Casey Anthony's Parents Defend Themselves in First Interview 
 
 Two months after their daughter was acquitted of murdering their granddaughter, Casey Anthony's parents, George and Cindy Anthony, have broken their silence and granted an interview to Dr. Phil McGraw , who confronts them about certain aspects of the case.In excerpts that aired Monday on NBC's Today show, McGraw asks Cindy about her distraught MySpace message that began "My Caylee is missing," which she posted on July 3, some 12 days before 2-year-old Caylee Anthony was reported missing. Did Cindy know Caylee had vanished?"Caylee was missing in my heart that day. She wasn't missing physically. I thought I knew where she was at," Cindy says. "I wanted Casey to know how much she was hurting me. And I thought she was purposely keeping Caylee away from me."McGraw also asks both parents about the smell in the trunk of Casey's car. What do they believe caused that odor now?"Truthfully, to this day, I don't know, to be honest," says Cindy. George adds: "Do I want to believe Caylee was back there? I don't want to believe it. I'm going by what the investigators have told me. All I know is that Caylee is not with us anymore. I know that. I know that."Cindy also defends George against the suggestion that he knew of Caylee's disappearance. "George would have never have put us through those six months of not knowing where Caylee was if he knew where Caylee was," she says. "I watched his heart break every single day. And I watched him as frantic as he was."The full interview – for which McGraw's production company reportedly paid a fee to Caylee's Fund, not directly to the Anthonys – will air Tuesday and Wednesday on his TV show.For more on Casey Anthony's true-crime drama, based on PEOPLE's unparalleled access at key moments of the case, buy PEOPLE's book Outrage, available now at People.com/caseyanthony ||||| The mother of Casey Anthony, the Florida woman accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter, broke down in tears today during her daughter's murder trial. 
 
 Cindy Anthony choked back tears as she described a playhouse built for Caylee, Casey Anthony's daughter, who was not seen for a month before anyone reported her missing in July 2008. 
 
 "It's patio stones, it's the square patio stones, we made like a four, we didn't want her to be on the grass when she was sitting in there playing," she said. 
 
 The prosecution asked Cindy Anthony to outline what kind of life Caylee Anthony was living at her grandparents' home with her mother, Casey. 
 
 At one point during the testimony, Cindy Anthony asked the judge to take Caylee's picture down from her monitor so she could try to testify without crying. 
 
 Cindy Anthony also outlined day by day, all of the lies and excuses that her daughter, Casey Anthony, told her, as to why she couldn't talk to her granddaughter. 
 
 Casey Anthony told her there'd been a car accident or she was at work or was in Jacksonville. 
 
 Caylee Anthony was last seen alive June 16, 2008, but wasn't reported missing until July 15, 2008. Her remains were found in December of that year. 
 
 Cindy Anthony's testimony comes a day after witnesses testified they smelled human decomposition in the trunk of Casey Anthony's car. 
 
 Earlier in the morning, ex-boyfriend Tony Lazzaro testified that Casey sent a text message that said, "If they don't find her, guess who gets blamed and spends eternity in jail." 
 
 Smell of Death 
 
 Anthony's father, George, said he discovered maggots and smelled "something that you never forget" when he opened the trunk of his daughter's car. 
 
 George Anthony along with wife, Cindy, arrived at a tow yard on July 15, 2008 to retrieve the Pontiac Sunfire that Casey Anthony had abandoned. 
 
 He testified that he said a quick prayer that the odor was not from his missing granddaughter or his daughter. 
 
 George Anthony said that he smelled a "pretty strong odor." 
 
 "I was very concerned about the odor," he said. "I had smelled something like that some years prior and I was concerned." 
 
 Casey Anthony's father, an ex-police officer, testified that the odor was that of a decomposing human body. 
 
 "That particular smell whenever you smell it, it's something that you never forget," George Anthony said. "It's a very distinct odor." 
 
 He did not find any dead bodies, but a bag full of trash and maggots. Forensic evidence in Anthony's car will be key in the murder trial, experts have said. 
 
 The car tested positive for chloroform and human decomposition and a strand of Caylee's hair was found in the car's trunk. 
 
 Friday morning's testimony about Casey Anthony's car marked a shift from days of former friends and family testifying about Casey Anthony's behavior in the days she knew her daughter was missing but hadn't alerted authorities. 
 
 Cindy Anthony ultimately called 911 that day to report Caylee was missing and that her daughter's car smelled like there had been a dead body in it. 
 
 The supervisor of the tow truck company that removed Casey Anthony's abandoned car while her daughter, Caylee, was missing also testified Friday that the car smelled like a dead body had been in it. 
 
 Simon Birch, the operations manager for Johnsons Wrecker Service during the summer of 2008, said the car had been on the tow yard's lot for three days when he examined the car's exterior in early July. 
 
 "I put my hand up to the glass to shield the sun and look through the windows. At that point, I did notice a fairly strong odor emanating from the vehicle," Birch said. "The instant flash in my mind was, whoah, I know what that smells like." 
 
 Birch, a 30-year veteran of the towing industry, told jurors that he can tell the difference between the smell of human decomposition and the smell of garbage. 
 
 Birch said that when he and George Anthony opened the car door, "the smell came out very instantly … very potent. It was eye opening…. In the back of my mind, I said to myself that' s the smell of decomposition." 
 
 Ashleigh Banfield's Live Tweets From Casey Anthony Courtroom ||||| George and Cindy Anthony are still together, and they take very different approaches to their daughter, according to an Investigation Discovery documentary that concluded Tuesday. 
 
 Cindy says she talks to Casey, who lives in South Florida, on the phone and says they’re reconnecting. Cindy says she has to forgive her daughter or she wouldn’t be able to live with herself. 
 
 In July 2011, Casey Anthony was acquitted of first-degree murder in the 2008 death of her daughter, Caylee. 
 
 George, however, said he will never talk to Casey again. “We are done because when this happened, I lost my daughter and my granddaughter. I lost them both,” he told the program. “Justice would be to have my daughter behind bars and have her suffer the way Caylee suffered.” 
 
 George dismissed as a “bunch of bull” and a “bunch of crap” the theory that Caylee had drowned. Jose Baez, Casey’s attorney, announced the drowning in his opening statement at the trial. 
 
 George put the court process in memorable — and cynical — terms. “It’s always who puts on the best show,” he told ID. “Jose put on the best show.” 
 
 The new documentary, “Casey Anthony: An American Murder Mystery,” echoed comments that George and Cindy Anthony made to Dr. Phil McGraw in September 2011. 
 
 Then George said of Casey: “'Now that she is out, she can have a relationship with her mom and her brother again, but I don't think the relationship between her and I will be the same again. I love my daughter, but I don't like what the last three years have done to us.” 
 
 On “Dr. Phil,” George bemoaned a smear campaign against him to help win his daughter's acquittal. Baez alleged that George had sexually abused Casey and disposed of Caylee’s body. 
 
 “If someone believed I was involved in this, why was I never brought up on charges?” George asked McGraw. 
 
 In that interview, George said he had guilt about not doing enough to find out what happened to Caylee. “I lost Caylee three years ago, and I believe I lost Casey at the same time. I believe that. She's responsible,” George said. 
 
 In the Investigation Discovery documentary, George theorized that Casey medicated his granddaughter. “I believe Casey gave her something [and] Caylee didn’t wake up,” he said. 
 
 Cindy, however, said she believed that Caylee died in a drowning accident and Casey panicked. Cindy said that she and George are still together because he understands her ups and downs. 
 
 If George says he is “done” with Casey, the story continues to absorb many. Judge Belvin Perry Jr., who presided at the case, said that people need closure and just one person knows what happened. He referred to Casey. 
 
 Former prosecutor Jeff Ashton said he was not sure he would believe Casey. 
 
 The Investigation Discovery program did not mention Casey’s recent interview with The Associated Press. About Caylee’s death, she said, “I’m still not even certain as I stand here today about what happened.” 
 
 AP writer Josh Replogle said of his interview with Casey: “Her responses were at turns revealing, bizarre and often contradictory, and they ultimately raised more questions than answers about the case that has captivated the nation.” 
 
 Part three of the ID documentary revisited the trial verdict. Russ Huekler, an alternate juror, said the prosecution couldn’t say how Caylee died or connect Casey to the child’s death. 
 
 hboedeker@orlandosentinel.com
– Casey Anthony’s parents are finally speaking out about their daughter’s case in an interview with Dr. Phil McGraw set to air tomorrow and Wednesday, and tidbits are trickling out, People reports. In a clip aired this morning on Today, McGraw asks Cindy Anthony about a post she wrote on MySpace 12 days before Caylee was reported missing that read, prophetically-seeming, "Caylee is missing." But Cindy had no idea Caylee was actually gone that day. She was "missing in my heart," she explains. "She wasn't missing physically. I wanted Casey to know how much she was hurting me. And I thought she was purposely keeping Caylee away from me." Cindy says she "truthfully" doesn’t know why the trunk of Casey’s car smelled suspicious. "Do I want to believe Caylee was back there?" asks George Anthony. "I don't want to believe it. I'm going by what the investigators have told me." As for questions over whether her husband was aware Caylee was missing: "George would have never have put us through those six months of not knowing where Caylee was if he knew where Caylee was," Cindy says. "I watched his heart break every single day."