I think Kevin's implications are quite clear...while it's not definite, the evidence seems to point to the sad possibility that the kid is dead. Considering how Kaylee Anthony's memory should be fresh in our minds, I doubt she was treated "well".

Not very many details.

And six weeks later, no dna test on the blood?

Sorta seems like they have nothing and are just trying to pressure people into talking.

Did the guy pass a lie detector or not?

Not saying it is accurate, although the Gov't uses them in hiring.

Makes me think he did pass the lie detector, but they still want to keep him as a suspect.

I cut myself shaving..I have a bad habit of shaving in the basement without a mirror or water..un-huh

I'll drop if he says this to the police.

These stories about infant children being harmed are so disturbing to me. How could anyone do such a thing? So sad. I hope the police catch the beast(s) responsible for this.

I am not making assumptions about this case; but I can't understand how ANYONE could hurt or kill a child...much less their own child! I could not hurt my child OR any child for that matter! It just amazes me how many small children are "missing" and I suspect we are not hearing about all of them. What the heck is wrong with people?

Bikeboy my prayer is that Ms. Anthony will be in Hell!

Branxoz

If your suggestion to ignore "Mossdog" is based on the above comment, then your suggestion has no merit. Mossdog's point is that some people are jumping to conclusions.

I remember when John Klaas's daughter was taken and murdered (Polly Klaas). I was in a room with 5 women, all said that John Klaas was acting weird and he definately did it. I just thought that the 5 women truly don't understand men. Yes, John Klaas was acting strange, because his world was just turned upside down. If John Klaas's will could bring his daughter home alive, then it would have. To face the possibility of his daughter's death would have meant going into a dark frame of mind that most men avoid for fear of never returning. To many fathers, their daughter becomes the center of their world, and to not only have that precious child ripped from your life, but to be blamed for it, must be the cruelest pain.

The mom claimed to have seen some bruising on the girl during her last visit and the little one did have a cast on her arm due to what the father said was a fall. Whether that claim held up to scrutiny of the Child Protective Agency or not, or indeed, if they had even investigated the broken arm- I don't know. Nothing has been said about those injuries, but it is the law that such injuries be reported so we would have to assume they were. I would say that things are not looking good right now for the safe return of the toddler, but the unbelievable has happened. We have had a variety of children that were kidnapped that have returned to their blood families in these past few years. From the boy's in Missouri to Elizabeth Smart and Jaycee Dugard, if this baby is a true kidnap victim- there is always hope. If someone has taken her life, I hope they will put the parent(s) hope to rest and tell what happened. I can't imagine any greater grief and worry than to be a parent of a missing child..

6 weeks after the death then they discovered blood. That blood could have been there when someone cut them self while working in the basemen. I have drops of blood on the floor of my basement when I was working on a project and cut myself.

Hopefully the baby has been kidnapped by someone that just wanted a baby and doing well. We could find out 18 years later she is alive, but people are so quick to judge that she's dead and prosecute the parents for it now.

this is what happens when u smoke crack with meth....... an the next day, no1 remembers nothing..SHAME ON THE PPL WHO WAS IN THE HOUSE! SHAME ON U!

She's probably at aunt Charlotte's or someone else on Moms side of the family..

Right after she was taken from Mother for being in rehab Ayla came up missing.

Debrarar: It is a grave sin to wish ANYONE to go to Hell. " 'Vengence is Mine' sayeth the Lord.' " Besides, if truly there is a God and a Heaven and a Hell, then little Cayley, who surely is in Heaven (We cannot assign people to Heaven, either, but Cayley was too young to have sinned.), wants her mother to eventually join her in Heaven and she is praying for Casey's repentence and salvation. The same can be said of little Ayla and (if she was murdered) whoever killed her for whatever reason.

"The blood is being analyzed to determine whose it is."

They don't even know if it's from a dog from three years ago but they publish the smear anyway? And then wonder why they lose slam dunks.

I remember when John Klaas's daughter was taken and murdered (Polly Klaas).

Rickishay - Well, you don't remember very well. Polly Klaas was John Klaas' cousin, not his daughter. Besides, what does he have to do with this incident?

And six weeks later, no dna test on the blood?

Ryan in Texas - Have someone read the article to you who can explain it. The child was reported missing six weeks ago. The blood was just found and is being analyzed. DNA tests don't happen overnight. Reading comprehension...priceless.

This is sad too say the least...for all you dumb-asses...If a child goes missing from your home while in your care...YOU ARE TO BLAME

umgator - oh, the irony. the article clearly states that the blood was found 'in the basement, EARLY in the investigation'... nice comprehensive skills you have there, genius...

Umgator

You're right, I meant Mark Klaas. As for what it has to do with theis incident, it has to do with people jumping to conclusions. My mistake for assuming that it was obvious given the leading paragraph about people jumping to conclusions, and the final sentence about being blamed by people who jump to conclusions.

I guess that you BigMac never sleep. You sound like the woman who tried to sue her ex-husband for full custody because their nine and eleven year old got up after dad went to bed and they watched South Park. Apparently you two make a good couple since neither one of you sleep.. P.S. The judge called her a fool and accused her of being a sue happy mom trying to run her ex-husband into the ground through legal channels. Apparently the judge sleeps too.

It doesn't matter who we think took her or if she was harmed. The mere fact that she was taken by ANYONE is automatically not treating her well. The fact that moss dog is jumping to the conclusion of speculation is speculation in itself, isn't it? Who says Kevin was referring to the dad in the first place?

Even if it weren't the dad or mom or anyone that knows the baby, taking a child from it's home sounds like a pretty **itty way of treating a kid to me!

..... but I will come right out and say it: The dad was the only one there when she was supposedly put down for bed and there was no sign of forced entry. Plus, he refused to talk to the mother for too long. My money is on him. And you know why I feel zero guilt in speculating? Because that's what these boards are for! That is my idea on the subject, and if the comments section in these articles didn't invite the sharing of ideas then there wouldn't be forums in the first place. When will some people get that through their thick skulls??? If you log on expecting nothing but vanilla remarks like, "I guess we'll just wait and see" then you've outed yourself as naive.

@Lolly1192

Are you jumping to conclusions? Yes. That doesn't mean that you're wrong, but don't get upset when someone says, "you're jumping to conclusions and may not be correct." And yes, your statement does come across as angry. People seem to get angry very easily these days, especially when they don't communicate face-to-face.

We all look to these forums for different reasons. Insightful analysis from differing viewpoints is my reason, especially if it's from an industry insider. But, I do understand that others like to vent their frustration, anger, or just play armchair detective. It's all good, unless someone disagrees with you, then people resort to calling others "thick skulled", and "naive".

My real gripe is with someone getting upset at Mossdog for giving his viewpoint that "it's speculation". It's a valid viewpoint and it's intent doesn't seem to be mean spirited. I think that he could've picked a better example to imply speculation. The "community" collapsing Mossdog's statement is quite disturbing. Collapsing trolls is one thing, but I've seen several reasonable, insightful discussions collapsed. Not that Mossdog added insight, but such censorship isn't what I would expect in a discussions forum. If you disagree with Mossdog, then say so, but don't try to stop him from semi-respectfully making a valid point.

People love to blame current times. Nothings changed, the number of abducted, murdered kids over the course of a year is the same as it was 50, 100, 1,000 years ago. Only difference is now you have the internet and more watchful eyes to make note of it.

Bobcat - you're right. Unfortunately we haven't gotten any better at taking care of small children and they are still abused and killed by the very people they trust to take care of them. Hurting or killing your child should be an executable offense.

Bingo! Thanks for pointing that out, Bobcat! Abduction rates aren't any different now - they just have much more media focus when they DO happen.

Yes, and it's also very funny how all of the news-worthy babies are blonde haired, blue-eyed white kids. Don't get me wrong; I am a tall handsome white male, and ruling the world sure is great... but something seems a little bit odd about the way U.S. news works.

There are also more people so while the number seems greater the percentage is around the same. Child abuse used to happen a lot more though because people used to think they didn't have the right to get in the personal business of other people's families.

Could be caused by family jealousy or more need for affection or more need for freedom ( the latter is a Casey Anthony). No matter what the cause..its insane to not only hurt a child but any human..if you don't like life..just end your own!

Actually child abductions and murders have been going down steadily for the last 50 years.

The difference is, back then, they didn't report them as much. And when they did, it was limited to the local newspapers.

When we see more of these awful reports every year it's natural to think the world must be getting more dangerous. But it's just not true.

Headlines like this make people click the article, which makes people see the ads, which makes the news site more money. That's it.

I try to be thoughtful (no good answer to the missing kid..bummer) then I see an idiot like biker boy or whatever wondering where Caley Anthony was. I grew up in Beirut and La Paz with an ideal of America. Now I find it's mostly idiots run by greedy people....idiots

Yes, it is indeed sad, George Bush killed about 96,000 under 5 years old in Iraq!--These were going to be terrorists, and suspected enemy combatants!!--or were those kids not important compared to this one?--Should I get you a bath tub for your tears!

it is so heartbreaking, I know when I look into my kids eyes It hurts me so much to think that someone out there could hurt my babies. some people just should not have kids, think about also all the "would-be wonderful parents" out there that can't have kids, it's such a shame that for some it's hard to see what you really have.

and how can he possibly explain something no one else can? I've had blood in my basement from banging my thumb while framing some studs up. I've also cut my fingers on sharp tin while snipping some corrugated tin I was installing on the ceiling of my main basement den. Just because you're perfectly immune from cutting yourself doesn't mean everyone else is.

I hope you're not a sheriff in my town and my son or daughter were to be abducted...

Wow, that is amazing. In all of your years you have cut your finger, had a nose bleed, etc while in your basement. Now in the real word many people have workrooms, storage of junk, etc in the basement. All with sharp edges that can account for a bit of blood. I am not saying the family was involved or not involved, but the article does not give any evidence either way.

They didn't say how much blood or whether or not it could even be seen by a casual glance. I have no doubt that somewhere in my house there is a trace amount of blood from a skinned knee or shaving cut. Saying blood was found really doesn't make a lot of sense now, why now and not when they found it if it was that important.

Amazingly, in all my years of home ownership, I've never had blood in my basement.

The 3 times I've had to murder my annoying neighbors in my basement, there was a hell of a mess. Damn zombies just won't stay down.

While you owned your homes, Jkatze. Such arrogance and self-importance in that statement. Some of the houses you've lived in surely had other previous owners.

How do you know everything that previous homeowners did while they were there? Oh, that's right. You don't know anything they did.

As a child growing up in Michigan, the basement was our winter playroom. We fell, we bruised, we bled..damn if forensics had the tech back then that they have now, my parents would have been hauled off to jail for child endangerment if charges were based on what was found in our basement due to us kids spending most of the winter evenings down there.

I am positive there is blood somewhere in my house and I clean regularly and use bleach much more than I should (for the environment). My daughter gets nosebleeds regularly but is terrified to have her nose cauterized so the doc said we could wait and I have a 6 year old who, well, he's 6. Last night he was jumping around and hit his lip. I * think* I got all the blood off the rug and even used peroxide (great trick) but if a forensics team ever came in here I can only imagine what they would find. Especially if it were my husband or one of the kids doing the cleaning because they didn't want me to know :-). I pray there is never a reason for anyone to investigate here.

I have no way of knowing what happened in that house, I only hope the child is safe. But I did want to say it is perfectly reasonable for blood to be around. I didn't even talk about how much of a clutz I am :-)

Jkatze: I've known of human blood in my house at least a dozen times. There have been several injuries for various reasons, thankfully not serious, but blood dripped (once a lot of blood) and how do I know FOR SURE it was ALL cleaned up. Besides, in one of my apartments, a dentist had lived---and practiced---not too long before he moved out and I moved in. In another apartment, the previous occupant shot herself to death. The landlady told me there was blood all over.

Not to get too graphic, but Aunt Flo would laugh at the suggestion that wounds and bloody noses are the only ways human blood can find its way into a home.

Having said that, this sort of speculation is meaningless based on the information we've been given. "Blood was found in the home" - how much? Pools or a single drop? "Whose blood is it?" Don't know yet. And until we do (or some authority persuades us anyway), we really are spinning our wheels here.

..and if it's rat blood?

Seriously, they have to check the DNA. If it isn't from the little girl or one of her relatives it's not likely to be relevant.

The DNA will determine whether it is the child's blood (Hopefully not!) the father's blood, blood from some other source, etc. I agree with a lot of people that it is unfathomable how anyone could hurt a child...ever. And I agree thar it has probably always happened, but the internet makes the news immediately available. After all, the driving factor for the news agency has always been "If it bleeds, it leads"

Kim - Three adults and two children where in that house, the night she disappeared. I'd like to know who those two adults are also. Under those circumstances no one knows, hears or sees anything? I believe the father knows. He has been recluse right from the beginning. You wait and see. I'm anxious for the blood results. I hope they make it public. So many of these investigations in Maine and New Hampshire are kept close to the vest, it's aggravating.

Ann, I think these atrocities did take place back in the early 20th century and beyond. They were hushed up in the media, not talked about in 'polite' society, and children who were molested often were too ashamed to come forward, even after they were adults. But there were certainly wackos around, this is not a new phenomenon.

The most famous was the Lindberg baby in, I believe 1936.

I agree with Ann. When I was a kid (4, 5, 6-ish) I was taught to address our neighbors as Mr or Mrs So-and-so and NEVER by their first names. It's called respect. Today's kids, IMO, are quite mouthy and very disrespectful.

Ann, I was a kid in the 60s. I assure you horrendous things did happen and people did get in those unlocked doors. I spent several childhood years in Florida. I can tell you there was everything from drugs, rapes, kidnappings, molestation, animal torture, and any other depravity you can think of...sometimes all involving the same people. Kids didn't come forward and tell what horrible things were being done to them, the adults were known as regular people, and the teens involved grew up to be disturbed and dysfunctional adults if they weren't killed.

So yes, these things really have always happened, and yes, I do believe that instant and global access have changed our perceptions of occurrence rates. There are many more people of course, but I'm not sure there are more comparatively over the country. Anyway, back then local police might have known about things but no one else would have, whereas today the databases span the world and the news hits cell phones, computers, telephones, and tv immediately and is played over and over past saturation levels.

@annpearson #15 -I can agree with what you're saying. I am 62 and when I was growing up (in the city), we did leave doors open in the summertime while we slept. We did not hear about things happening to children like we're hearing today. People had respect for each other; neighbors helped each other; schools were different; the teachers taught. You were not afraid to go to your parent, teacher, or pastor if there was a problem. As a young adult, if I passed a group of men on the street and there be would swearing, someone would say, 'Excuse me.' Woman had respect for themselves. They did not curse like sailors and they left something to the imagination, it wasn't all hanging out. Children were taught to obey their elders, to respect God, parents, and country. You can say what you will or what you may, times were different then and we'll never return to that kind of civility again. I am not saying that things were perfect, nothing in this life is perfect. Each generation brings its own unique challenges but I would not trade my growing up years for anything. Perhaps the disintegration of society happened while people watched more television, played more video games, spent inordinate amounts of time on the internet; they forgot how to engage their children in intelligent conversations and reading to/with them. Lets be real, we've lost it and now its each family for themselves and God for us all.

Ki Ki, Perverts were probably around, but if the fathers found out about them, the dads dealt with them and then there wasn't a problem. May not have been right, but it was pretty effective.

Oh, they were around back in the day. I remember back in 1970, I was about 10, and some pervert tried to get me into his car. It didn't work, but I always wondered what might have happened to anyone who might have fallen for it. Perverts and creeps and abusive parents have been around since there were children. (forever) It's most unfortunate when it's a parent. There is no escape. Me, I was running and jumping fences in a round about way back home, cause I didn't want him to know which house was mine

Ki, I'm happy you weren't introduced to the misery of any of the things you mentioned, but I assure you they happened and I seriously doubt there were no perverts in your neighborhood. Kids rarely came forward and when they did they weren't believed and were basically punished for being victims. Perverts were hushed up and Uncle Pete who was "strange" was tolerated.

I'm happy you were safe, but it wasn't a safe world back then either.

@ram speaks the truth, the bad guys have been around FOREVER. One of the things that has changed, aside from media coverage, is that we taught our kids about STRANGERS, perverts, etc. much earlier in their lives and also were a lot more descriptive/graphic. Sex and body parts aren't dirty anymore.

YAY!