Orlando television station WFTV in Orlando is reporting that divers working for bounty hunter Leonard Padilla have been combing the Little Econ River for any clues in the disappearance of Caylee Anthony. The dive team found a plastic bag weighted down by two bricks that contained several toys and what looked like 3 or 4 bones. The toys included a plastic shamrock.
The FBI was called in and they removed the evidence from the scene. They were reportedly very skeptical and would not give credence to speculation that the findings have anything to do with the Caylee Anthony case. Orange County Sheriff’s deputies also examined the items. Padilla acknowledged that the bag could have been planted as a hoax.
Caylee Anthony’s grandmother Cindy Anthony said, “I haven’t heard anything from the authorities and when they come tell us something we’ll deal with that.” She added that she thought all of Caylee’s toys had been accounted for.
Padilla had organized the new search in the Little Econ River because of a cross that was discovered on a nearby tree. The dive team has been working in Blanchard Park since 9:00 a.m. on Thursday. They are made up of experienced, ex-law enforcement and military types.
The group of 30 divers work for Orlando based Blackwater Divers and are volunteering their time to search a one mile stretch of the river using underwater communications and dragging large nets to scrape the river’s bottom. The biggest challenge, according to Padilla, is the presence of alligators.
Casey Anthony, Caylee’s mother, was indicted on October 14th and charged with first degree murder by an Orlando grand jury. She remains in jail.
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