with this opening statement: she immediately grabbed caylee and began to cry and cry and cry. and shortly thereafter, george began to yell at her, look what you ve done. your mother will never forgive you, and you will go to jail for child neglect for the rest of your friggin life. there you have it there, a new and possible game changer in the trial, though, get this, the state claim thank casey may have borrowed that story about caylee drowning in the family pool from a fellow inmate this, lady her, april walen, april has a story that is very, very similar to the one that the defense laid out. phil keating is live for us outside the courthouse in orlando. good morning, phil. will the jury be told about this possible jailhouse story concoction? that is a possibility. the prosecution team and its investigators want to pursue questioning the family of april walen, a little more
thoroughly, specifically april walen herself, contacted by fox last night. the parents of april walen say during those five days in 2009 when casey anthony and april walen were housed together in the same cell block the a the orange county jail, the two, according to april walen, did speak one on one with each other, however, april walen told her parents she wasn t sure she had told the story about her real child who really drowned back in 2007 and was discovered by her grandfather, mr. walen, but she says all of the female inmates in that cell block all knew the story that april walen s little child had drowned in the back yard swimming pool. they knew the story so, according to april walen parents, they believe and april believes that casey anthony was well aware of that story. heather: we ll be looking at that as the case develops. meantime, casey anthony s attorneys went through witnesses yesterday, they
death. is this all a coincidence? phil keating is covering the trial, he joins us live outside the courthouse. phil. reporter: jon, according to that other inmate s parents contacted here in the orlando area last night by fox news, everybody back in that year, 2009, when casey anthony was sharing the same cell block with april walen, according to the parents, april walen said all of the other female inmates very well knew of her own personal tragic story. in 2009, april walen, for five days and casey anthony were in the same area of the orange county jail, in two 2007, wa walen s son drowned in the swimming pool. she spoke directly with casey anthony, but not necessarily about her own son drowning, but everyone knew of the story. unclear whether prosecutors will talk about the drowning angle,.