Did Roy Kronk kill Caylee?

The defense says it’s possible in a new memorandum to a motion filed today

Shortly after deposing Roy Kronk, the man who found Caylee’s body, Casey Anthony’s defense team filed another motion.  This one alleges that Roy Kronk could be responsible for Caylee’s death.

Baez filed the motion that for the first time gives a glimpse into the defense’s strategy that someone besides Casey Anthony killed Caylee.  The motion claims that Kronk has a history of abusing and restraining women with duct tape as well as holding them against their will.  It also claims that Kronk has a history of inappropriate behavior with young girls.

The motion states that Kronk, “is involved in an imaginary world of fantasy and violence.” and ends  by stating that,  “Roy M. Kronk should have been a suspect in this case.”
Kronk, said, “I haven’t done anything wrong, and I maintained that all along.”

Baez interviewed two of Kronk’s ex-wives, a live-in girlfriend’s daughter, and his son.  They paint a picture of Kronk as an untrustworthy person who isn’t above resorting to violence.  The ex-wives say Kronk physically attacked them, and one of the women said he held her hostage for two week and that duct tape was used to bind her.  There are no police reports to support these women’s claims.

Kronk’s son Brandon Sparks said his father told him before Thanksgiving 2008 that he found Caylee’s body and would be on television, leading Baez to claim in the motion that Kronk not only knew the location of Caylee’s body in November of 2008, and that he may even have had possession of it.

The defense hired a new member for the A-Team, Mort Smith, a private investigator and professor at DePaul University. (Andrea Lyon’s stomping ground)  He was apparently hired to dig up dirt on Kronk.

Baez says that all the prosecution has is circumstantial evidence against Casey for 1st degree murder and in order for that to stick, all other options must be ruled out according to Florida law.

Kronk’s attorney, David Evans, issued a news release this evening:

“Shortly after adjourning the deposition, the Anthony defense team filed a Motion, Memorandum of Law, and accompanying materials suggesting that Roy Kronk, the individual who found Caylee Anthony’s remains and repeatedly reported his find to law enforcement agencies, should be considered a suspect in the murder of Caylee Anthony,” Evans said. “He voluntarily appeared today and truthfully responded to all questions asked by Anthony’s attorney. He has cooperated fully with law enforcement from Day One. He has nothing to hide, and has hidden nothing.

In their zeal to defend Casey Anthony, defense counsel has filed papers with the Court that are filled with allegations that have no basis in fact and falsely accuse Mr. Kronk of various types of bad behavior,” Evans said. “The State will respond to these papers in due course in the criminal proceedings. As for Mr. Kronk, he vehemently denies the allegations against him and is confident that he will be vindicated. In the meantime, as he stated early on in this case, no good deed goes unpunished.”

Here’s the memorandum to the motion.

Kronk memorandum to support motion in limine LINK