George & Cindy Anthony: Maybe Casey Was Schizophrenic
Sept. 14 2011, Published 5:30 a.m. ET
By Adam S. Levy - Breaking Celebrity News Staff Writer
We've got more from the explosive sit-down interview between Dr. Phil McGraw and Casey Anthony's parents George and Cindy, as it marks the first time the controversial couple has spoken publicly since their daughter's trial this past summer.
George and Cindy said that Casey hid her pregnancy from them for five months, possibly due to a brief separation they took in 2006 after George had amassed major gambling debts.
"Cindy and I had separated for a few months," George told Dr. Phil, noting he began to notice Casey "not being at the places she said she was going to be at. "Things never added up to me.”
Cindy said, "Everybody felt let down by their dad, and kind of betrayed, and the thing that hurt Casey the most was that he wanted us to sell the house and split it up -- Casey felt like he was kicking her and Caylee out.”
Cindy told Dr. Phil things reached their boiling point when she learned that her granddaughter Caylee had been missing for 31 days.
"My worst nightmare had just unfolded right in front of me," Cindy said. "I just screamed at her.
“I said, 'What the hell are you talking about?' I said, 'What do you mean, you haven't seen Caylee? I wanted to go choke her or hit her and... I just punched the bed as hard as I could to get my anger out."
Cindy said in retrospect, she wonders if her daughter developed post-postpartum schizophrenia "or some ty