Casey Anthony verdict sparks campaign for ‘Caylee’s Law’ 
 
 
 
 This undated photo released by the Orange County Sheriff's Office in Orlando shows Caylee Marie Anthony. (AP) When Florida mother Casey Anthony was found not guilty of first-degree murder or manslaughter of her two-year-old daughter Caylee Tuesday, many Americans who had followed the case were outraged, including a woman in Oklahoma who decided to start a petition for a “Caylee’s Law.” 
 
 One of the sticking points of the Casey Anthony case was the fact that Anthony never notified law enforcement that her daughter was missing, which led to her being found guilty of four counts of the misdemeanor crime of lying to investigators. Caylee was last seen on June 16, 2008, but her grandmother, Cindy Anthony, didn’t notify the police until July 15, a month later. 
 
 Oklahoman Michelle Crowder, who is a mother of two daughters, says parents need to report their child’s disappearance immediately, and has started a Change.org petition and Facebook page to ask Congress to create a law to enforce that. “Caylee’s Law” would make it a federal offense and a felony for a parent or guardian to fail to report a child’s disappearance to law enforcement. 
 
 
 
 “When I saw that Casey Anthony had been found not guilty in the murder of little Caylee, and that she was only being convicted of lying to the police about her disappearance, I was sickened,” Crowder says. 
 
 “I could not believe she was not being charged with child neglect or endangerment, or even obstruction of justice.” 
 
 Nearly 2,000 people have signed the “Caylee’s Law” petition each hour since its creation, making it the fastest-growing campaign on Change.org, according to the site. 
 
 Another campaign on Facebook has nearly two million people pledging to leave their porch lights on for Caylee. 
 
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 Photos of the Casey Anthony trial ||||| Casey Anthony (R) reacts to being found not guilty on murder charges at the Orange County Courthouse on July 5, 2011 in Orlando, Florida. 
 
 Casey Anthony (R) reacts to being found not guilty on murder charges at the Orange County Courthouse on July 5, 2011 in Orlando, Florida. Pool—Getty Images 
 
 Casey Anthony , the Florida mother who was vilified by the nation after being accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, was acquitted in the girl’s murder five years ago today. 
 
 The twists and turns of the ensuing six-week trial had captivated the country. Here are five things to remember about the saga: 
 
 The tragedy 
 
 Caylee was first reported missing in July 2008 by Anthony’s mother Cindy, who told a dispatcher that the little girl had been gone for a month. “There is something wrong. I found my daughter’s car today [and] it smells like there’s been a dead body in the damn car,” she says, according to a 911 call. After a six-month search, the toddler’s decomposed body with duct tape on her skull was found in the woods near the Anthony home. Evidence showed that chloroform was found in the trunk of Anthony’s car. 
 
 The prosecution 
 
 Anthony was indicted on seven counts, including first-degree murder. The prosecution argued that Casey knocked out her daughter using chloroform, duct-taped her mouth shut, and tossed her body in the woods. Prosecutors, who sought the death penalty, said Anthony had recently Google searched phrases including "neck breaking" and "how to make chloroform." 
 
 The defense 
 
 Anthony’s defense lawyer Jose Baez argued that Caylee accidentally drowned in the family’s backyard pool on June 16, 2008. Baez said Casey didn't reveal the truth because she was scared of her father George Anthony, who, Baez alleged, had begun molesting Casey when she was 8. George Anthony had denied the accusation. 
 
 Read More: Timeline: The Casey Anthony Saga, Spanning Three Years, Comes to a Close 
 
 The sentence 
 
 Casey Anthony wept in court on July 5, 2011 after a dozen jurors found her not guilty of murdering her daughter. However, Anthony, then 25, was found guilty of four counts of providing false information to investigators. (Anthony had falsely told investigators that she had been working at Universal Studios and that she had been leaving her daughter in the care of a nanny named Zenaida Gonzalez.) 
 
 Anthony was sentenced to one year in the Orange County Jail and a $1,000 fine for each count. Judge Belvin Perry, Jr., who had presided over her case for more than a year, set her release date for July 17 after consulting with Casey’s lawyers to calculate her credit for time already served and good behavior. 
 
 The aftermath 
 
 Anthony has for the most part widely avoided the public spotlight since the acquittal prompted public vitriol and death threats. 
 
 Retired Judge Belvin Perry, Jr. reflected on the case in a new interview on the five-year anniversary, telling Bay News 9 that many still keep little Caylee in their thoughts. 
 
 "The saga of Casey Anthony continues, even after five years," he said. "No one can ever forget that little girl, with that $1 million smile. With that look, that was like simple magnetism. I don't think anybody will ever forget about (Caylee). The whole case was about justice for Caylee." 
 
 "The system worked," he added. "Was it the outcome that most people wanted? No, but the system worked." ||||| Casey Anthony, the Florida woman acquitted of murdering her toddler daughter Caylee, could be released from an Orange County, Fla., jail as early as midnight tonight. 
 
 The exact details of the release are being kept a state secret, but security will be tight. 
 
 Anthony's defense attorney Cheney Mason has not spoken about his first jail visit with Anthony since she was ruled not guilty on murder charges, leaving several big questions about the most famous acquitted murder suspect since O.J. Simpson. 
 
 Casey Anthony was found not guilty of murder, but guilty of lying to police four times. 
 
 Her defense team has given no clues about where will she go and what will she do once she is free. 
 
 "I think it's unfortunately too soon tell that," Jose Baez, Anthony's lead attorney, told ABC News when asked where the young woman was going to live. "We don't have all of the answers yet." 
 
 Baez did say, however, that she would not be sleeping at her parents' house. 
 
 Since her acquittal, the only welcomed guests at the jail have been her attorneys. She has refused to see her mother, and her father George Anthony seemed to widen the rift with an email sent to reporters and followers asking them to support a petition for Caylee's law, proposed in the Florida legislature, which would make it a felony not to report missing children. 
 
 Anthony partied and lied about Caylee's whereabouts for a month after her daughter was last seen, creating widespread public belief that she had killed her daughter. 
 
 Orlando legal analyst Bill Schaeffer said he is convinced her legal advisors will personally guide Anthony to safety and economic security, and likely in the land of reality TV. 
 
 "Where does she go? She goes to Los Angeles. You have enough money and you have enough celebrity, even though it's the kind of celebrity most of us don't want," Schaeffer said. "You can live out there and you can live comfortably." 
 
 Casey Anthony has already been offered a million dollars from an independent producer to tell her story, which is appalling to many, including the foreman of the jury that acquitted her of murder. 
 
 "We are dealing with a child who is deceased. To profit off it is not something I can imagine somebody doing, especially the mother of that child," said the foreman, who spoke anonymously.
– Casey Anthony's not guilty verdict sparked Facebook outrage, a couple of Nancy Grace rants, and now a fast-growing petition for a new law. "Caylee's Law," thought up by Oklahoma mom of two Michelle Crowder, would require parents and guardians to report a child's disappearance to police immediately. Caylee Anthony was last seen June 16, but was not reported missing for a full month. Crowder, who started a Change.org petition as well as a Facebook page asking Congress to create the law, says she was "sickened" when Casey Anthony was convicted only of lying to the police, and was not "charged with child neglect or endangerment, or even obstruction of justice.” Her Change.org petition is the fastest-growing campaign in the site's history, with nearly 2,000 people signing it each hour, the Washington Post reports. Click for more on the Anthony trial aftermath.