Paul Wesselhoft, a Republican legislator in the Oklahoma House of Representatives has introduced a worthwhile measure in that state's House to require parents to promptly report the death or disappearance of a minor in that state. Wesselhoft submitted his proposal, aptly named "Caylee's Law" in response to the Florida acquittal of Casey Anthony in the murder trial over the death of her daughter, Caylee.
Wesselhoft's proposal is a good idea. Casey Anthony's failure to promptly report the death of her child played a significant role in the inability of forensic examiners to determine Caylee Anthony's cause of death. Jurors cited that missing evidence as one reason they voted to acquit Caylee's mother of murder charges. People can argue with the reasoning of those jurors all they want, but there's no escaping the fact that Caylee Anthony's manner of death could not be established, and that lack of evidence was due to Casey Anthony's actions. Wesselhoft's bill will address that injustice. I hope it is enacted in Oklahoma, and hopefully in other states too.
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