Casey Anthony beaten up in jail - world exclusive photo of tot mom with a black eye

By DEREK CLONTZ
Your World Report

This is the photograph Florida’s Orange County Sheriff’s Department doesn’t want you to see: alleged tot killer Casey Anthony beaten up by a fellow inmate - and sporting a black eye.

With a high-profile and widely reviled inmate such as Anthony behind bars awaiting trial for the murder of her 3-year-old daughter, Casey Anthony, “authorities,” according to a sheriff’s source, “must be ever vigilant to stop other inmates or even a rogue officer from roughing anybody up.”

To date,  Anthony, 23, has been kept away from other inmates in isolation without incident. The photo is a altered image showing what could happen if cops and jailers let their guard down and an inmate did get to her.

But she remains “at extreme risk,” suggested another source close to the case, “because inmates charged with child abuse are the No. 1 target of other inmates.

“Many of them were abused themselves as children. They seek to vent their rage with results that are always violent, and sometimes murderous.

“My sources tell me that word around the jail is that anybody who gets to Casey Anthony and beats her up will be a hero, not just to other prisoners, but to just about everybody who’s been following the case,” continued the second source.

“This is no ordinary inmate. I’m told that one of the TV networks conducted a survey and found that more people know Anthony’s name than (Vice President-elect) Joe Biden’s.

“Nine out of 10 people polled on a news organization’s Web site said they believe she is guilty and should be imprisoned for life or given the death penalty.

“And this is before she’s had her day in court.

“It’s obvious that hardly anybody believes her story that a nanny kidnapped the child. To make matters worse, professional journalists are fanning the flames of hatred and encouraging a rush to judgment, goading people to presume guilt rather than innocence, which is a rule of law our judicial system is built on.

“They have dropped all pretense of giving Ms. Anthony the benefit of doubt. Just listen to Nancy Grace on CNN night after night. It’s disgusting.

“To my knowledge, she seldom if ever has used the words ‘alleged child killer’ on her shows about Casey Anthony’s possible involvement in little Caylee’s disappearance and murder.

“It seems to me that she convicted Casey Anthony from the get go, and in my opinion, Grace and others have stirred up an ugly mob mentality. People seem uninterested in Anthony getting a fair trial.

“ They all want to see her rotting in prison. They want to see her get a lethal injection. They want to see her beaten up.

“Unincarcerated citizens on the outside can’t get to her, of course, so that’s not really a problem when it comes to protecting her as she prepares to go to trial (perhaps as early as the first week in January).

“But these news reporters and analysts have enraged inmates, too, and that’s never good. Inmates are an ever-present danger to other inmates. Anthony is watched around the clock, 24/7.

“But inmates are persistent. They are an ever-present danger.

“That picture of Casey Anthony with a black eye is an illustration, something created on a computer. But if someone gets to her, that’s exactly what would happen … that or much worse.”

Background:  Casey Anthony’s daughter Caylee, 3, went missing in June but her disappearance wasn’t reported until mid July. She claimed then and now that the child was abducted by a babysitter. What appears to be, according to investigators, damning circumstantial evidence suggests that someone in the Anthony household may have been looking for a way to kill the child. Casey Anthony was, in fact, charged with murder even before a utility worker stumbled on the tot’s skeletal remains. Casey Anthony’s trial is slated to begin on Jan. 5, but a delay could be sought by the defense and granted.

What do you think? Is Casey Anthony guilty? Do you think fellow inmates will hurt her? Do you think she should get the death penalty if convicted of the murder of her child? Do you think she can get a fair trial? Send your comments for publication on this page using the comment box on this page.

Credits: Photo illustration by Ian Clontz.

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