SIDEBAR #5 (10:50-10:57)
OBJECTION SUSTAINED
I have no further questions.
10:58
CROSS EXAMINATION OF CA BY LDB
Even after Caylee was missing in June of 2008, you kept her bedroom? Yes.
She kept all of her clothes in her drawers and she kept her presents from her birthday while she was missing. In the past, as Caylee outgrew her clothing, she would get rid of some of the clothing at a garage sale, or she would store them in a plastic container.
On 6/15/08 she was pretty much potty trained, but they would still carry diapers if they went out. A lot of times she would wear underwear - if at home that is what she would wear, but when out they would use pull ups.
She switched from full fledged diapers to pull ups in early 2008.
Photo marked as State's #314 - is she wearing a diaper?
OBJECTION - speculation - OVERRULED
It looks like either a pull up or diaper, not panties. There is something coming out of the back of the shorts.
She was wearing these shorts in April of 2007. Previously, you stated those pictures were taken shortly before her second birthday - august? Yes.
OBJECTION - improper impeachment - OVERRULED
In 2007 Caylee was still wearing diapers.
Witness shown RF, RE, RH, RI and RJ.
Who did laundry? GA, herself or ICA. It was mostly CA or GA.
Who bought the clothing? ICA and CA - then relatives and friends.
She did a lot of shopping at Target and recognized the Circo brand is a Target store brand.
She was asked to identify clothing that she recognized.
OBJECTION - tags aren't clothing - OVERRULED - she's just looking at them
RE is one she is not sure of - shirt or dress?
The others are mostly tops and a pair of shorts. They were in her room in June of 2008 until they were seized by LE.
The clothing in Caylee's drawers were 2T's and 3T's as well.
Caylee was a little bit stocky and as she got older and more mobile, she began to thin out. That took place between the age of 1 and 2 and then more so at 3? Yes.
Is it fair to say that there are clothing items that could last for as much as a year even if she is growing taller? Yes.
The shorts - State's 314 and the ones in the video - shorts that were kept in her house? Yes.
When was the last time you saw them? Sometime toward the end of 2008.
Those shorts? Yes.
When was the last time you saw them before June 16, 2008? She said she misunderstood the question.
The shorts in the video? Those particular shorts - she had not recalled Caylee wearing them for some time.
Were they kept at your house? You mean every day? There were several pieces of clothing that weren't kept at the house every single day.
Were they kept in a backpack or something similar?
OBJECTION - speculation - OVERRULED
She had seen the diaper bag or backpack taken in a car when Caylee was taken somewhere. You had a change of clothes.
Do you recall when you last saw those shorts? Those weren't shorts that I dressed Caylee in quite a bit. There were quite a few things that I didn't dress Caylee in. This was not one of her favorite items. She had more clothes hanging in her closet than she had there. Unless Caylee dressed her in them. She did not recall seeing Caylee in those shorts after 2007.
She could not say that the shorts were at her house EVERY single day.
How heavy is the ladder? It takes her 2 hands to lift it. Caylee could not lift it.
The sliding glass door needs a pretty good force to open it up.
Caylee was compliant and would follow instructions. She would listen to her.
She was very careful to give Caylee instruction about going outside, life vest and climbing the ladder.
The pool could go up to 4 feet deep - so, just a little under 4 feet.
Standing outside the pool, can an adult reach in to retrieve objects in the pool if they are not on the edge? No - not unless it is within a few inches of the edge of the pool.
Photo of Caylee taken at the sliding glass door? It was taken in the Spring of 2008.
She would never permit Caylee to be left home alone at the house.
Regarding the ladder being back on the pool and the gate being open - it was your prior testimony that there was absolutely Caylee could open the gate? Yes - absolutely no way.
Regarding the date of the ladder incident - it was in the week of the gas can incident. Today it was the night of the 16th, but she had earlier said the 17th or the 18th. Early on she was asked about it and she knew it was in those few days.
She called GA when she discovered it. She wasn't sure if she used the house phone or the cell phone. She would have called his cell. He did have a work phone and sometimes they would speak from that phone.
She doesn't recall if she left a message - she did speak with him.
Dates in June of 2008 - you recall you have already made other errors - specifically in your sworn statement....
OBJECTION - response outside of scope - OVERRULED
In first sworn statement there was an error as to when she last saw Caylee. It was the video of her with CA's dad that refreshed her recollection.
She went to work and told people at her office about the incident where she believed someone was swimming in the pool? Yes.
And the gas can incident?
OBJECTION - scope - OVERRULED
Yes.
Are you sure you were at work on June 16, 2008. Yes, she knows she was at work.
She was shown her time card and found the entry for the week ending the 20th. She agreed it showed she was at work on the 16th. It is accurate.
She is sure she was at work every day that week. She had just come off vacation. She was at work every day through the 24th - the date of the gas can incident.
The time card accurately reflects the vacation.
ICA was home between 8/22 and 10/14/08
OBJECTION - outside scope - SUSTAINED
Did you have contact with your daughter during that time
OBJECTION - outside scope - SUSTAINED
Photos of Caylee getting in and out of pool. Did ICA tell you there was an accident?
OBJECTION - outside scope - OVERRULED
No Mam. She agreed ICA continued to assert that she was kidnapped.
No further questions by LDB.
