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9-1-1 Transcripts Released in Caylee Anthony Case

Friday July 25, 2008
After being criticized in the national media by the grandmother of a missing 2-year-old girl, Orlando authorities have released transcripts of two 9-1-1 calls made on July 15 in which the grandmother herself reports to police that her daughter's vehicle "smells like there's been a dead body in the damn car."

The statements on the call to police contrast widely with those Cindy Anthony has been making to the media regarding her daughter, Casey Anthony, 22, and her child, Caylee Anthony, who has been missing since June 9. Read more...

Hall Pleads Guilty to Rape, Murder of Kelsey Smith

Friday July 25, 2008
A Kansas man entered a surprise guilty plea to the kidnapping, rape and murder of an 18-year-old teenager who was abducted June 2, 2007 from a Target store parking lot in Kansas City. Edwin Hall, 27, pleaded guilty to capital murder, aggravated kidnapping, rape and aggravated sodomy in the death of 18-year-old Kelsey Smith.

The plea came one day after a judge ruled that prosecutors could seek the death penalty for the murder charge. Read more...

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