Casey Anthony: Jose Baez blasts Roy Kronk report as ‘100 percent false’
Jose Baez speaks at an evening hearing in the Casey Anthony case earlier this month. Photo credit: Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel
So what about reports that Casey Anthony’s attorneys have dropped plans to suggest that Roy Kronk is a suspect in Caylee Anthony’s murder?
Not so, WKMG-Channel 6 reports. “Anthony’s attorney Jose Baez tells Local 6 that reports he is backing off the meter reader are ‘100 percent false,’ ” anchor Jessica Sanchez said this morning.
Kronk was the meter reader who found the toddler’s remains two years ago. Casey Anthony is charged with first-degree murder in the death of her daughter. Her trial begins in May.
WKMG noted that the defense was required to call for a court hearing on the Kronk matter by Thursday. “The hearing never occurred,” Sanchez said.
WFTV-Channel 9 speculated that the defense was dropping the Kronk-as-suspect strategy because of that deadline. “The defense had until today to ask Chief Judge Belvin Perry to bring those accusations against Kronk into the trial so a jury could hear them. It did not happen,” WFTV’s Kathi Belich reported last night.
WFTV evidently hadn’t talked to Baez, but based its story on the deadline. Or maybe Baez wouldn’t talk to WFTV; he has shown disdain for the station’s reporting.
The friction between Baez and WFTV adds a fascinating wrinkle to the coverage.