April 2, 2009
Wesh2.com
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Another round of questioning took place on Thursday in the case against Casey Anthony.
Anthony's attorney, Jose Baez, scheduled depositions with three corrections officers and private investigator Jim Hoover. Hoover volunteered his services to the Anthony family.
Corrections Sgt. Johnny Richardson would not talk Thursday to the media about what role he played on Dec. 11, 2008, which is the day the defense team claims Richardson was involved in taking Casey to a jail nursing station.
Once there, video cameras recorded her appearing to double over repeatedly as breaking news coverage of the discovery of a child's remains played on the nurses' TV, sources have told WESH.
Those remains turned out to be those of her daughter, Caylee. Anthony is charged with first-degree murder in connection with Caylee's death and is awaiting trial in Orange County Jail.
A childhood friend of Anthony, KioMarie Cruz, was questioned on Wednesday. She wouldn't comment on the deposition. The Cruz deposition lasted just under two hours and wasn't open to the public.
In the past, Cruz told investigators that the wooded area where the remains of Caylee Anthony were found was called "The Zone" by Anthony and her.
An attorney for the Anthonys, Brad Conway, has tried to distance his clients from Cruz.
"She sold her story to the Enquirer, and I don't know what the exact number is, but what I've been told is that it was somewhere around the amount of $20,000, so I wouldn't put any stock in what she has to say, and people are crawling out of the woodwork to make statements about Casey Anthony, and most of it is just not true," Conway said.
Baez tried to subpoena some records on Wednesday that he said was critical to his client's defense, but the petition to keep the records secret from the state and public was denied.
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