut was."
Investigators said their reactions to the findings have ranged from elated to overwhelmed.
At this point, sources said they are pleased with the evidence taken from the Anthony home late last week during the execution of a search warrant.
Those items included vacuum cleaners inside, which investigators said they hoped some sort of hair or fiber evidence could still be of value to the case against Casey Anthony.
She is charged with first-degree murder in connection with her daughter's disappearance and presumed death.
When notified Thursday of the discovery of the remains, witnesses said Casey Anthony started sobbing and asked for a sedative.
When asked how his client was doing, Jose Baez said she "is not doing very well at all."
Thirty technicians from the FBI's Evidence Response Team have joined Orange County's crime scene investigators at the wooded area about a quarter-mile from the Anthony home.
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