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ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT CASE NUMBER 08-074777

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Detective Yuri Melich EID#: 002684 Homicide Orange County Sheriffs Office 2500 W Colonial Drive Orlando, Florida 32804 (407) 254-7000

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Original Offense: Offense changed to: Death Investigation First Degree Murder Aggravated Child Abuse Aggravated Manslaughter of a Child Providing False Information to LEO (x4) June 16`11, 2008 to June 27'', 2008 Unknown 4937 Hopespring Drive Orlando, Florida 32829 20

Date of occurrence: Time of occurrence: Address of occurrence: Zone:

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100 Bush Boulevard Sanford, Florida 32773 (407) 830-8111

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Seminole County Sheriffs Office

Lieutenant Tracy Fortenberry Lieutenant Fortenherry has had several dealings with

witness Joy Wray,


Orange County Correctional Division

P.O. Box 4970 Orlando, Florida 32802


Corporal Juan Santiago Corporal Santiago assisted with describing the locations of cells

in L-Dorm.

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ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT CASE NUMBER 08-074777


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WITNESS INFORMATION Keith Williams


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Race: White Gender: Male

Date of birt111.111.11111111111118

/10011111111111111111111 Orlando, Florida 32839 (41110111111.11111 home Keith Williams claims to have searched along Suburban Drive in August of 2008.

Brett Churchill
Orlando, Florida 32809 111111.10111111- home

Race: White Gender: Male

Date of birth: 11110.111 ,11111%

Brett Churchill was one of several people who searched the area of Suburban Drive in 2008. He was in the area where the remains were recovered and can testify to the area being under water at the time.

Shelley Churchill .11111111111.1.111Mmaimie Orlando, Florida 32809 0111111111111111111110 - home

Race: White Gender: Female

Date of birth: .101111111.111011.11111"

Shelley Churchill was one of several people who searched the area of Suburban Drive in 2008. She was in the area where the remains were recovered and can testify to the area being under water at the time.

Kristen Churchill 611111.111Milijimusliell e Orlando, Florida 32809 home


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Race: White Gender: Female

Date of birth

Kristen Churchill was one of several people who searched the area of Suburban Drive in 2008. She was in the area where the remains were recovered and can testify to the area being under water at the time.

ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT CASE NUMBER 08-074777


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Lori Cree 111111151111111MI .01111111111111fte Orlando, Florida 32825 (41111.01.11111.- home

Race: White Gender: Female

Date of birth:

Lori Cree was one of several people who searched the area of Suburban Drive in 2008. She
was in the area where the remains were recovered and can testify to the area being under water at the time,

Mandy Albritton 1 Friendsville, Texas 77546 111111111111111/1113 - cell

Race: White Gender: Female

Date of birth:

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Mandy Albritton worked for Equusearch in 2008. She provided information on the company and on people who may have searched on Suburban Drive in 2008.

Helen Davis 11.11111.111111111101111MO Cuero, Texas 77954 1111.11.111111110- home

Race: White Gender: Female

Date of birth:O.M.I.1.111111

Helen Davis worked for Equusearch in September 2008. She was one of several people who
searched the area of Suburban Drive in 2008, She was in the area where the remains were recovered and can testify to the area being under water at the time.

Carolyn Todd 111111.111111111111110.111e Yuba City, California 11111.11111M111- home

Race: White Gender: Female

Date of birth: 101111111.1 11111111111

Carolyn Todd volunteered for Equusearch in 2008. She provided us blank copies of the Equusearch forms she used and was exposed to.

Bill Todd Yuba City, California (111111111111111111111- home

Race: White Gender: Female

Date of birth:

ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT CASE NUMBER 08-074777


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Bill Todd volunteered for Equusearch in 2008. He can testify to an incident in November of 2008 where he claims private investigator James Hoover came to the Caylee Anthony search headquarters and gave particular information on Suburban Drive.

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Derrick Williams Orlando Florida

Race: Black Gender: Male

Date of birth4141110111111.111

Derrick Williams lived at the Sawgrass Apartments from 2003 to 2007. He also owns an entertainment company named Society Entertainment. He posted a video statement on the internet after Internet bloggers began suggesting he may have something to do with this case. Derrick Williams has never met or spoken with Casey of Caylee Anthony.

Joy Wray 111111.0111.1s1111Mi

Race: White Gender: Female

Date of birth.

Altamonte Springs, Florida 32771 Joy Wray claimed to have photographs of the site Caylee Anthony was discovered prior to her discovery. The photographs do not show any human remains. She claims there were a total of five to seven photographs and one short video, all of which she turned over to Jose Baez and the defense team in mid 2009.

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On April 14''', 2009 Sergeant John Allen and _I met with Keith Williams in the area of Suburban Drive. We asked to meet with him because of stores circulating about what he saw and what he said in relation to the search for Caylee Anthony. Keith Williams agreed to provide us with a sworn and recorded statement and he also agreed to drive with us to the area of Suburban Drive and show us the areas he personally searched regarding this case.

Keith Williams said he searched the area of Suburban Drive several times in August and September of 2008. He first came to search Suburban Drive on August 5 th, 2008 after hearing about the case on the news. Keith Williams used to live nearby and knew the area. Keith Williams found several items at the far east end of Suburban Drive but nothing from the area of Caylee Anthony's remains. At that time, Keith Williams collected these items and brought them to the Anthony house where he showed them to Cindy Anthony. She did not recognize the items so he re-deposited these items where he found them. Around August 18 th, 2008 he was mentioning this case to an acquaintance named "Charlie". Keith Williams told Charlie about his "vibe" that he was supposed to find Caylee Anthony. Charlie called her mother in Texas who is a self proclaimed psychic. According to Keith Williams, the psychic said "one of the things the physic says is thatyou were gonna find her, like a, a foot into the, the, into the woods. That she was gonna be closely into the woods and that if she was buried it would be a shallow burial. That it might, something about a bunch of sticks or stems might be around and 1 think she mentioned something about some smaller tree and a bigger tree. It, it wasn't, nothing was 100% pinpointed but it was, she was giving INC ideas of stuff and it, you know so I basically came out here, walked the whole foot area, just, that's where I was looking, the whole fool area of the woods lines all the way around"' This conversation inspired Keith Williams to return and search this area again on August 18 th, 2008. We drove to the area where Caylee Anthony's remains were found and asked Keith Williams if he ever checked this area. Below is a synopsis of the conversation with his answer: The only time that I walked around where she was actually A found was that August 18i' date is when I was told that she was a foot into the woods and I actually walked around this whole area looking at that same range and I never saw nothing. (SERGEANT ALLEN) But earlier you indicated you never walked into the woods you just walked along the edge and looked into the woods is that correct? As far as that area where she was found I, I, I walked more, I A was on the grass I wasn't just on the sidelvalk.
I Refer to transcript of Keith Williams pages 7 line 19 to page 8 line 3.

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Right. I walked in the grass looking but I didn't actually.... Go into the woods. I didn't actually enter the woods at that point; I was just A looking, yeah. A In short, Keith Williams claims to have walked past the area, but he never walked into the woods where the remains were eventually located. He only looked about one foot into the grassline/woodline. As a note, the main deposit area of the remains were approximately thirty (30) feet from the edge of the roadway, well past the one foot area Keith Williams claims to have checked. On August 24th, 2009, I requested another wage and hour report for Casey Anthony. On the same day I received a reply indicating the last quarter Casey Anthony claimed any type of income was the 1' quarter of 2006. On August 20, 2009 Corporal Eric Edwards spoke with Lori Cree regarding this case. Lori Cree told Corporal Edwards of an Equusearch search team that had searched Suburban Drive in early September 2008 2. Lori Cree told Corporal Edwards the area where Caylee Anthony's remains were found was under water when she and her team searched it. Lori Cree provided Corporal Edwards the names of others who were present during the search. On August 24th, 2009 at 1513 hours Corporal Edwards and I met with Lori Cree near the area of Suburban Drive indicated above. Lori Cree was one of the people that searched the area of Suburban Drive for 17,quusearch. She believed this was in early September 2008. Lori Cree agreed to drive with us to the area of Suburban Drive and to provide us with a sworn recorded statement about her search efforts. We parked near the location where the remains of Caylee Anthony had been found. We could clearly see standing water in the area the remains were discovered. A tree to the right of the entrance of the path Roy Kronk used had a "No Trespassing Sign" affixed upon it. To the Left of this tree was the path and we could see standing water a short distance down this path. Lori Cree said the water level when she searched this area in September, October, and November was "more flooded" than it was at this rime. She further stated You could not get in. The water was a lot higher The water was almost up to the edge here [being the tree closest to the road].'' To the left of this tree was an empty black plastic pot used for plants. When asked how high she recalled the water being in September 2008, she pointed towards a slender tree to the tight of this empty plastic pot and said the water level was up to where the leaves started to curl around the tree. I took a digital photograph of this area and
2 This date would later be identified as September 1", 2008 through a copy of an Equusearch Team Activity Log. 3 Refer to transcript of Lori Cree 2 page 7 tines 14-15.

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showed the photograph (below) to I,ori Cree who identified the tree in the photo as the one she used as a reference,

Lori Cree said that on this search day, several people showed up to search; however, only a handful were in the area the remains were in. All the people searching on Suburban Drive parked east of the curve towards the dead end. She and a handful of people actually backtracked towards Hopespring Drive and looked into the wood line. She believed only Brett Churchill, Shelly Churchill, Brett Churchill's daughter (Kristen Churchill), and Helen Davis were with her at that time. She had returned to this location with Brett and Shelly Churchill in October but the water level still prevented them from going far into the wood line. On August 24''', 2009 at 1836 hours Corporal Edwards and I met with Shelly Churchill near the area of Suburban Drive. Shelly Churchill was one of the people with Lori Cree when they searched the area for Equusearch. She believed this was in the middle of August 2008. Shelly Churchill agreed to drive with us to the area of Suburban Drive and to provide us with a sworn recorded statement about her search efforts.

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We parked near the location where the remains of Caylee Anthony had been found. When asked, Shelly Churchill recalled this specific area and said the area was heavily overgrown and there was standing water. Shelly Churchill recalled "This exact corner was nog, veg thick with vines and palmetto bushes. We kind of all I remember is it was mg hard to get in past the trees because then it would drop. It was very vine it was hard to walk; and then it was water. This coma; it seems we never got down this far. We did come up and walk around by the fence back that way."' We pointed out a tree with a "No Trespassing" sign (see photo to right) and asked how far past that tree the water began. Shelly Churchill replied "all we could do is get in between the trees, and maybe take a step or two down. But that's as far us you could go. It was just all water' Shelly Churchill came by this area two more times later and both times the area remained the same, overgrown and with standing water. We asked Shelly Churchill about an alleged comment Tim Miller, head of Equusearch, had made to people about an incident at the Anthony household, He claimed he was close to having Casey Anthony put an "X" on a map indicating where Caylee Anthony was. She said Tim Miller made a comment similar to this in front of her husband Brett Churchill. Shelly Churchill said her husband told her "at that time proceeded to tell me that Tim was really upset. He was on his phone and dealing with other things. But he said Tim was really upset. Uhm, that he had gone to the Antholay's house and said they almost had her putting an X on a map.' Later that same day, Tim Miller came outside the hotel they were at and said the following': There was a time when he was ah, standing out in front of the hotel and we went SC out there. And he was, he'd gotten off the phone and he was shaking his head. And he looked at me. And that was later on in the night. And he just said, "We almost had her. We almost had her giving us the thing." And he just shook his bead and that's all he said. EE: And his frustration was with what? SC: It was with. ... EE: The fact that.... With the situation with what happened at the Anthony's. SC:
Refer to transcript of Shelly Churchill page 3 lines 18-22. Refer to transcript of Shelly Churchill page 6 lines 17-18. 6 Refer to transcript of Shelly Churchill page 1l lines 8-12. 7 Refer to transcript of Shelly Churchill page 13 lines 5-13.
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On August 24th, 2009 at 1836 hours Corporal Edwards and I met with Brett Churchill near the arca of Suburban Drive. Brett Churchill was one of the people with Lori Cree when they searched the area for Equusearch, Brett Churchill agreed to drive with us to the area of Suburban Drive and to provide us with a sworn recorded statement about his search efforts. We parked near the location where the remains of Caylee Anthony had been found. 1 think I visited this When asked, Brett Churchill recalled this specific area and said "Oh,yes. area oh, probably three times. Uhm, from this sign right here, which is the, the farthest sign, was on the pay first search. We made it up around the corner here. Between the corner and this sign. And it uhm, it was impossible to really to get into this. You can see the overgrowth here. This is nothing compared to what it was then. It was very thick overgrowth. And once you get past the overgrowth, the thorns and the briars, it was a steeper drop off down to wader' Brett Churchill says he came to this specific area roughly four times in total but they never actually conducted a search of the area. Brett Churchill said "We tried to get in then, but uhm, it was mainly a few people, my w0 and Lori, that went in this area. Uhm, and we realized after a few times in here it was impossible. It was just too much water to uhm, to get down them.' Brett Churchill went onto say that in general, the whole area near this site was flooded. Corporal Edwards exited the car and walked to the approximate area where the main deposit site of remains had been found. He stood in this approximate area and Brett Churchill said "If I'd of stood where he's at, it'd have been up to my knees in water right there." 11) I took a photograph of Corporal Edwards standing on this spot (photo to left). On August 27 th, 2009 at 1006 hours Detective Michael Erickson and I met with Kristen Churchill near the area of Suburban Drive. Kristen Churchill was one of the people with Lori Cree when they searched the area for Equusearch. Kristen Churchill agreed to drive with us to the area of Suburban Drive and to provide us with a sworn recorded statement about her search efforts. We parked near the location where the remains of Caylee Anthony had been found.
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Refer to transcript of Brett Churchill page 3 lines 7-13. Refer to transcript of Brett Churchill page 4 lines 2-4. 1 Refer to transcript of Brett Churchill page 8 line 9.

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Kristen Churchill says she and her family were in this area with Lori Cree and Helen [Davis] on a Sunday, but she couldn't recall the exact date. She remembered the southern side of Suburban Drive was heavily wooded with a lot of vines and "lots of water". She specifically recalled being in the area depicted in the photo (below), which is where the remains were later found. There was currently standing water in the area, and when asked how high the water was when she searched in late August/early September, she indicated it was "a lot higher than that" Kristen Churchill pointed at a point on a tree, about a. foot above the current water level, and said that was the approximate depth of the water in late August 2008 (see below photos).

She was asked about the water levels in the area at the time she was searching. The following is an excerpt of her response: YM: Now do you remember any places where you saw a NO amount of water heading back towards this dead end? We'll turn around at the dead end. KC: Uhm, this whole area right here was all water; where you actually couldn't get in. And most of it was like (inaudible) like barel y you couldn't even walk in. YM: So the whole area to the right, which would be to the south, wasfill of water? KC: Yeah (affirmative). YM: Could you see water from the roadway at any point, or you just had to go into the bush, into the uh, wood line? KC: You had to walk to where it started to slope, and then you could see the water. But then all this was like this grass and enegthing, i ' On August 31st, 2008 at approximately 1203 hours Corporal Edwards and I conducted a sworn and recorded interview with Mandy Albritton at her home. She agreed to speak with us about this case and certain information pertaining to Equusearch search efforts and techniques.
11 Refer to transcript of Kristen Churchill page 7 lines 14 23.
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Mandy Albritton said Tim Miller and Equusearch were asked to help in the search efforts for Caylee Anthony by Cindy Anthony. Mandy Albritton knows of three separate times Equusearch performed searches in the Orlando area for Caylee Anthony. The first was at the end of August/beginning of September 2008, the second sometime in October, and the third at the beginning of November. Mandy Albritton was in Orlando for the first and third searches. She was not responsible for the search areas picked or deployment of searchers to specific areas. She stated Helen Davis was the Equusearch team leader for search one on Suburban Drive in August/September. She believes Helen's team consisted of about ten people to include Brett, Shelly, and Kristen Churchill along with Lori Cree. Mandy Albritton said whenever a search team is deployed to an area, they will complete a field activity report which details the area searched and the people searching. She believes Helen Davis has a copy of the field activity report from her search of Suburban Drive. After the remains had been recovered, Helen Davis told Mandy Albritton she had done a cursory search of that area but they couldn't do a good search because of the water. It was taught by Equusearch that no searchers go into water to search due to the possibility of damaging evidence. Mandy Albritton told us of an incident on Saturday November 8 1 ', 2008 where an Equusearch volunteer named Bill Todd was approached by private investigator James Hoover. This occurred at the Equusearch command post. James Hoover spoke with Bill Todd about an incident he heard of regarding Casey Anthony's car seen parked on Suburban Drive with the trunk open. Bill Todd completed a debrief form regarding this conversation. Mandy Albritton believes this form has been searched for but was never found. 12 Mandy Albritton said all debrief forms and field activity reports were left in Florida with either Jamie Copenhaver. or Bill Fitzgerald, two Equusearch volunteers. On August 31', 2009 at approximately 2024 hours, Corporal Edwards and I conducted a sworn recorded interview with Helen Davis at her home. Helen Davis agreed to speak with us about this case and certain information pertaining to Equusearch search efforts and techniques. Helen Davis began volunteering with Equusearch in 2006. From then on, she's participated in approximately one hundred (100) searches. We asked her to rate the thoroughness of Equusearch's search for Caylee Anthony on a scale from one to one hundred (1-100). She rated this search at a fifty (50) indicating it was "chaotic"and there were problems with "miscommunication".

12 James Hoover allegedly heard from a young female in the Hopespring Drive neighborhood that Casey Anthony's car was seen parked somewhere on Suburban Drive with the trunk open. James Hoover did not know the female nor did he provide further details. Bill Todd did not recognize James Hoover at the time of their conversation.

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Helen Davis arrived in Orlando on August 28 th, 2008 to assist with the search efforts with Equusearch. She is generally designated a team leader or search coordinator. She recalled searching Suburban Drive in late August/early September 2008. She both conducted reconnaissance then later participated in a search of the area. During this dine period, she took digital photographs of the area and of certain items of interest she found. She allowed me to view and make copies of these photos and we went over each one in depth. In short, there were no photographs of the area where the remains were found." On one of the days she searched the area of Suburban Drive, she was accompanied by Brett and Shelley Churchill, their daughter (Kristen Churchill), Joe Jordan, Lori Cree, and a female named Anna. There were several more searchers on Suburban Drive that day, but the majority of them worked west of the curve just before Hidden Oaks Elementary. Only a handful walked east with Helen Davis towards Hopespting drive. 1:10.1en Davis recalled there was standing water on the south side of the road at that Mne. Helen Davis said the following: HD: ... But it was water from the edge of that bushy brush down, and then out. YM: Uh, uh, so, you mean as soon as you went into the brush and the wathe, the, the slope went down, there was water? HD: Yeah (01mative). I didn't even know them was really a slope... I mean we were stepping on racks here and there. And then you know, I think when Brett stepped in there when we had seen some things, tthm, a plastic bag and a, a Styrofoam cup. And uh, I would think be was looking at the .tame thing I was because them wasn't really anything else. And maybe he was fixing to reach and grab it. But he stepped in there and as, be just sunk down to his kneecaps and when he pulled it was like malty hard for him to pull his foot out. And then about that time somebody else hollered, `He p, know was calling me. And they were just ahead of me and they had found a baby blanket [to her right towards HopespringDrivei." She said a field activity report was completed for this search date. She said she gave this report to Lori Cree who in turn should have turned it in at the end of the day". Helen Davis told us about several stuffed animals she found at the western dead end of Suburban Drive along the inside of the chain link fence. She took photographs of these items and we reviewed them. These appear to be the same items Keith Williams had mentioned to us in his interview. When asked about whether Keith Williams was a searcher or if she knew him, she said he looked familiar when she saw him on television. Helen Davis mentioned having possibly seen either Roy Kronk or James Hoover on
These photos were submitted to the State Attorney's Office along with this supplemental report. Refer to transcript of Helen Davis page 9 lines 2-14. 15 As a note, Lori Cree found a photocopy of a field team activity form dated September 1, 2008 that had listed on it the Churchill's, Lori Cree, Joe Jordan, {Davis] and several others. On November 5 ,h 2009 Joe Jordan would be shown this form and confirmed it was legitimate.
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the day she and the Churchill's were searching the area. She saw the male with an older woman who was claiming to be a psychic. The psychic insisted Caylee Anthony was buried just west of the fence at the end of the road. When she asked the male his name, he refused to identify himself. When asked if he was a private detective or something, he allegedly replied "kinda". She didn't pay much attention to him at the time, but when she saw Roy Kronk's image on television after the body was found, she believed it may have been him. She based this on the color of the shirt he was wearing on television and on his eyes. Shortly after her group began to actually search the area, the psychic and male left the area in a white van. Helen Davis knew the area where the remains were found was not thoroughly searched. She told Tim Miller this and even sent an email to him about this on September 461, 2008. She showed us a copy of this email and forwarded it to my agency email. Helen Davis had a binder full of notes and other paperwork regarding her search efforts for Caylee Anthony. She agreed to turn this binder over to us for further inspection. A property form was completed for this item. On September 2nd, 2009 at approximately 1226 hours Corporal Edwards and I conducted a sworn recorded interview with Carolyn and Bill Todd at their residence. Both agreed to speak with us about this case and certain information pertaining to Equusearch search efforts and techniques. Carolyn and Bill Todd were present during the search efforts for Caylee..Anthony in November of 2008. Carolyn Todd helped with administrative tasks. Bill. Todd assisted with conducting debriefings of the search teams and with completing certain search related paperwork. Carolyn Todd provided us with blank copies of several documents used by Texas Equusearch during their November search. We went over each form and its purpose in detail. One form she provided was a Field Team Activity form. This is the form which would list the team leader, searchers, and area(s) to be searched. At times there may also be a letter size map attached to this form indicating the area searched. Carolyn and Bill Todd told us of an incident on Saturday November 8th, 2008 where Bill Todd believes James Hoover came to the Hquusearch command post and provided a tip. Bill Todd was working alongside Brett Churchill under the debrief area tent at the time James Hoover approached. Bill Todd recalled this particular incident only after the remains of Caylee Anthony were recovered and he saw James Hoover on television. According to Bill Todd, James Hoover came to the command post and told him he had spoken with a young female in the Hopespring neighborhood who indicated she had seen Casey Anthony's car on Suburban Drive prior to her first arrest in July of 2008. The young female told James Hoover the car was backed up to the trail at the dead end Suburban Drive near the school. James Hoover told Bill Todd he (Hoover) was working for the Anthony family at the time and if they learned he was talking to Equusearch he may be fired. 13

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Bill Todd indicated he wrote this down on the debrief form he completed for James Hoover then gave the form to volunteer Bill Fitzgerald. He doesn't know what happened to it afterwards. After the remains were located, Carolyn Todd spoke with Jamie Copenhaver and Bill Fitzgerald about this encounter with James Hoover. After searching for this form, they told her the original form could not be found and they asked for Bill Todd to send a fax recounting the incident involving James Hoover so they could give the information to Sergeant John Allen. The Todd's provided me with a copy of the fax she sent to Tim Miller on January 11th, 2009. On October 20t h, 2009 I spoke with Michael Antonello, general counsel for American Media who publishes the Globe magazine. He agreed to turn over all photographs of Caylee Anthony in which she was wearing the pink "big trouble comes in small package.?' t-shirt, On October 30 th, 2009 Michael Antonello emailed me six (6) photographs of Caylee wearing the above mentioned shirt. Casey .Anthony was in all these photos. Michael Antonello confirmed that Ricardo Morales had sold those photographs to the Globe magazine in 2008. 16 On November 2'" 1, 2009 T asked Detective Sandy Cawn of our computer crimes unit to review these photos from American Media and see if there was information embedded in the photos that would tell the date they were taken. I also asked her to check the copy of Ricardo Morales' hard drive to see if the original photos were there. Detective Cawn found all but one of the American Media received photos on Ricardo Morales' hard drive. The photographs were taken on January 28 th, 2008 and March 19th, 2008. Refer to her report for further details.. On November 5th , 2009 Corporal Eric Edwards, Sergeant John Allen and I conducted a recorded interview with Joseph Jordan. Refer to Corporal Edwards' supplement for the details of this interview.
On November 16th, 2009 I called and spoke with Amy Huizenga regarding the "big trouble comes in small packages" t-shirt. She doesn't recall her wearing that specific shirt. I emailed her a photograph of the reproduced shirt to see if she recognized it. I asked that she call inc back when she had a chance to view the shirt.

On November 18th, 2009 at approximately 0921 hours, I conducted a recorded interview with Amy Huizenga over the phone. Again she doesn't recognize that particular shirt but she said Caylee would often wear shirts similar to that. She is not sure if she was present at the time those particular photographs were taken. On November 20th, 2009 at approximately 0951 hours, Sergeant Mike Mason and I met with Derrick Williams who provided me a sworn and recorded statement about this
16 A photograph of Casey holding Caylee was featured in the October 20, 2008 issue of the Globe magazine. This is one of the photos I obtained from American Media.

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case. Derrick Williams was first brought to my attention on June 3r d, 2009 regarding a video "statement" he made about this case on the intemet Derrick Williams made this video statement after several interact bloggers began alleging he had something to do with this case. Derrick Williams lived at the Sawgrass Apartments from 2003 to 2007 but never at 2863 South Conway Road apartment #210 which Casey Anthony pointed out to me on July 16th, 2008. In short, Derrick Williams never met Casey or Caylee Anthony and has nothing to provide on this case. On Sunday October 18 th, 2009 I received an email from Joy Wray. Below is a copy of the email. 'Mr Melich , Could please call me? Did casey really put caylee in the trunk for 2 day? At a parking lot at the hotel and to) to put her to sleep? the didn't check on her for 2 days? In the Florida heat? IFITIN sort'. I was just mad aware of this not to long ago I wont say who told me this She told the security guy this when she was out on bond. And she also said she threw her close to the woods back in the mods. And Le knew about this while deputy kaine and others did nothing about it. Where you just waiting for someone the to find this little angel body all alone in the woodA . And so the defense can blame it on someone else? I was just made aware of this over the weekend's Jose .Baez playing me? I'm really scared of what may happen next. But you and Lt. Alien Dismiss me why didn't you dismiss George Anthony as well I gave the disc that goes into the camera TO Jose Baer team so th there computer Expert can look at it. Than on Friday after court Jose PI say it popes my dates and times. have nothing to hide I just want justice for Caylee. Caylee wasn't under the tree that fall down after the hurricand be live that Roy Was Moving the Body around bec ok please call me 407-951-7314.... Joy wray" Sergeant John Allen attempted several times to schedule meetings with Joy Wray at her attorney's office. The purpose of those meetings was to interview joy Wray regarding the photographs she reported in her e-mail to me. On November 20th, 2009 Sergeant John Allen learned that Joy Wray had brought a laptop computer to the Best Buy at 597 West State Road 436 in Altatnonte Springs. Sergeant Allen learned that Joy Wray had inquired about concealing or deleting files from her computer hard drive. After leaving her computer there to repair a stuck keyboard key, management from Best Buy called the Altamonte Springs Police Department to report this suspicious event. Sergeant Allen learned that the computer Joy Wray had left at the Best Buy was in transit from another state back to the store and was due back at the store on or about November 24th . Later that day, Sergeant Allen recorded a conversation with Joy Wray. I was present for this conversation. Joy Wray said she would sign a consent to search for the laptop she left at Best Buy in Altamonte Springs on November 7 th, 2009. She admitted she had talked to someone in the line at Best Buy about deleting photographs so law enforcement could not

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find them; however, she claimed the photos she was referring to were photos of her and husband, John Wray. When asked why she hadn't told Sergeant Allen about these photos when he met with her in December of 2008, she claimed she `Pund" the photos after their meeting. When asked why she didn't mention these photos until her email to me on October 18` h she claims she felt Sergeant Allen and I didn't want to talk to her. Joy Wray said she had no problem granting Sergeant Allen and I consent to pick up her computer from Best Buy when it returned, but she wanted to consult with her attorney about it. Later that day, Sergeant Allen spoke to Joy Wray and her attorney, Mark O'Mara via telephone. During a three way telephone conversation, Joy Wray agreed to meet with members of the Orange County Sheriff's Office at 1100 hours on Monday November 23" I soheculdprviwtnosealigdctvokeusyfandrchte laptop computer she left at Best Buy. Also on that day, I contacted the Altamonte Springs Police Department and learned that Officer Anthony Uzzi had responded to the Best Buy regarding Joy Wray's suspicious comments. I called and spoke with Officer Uzzi who recalled the incident, and said at the time there was no indication of what the photographs were and they had no authority to search Joy Wray's computer. There was no report written about this incident at that time. On Saturday November 22" d, Officer Uzzi called to inform MC Joy Wray returned to the Best Buy store that day inquiring about her computer and if it was back yet. She was told it was not there. Officer Uzzi also told me he had written a report on his original call at Best Buy regarding Joy Wray and her computer. This was documented under Altamonte Springs Police Department case number 2009FC003162. Officer Uzzi also told me Joy Wray had been to the Altamonte Springs Police Department earlier that day and spoke with Lieutenant Allen Greene about her involvement with the Caylee Anthony investigation.' Lieutenant Greene wrote a supplement to Officer Uzzi's report. On November 23"I, with the assistance of Investigator Steve McElyea of the Seminole County Sheriff's Office I obtained and served a search warrant for Joy Wray's laptop computer at the Best Buy on 597 W. State Road 436 in Altamonte Springs Florida. This computer was seized by Investigator McElyea then turned over to me. I delivered this computer to Sergeant Kevin Stenger with the Computer Crimes Squad who was going to conduct a computer forensics examination on the laptop computer. While I was obtaining the search warrant for Joy Wray's computer, she met with and was interviewed by Sergeant John Allen. Refer to his supplement for details of this interview.

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Refer to _Altamonte Springs Police Department report number 2009R:003162 for further information.

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On December 7, 2009 at approximately 1025 hours Joy Wray arrived at the Orange County Sheriff's Office to retrieve her laptop. This entire encounter was surreptitiously recorded without her knowledge. I escorted her to Sergeant Kevin Stenger's office where he questioned her about several photographs found on her laptop computer. Sergeant Stenger showed Joy Wray two photo sheets, one containing nine (9) photographs and one containing three (3) photographs. Joy Wray confirmed these were the same photographs she gave Sergeant John Allen in December of 2008. Joy Wray indicated two of these photographs, which showed what appeared to be a torn pillow case, were . taken sometime in early November, 2008" approximately "12-14 feet firm wheiv Caylee was lama." These two photographs were on the sheet containing three photographs. Joy Wray said she tore up the pillow and photographed it after she had done so. In this same area she smelled something bad but she did not find the source of the smell. Joy Wray said when she returned to the area November 28, 2008 the pillow was no longer there. After the Orange County Sheriff's Office released the scene on Suburban Drive in December of 2008, she claims to have taken the defense team to the area to look for the pillow. This was after she just told me the pillow had not been there since November 28, 2008. Joy Wray claims she took other photos of the recovery site on Suburban Drive but she was unable to upload them onto her laptop computer since they were taken with a different camera. These other photos", five to seven in all, including the two above photographs of the pillow and a short video were turned over to Jose Baez and the defense team several months ago. The video allegedly depicts round "paver" stones in the area Caylee Anthony was found prior to her discovery. She also claims to have given the photographs to Dominic Casey; some in November 2008 and others on December 14, 2008.
Joy Wray said of the other ten (10) photographs shown, three (3) were taken of her computer screen and seven (7) were taken at Blanchard Park on the week of November 10 th , 2008, when Leonard Padilla was overseeing divers in the river. The photographs are numbered consecutively and all appear to have been uploaded to her laptop computer on the same date.

Joy Wray said she had taken the photographs of the recovery site on Suburban Drive the same day she took the photographs at Blanchard Park. She claimed she left Jay Blanchard Park once that day where she went to Suburban Drive to take the two photographs of the pillow then returned to Blanchard Park, On her laptop computer in numerical order between the two photographs she claims were of the discovery site, there was a photograph of a culvert from Jay Blanchard Park. As a note, Jay Blanchard Park is approximately 9.6 miles north of Suburban Drive and the approximate drive time between
joy Wray claims the photographs were taken between November 1 and November 10, 2008. The other five to seven photos allegedly show a Coke can, beer can (Budweiser or Busch), a couple of receipts, and a deflated balloon. Joy Wray claims these other photographs were taken in August and October of 2008.
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the two is seventeen (17) minutes. This meant Joy Wray would have left Jay Blanchard Park twice, both times driving to Suburban Drive to take one photograph then returning to jay Blanchard Park. When Sergeant Stenger confronted her about this discrepancy, Joy Wray changed her story to claim she must have left twice to return to the Suburban Drive area. When Sergeant Stenger confronted Joy Wray about some possible photographs missing, due to some skips in the consecutive numbering of the above photos, she accused us or Best Buy of deleting them. Joy Wray claims she does not know how to delete photographs from her computer. Joy Wray was challenged on several inconsistent statements she had previously made. Joy Wray admitted she never told anyone from the Orange County Sheriff's Office about the additional photographs she claimed to have of the discovery site until an email sent to me on October 18 th, 2009. Joy Wray provided no reason as to why she kept this information from us until October 18, 2009. In an email she sent me dated December 5 th, 2009 she alleges she saw Roy Kronk coming out of the woods on August 11 th, 2008.2 This is the first time she's mentioned this to anyone at the Orange County Sheriffs Office. Joy Wray again could provide no reason she kept this information from us. Joy Wray claims that on or about September 7 th , 2008 she told Captain Dennis Lemma and Lieutenant Tracy Fortenberry of the Seminole County Sheriff's Office about the person she saw walking out of the woods on August 11 th, 2008. She told them she had pictures and the above mentioned video and she
"needed Sergeant Allen to have these... about places I've been searching befb Caylee was (inaudible) or

ibund.' 11 She alleges she called someone from the Orange County Sheriff's Office about this

then, but she can't remember who and she didn't leave a message. On December 8 th, 2009 I met with Lieutenant Tracy Fortenberry of the Seminole County Sheriffs Office. Lieutenant Fortenberry agreed to provide me with a sworn recorded statement about his dealings with Joy Wray. I told him about Joy Wray's claim about speaking with him on September 7 th, 2008 and about having photographs regarding the Caylee Anthony case. Lieutenant Fortenberry said he never met with Joy Wray in September of 2008. He recalled Joy Wray meeting with him and Captain Lemma on April 13 th, 2009. At that time, Joy Wray seemed disoriented and disheveled and made comments to him that she was a private investigator for the Caylee Anthony case. Joy Wray had a notebook with her that contained news articles on the Caylee Anthony case. Joy Wray had some photographs with her, but no photographs of outdoor scenes like those Joy Wray showed me on December Th. Joy Wray said she was afraid for her safety because of this case but she did not explain why. Joy Wray claimed to have video on a camera she had with her; however, neither she nor Lieutenant Fortenberry were able to find any videos on this camera. During this meeting, Joy Wray said she was a "spy fir Prrsident .13ush"and that '71-eonardj Padilla (bounty bunter) had threatened to kill her and her children zjr she tesqied." At the conclusion of this

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This is the first day he called the Orange County Sheriffs Office about something he saw in the woods. Refer to Joy Wray's interview from December 7, 2009.

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encounter, Joy Wray was taken to South Seminole Hospital under a Baker Act. 22 Lieutenant Fortenberry said during this encounter, Joy Wray had nothing of evidentiary value relating to this case. Captain Dennis Lemma was present during this encounter, but Lieutenant Fortenberry was the one who dealt with Joy Wray during this incident. Lieutenant Fortenberry has had dealings with Joy Wray since 2007. One of his first encounters with Joy Wray was in 2007 where she claimed to have been at the scene of a shooting during which her car was damaged and her child suffered from a bullet grazing the child's face. Joy Wray was uncooperative at that time, refused to allow her car to be examined, and did not provide any documentation indicating her child was injured in this incident. Joy Wray told Lieutenant Fortenberry she had an attorney and the attorney would be in contact with him, He never heard from her about this again. During subsequent encounters with Joy Wray and her children, she never mentioned this incident again nor did Lieutenant Fortenberry see any obvious injuries to any of her children consistent with a bullet grazing the child's face. 23 Lieutenant Fortenberry told me of a case involving Joy Wray where she was charged with perjury in an official proceeding and making a false report. This incident was documented under Seminole County Sheriff's Office case number 200800001509 dated February 12 th, 2008. In that case, Joy Wray allegedly provided the same threatening letter as an exhibit in two separate injunction requests involving two different respondents claiming both respondents wrote the same letter. Lieutenant Fortenberry provided me with a copy of a report dated December 3" 1, 2009 under Seminole County Sheriff's Office report number 2009q013071. In this report, Joy Wray called the Sheriff's Office to report a suspicious incident. During this call, she told a deputy she was "... working with Sgt. Allen, who works for the Orange County Sheriffs Office, in nfetvnce to the Kaylie (sic) Anthony case. "Joy Wray believed someone was targeting her because of her involvement in the case. Lieutenant Fortenberry recalled an incident on December 19' 1 , 2008 where Joy Wray arrived at the Seminole County Sheriff's Office to report an argument between her and her husband John Wray. This incident was documented under Seminole County Sheriff's Office report number 20081T002217. Lieutenant Fortenberry spoke with Joy Wray and her husband John Wray during this incident. John Wray told Lieutenant Fortenberry Joy Wray was obsessed with the Caylee Anthony Case and she was refusing to take her medication. This is what they had been arguing about. Joy Wray told Lieutenant Fortenberry she was a
A Baker Act is a means of providing individuals with emergency services and temporary detention for mental health evaluation and treatment when required, either on a voluntary or an involuntary basis. This incident was documented under Seminole County Sheriff's Office report number 20091T000672. 23 joy Wray was referring to an armed robbery/attempted homicide on a law enforcement officer that was documented under Seminole County Sheriff's Office report number 200700010960 on November 6, 2007. Joy
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spy working for Leonard Padilla and Dominic Casey on the Caylee Anthony case. She further told Lieutenant Fortenberry she was "... taking pictures in the Caylee Anthony case by hanging in the trees in the area." She claimed she learned to do this as part of het "spy" training. At the conclusion of this encounter, joy Wray was taken to South Seminole Hospital under a Baker Act'. I was able to find another report from the Seminole County Sheriffs Office in which Joy Wray claimed to be actively involved in this case. Under report number 2008IT001590, Joy Wray said Casey Anthony had contacted her through the Internet and accused her of taking Caylee Anthony. Joy Wray went to the Anthony residence on Hopespring Drive to speak with Casey Anthony and tell her she was not responsible for the abduction of Caylee Anthony. Joy Wray told the deputy she heard voices but would not elaborate. Joy Wray had also posted "no trespassing" and "keep oni"signs around her residence similar to what had been done at the Anthony residence during the month of September 2008. At the conclusion of this encounter, Joy Wray was taken to South Seminole Hospital under a Baker Act

ATTACHMENTS: REPORT PACKAGE. FURTHER POLICE ACTION REQUIRED: PENDING REFERRED TO: STATE ATTORNEYS OFFICE DISPOSITION: ARRESTED I swear or affirm the a Ile statements are correct and true
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Corporal Yuri elich Sworn to and subscribed before me, the undersigned Authority, This V" day of Febru' , 2 O.

Ser

t John Allen

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This incident was documented under Seminole County Sheriffs Office report number 200911002217.

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