Casey Anthony Trial Update: Casey's mom grilled after chloroform search claim
(CBS/WKMG/AP) ORLANDO, Fla. - Casey Anthony's mother, Cindy Anthony, testified in her daughter Casey Anthony's murder trial Thursday afternoon, saying that she looked up "chloroform" while meaning to search for "chlorophyll" in relation to a concern for her two dogs.
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Computer experts have testified that someone searched for "chloroform" and "neck-breaking" on the family computer on the afternoon of March 17, 2008, reports CBS affiliate WKMG.
Cindy Anthony said she did not search "neck-breaking" but she remembers a pop-up ad containing the word.
Prosecutor Linda Drane Burdick grilled Cindy Anthony during cross-examination about her memory and perceived discrepancies with her testimony on Thursday and a deposition from July 2009.
"Is this something you recall now that you have changed your medication?" Burdick asked during cross-examination, reports the station.
Cindy Anthony went on to say she looked up certain injuries using her home computer because she did not have full Internet access at work.
Cindy Anthony's work records indicated that she was at work at the time the searches were performed, but she testified that because she is a salary employee, the records did not indicate that she had taken paid time off and left early during that time frame because her anniversary and Casey's birthday fell around the same time.
When asked about Casey Anthony's Pontiac Sunfire, Cindy Anthony said there was a stain in the trunk when it was purchased.
The state has said that the stain in the trunk of Anthony's car is a result of Caylee's body being placed there.
During cross-examination, Burdick accused Cindy Anthony of guessing that she was not at work when the searches were made.
According to a transcript of the deposition Cindy Anthony gave for the state in 2009, she said she may have looked up the ingredients in chloroform, but not how to make it. She said she learned it could make an animal sick.
John Bradley, the owner of a computer forensics software company, previously testified that a site about chloroform was visited 84 times on the Anthony family computer. However, on Thursday, computer forensics expert Kevin Stenger said it was MySpace.com that was accessed 84 times and not the chloroform website, the station reports.
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