Someone on one of my other sites mentioned something that, I think, is very interesting. Most of us know by now that Casey and her friends played in the woods across from Hidden Oaks Elementary School. One of her friends, KioMarie Cruz, stated that the area was also a burial ground for pets. Today, those woods are separated by a chain link fence. So are the woods on the north side of Suburban Drive.

From my own observations of the area, and from video footage I've shot, the land directly across the street from the school is the only place elevated enough to keep from flooding. Because of this, I maintain it was the spot where neighborhood children played, before the fence was installed. They did not play close to where Caylee's bones were found.

From Pipkin50:

"... I would like to remind everyone who is interested in this case that Casey went past these same woods for 6 years while attending elementary school. Basically, for her entire life she had observed this particular area of woods go unattended by the land owner---making it a perfect place, in her mind, to dispose of a body. 'Close to home' =down the street in the woods 'safe' = protected with 3 layers of bags."

That's a compelling thought. Living close to Hidden Oaks, Casey walked that path almost every day during the school year. I know some people think Casey said 'close to Hope' and that may be true, but it's not necessarily relevant because Caylee was found close to home and close to Hope, short for Hopespring or Hidden Oaks Elementary School, which is a stretch in my opinion. 'Holt' has also been tossed around.

Do you think that, because she walked by those woods every day, she was very familiar with that precise spot? It's solitary, and I would say, very uninviting and downright spooky to young children. As I said, the woods on the school side (north) are separated from the street by a fence, and there is a sidewalk on that side only, not on the south side where the body was found. From my trips to the neighborhood, I have not seen any children walking on the south side of Suburban as they leave school, particularly in that area where snakes and other vermin abound. Prior to December 11, 2008 and beyond, were children told by their parents and teachers to avoid that place because of inherent dangers, and to always stay on the sidewalk? Has it been drilled into them? Remember, that's also the age when children have wild imaginations and the boogeyman exists. Was it the perfect spot because no one ever went in there? Until Roy Kronk came along?

Could this observation be presented by the prosecution at trial, or is it too vague and not relevant?