Carlos Padilla Press Conference Raw Video

OCSO spokesperson, Carlos Padilla, held a press conference Wednesday, December 17, 2008, updating the search regarding the remains that were found a week ago. He addresses Jose Baez's criticism of the search efforts, and time taking to complete the search. Padilla is not concerned with Baez's comments. OCSO and CSI are doing a complete and methodical search to gather every last element of evidence. Padilla stated that Baez would be the first to say "shoddy police work", if and when the defense team is granted permission to the crime scene, if any remains of evidence were to be found by the defense.

Padilla does not state when the remains will definitely be identified. He did say however, that the crime scene search should be wrapped up by Friday. However, if forensics continue to find evidence, they will work until they are confident they have retrieved all remains and evidence.



Raw Video: Carlos Padilla Press Conference





raw video courtesy: Local 13 Orlando/Daytona

Baez Criticizes Sheriff

Sheriff's deputies are still finding evidence at the site where a child's skeletal remains were found last week.
Investigators will continue to search for clues today and say they are not letting anyone, including Casey Anthony's attorney Jose Baez, tell them when to stop looking.

In a statement released Tuesday, Baez's spokesman, Todd Black criticized the sheriff's office for what they called a lack of cooperation. But the sheriff's office said they are just trying to be thorough.
"Keep in mind that Mr. Baez would probably be the first one to say that when we left, we left evidence behind and it was shoddy work. The judge said that himself yesterday, so, no, we're going to be here as long as it takes. We're on our schedule, not on Mr. Baez's schedule," Padilla said.
Sheriff's investigators expected to wrap their search Wednesday, but now say it could be days before they finish. They said the discovery of more "significant' evidence Wednesday prompted them to expand their search area.
During a news conference Wednesday, Padilla said the sheriff's office is assuming the remains belong to little Caylee. The remains were found about a quarter mile away from the Anthony family home.
Authorities don't know when the DNA test results will come back, but they are confident that a positive identification will be made.
Baez's office told News 13 they haven't heard anything about positive identification on the remains of a small child found near Casey's home.
They also said they won't make a decision about what's next until news comes of that identification.

some sources courtesy local13 orlando/daytona