Dec. 11 – Human child remains found by the Anthony house.
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Sources close to the investigation say that remnants of duct tape were found on both the skull and the trash bag. Those items are compared to tape and bags that had previously been collected from the car Casey Anthony was driving at the time of her daughter's disappearance.
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Investigators hold a media briefing on the discovery of the remains. Police confirm that the skull does appear to be that of a small child; however they caution that further tests are needed to confirm the age and gender.
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Investigators with the Orange County Sheriff's Office seek a warrant to search the home of Casey Anthony's parents, George and Cindy Anthony.
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Authorities obtain the warrant and the Anthony family home is taped off with crime scene tape.
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In October 2008, Dr. Maurice Godwin used his Predator computerized system to identify specific areas of interest in the search for Caylee Anthony. Copies of the report were given to law enforcement and Texas EquuSearch. According to Godwin, the remains could have been found sooner if his analysis of the case had been utilized.
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Dec. 12 – Investigators conducting the search of the Anthony home remove enough items to fill up at least three vehicles. The search, which began the previous day, continues into the early morning hours.
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Casey Anthony's defense team is denied access to the autopsy on the child skeletal remains. In issuing the ruling, Judge Stan Strickland said that the pathologist needed to make the identification without interference from outside parties.
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Anthony's defense team holds a press conference regarding their motion.
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Criminal profiler Pat Brown shares her thoughts on the discovery of the remains.
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Dr. Deborah Schurman-Kauflin weighs in on Casey Anthony.
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Authorities release the 911 call about the skull discovery.
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Dec. 15 – Jose Baez, lead attorney for Casey Anthony, assembles a seasoned team of defense attorneys and forensic experts for his client's impending first-degree murder trial.
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Dec. 16 – Circuit Court Judge Stan Strickland hears a series of emergency motions that were filed by Jose Baez. Upon reading the ruling and hearing arguments from both sides, Strickland continues the autopsy request. In regard to a defense request to oversee the crime scene, Strickland says it is not a requirement by law. "I can't assist you in interfering with a murder investigation," Strickland said. "They're entitled to continue until they get what it is they need to get." In response to a request for the crime scene photos, Ann Marie Delahunty, attorney for the Sheriff's Department, said that the department would "not release photographs of the skull of this little girl to then be broadcast all over the news before the body has even been identified, before the parents have been notified." Delahunty said that the sheriff's department would only release select photographs to the defense. "We are not in a position to release every photograph that's been taken out there," she said. "That would be completely inappropriate at this time." The court agrees.
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Dec. 18 – During a press conference, a sheriff's office spokesperson says that the utility worker who discovered child skeletal remains had also contacted authorities on Aug. 11, 12 and 13, to provide tips in the case.
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Dec. 19 – Authorities hold another press conference, during which Dr. Jan Garavaglia announces her findings. "With regret, I am here to inform you that the skeletal remains found on December 11 are those of the missing toddler Caylee Anthony," Garavaglia said.
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Jose Baez, holds a small press conference, during which he expresses anger towards the Orange County Sheriff's Office - specifically, for the way his client was notified that remains had been positively identified as Caylee.
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