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Lightning strikes tree near Caylee Anthony memorial site
Hours after Casey Anthony learned on Thursday that she will leave jail next week, lightning apparently struck a tree next to a makeshift memorial in honor of her slain daughter, Â Caylee.
No one saw lightning strike the pine tree on Suburban Drive in Orange County, Florida, where teddy bears and flowers mark the spot where 2-year-old Caylee's remains were found on December 11, 2008.
But long, diagonal strips of exposed wood scarred the tall pine tree, WESH reported, and bits of bark lay scattered across the road.
"It could be a sign from the angels that they aren't happy with what's happened," a visitor to the site told the Orlando Sentinel newspaper. "The rain, the lightning, the storm - it's the heavens indicating they aren't happy."
There are more lightning strikes in Florida per square mile than in any other state, according to weather.com.
A Pinellas County jury acquitted Anthony, 24, of murder and manslaughter charges Tuesday in the death of her daughter. The same jury convicted her of four charges of obstruction of justice for lying to police during the search for Caylee.
Judge Belvin Perry sentenced Anthony to four years in jail -Â one year for each of her four convictions - but with credit for nearly three years already served and good behavior, her release date was set for Wednesday, July 13, a court spokeswoman said.
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May God come and do his work! May he clean the earth that people have destroyed with filth!
Clean the earth? Apparently he just destroyed a tree.
Alot of people are afraid to speak about God and that is nuts! God is Great! For he is our heavenly father!
The fact that lightning is a naturally-occuring phenomenon governed by the laws of physics doesn't mean that this event couldn't have also been a message. You can call it a coincidence if you want to, and maybe it was. Still, the timing is rather interesting.
@jojo- which one?
Yes, of course God would only strike trees with lightning if an adorable white girl gets killed. :/
Do you idiots have any idea how many children die everyday? And not even to murder...but something as mundane as not getting enough food...starvation. 10s of thousands is the answer.
Right.. but Nancy disGrace doesn't care about any of that.. its not glamorous enough.. and what would she call the moms of those starving kids because they can't feed their children? "Tater Tot Moms" ?
sign from the angels...more like a sign of bad weather.
Eh, Casey did her a favor. Growing up in that family would've been a real pain in the a**
Nunya, the world was watching this story.
Sorry...this isn't news at all.
Wow. Cutting edge, hard hitting news. Great job CNN! You even beat National Enquirer to it.
Interesting development in this very devastating case.. I believe God is speaking quite clearly here.
Hi God here, you idiots I did not strike the tree with lightning. I am an impotent God, do you think I would allow all of the terrible things that go on in the world if I could do anything about it? I am weak, a myth, a figment of imagination and can do nothing to help.
Thanks for admitting what a lie you are..
If it was a sign...why did it miss?
Seriously CNN, you're embarrassing yourself with this crap.