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Aug 26, 2008 6:31 pm US/Eastern

Documents: Mom Of Missing Girl Didn't Want Child

Caylee Anthony Has Been Missing Since June

Mother Didn't Report Her Missing For More Than A Month

ORLANDO (CBS) ― A toddler, missing in Central Florida since June, was apparently an unwanted baby. Court documents show the mother of Caylee Anthony wanted to give her unborn child up for adoption.

Documents released by prosecutors on Monday show Casey Anthony's mother insisted that her daughter keep Caylee, who went missing in June.

Anthony was released from jail on $500,000 bail last week and returned to her parents' home, where authorities are monitoring her with an electronic ankle device. She faces charges of child neglect, making false statements and obstructing an investigation into her daughter's disappearance.

Police say Casey Anthony lied to them and didn't report Caylee missing for more than a month. Caylee's grandmother reported her disappearance in July.

Anthony told investigators she left Caylee in an apartment with a babysitter June 9. But investigators say the apartment had been empty for several months. She told detectives she didn't immediately call authorities to report Caylee missing because she was conducting her own investigation, according to an affidavit.

Authorities say Anthony, a single mother, has shown no remorse or concern for Caylee under questioning. Cadaver-sniffing dogs detected a scent in her car, and hair, dirt and a strange stain were found in the trunk. Investigators are still awaiting FBI tests on that evidence.

A neighbor told detectives Anthony had asked to borrow a shovel sometime in June. Her father said she had stolen two gas cans from the garage and refused to let him get something from the trunk of her car. A boyfriend said she never told him in June that Caylee was missing.

(© 2009 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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