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Granddad of slain girl found; suicide bid feared

The grandfather of slain Florida toddler Caylee Anthony was in stable condition Friday after he was taken to a hospital over concerns that he might be suicidal.
/ Source: NBC News and news services

The grandfather of slain Florida toddler Caylee Anthony was in stable condition Friday after he was taken to a hospital over concerns that he might be suicidal.

A spokeswoman for the Daytona Beach hospital said George Anthony would be admitted to a hospital room after being observed. Anthony was found early Friday at a Daytona Beach hotel after he was reported missing for several hours.

Daytona Beach Police Chief Mike Chitwood told reporters that Anthony sent text messages to family members indicating he "wanted to end his life."

Police also found a "five to six page suicide letter," he had written, a police spokesman told NBC News. Anthony had not tried to harm himself, the spokesman said.

Anthony's daughter, Casey Anthony, has been charged with killing Caylee. The child was not reported missing for nearly a month after she vanished.

Heart-shaped sticker on toddler's mouth
On Wednesday, reports were released showing that the toddler's mouth was covered with silver duct tape that had been adorned with a heart-shaped sticker.

The reports released by the state attorney's office also show that duct tape was attached to her hair, and the girl's remains were placed in a laundry-hamper bag and then secured in a plastic garbage bag before they were left behind in the woods.

When investigators processed the duct tape at an FBI lab in Quantico, Va., they noticed the residue of a heart-shaped sticker on it. The sticker was later found near where the toddler's remains were discovered.

"It appears the sticker was put on the duct tape intentionally," a detective wrote in a request to search the home where Caylee Anthony lived with her mother and grandparents.

Investigators also found a Winnie the Pooh blanket, a pair of striped shorts and a toddler's size shirt in the bag with Caylee's remains, according to the reports.

A utility worker found the girl's body last December in woods near where she lived with her mother and grandparents. She was reported missing in July, a month after she was last seen. Her third birthday passed while she was missing.

Kidnap claim
Caylee's mother claimed that a baby sitter kidnapped Caylee.

The mother's attorney, Jose Baez, filed a request Wednesday to inspect the woods where the girl's body was found. The property is privately owned, and the owner hasn't returned calls requesting an inspection, Baez said in the filing.

Baez declined to comment on the documents Wednesday.

In the state attorney's office reports, the mother's former boyfriend, Ricardo Morales, described her as having a normal relationship with her daughter, but he recounted that she once joked about giving Caylee baby medicine to put her to sleep.

Detectives questioned Morales about chloroform, an area of interest since investigators found traces of chloroform — a chemical compound used to induce unconsciousness that also is a component of human decomposition — in the trunk of Casey Anthony's car during forensic testing.

The documents released Wednesday also showed text messages from Casey Anthony's friends expressing surprise that she had never mentioned her daughter was missing during the month between when the toddler disappeared and authorities were contacted.

"Y wouldn't u tell me of all people?" her former boyfriend, Anthony Lazzaro text-messaged her, according to the reports. "Why would you lie to me thinking she was fine and with your nanny?"

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