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Hugh Pickens writes "The Orlando Sentinel reports that a google search was made for the term 'foolproof suffocation' on the Anthony family's computer the day Casey Anthony's 2-year-old daughter Caylee was last seen alive by her family — a search that did not surface at Casey Anthony's trial for first degree murder. In the notorious 31 days which followed, Casey Anthony repeatedly lied about her and her daughter's whereabouts and at Anthony's trial, her defense attorney argued that her daughter drowned accidentally in the family's pool. Anthony was acquitted on all major charges in her daughter's death, including murder. Though computer searches were a key issue at Anthony's murder trial, the term 'foolproof suffocation' never came up. 'Our investigation reveals the person most likely at the computer was Casey Anthony,' says investigative reporter Tony Pipitone. Lead sheriff's Investigator Yuri Melich sent prosecutors a spreadsheet that contained less than 2 percent of the computer's Internet activity that day and included only Internet data from the computer's Internet Explorer browser – one Casey Anthony apparently stopped using months earlier — and failed to list 1,247 entries recorded on the Mozilla Firefox browser that day — including the search for 'foolproof suffocation.' Prosecutor Jeff Ashton said in a statement to WKMG that it's 'a shame we didn't have it. (It would have) put the accidental death claim in serious question.'"

5 juveniles were arrested on burglary charges after a police officer followed a candy wrapper trail to a house where they were staying. Police were called to when a man noticed that his neighbor's glass door was broken. Inside the house police found a smashed 36-inch television, broken furniture and holes in several doors. A police officer then followed a trail of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups packages in the back yard to the house where the juveniles were staying. The juveniles, who were 14 to 16 years old, confessed to the burglary after being interviewed and told police that stolen items were hidden in the attic. Hopefully these kids will get the proper thief mentoring they need in jail because a candy trail is just embarrassing.