Grandmother's call goes from calm to frantic

Marva Hinton 07/25/2008 06:15:48



We're hearing Caylee Anthony's mother, Casey, speak for the first time.

The Orange County Sheriff's Office has released the 911 tapes from the night Caylee was reported missing.

Cindy Anthony, the child's grandmother, makes two 911 calls that night. During the first call, she calmly asks that her daughter, Casey, be arrested for stealing her car and mentions that her granddaughter might be missing. In the second call, she's frantic.

"There's something wrong," Cindy said. "I found my daughter's car today, and it smells like there's been a dead body in the damn car."

Then the dispatcher asks her to put Casey on the phone.

"Can you tell me a little bit what's going on?" she asked.

"My daughter's been missing for the last 31 days," said Casey.

"Why are you calling now?" asked the dispatcher. "Why didn't you call 31 days ago?"

I've been looking for her and have gone through other resources to try to find her, which was stupid," said Casey.

The 22-year-old mom also tells the dispatcher that she believes her long-time babysitter, Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzales, has the child.

So far, investigators haven't been able to find Fernandez-Gonzales or even confirm if she exists.