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Casey Anthony Trial, Day 5: The Redemption of Cindy Anthony

ORLANDO, Fla. — What’s right with this picture?  Moments after commencing sworn testimony in the murder trial of her daughter, it was clear the old Cindy Anthony was gone, and in her place was a person no longer using denial to escape the awful realities that had brought her to district court.  Gone was the old Cindy, the Cindy Anthony of 3,150 YouTube listings, who had been mocked, heckled and pursued by the public, for failing to grasp what was painfully clear to most others, after her granddaughter, Caylee, went missing.  What or who is responsible for enlightening the mother of Casey Anthony and the grandmother of Caylee, who police believe died on June 16? 

Under questioning by prosecutor Linda Drane-Burdick, Cindy disclosed she only had stopped looking for Zanny the Nanny — the non-existent person Casey Anthony claimed had kidnapped Caylee — six weeks earlier.

The Perils of Cindy

Even before her granddaughter disappeared on June 16, 2008, Cindy Anthony had faced many perils.  Leaving Ohio in 1989 to seek a better economic life, Cindy and George Anthony found jobs in Orlando, and seemed to be pursuing the American dream, albeit modestly.

Who knows if Cindy, in a good job as a supervisory nurse for Gentiva Health since 2001, had become too busy to notice any “soft signs” that her daughter might have issues, until a significant lie — the one Casey told about getting her high school diploma — shocked the principal — and the Anthonys.

Reportedly, Cindy alone confronted Casey, being careful not to increase “volatility” that existed between her husband and daughter.  It seems possible that the fracturing of the Anthony family may have begun in earnest that spring in 2004.  A pattern of dysfunction started: Casey’s behavior x, y