and as hard as it is for anyone to imagine, she had to choose between two sacrificing two things. the first was her dreams and the life she wanted and the second was her child. and we submit to you the evidence in this case shows that the choice she made was her child. on june 16th of 2008, casey left the house. pretended to leave the house with caylee. and used the tride and true ricardo excuse. i got to work late. we're both going to spend the