Florida toddler drama captivates the public

FBI testing mother's car
"I found out my granddaughter has been taken, she has been missing for a month, we're talking about a 3-year-old little girl ... I need to find her," a frantic Cindy Anthony said. "I found my daughter's car today and it smells like there's a dead body in the damn car."

Cindy Anthony said she hadn't seen the girl since mid-June. The dispatcher asked to speak to Casey Anthony.

"Why are you calling now?" the dispatcher asked. "Why didn't you call 31 days ago?"

Her reply: "I've been looking for her and gone through other resources to find her. Which was stupid."

Casey Anthony told Orange County sheriff's deputies she left her child in an apartment June 9 with a nanny.

But investigators say the apartment had been empty for several months.

Other troubling details emerged: A neighbor told detectives Anthony had asked to borrow a shovel some time in June. Her father said she had stolen two gas cans from the garage and refused to let him get something from the trunk of her car. A boyfriend said she never told him in June that Caylee was missing.

Cadaver-sniffing dogs detected a scent in Casey's car, and hair, dirt and a strange stain were found in the trunk. Investigators are still awaiting FBI tests on evidence from the car.

'Nonchalant'
Detectives are amazed Casey has kept her composure under questioning, never crying or showing emotion.

"Her demeanor has been, for lack of a better word, nonchalant," says Deputy Chief Carlos Padilla. "She's shown no remorse, no concern."

On the night she was arrested, a family friend asked, in a recorded jail call: "How come everybody's saying that you're not upset, that you're not crying, that you showed no emotion, no caring of where Caylee is at all?"

"Because I'm not sitting here f------ crying every two seconds. Because I have to stay composed to talk to detectives, to make other phone calls, to do other things. I can't sit here and be crying every two seconds like I want to. I can't."

Baez said his client is innocent and "has a very compelling reason for her actions and we will present them at the proper time and place."

Meanwhile, Anthony's parents and brother still hope Caylee will be home for her birthday.

"That's what we'd love to see happen," Lee Anthony said.

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