I am not sure that I am seeing abuse necessarily although Pluto is widely conjunct the 4th house. Pluto and Uranus in the 4th house is usually a red flag and most times the child suffered some kind of abuse in their childhood. Abuse can be reflected in the 12th but I see it more so in the 4th house.
She does have Saturn placed there natally, which does show that one of her parents neglected her or wasn't around. It can indicate a parent who is critical of their child making the child feel unloved.
Interesting she has Mars/Uranus conjunction squaring Sun/Mercury conjunction. Definitely a temper there. I don't know much of the case but I wonder if it was more of a spontaneous decision to kill her daughter at the heat of the moment rather than planning her murder. This combination of planets makes me thing she got really angry at her daughter for whatever reason and did her in. She has a T-square with Moon-Venus-Neptune as well, maybe she was on drugs at the time of the murder as well. If she didn't want her child she had other options obviously, so I wonder what she was thinking at the time she killed her daughter.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/casey-anth...-claims-searched-chloroform/story?id=13912343
it seems her parents are supportive. (Moon cancer on sirius). All in all there is a lot of pisces and neptun. maybe this case stays unsolved. which leads me to another astrology question, which are the indicators of a solved mystery? (mercury as second ruler in 8 combusted, could be death by injection)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g1jERNBzlg&feature=related
don´t know if the links are allowed, but this is an interview with a friend of casey`s brother.
The mercury could be the reason for her confusing story. It is also a gemini mercury and maybe a hint for lack of organisation. (internet researches- drowning)
saturn (is not necassary the father as she was born in the day) and pluto in 4 shows issues in the family. Moon pluto, guilty conscious in relation to her mother. (pluot moon could mean abuse, but is a weak indicator). interestingly the 8th of 5th is cancer, which could be a lake or swimmingpool.
The defense is saying that her father sexually abused her repeatedly as a child, even though she says that she had the most loving parents in the world. I think she mentioned something about abuse when she was younger.
I forgot she had her moon inconjunct saturn in her chart! Saturn in the 4th house parents neglected her while strict, tough childhood! Moon in conjunct Saturn means DEPRESSION took place not GOOD!