Americans might be more divided than ever right now, but one thing all can agree on is Peacock devoting three and a half hours to a Casey Anthony “confessional” was 2022’s worst idea.
For those too young to remember or lucky enough to have forgotten, Anthony was the OJ Simpson of her day – a twentysomething Florida woman accused of killing her two-year-old daughter, Caylee. On 15 July 2008, Cindy Anthony, Casey’s mother, called 911 to report her granddaughter missing for 31 days and that the trunk of Casey’s Pontiac Sunfire smelled like a dead body. If there were such a game as Karen Bingo, Casey would have covered the whole card. She misled investigators, pointed the finger at a made-up Afro-Latina nanny and showed more concern for her own self-preservation than for recovering her daughter. Finally, in October, Casey was charged with first-degree murder. Two months later Caylee’s skeletal remains were discovered, blanketed, inside a laundry bag in a wooded area near the Anthony family’s Orlando home. The autopsy further noted the presence of duct tape at the front of Caylee’s skull and on the mouth – grounds enough to pronounce the death a homicide.
