ORLANDO, Fla. – The first time most Floridians heard about forensic botany was during the Casey Anthony murder trial in 2011.
Anthony’s attorneys called expert witnesses to testify in an effort to defend her. One witness was a forensic botanist. [TRENDING: Tiger Woods’ leg shattered in rollover crash | Orlando City player faces sex charge | Woman loses $100,000 to romance conman] The botanist testified that the body of Anthony’s daughter, Caylee, could have been in the woods for less than two weeks, not months like the prosecution argued.
The forensic botanist said she based her conclusion on the plant life growing on, around and through the 2-year-old’s remains.