WARREN - For the past two months, national TV news has chronicled the saga of a 2-year-old girl who's been missing since June 9.
The story's taken many turns after the first reports that Caylee Anthony, 2, of Orlando, Fla., was taken by a baby sitter. Investigators eventually turned to her mother, Casey, 22. She's now in Orange County Jail, being held in lieu of a $500,000 bond, and investigators are still searching for her daughter.
Her family's been keeping track here in Warren.
Chuck Eddy, Caylee's great-uncle, said the past two months have been surreal, to say the least.
"You normally watch TV and see things going on about someone else," said Eddy, of Bob and Chuck Eddy Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep in Youngstown. "It doesn't seem real that that's your family."
According to Eddy, Casey and her parents, Cindy and George Anthony, originally are from Niles and moved to Orlando in 1989. Eddy's wife, Kathy, is George's sister. Casey's brother, Lee, also lives in Florida.
Eddy said George Anthony was a Trumbull County sheriff's deputy and retired from the department before moving to Orlando in 1989.
"He was a great sheriff's deputy and, I believe, a homicide detective," Eddy said.
Eddy said Cindy had worked as a nurse in Florida and George in security. Eddy said his wife has kept in touch with her family throughout the ordeal
"It's just disturbing at all levels," Eddy said.