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!!!
Dear TD processing 1,
Well glad you got into rehab, but it is like “jail” I think, not a good place to meet someone for a relationshit. LOL
Sounds like he was “strange” all the way around….glad that you got away from him before more bad thins happened.
Congratulations on your rehab…I quit smoking and that was my “rehab”–still want once now and then but have made up my mind I will not give in….now is the diet and exercise rehab along with low sodium living!~ So we all have some things we need to do to help “rehabilitate” ourselves after the encounters with the psychopaths.
Welcome back to LF!
Thank you Ox Drover.
One day at a time darling.
In another life, I will blog about the update on my little girl and my current situation with my little boy, who is turning 5 soon!
Thanks for the welcome back.
TD, Yep, it is one day at a time, but I find as more One-days go by it gets easier and I get stronger. Nicotine is my drug of choice, and even now after about 2 years I still get hit with the “urge” once in a while, but as long as I relaize I am doing this for ME not someone else, I can resist. Funny (odd) how you can get alcoholics off of booze, and addicts off of other drugs but they still want to smoke! LOL I’ve seen to AA meetings years ago that looked like the fire department needed to be called there was so much smoke! LOL
Twice Betrayed:
HA, too funny!!! Isn’t it weird how sometimes the more gorgeous they are the uglier they get?? Hahaha!!! Sounds like yours got exactly what he deserved. Crime family background? Whew, he really got himself into some trouble!
Louise: LOL=you are so right! ;p
Twice Betrayed:
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tdpprocessing1- Yes let me share with you in the laughter and mirth at the elephant shaped spectacle of Montgomery in another disguise as long bearded Hippie LMAO….mine had a beard too towards the end, I think it was to hide behind as I stared into the abyss of his eyes..he had a moustache too…Last seen beard and moustache shaved off, smart new layered haircut looking pristine in a new disguise as he suryeyed the new hunting ground….yes He is young but his time will come too when He will crash and burn…what a pleasant feeling and prospect.
Still bitter, It’s not half as raw as it used to be. Casey Anthony’s face brought it all back….Hello to Ox-Drover still sounding as strong as ever! just to say The Casey Anthony trial nearly killed me to watch…absolutely nerve shreddingly crazy for me anyway as I listened to everyone in my circle defend her and say oh well that’s the way it goes…I shake my head in bewilderment at the power of stupidity!
I have no doubt that Casey Anthony is a sociopath… all the experts can debate as much as they want the fact of the matter is that the jury EXPECTED more than they were entitled to know… cause of death, exact time of death, exact location of death and the strangest one yet is they expect to walk away knowing WHY she did it… that is something that has never once been answered in any murder case ever. Cause of death is never available in a bones only case, DNA would have told them nothing since they would have had to rule out the entire Anthony family as “expected” DNA to find on Caylee, as to when and where… they learned it happened in or around the Anthony house within a 4 hour time frame… without a video of the murder or a coroner at the site at the time of passing this is something that cannot and is not ever answered with that much precision – within one location and a four hour time frame is extraordinary evidence that is much better than most murder trials… the jury’s verdict was not based on REASONABLE doubt but their belief that they needed proof beyond ALL possible doubt. That’s not the way our jury system is supposed to work. The way our system is supposed to work can be seen in the Lacy Pederson trial where there was no cause of death, no exact location of death, no exact time of death and to this day Scott Pederson has never told anyone why he did it… but the system worked because that jury understood the difference between ALL POSSIBLE doubt and REASONABLE doubt… If juries continue to think this way no one could ever possibly be convicted of any crime without a video and audio recording of the murder. But that said… there is something for those in power in our judicial system to learn… will they? That remains to be seen. Maybe the next “go-round” with Casey or the one after that or the one after that… may turn out differently but only if jury members understand the difference between reasonable and all possible doubt. Jose Baez did not win this trial – he could have told the jury she was abducted by aliens and under their belief system they would have concluded that since there was no video tape to refute it they would have possible doubt… I mean really, who knows if aliens exist? This jury would have found her not guilty no matter what Jose Baez said or did… he didn’t win, he got lucky. What would be most fitting is if Casey continues to turn to him for representation in all future cases. If she does this… she will take him down just like she drew so many into the deep, dark vortex of her sociopath behavior. We can only hope for karma…
It was stated that sociopaths come from environment and genetics. I am of the opinion that they come from being shamed as children. Has Donna or someone wirtten on this? I am of probably less than read up on the subject…
I agree that if Casey Anthony was culpable she will probably do something to do herself in- in the near future.
Although my father prevailed until he died at 82 of being one of the worst.
Personally, I felt the Prosecution didn’t convince the jury- that’s the whole point of a trial. Remember it’s NOT ABOUT THE ‘TRUTH’- it’s a CONTEST (sadly): prosecution vs. defendant! The prosecution didn’t act like they figured out the “truth” and that, I think, is what confused the jury. Other emotionally unstable moms who killed their children were not acquitted. Is Casey worse than, for example, Susan Smith? But the public seems to be treating Casey as if she’s the worst of the worst. Susan Smith lied about what she did and acted like she was relieved her children were dead. Well, rest assured Casey will undoubtedly commit another felony- just pray it isn’t yet another child of hers. And BTW growing up with a mother like Casey, not knowing who your father is (or having a father figure), having the influence of sociopathic grand parents- just how do you expect a child to grow up “normal” with a sense of integrity and a good grip on reality? Not much! Caycee would have been raised to not respect the truth and just as self-centered as Cindy and Casey!