With less than three days to go before the start of the Casey Anthony first degree murder trial, her mother, Cindy will be headed to the Orange County Jail to visit on Saturday morning.
Cindy is scheduled to have a video visitation with Casey around 9:00 am, on May 7th. The visit is slated to conclude around 9:45 am. In line with jail procedures, Casey will not be told of her mother’s visit until sometime between 7:00 to 7:30 am, tomorrow. The video visit between mother and daughter will be recorded, a statement from the jail said.
Meanwhile, jury selection is expected to get underway next Monday, May 9, although the location from where jurors will be selected remains confidential, in line with a decision taken by Judge Belvin Perry.
Because of media coverage of the Casey Anthony case for nearly three years, it was felt that she could not get a fair trial in Orange County and so, at a minimum, jurors would come from another location.
Some media outlets have challenged Perry’s ruling on keeping the location of jury selection confidential, arguing that that information should be made public. A Daytona Appeals Court is to rule on the issue later today.
Perry has signaled that if his decision is overturned, the start of the trial could be delayed. He is still to rule on whether air samples taken from Casey’s car trunk found can be introduced by the state.
Anthony is charged with first degree murder in the death of her two-year-old daughter, Caylee. She has maintained her innocence, saying originally that her daughter was kidnapped by a baby sitter. The child’s remains were found in a wooded area near the Anthony family home, in December 2008.
It is unclear what Casey’s defense team’s strategy will be, now that the ‘baby sitter kidnapping’ theory has fallen apart.
The clock continues to tick down to the start of Casey’s trial.
