Caylee Marie Anthony ( August 9 , 2005 – 2008 ) was an American girl who lived in Orlando , Florida , with her mother , Casey Marie Anthony ( born March 19 , 1986 ) , and her maternal grandparents , George and Cindy Anthony .

On July 15 , 2008 , she was reported Reporting missing in a call made Manufacturing by Cindy , who said Telling she had not seen Perception_active Caylee for 31 days and that Casey 's car smelled like a dead body had been inside it .

Cindy said Telling Casey had given varied Change explanations as to Caylee 's whereabouts before finally telling Telling her that she had not seen Perception_active Caylee for weeks .

Casey lied Placing to detectives , telling Telling them Caylee had been kidnapped Kidnapping by a nanny on June 9 , and that she had been trying to find her , too frightened to alert the authorities .

The prosecution sought the death Death penalty and alleged Casey wished to free herself from parental responsibilities and murdered Committing_crime her daughter by administering Control chloroform and applying Using duct tape .

The defense contended Statement that Casey lied Placing about this and other issues Creating because of a dysfunctional upbringing Education_teaching , which they said Communication included sexual abuse Committing_crime by her father .

The defense Defending did not present evidence as to how Caylee died Death , nor evidence that Casey was sexually abused as a child , but challenged Competition every piece of the prosecution 's evidence , calling Name_conferral much of it `` fantasy forensics '' .

Casey did not testify .

On July 5 , 2011 , the jury found Know Casey not guilty of first-degree murder Killing , aggravated Cause_change_of_strength child abuse , and aggravated Cause_change_of_strength manslaughter of a child , but guilty of four misdemeanor counts of providing Supply false information to a law enforcement officer .