ANNOUNCEMENT EXPECTED TODAY REGARDING REMAINS FOUND NEAR ANTHONY HOME

Big announcements are expected today regarding the remains discovered near the Anthony family home last week.
Caylee Anthony was reported missing in July. Her mother, Casey Anthony, 22, is charged in her death.

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The Orange County Sheriff's Office is expected to announce the identification of the remains some time on Friday at 2 p.m. at the Mel Martinez auditorium. In addition, the Orange County government is expected to hold a news conference at 3:30 p.m. with the meter reader that discovered the remains to address questions about his involvement.

On Thursday, Capt. Angelo Nieves of the Orange County Sheriff's Office held a news conference to discuss new developments in the case. He said the same utilities worker called in tips on Aug. 11, 12, and 13, and Dec. 11 regarding the area where the remains were found last week.

Nieves said the calls were handled differently. He said no deputy was brought to the scene after the first call, CrimeLine handled the second call and a deputy responded the third time the meter reader called regarding the scene. Nieves said what happened in that time frame is being looked into.

Nieves clarified that the utilities worker is not a suspect.

The Meter Reader’s Story

According to WESH 2 News reporter Bob Kealing, a source with Orange County government who has spoken with the meter reader said the meter reader does believe the bag he saw in August is the same one in which he found the remains a week ago. But, he believes the bag was likely moved by animals in the months in between.

For more than a week now, investigators confirm they have continued to find human remains in an area more than a half-acre wide in a wooded area along Suburban Drive.

On Aug. 13, the tipster met with deputies in that area, but he told a source that the deputy saw a rattlesnake nearby in the woods and advised the tipster not to look back there with him.
After the deputy's search, he cleared the area. It is unknown if the deputy looked in the exact same area where the remains were later discovered.

The deputy's thoroughness, Orange County investigators said, is currently under administrative review.
The source said the meter reader had just been reassigned to that area again, which is why he went back in the woods to see what was there.
It is unclear if he was "relieving himself," as investigators have said, or if he was going into the area to satisfy his own curiosity.

When the utilities worker looked inside the bag and saw the remains, he apparently said to himself they had to be Caylee's, according to WESH 2's Bob Kealing.
The meter reader is a former member of the military and had just relocated to Central Florida. Now he is anxious to talk about what he saw, the source said.

Baez On Today

Casey Anthony's attorney, Jose Baez, appeared on the "Today" show Friday morning to discuss new developments in the search for Caylee.
During his interview with Matt Lauer, Baez repeated that no assumptions about the case against Casey Anthony can be made until all of the facts come to light.

"If this turns out to be Caylee, we plan on examining every fact in the case, and going through it with a fine-toothed comb," Baez said. “There’s no telling what the future of this case holds, really."


courtesy WESH Orlando