Hello everyone, I have not been here or posted here in a few years, but popped in tonight and just had to comment on this thread. I worked at Gentiva at the same time Cindy Anthony did, but not at the same location. I had never met her, but many of my coworkers/friends had not only met Cindy but met Casey and Caylee as well.
I was shocked out of my mind after hearing Cindy testify that she was the one who made those computer searches. I frantically began trying to reach someone, anyone, who could get some info to the prosecutors' office. I spoke to a few Gentiva employees (I'm no longer employed there) and everyone was saying the same thing...but no one was able to figure out what to do. Some liked Cindy and didn't want to "get her in trouble"...some didn't want to get involved...and some couldn't get hold of anyone. Me, I'm a bulldog, I wouldn't let go. I finally left a message on the "Casey Anthony" voicemail at the State Attorney's office, sent an email to Yuri Melich, and posted a lot on Facebook...until I finally heard that two Gentiva execs are slated to testify tomorrow!
I said over and over that my heart goes out to the Anthonys, I would NOT want to be in their shoes. But I feel that Cindy and Lee, and to a lesser extent, George, are all willing to lie in an effort to have Casey found not guilty and released. That whole "she's not innocent, we just don't want her to get the death penalty", no, I believe that was just BS.
Anyway, here is a copy of the letter I sent to Detective Melich:
Hi Det. Melich
I am reaching out to you because I am unable to contact anyone at the prosecutor's office and I was hoping maybe you could help.
I worked at Gentiva at the same time Cindy Anthony did; she worked in the Winter Park branch and I worked at a corporate office in (removed).
Regarding her testimony, there are several untruths she testified to, and I feel the need to make sure that the prosecutors have this information:
1) Cindy said she had to do computer searches at home since at work she had no access to the internet, that Gentiva had their own intranet. This is not true, all locations had access to internet (as well as Gentiva's intranet). We needed the internet to be able to look up the most recent medications, therapies and treatments, since Gentiva is a home health company. This info could be easily confirmed by Gentiva.
2) Cindy said that perhaps her supervisor had filled in her time card, since according to her time card she was at work during the computer searches. This is also not true. Timesheets were completed by employees ONLINE, not by paper and pen, and not by punching a time clock. Cindy stated correctly that we had lots of passwords and we were not allowed to give our password to anyone else, including our supervisors. The only one who could fill out Cindy's timecard was Cindy. And if she was leaving early for the day, or not coming to work that day, we all knew the salary schedule, when timesheets had to be completed by. If she was taking a Wednesday off, for instance, and payroll was due by that day, she would have gone into her computer on Tuesday and filled out her timesheet.
3) Cindy said she made her own schedule and came and went as she pleased. This is not true. Even though we were salaried, what that meant was that we could not claim overtime. PTO (paid time off) was given to us depending on length of employment, and was watched carefully. We were allowed to take time off but had to submit it as PTO.
4) It was inferred that since Cindy hasn't been to work at Gentiva since 2008, they probably didn't keep any old records. This is not true. It is a home health agency, and as nurses, our paperwork and computer work is considered legal documentation and is kept for an extended period of time, always with the thought in mind that someday that documentation might be needed in a court of law.
5) Last but not least, hello, Cindy is an RN. There is no way on earth she would ever have to do a google search on such laymen phrases like "head trauma" or "ruptured spleen" or any of those other ridiculous mispelled words.
I am hoping that you will be able to get this information to the prosecutors. My heart goes out to Cindy and George Anthony, but I believe they are lying in an effort to have Casey found not guilty and released. I just can't sit by and watch that train wreck.
Thanks for your time.
(name, address, phone number removed).
I have seen that identical letter on another website, posted by Murt.
ETA- I just deleted the link I provided, it was not an approved link..