El abogado defensor de una mujer del estado de Florida acusada por la muerte de su hija de dos años dijo hoy que la menor falleció al ahogarse en la piscina de la residencia familiar.
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José Báez, abogado de Casey Anthony, expuso el sorpresivo argumento en la presentación de los alegatos iniciales en el juicio contra la mujer que comenzó en un tribunal de Orlando, en el centro del estado de Florida.
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"Aquí no hay crimen, aquí no hay homicidio involuntario", dijo Báez. "Lo que aquí hay es un trágico accidente", aseguró, añadiendo que la menor murió accidentalmente en la piscina.
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Anthony, de 25 años, está acusada de homicidio en primer grado y de abuso infantil con agravante por la muerte de su hija Caylee Marie Anthony, cuya osamenta fue encontrada en 2008 en una zona boscosa a pocos metros de la casa de la acusada, tras seis meses de búsqueda.
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El abogado detalló que el 16 de junio de 2008, Caylee murió y Casey procedió, según él, como lo ha hecho toda su vida: "ocultar su dolor, ir a ese lugar oscuro llamado negación y pretendió que no había pasado nada".
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De acuerdo con la defensa, Anthony aprendió a mentir en el seno de una familia "disfuncional y con secretos", entre ellos que el padre de la acusada presuntamente fue al cuarto de ella cuando ésta tenía ocho años y "comenzó a tocarla de manera inadecuada".
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Los fiscales afirmaron que la niña murió a consecuencia de una cinta adhesiva comercial que su madre habría colocado en su nariz y boca, para luego disponer del cadáver como si "se tratase de basura".
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La cinta adhesiva fue calificada por los fiscales como el "arma" del "homicidio". "Casey Anthony trata de aparentar ser una madre cuidadosa y amorosa, pero la evidencia que presentaremos aquí mostrará lo contrario", aseguraron los fiscales.
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Casi tres años después de la acusación, inició el juicio contra Anthony, un caso que ha generado interés internacional y una amplia cobertura en los medios estadounidenses.
La fiscal Linda Drane Burdick mostró una fotografía de la hija de la acusada en la que está sonriente, imagen que causó llanto a Anthony.
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Drane Burdick hizo también un recuento cronológico de la vida de juergas y amigos que supuestamente la joven madre llevaba mientras su hija estaba desaparecida o en el "peor de los casos, muerta, en el maletero del vehículo de su madre".
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Precisó que el recuento estaba basado en los récord de llamadas telefónicas hechas desde el teléfono celular de la acusada, quien habría quedado atrapada en una "telaraña de mentiras" que tejió para presuntamente encubrir el asesinato y que al final "fueron las que mostraron su culpabilidad".
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La fiscal mencionó el olor a cadáver que supuestamente emanaba del automóvil de Anthony, una prueba que la defensa trató en vano de excluir del proceso arguyendo que los análisis forenses realizados se basaron en experimentos nunca antes utilizados en un tribunal de EE.UU..
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Más de 600 reporteros de Estados Unidos hicieron filas para obtener un lugar en el tribunal, mientras decenas de personas curiosas se agolparon frente al edificio de la corte con la esperanza de lograr uno de los 50 asientos designados al público en la sala del juicio.
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El juicio, que se espera dure entre cinco a seis semanas, ha generado una inusitada cobertura de medios que según el juez Belvin Perry, jefe de jueces del Distrito Nueve de Florida, en Orlando, y a cargo del caso de Anthony, nunca antes se había "visto en la historia de una corte de Florida". (Fuente texto: EFE)
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Jose Baez presents his opening statement during the trial of Casey Anthony at the Orange County Courthouse on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. Anthony is charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee in 2008. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)
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George and Cindy Anthony, right, parents of Casey Anthony, leave the courtroom followed by attorney Mark Lippman during the murder trial of their daughter at the Orange County Courthouse on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 in Orlando, Fla. Casey Anthony is charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee in 2008. (AP Photo/Joe Burbank, Pool)
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George Anthony, father of Casey Anthony, leaves the courtroom for a recess with wife Cindy Anthony, right, and attorney Mark Lippman, left, during his daughter´s trial at the Orange County Courthouse, Tuesday, May 24, 2011 in Orlando, Fla. Casey Anthony is charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee in 2008. (AP Photo/Joe Burbank, Pool)
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Defense attorney Jose Baez presents his arguments during opening statements for the trial of Casey Anthony at the Orange County Courthouse on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. Anthony is charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee in 2008. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)
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George Anthony becomes emotional during his testimony the first day of the murder trial against his daughter Casey Anthony at the Orange County Courthouse on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. in Orlando, Fla. Anthony is on trial for the murder of her 2-year-old daughter. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)
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George Anthony is on the stand as the first witness to testimony on the first day of the murder trial against his daughter Casey Anthony at the Orange County Courthouse on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. Anthony is on trial for the murder of her 2-year-old daughter. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)
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George Anthony listens to the court proceedings on the first day of the murder trial against his daughter Casey Anthony at the Orange County Courthouse on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Anthony is on trial for the murder of her 2-year-old daughter. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)
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George Anthony testifies on the first day of the murder trial against his daughter Casey Anthony at the Orange County Courthouse on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)
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Geraldo Rivera, left, listens to the court proceedings on the first day of the Casey Anthony trial at the Orange County Courthouse on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)
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George Anthony appears in court during the trial of his daughter, Casey Anthony, at the Orange County Courthouse on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. Anthony is charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee in 2008. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)
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Casey Anthony listens during the first day of her murder trial at the Orange County Courthouse on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Anthony is on trial for the murder of her 2-year-old daughter. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)
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Defense attorney Jose Baez arrives at the Orange County Courthouse for Casey Anthony´s murder trial, Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. Anthony is charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee in 2008. (AP Photo/Joe Burbank, Pool)
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George and Cindy Anthony appear in court for the trial of their daughter, Casey Anthony, at the Orange County Courthouse, Tuesday, May 24, 2011 in Orlando, Fla. Anthony is charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee in 2008. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)
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From left, George Anthony, attorney Mark Lippman and Cindy Anthony arrive at the Orange County Courthouse for the trial of their daughter, Casey Anthony, Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. Casey Anthony is charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee in 2008. (AP Photo/Joe Burbank, Pool)
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George Anthony takes the witness stand during the trial of his daughter, Casey Anthony, at the Orange County Courthouse on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. Casey Anthony is charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee in 2008. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)
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Casey Anthony cries while listening to her defense counsel during opening statements at the Orange County Courthouse on Tuesday, May 24, 2011., in Orlando, Fla. The defense attorney for Anthony, who is charged with murder in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, said during opening statements that the girl drowned in the family swimming pool and claimed the toddler´s grandparents covered up the accident. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)
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Casey Anthony cries as she listens to her defense counsel during the opening statements in her murder trial at the Orange County Courthouse on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. Anthony is on trial for the murder of her 2-year-old daughter. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)
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Attorney Cheny Mason, left, comforts Casey Anthony as she cries while listening to her defense counsel during opening statements at the Orange County Courthouse on Tuesday, May 24, 2011., in Orlando, Fla. The defense attorney for Anthony, who is charged with murder in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, said during opening statements that the girl drowned in the family swimming pool and claimed the toddler´s grandparents covered up the accident. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)
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Attorney Cheny Mason, left, and Casey Anthony listen to her defense counsel during opening statements at the Orange County Courthouse on Tuesday, May 24, 2011., in Orlando, Fla. The defense attorney for Anthony, who is charged with murder in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, said during opening statements that the girl drowned in the family swimming pool and claimed the toddler´s grandparents covered up the accident. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)
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Attorney Jose Baez with the visual examples he used during his opening statements in the trial of Casey Anthony at the Orange County Courthouse on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. Baez said the girl, Casey´s daughter, was not murdered but had drowned in the family swimming pool. Anthony is on trial for the murder of her 2-year-old daughter. (AP Photo/Red Huber/Pool)
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George Anthony, father of Casey Anthony, arrives at the courtroom in the Orange County Courthouse after the lunch break for his daughter´s first-degree murder trial, in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, May 24, 2011. His daughter, Casey Anthony is on trial for the murder of her 2-year-old daughter. (AP Photo/Joe Burbank/Pool)
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George Anthony listens to the defense opening statements during the trial of his daughter Casey Anthony at the Orange County Courthouse on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 in Orlando, Fla. . The defense said that Casey´s daughter Caylee was not murdered, but drowned in a swimming pool. The defense also accused George Anthony of sexually abusing his daughter when she was a child. Casey Anthony is on trial for the murder of her 2-year-old daughter. (AP Photo/Red Huber/Pool)
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Attorney Cheny Mason, left, comforts Casey Anthony as she cries while listening to her defense council during opening statements at the Orange County Courthouse on Tuesday, May 24, 2011., in Orlando, Fla. The defense attorney for Anthony, who is charged with murder in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, said during opening statements that the girl drowned in the family swimming pool and claimed the toddler´s grandparents covered up the accident. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)
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Jim Lucas, defense counsel for Casey Anthony, carries a wrapped display that will be used in the opening arguments of Anthony´s first-degree murder trial, at the Orange County Courthouse, in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Casey Anthony, is on trial for the murder of her 2-year-old daughter. (AP Photo/Joe Burbank, Pool)
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A photo of Casey Anthony with her mother, Cindy, when Casey was pregnant with her daughter, Caylee, is displayed by the defense on a monitor during the opening statements in the murder trial of Casey Anthony in the Orange County Courthouse on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. Anthony is on trial for the murder of her 2-year-old daughter. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)
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George Anthony listens to the defense opening statements during the trial of his daughter Casey Anthony at the Orange County Courthouse on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 in Orlando, Fla. . The defense said that Casey´s daughter Caylee was not murdered, but drowned in a swimming pool. The defense also accused George Anthony of sexually abusing his daughter when she was a child.(AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)
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Casey Anthony returns to the courtroom following a recess on the opening day of her murder trial at the Orange County Courthouse on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. Anthony is on trial for the murder of her 2-year-old daughter. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)
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Evidence in sealed boxes sits in the courtroom on the opening day of the Casey Anthony murder trial at the Orange County Courthouse, Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. Casey Anthony, is on trial for the murder of her 2-year-old daughter. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)
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Attorney Jose Baez addresses the jury during the defense opening statements at the Casey Anthony trial at the Orange County Courthouse on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. Anthony is on trial for the murder of her child. Baez said in opening statements that the child drowned in a swimming pool and that Casey´s father sexually abused her as a child. (AP Photo/Red Huber/Pool)
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Assistant state attorney Linda Drane Burdick gives her opening statement for the state in the trial of Casey Anthony at the Orange County Courthouse on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. Anthony is charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee in 2008. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)
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Cindy Anthony, holding a teddy bear, and her husband, George Anthony, leave the courtroom after listening to the first part of the state´s opening arguments in their daughter´s first-degree murder trial, at the Orange County Courthouse, in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Their daughter, Casey Anthony, is on trial for the murder of her 2-year-old daughter. (AP Photo/Joe Burbank, Pool)
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Assistant state attorney Linda Drane Burdick gives her opening statement for the state in the trial of Casey Anthony at the Orange County Courthouse on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. Anthony is charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee in 2008. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)
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George Anthony, father of Casey Anthony, listens to opening statements during the first day of his daughter´s murder trail at the Orange County Courthouse on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. Anthony is charged with the murder of her 2-year-old daughter. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)
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Casey Anthony cries during the opening statements of her murder trial at the Orange County Courthouse on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. Anthony is charged with the murder of her 2-year-old daughter. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)
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Cindy Anthony, mother of Casey Anthony, listens to opening statements during the first day of her daughter´s murder trail at the Orange County Courthouse on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. Casey Anthony is charged with the murder of her 2-year-old daughter. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)
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Jose Baez, defense counsel to Casey Anthony, arrives on the 23rd floor of the Orange County Courthouse for opening day of Anthony´s first-degree murder trial, in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, May 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Joe Burbank, Pool)
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Casey Anthony cries during the opening statements of her murder trial at the Orange County Courthouse on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. Anthony is charged with the murder of her 2-year-old daughter. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)
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Reporters and spectators listen to opening arguments in Courtroom 23 at the Orange County Courthouse on the first day of the Casey Anthony murder trial on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. Anthony is charged with the murder of her 2-year-old daughter. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)
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Casey Anthony, left, talks with attorney Dorothy Clay Sims during opening statements of her murder trial at the Orange County Courthouse on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. Anthony is charged with the murder of her 2-year-old daughter. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)
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Assistant State Attorney Linda Drane Burdick addresses the jury during opening statements in the Casey Anthony murder trial at the Orange County Courthouse on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. Anthony is charged with the murder of her 2-year-old daughter. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)
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Casey Anthony sits in the courtroom before the beginning of her murder trail at the Orange County Courthouse on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. Anthony is charged with the murder of her 2-year-old daughter.(AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)
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George and Cindy Anthony, parents of Casey Anthony, arrive on the 23rd floor of the Orange County Courthouse for their daughter´s first-degree murder trial, in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Anthony, 25, is charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee Anthony. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)
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Defense counsel Jose Baez, center, arrives at the Orange County Courthouse for the trial of his client Casey Anthony in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Casey Anthony is charged with the murder of her 2-year-old daughter. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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Casey Anthony, center, with her attorneys Jose Baez, left, Cheny Mason, second from left, and Dorothy Clay Sims, right, talk before the start of the trial at the Orange County Courthouse on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. Casey Anthony is charged with the murder of her 2-year-old daughter. Anthony, 25, is charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee Anthony. (AP Photo/Red Huber, Pool)
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Brett Shulman, right, waits in line with about 50 other people at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando, Fla., to get a seat in the courtroom for the Casey Anthony trial, Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Shulman was the first in line to get a seat at the trial. Casey Anthony is charged with the murder of her 2-year-old daughter. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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Cindy Anthony, left, and George Anthony, center, arrive for the trial of their daughter, Casey Anthony, at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Casey Anthony is charged with the murder of her 2-year-old daughter. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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