Orlando, Florida – After 19 days of a high-profile case, the prosecution in the Casey Anthony murder trial rested this morning.

But, did the state do its job?

Did they prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Casey murdered her daughter, Caylee, and that the crime was planned out and premeditated?

The prosecution has long maintained that the young Orlando mother on trial for murder suffocated her toddler using duct tape, after she disabled the child with Chloroform.

After four weeks of testimony and countless witnesses, the state is counting on powerful evidence to convince a jury from Pinellas that Casey is guilty.

One piece of evidence that jurors got to examine on the prosecution’s last day was a set of cans that held carpet samples from Casey’s trunk.

They were portions of the trunk liner that “smelled of death,” according to prosecutors.

In fact, family members of Casey’s said that the car smelled rotten and “like a damn dead body” when they smelled it in the summer of 2008.

It was Casey’s Pontiac Sunfire.

FBI analysts claim that Caylee was decomposing in the trunk.

Prosecutors are hoping that they jury will also take away nuggets from the case.

Pieces of evidence that the state is hoping jurors will remember include

- the crime scene photos

- the party pictures of Casey

- the hair samples said to be from a decomposing body

- the searches for Chloroform on Casey’s computer,

- the heart-shaped stickers from Casey’s home that match the sticker found on Caylee’s body

- the alleged murder weapon – the duct tape.

Yesterday, prosecutors revealed the photos of Casey’s tattoo on her back that read, ‘Bella Vita.”

In Italian, the phrase means “beautiful life.”

Does this mean that Caylee had a beautiful life and that Casey was saying goodbye to her, or that Casey had a beautiful life without her child?

Only the defendant herself can answer that question.

So, will she?

Legal analysts agree that if the defense expects to prove the case that it outlined during opening statements, then Casey will have to take the stand and make the jury understand her actions.

The defense has long maintained that Caylee drowned in the family pool on June 16, 2008 – nearly a year ago to the day.

They further claim that George Anthony, Casey’s father, was involved and helped to dispose of the body.

He denies any involvement.

So, why did Casey go out to clubs and party? Why did she get that tattoo? Why did she carry on as if nothing was wrong?

All questions that defense attorneys claim they will answer during their presentation of this case, which begins tomorrow.

Casey’s lawyers say that she was sexually abused as a child and showed classic displays of a dysfunctional home and abuse victim.

The question is, will the jury buy it?

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