ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors in the Casey Anthony murder trial say it is "absurd" to think her 2-year-old daughter drowned or that Anthony's father covered up the girl's death to make it look like murder.
Prosecutor Jeff Ashton told the Florida jury Monday during his rebuttal closing argument that no one ever makes an accident look like murder. He says the defense never showed why George Anthony would place duct tape over his dead granddaughter Caylee's body and dump her in the woods instead of calling 911.
Prosecutors contend the 25-year-old defendant suffocated her daughter with duct tape in June 2008. Her attorneys contend Caylee accidentally drowned in the family pool. They say Anthony's father decided to make the death look like a homicide after the defendant panicked.
Deliberations are expected to begin later Monday.
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