ORLANDO, FLA. — Authorities say they are seeking a search warrant for the Orlando home of a missing 3-year-old girl after a small child’s remains were found nearby.
Orange County sheriff’s spokesman Carlos Padilla said today that investigators cordoned off the home belonging to the grandparents of Caylee Anthony, who often stayed at the home with her mother.
Today, a utility worker stumbled upon remains of a small child less than a half-mile from where the girl lived.
Orange County Sheriff Kevin Beary said today the child’s skull found near the home was “totally underwater” during previous searches for the toddler.
Beary says officials searched the surrounding neighborhood several times since she went missing in June.
Beary says FBI and forensic investigators will work through the weekend to identify the remains in what they consider a top-priority case.
Investigators were trying to identify the remains. The medical examiner left with the remains about 3 p.m.
Caylee’s mother, 22-year-old Casey Anthony, insists that she left the girl with a babysitter in June, but she didn’t report her missing until July. The mother has been charged with first-degree murder.
