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Casey Leaves Court After Skull Pix Shown

Experts Found Chloroform Searches On Casey Anthony's Home PC

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Casey Anthony cried, dabbed her eyes with a tissue and looked away as pictures of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee's skull were displayed in court Thursday morning.
 Casey Anthony was removed from the courtroom Thursday afternoon after appearing very fragile after photos of her daughter's skulls were shown during the testimony by the medical examiner.

Anthony began to rock back and forth, breathe deeply and hold her head in the palm of her hand as Dr. Gary Utz, the Orange/Osceola County Chief Deputy Medical Examiner, showed pictures of Caylee Anthony's remains, including graphic photos of her skull.

Anthony did not look up as photos were shown, but the photos were described in graphic detail.

A few jurors could be seen wiping their faces and others glanced away as more photos were shown of the December 2008 discovery of the toddler's remains.

Anthony was escorted out of the courtroom by a deputy about 3:15 p.m. without the jury present. Judge Belvin Perry brought the jury back in at 3:30 p.m. and recessed for the day, giving jurors no reason for the early dismissal.

Earlier in the 14th day of the trial, Perry warned people in the courtroom that graphic photos would be shown. He asked anyone who might become queasy to leave during a short recess before prosecutors called a crime scene investigator from the Orange County Sheriff's Office.

A crime scene investigator who photographed the scene guided jurors through it via the pictures she took. She identified several items that were also found with the remains, including a strip of duct tape found across the front of the skull. Other items included a white canvas bag, a black plastic bag, a red plastic Disney bag and a pair of child's shorts.

The judge asked that all photos depicting the girl's skull be blurred and not shown over the courtroom video feed that is being broadcast on multiple local and national news stations.

Casey Anthony's parents, George and Cindy Anthony, left the courtroom before the photos were shown. It was the first day since the trial started that they were not there for at least part of the testimony.

A deputy medical examiner also detailed a series photos taken of evidence collected from the scene.

He said that an examination of the duct tape covering Caylee's skull showed multiple pieces still affixed to it.

"The pieces of tape were attached to each other," Dr. Gary Utz said. "They were not separated...It appeared to be more than one (piece)."

Earlier in the day, jurors heard a 911 tape from December 11, 2008, when a utility worker said he found the skull in the woods not far from the Anthony home.

Casey Anthony's brother, Lee, also testified Thursday that his sister told him a nanny took her daughter in June 2008 because she didn't believe the Orlando woman was being a good mother. It was his second time on the stand.

Lee Anthony testified that his sister told him about the nanny while she was free on bond in August 2008. According to his testimony, Casey Anthony told him the nanny, called Zanny, met her in an Orlando park and held her down with the help of her sister.

He said his sister told him "it was Zanny's opinion that Casey was not being a good mother for Caylee and that she was taking Caylee from her to teach her a lesson."

Lee Anthony said his sister told him the nanny told her not to go to the police. According to testimony, Casey Anthony told her brother she didn't try to stop the nanny from taking the child because she was scared and "didn't know what to do."

He said Casey Anthony told him the nanny had taken control of her MySpace account and was sending her messages that instructed her where to go as she searched for Caylee. He said his sister told him she had to "fulfill obligations" in order to see the child again.

According to Lee Anthony's testimony, she said the nanny changed his sister's password for her MySpace account to timer55. He said Casey Anthony told him the password had something to do with the number of days between the date Caylee was taken and Aug. 9, 2008, when the child would have turned 3.

"It was her hope she would get her back on that day," Lee Anthony testified.

Testimony began Thursday with defense attorney Jose Baez cross-examining John Dennis Bradley, a computer forensic expert who testified Wednesday about Internet searches he found on the Anthony family's desktop computer.

He testified Wednesday that someone had searched the website Sci-spot.com for "chloroform" 84 times on March 21, 2008, months before Caylee disappeared.

Casey Anthony Trial Archive

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* Day 9: Jurors See Hair Evidence From Trunk
* Day 8: Jurors Hear Casey's 1st Police Interview
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* Day 6: Jury Hears Grandmother's 911 Calls
* Day 5: Casey's Mom, Ex-Boyfriend Testify
* Day 4: Wrecker: Anthony's Car Smelled Of Death
* Day 3: Ex-Boyfriend: Anthony Calm Before Arrest
* Day 2: Neighbor Says Anthony Borrowed Shovel
* Day 1: Anthony Trial Opens With Accusations
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