Much of the United States erupted in outrage at the news that Casey Anthony was acquitted of murder. Bloggers and citizens asked: What was wrong with the jury? Couldn’t these 12 people see through her lies? Even if they had been sequestered for the trial, the media had been reporting her loose relationship with truth for years.
Read Casey Anthony’s top 10 alleged lies on Investigation Discovery.
Lies, however, do not prove that Anthony committed murder. Even Wendy Murphy, the feminist lawyer who vociferously supports battered mothers and abused children, predicted that Casey Anthony would walk. Why? The prosecution did not have proof, beyond a reasonable doubt, that she committed the crime.
Read Wendy Murphy: Why Casey Anthony will be acquitted, on PatriotLedger.com.
Psychologists have had a field day with the case. The Psychology Today website has 17 posts, by various experts, on the topic. They’ve covered many aspects of the case, including Why do moms kill? and The science of jury selection.
Visit Not Guilty: The case of Casey on PsychologyToday.com.
Lovefraud readers are probably in agreement that Casey Anthony is somewhere on the narcissist-sociopath-psychopath scale. How did she get that way? She had to inherit the genetics from somewhere in her family tree. Then, since the origin of sociopathy is a mixture of genetic and environmental factors, her dysfunctional family probably played a role in the development of the disorder. Maybe she was, as the defense claimed, abused by her father.
In the end, we don’t know how Casey Anthony acquired her sociopathic traits. But I am fairly confident in predicting that at some point, because of her sociopathy, Casey Anthony will crash and burn.
Sociopaths as failures
As a group, sociopaths tend to be failures. They end up with health issues, financial problems and legal problems. They usually die sooner than people who are not personality disordered.
Just this week, I’ve received news about three of our True Lovefraud Stories:
James Montgomery: My ex-husband, who now lives in Australia, tried to hook up with a woman a few years ago and invited her to visit him. She did, and was not impressed. When he fell asleep on the couch, she snuck away and never talked to him again. The woman just saw Montgomery at a train station and reports, “He’s the size of an elephant, has a long white beard and dresses like a hippie.” So much for the guy who promised me that we’d be living “in the lap of luxury.”
Brian Ellington: I hear about this guy more than anyone else profiled on Lovefraud. The most recent news is that he was arrested again in New York City on June 11, 2011. The charges: drug possession with intent to distribute.
Anthony Owens: A commenter submitted this to the “Fight Bigamy” blog: “Bishop Anthony Owens passed away in a hospital on Tuesday, July 05, 2011 in a hospital in Memphis, TN. Funeral services is incomplete at this time.” Anthony Owens was not yet 40 years old.
So although sociopaths have highly inflated opinions of themselves, usually the charade falls apart. I’m sure that sooner or later, Casey Anthony will screw up on a large enough scale to put her out of circulation. Even sociopaths who skated for a long time eventually failed. Look at O.J. Simpson. Look at Bernie Madoff.
I would just like to seem them fail sooner, and with less collateral damage to the rest of us.
UPDATE 7/15/11:
Just got more information on exactly how James Montgomery was “dressed as a hippie.” Apparently there are hippie communes where Montgomery now lives in Australia, and my source speculates that he has joined one because that’s the only way he can afford to live. Here’s what she said:
He was wearing: red/orange pants, hippie sandles, caftan like long top to ankles in multiple colours, big round glasses with pink lenses, long scarf draped around his neck and over his shoulder nearly touching the ground and a hat which looked like a beanie. A long white beard probably about 12/15inches long and I would say weighing about 150 to 175 kilos or more (330 to 385 pounds). Imagine a man 6ft 2ins tall 175 kgs and wearing that get up!!!
Thanks Donna for some welcome news regarding Casey Anthony and I totally agree, She will slip up at some later stage but at what cost to the rest of society. I was following the trial closely enough and felt there was sufficient evidence to convict and was sickened at the verdict. I could not look at her face and it brought back the crazy feelings of my own experience….that feeling They are getting away with stuff because people are actually too normal to see through the shallow affect….most people would assume she was damaged or a victim of some terrible previous abuse at the hands of her father or parents…but maybe her parents were the victim of her psychopathy….I don’t know but it sure isn’t making sense, or adding up…in fact it’s a crazy making jumble of lies so consistent with psychopaths.
While P’s do slip up, they also lose a lot of their P snaring ability as they age, which takes them down. Loss of physical attractiveness, due to their lack of self control, really shows up in middle age. They are so pleasure oriented and deny themselves nothing that food/drugs/alcohol, decadent sexual behavior etc start to really deteriorate their bodies. That starts to depress the P, causing more self-medicating and the circle begins. Also, I’ve noticed many no longer sleep/rest well. I would believe that’s a direct result of their behavior ‘haunting’ them, for lack of a better word. Many turn to drugs to rest/sleep. So, while they ‘get away’ with many things ‘up front’,’chickens do come home to roost’. Reap what they sow. They finally are so insane from lack of peace/rest and ability to ‘con’ to get their ‘fixes’ off other people they exist in their own self made hell.
The thing P’s don’t see is: “It ain’t over, till it’s over.”
Bulletproof and Twice Betrayed:
You two have hit the nail on the head. Bulletproof hit it by saying that they are getting away with everything because people just don’t see it, don’t get it. That one I struggle with big time; drives me crazy to see that no one around them gets it. But then Twice Betrayed makes me see that they are miserable really and I know this. My X spath didn’t sleep much and probably because he is tormented. He still looks really young though despite being 44 and drinking a lot and also in good physical shape without working out. I’m not sure at all how he is pulling it all off…maybe he just has good physical genes, I don’t know, but it WILL catch up with him and I think he knows it. I think it’s why he keeps his family around because at least then when he crashes and burns he will have them if no one else. That’s my theory anyway. And here’s what I always wonder…don’t they run out of people to con at some point? I mean especially like my X spath…he does all this crap at work. Well, there are only so many people at work which is making me believe that he is probably starting to plot his next move as to where he is going to be next. The company tends to move executives around so he’ll have new meat to pursue.
Keeping Jaycee in my head for inspiration!
Good point about spaths dying sooner than most. It’s funny…my X spath told me that his grandfather died at 54 and his dad died at 54. He is convinced he is also going to die at 54. If that’s true, he has 10 years. There is definitely genetics going on there. I didn’t know his grandfather or father, but makes me wonder now if they were spaths. Hmmmm…
Louise: 44 is still young enough to look good. I’ve noticed 50 is a major turning point in many of them. Hormones start to really slow down then. The P is usually heavily hormonally fueled. In the male P’s sexual ability begins to wane and panic REALLY sets in. Hang tight…time is on YOUR side. Yes, they always keep a small circle of family/spouses etc to run to when they are out of ‘juice’ from others. They never run out of people, because they change their area/surroundings/circumstances. Mine even hit another continent!
Twice Betrayed:
Haha, I’m not sure why I see 44 as being old already. I am 47; maybe that’s why. Mine is definitely testosterone fueled and I wondered how it wasn’t slowing down by now. I can’t even begin to imagine him in his 20s!!! Which makes me believe that he probably always has cheated on his wife. There’s no way she was providing all he needed. Anyway. I could see him panicking when it all starts to wane.
Yep, exactly! They change their surroundings all the time. Very eye opening. Mine also has changed countries. I am convinced he is plotting right now to move away from here with his job so he can have new blood.
Thanks, TB!!
When you compare the casey trial to the Scot PEtersen trial….there was never any cause of death determined for Laci either….but yet the Casey jury seemed “hung up” on the CAUSE of death of the little girl which didn’t make a bit of sense to me. To me, “cause’ of death didn’t mean jack!
Unless that “smoke bomb” that her lawyer threw about her dad and her and the accidental drowning in the pool, but THAT WAS SUCH (TO ME) A MADE UP BLATANT LIE that I could have convicted her just on him saying that without a bit of evidence to back it up. It was all a SMOKE SCREEN and the jury bought it.
Proves to me that no matter how “stooopid” people can be, someone will always go lower….the interesting thing too, is that with the biological background of her lawyer, he seems to also be pretty high in psychopathic traits or at least a DISORDERED LIFE….and it is DISHONEST for an attorney to present in opening arguments what he KNOWS is a lie….he said in an interview afterward it was a “good faith” argument, i.e. he BELIEVED IT….(head shaking here) I doubt that very much, but how can you prove someone didn’t believe such a wild arse story? You can’t, of course. But that doesn’t mean I know have a pretty good idea he is full of sheet!
The only good I can see coming out of this is that I do believe that Casey WILL self destruct….and that possibly the national ANGER that this case has generated will help some children in the future. With the outrage over this trial AND the Jaycee Dugard book/interview coming out with the proof that the US and state Parole boards and the parole officers DID NOT DO THEIR JOBS, not even half way, which resulted in her being held for 18 years….maybe these two trials/stories will help put some fire crackers (no, better yet, dynamite!) under the butts of some law enforcement agencies about SEX offenders and other psychopaths.
Louise: LOLOLOLOL! I remember when I was 29 about to hit 30, I thought I was SO OLD! AHAHAHAHA!
Well, I married one of my P’s when he was in his 20’s and he was something else. After being single thru most of my 20’s and alone, he was a love bomb! Good looking as Brad Pitt, strong as Arnie, voice like Tom Jones and sweet as sugar, I was knocked off my feet. Somewhere deep in my being a little voice said: “This dreamboat is going to become your worse nightmare.” Uh huh…..he did. That was that red flag warning I ignored. MISTAKE! Now….he’s fat, bald, diabetic, high blood pressure and has ED. Did that stop him…nope. Did himself in with a very large, domineering female with a crime family background and two VERY large sons, who would/could squash my X like a pea and my X is a big strong man. My X spends his time running and doing what the fam says. BWAHAHAHAHA! Sorry, couldn’t resist the chuckle.
I love this segment “although sociopaths have highly inflated opinions of themselves, usually the charade falls apart.”
Anyone watching how Tiger Woods life changed when his charade fell apart? It’s STILL falling apart. NO respect. Lost the thing that defined him, his ability to play mindboggling golf. Lost the people’s honor. Lost the regard of his wife/family. A joke to the world.
What a POS.
Justice for most is us just isn’t gonna happen. But it happens enough elsewhere to feel vicarious satisfaction.
Hello lovefraud family. Haven’t posted in a while. Had to get my sorry self in alcohol rehab.
I agree with Donna, they eventually crash or burn.
It is hillarious about Mr. Montgomery the fact that he is as huge as an elephant and looks like a hippie. They really have no shame whatsoever. NONE at all. There is no such thing as embarassment to them. No soul, no conscience. He will eventually pass away of something related to his only thought process in life, which is self gratification and major deadly sin (sloth, glutony).
Met another SP in rehab. I hate myself for it. I saw the symptoms, but I was drawn to the charm. He was the “loser in aluminum foil” as described by another member here. It would be life draining to tell how he manipulated me and tried to destroy me. They, (our love fraud’s) never cease to shock me.
He is in jail now for stalking me and also stealing 17 identities in my condo association. I live in the harbor and literally 10 feet from the ocean. He broke into several of the boats docked in the harbor and had the audacity to store stolen items in my parking stall. He also had stolen credit cards and checks mailed to my mailbox, which I knew nothing about because he got to my mailbox before I did to intercept these items. They were later discovered in his vehicle after his arrest. I can’t believe this happened to me again.
Can someone tell me why they have the most DISGUSTING ticks in the world? Me and his sponsor were just discussing this the other day. His sponsor is someone that he also victimized going into business with. Again, it would be a hundred page letter to tell you about the shocking things he did to both of us. Well anyway, he used to twist the very end of his penis. He didn ‘t wear underwear so most of the time he did this, he would have his hand in his pocket to do it in order to hide this disgusting habit. But I once saw him do this when he didn’t know I was watching and he was like in a trance and using the computer (which I thinkg he was doing identity theft at the time). It was disgusting and disturbing to see this.
His sponsor told me that his neighbor called him one day while he was over helping him fix a fence and said she saw him eating a sandwhich by her house and “groping” himself. He was doing the twisting of his penis thing when he didn’t know anyone was watching.
I don’t know, I just noticed in the SP’s I’ve encountered the fact that they have some sort of a disgusting nervous tick going on.
Yes, eventually, they crash or burn. They only live for the moment, which is why they are so reckless.