A bond of $500,000 has been set for Casey Anthony, the mother of missing toddler Caylee Anthony, 2.
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The mother will also be required to wear a GPS monitoring device as part of Judge Stan Strickland's ruling.
During the more than two-hour bond hearing, Cindy Anthony, Caylee's grandmother, was the first to take the stand.
She was emotional and said it was because she hadn't seen her daughter, Casey Anthony, 22, in a week.
Cindy Anthony was questioned about her financial situation and how she would have posted bond for her daughter if it had been granted, what type of mother Casey Anthony is, and Casey Anthony's employment and history.
She also told the court that she would nominate people to "Casey-sit" if her daughter could return to the Anthonys' home.
Prosecutors continued to say that Casey Anthony is a flight risk.
Casey Anthony's father, George Anthony, took the stand after Cindy Anthony and was also questioned about the kind of mother his daughter is, his relationship with her and his desire to find Caylee.
Cindy Anthony was angry as she left the courthouse.
"Caylee is missing and continue to look for Caylee. She is not dead and there is no evidence to say that," Cindy Anthony said to a group of reporters outside the courthouse. "I'm upset because she has not been charged with anything. She's going to be home tonight."
In response to the smell in the trunk of her daughter's car, Cindy Anthony said there was a bag of pizza with maggots in it in the car.
"The same dogs that cleared our house cleared them," Cindy Anthony said. "They're not saying the house is cleared," WESH 2 reporter Michelle Meredith said.
"There's no bruises on that child," she said. "There's no evidence that Casey has ever done any harm to her child," Cindy Anthony said. She said it's possible that a babysitter abused Caylee.
Lee Anthony, Casey Anthony's brother, also took the stand during the hearing. He spoke about his relationship with Casey Anthony and said that in his relationship with his sister he can tell her anything that he wouldn't feel comfortable telling anyone else and vice versa.
Lee Anthony said he has no doubt that if he were able to speak to Casey Anthony about the situation that she would confide in him. He said that on the night that Cindy Anthony had called the police and reported Caylee missing he asked her in private about Caylee’s whereabouts. He said that Casey Anthony broke down and said she had not seen her daughter in 31 days.
The lead detective in the case, Yuri Melich, took the stand and talked about the search of Casey Anthony's car. He said hair samples similar to the color and length of Caylee's hair were found in the trunk of the car and the car smelled of decomposition. He also talked about a shovel that Casey Anthony borrowed from a neighbor and had her car backed up to the garage, and that some dirt found in the trunk of her car needs to be processed. He said the cadaver dog appeared to be alerted when searching the car and the Anthonys home.
Melich testified that they believe there is a possibility that Caylee is no longer alive. Melich said a man told him he spoke to Casey Anthony and heard Caylee in the background around June 24 or 25. Previously, it was believed that no on had seen Caylee or spoken to her since June 9.
During a news conference on Tuesday evening, the Orange County Sheriff's Office said again that their primary concern is locating Caylee. They said they cannot expand on any of the pieces of evidence mentioned in Casey Anthony's bond hearing earlier on Tuesday and stated that the FBI is now involved in the case.
"As information comes in to us that suggests that she may have been harmed, we cannot ignore that either, so while we go about the business of trying to find her if she's out there and return her to her family, we also have to, as evidence comes in that she may have been harmed, we've got to follow that up as well," Sgt. John Allen of the Orange County Sheriff's Office said.
Jose Baez, Casey Anthony's attorney, also questioned Melich in the bond hearing, asking him if he had any evidence that Casey Anthony had harmed Caylee. Melich said not at this time, but he called Casey Anthony a person of interest.
Casey Anthony cried several times during the hearing when her family was testifying.
The Anthony family is likely to be expected to come up with 10 percent of the full $500,000 bond, or $50,000, to have her released from jail, but this is up to the bonding agency.
Strickland said he was constitutionally bound to give Casey Anthony bond. At one point, he said that she was using her silence as leverage to get out of jail.
After setting her bond, Strickland spoke directly to Casey Anthony, saying that she and the truth are strangers.
Baez said they will appeal.
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