George Anthony Threatens Suicide (VIDEO)

Posted on January 23, 2009

George Anthony, grandfather of slain toddler Caylee Anthony and father of Casey Anthony wrote a five-page suicide note before police found him alive in a Daytona Beach, Fla., motel today. Read more about George Anthony below.

George Anthony was taken into police custody early this morning and transported to Halifax Medical Center for evaluation under a Florida law called the Baker Act, which allows authorities to hold people without their consent for up to 72 hours pending a psychiatric evaluation.

In addition to the letter, Anthony sent suicidal text messages to his family saying he “doesn’t want to live anymore,” Daytona Police Department spokesman Jimmie Flynt said.

Police did not comment on details of the suicide note, but apparently they did not cause any speculation that George Anthony had anything to do with his granddaughter’s murder.

Anthony’s daughter,Casey Anthony,22, was charged with daughter Caylee’s murder in October before the toddler’s decomposed body was found less than a mile from the Anthony family home in December.

Halifax spokeswoman Salina Wang told ABC News that Anthony is in stable condition.

George Anthony was reported missing by his family Thursday when he did not show up for a scheduled meeting. They were able to track Anthony to Daytona’s Hawaii Motel through his cell phone, which he used to send his family text messages that implied he intended to kill himself, Daytona Police Chief Mike Chitwood told ABC’s Orlando affiliate WFTV.

“[Anthony] basically said to us, ‘You know, I just need to get away. I need to think things through.’ That’s why he was there,” Chitwood told WFTV.

Police then invoked the Baker Act and took him to the hospital. They said Anthony “went willingly” and fully cooperated with police and was not handcuffed on the way to the hospital, Orange County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Carlos Padilla said.

“He was not arrested. He has not committed a crime,” Padilla told ABC News.

George Anthony’s threatening suicide came just days after gruesome details emerged concerning the discovery of Caylee’s body.

Adhesive residue from a heart-shaped sticker was found on the duct tape that covered Caylee Anthony’s mouth when her body was found in December, according to an affidavit released Wednesday by the Orange County, Fla., state attorney’s office.

The sticker appeared to have been “intentionally” placed on the duct tape, according to the affidavit, written by Det. Yuri Melich.

While the sheet from which the sticker came from was not found at the scene, according to the affidavit, investigators did locate a small heart-shaped sticker similar in size to the residue found on the duct tape in the area where the body was found.

Also found at the scene was a small shirt, size “3T,” a small pair of white shorts with vertical stripes, size 24 months, and a “Winnie the Pooh” blanket.

When authorities arrived at the scene it looked as though the remains had been put in a cloth laundry bag before being placed inside a plastic bag.

Little Caylee’s remains were found Dec. 11, 2008, less than a quarter mile from the home Caylee shared with her mother and grandparents, by utility worker Roy Kronk.

Casey Anthony is currently in jail and charged with murder in the case.

Poor guy, let’s hope George Anthony will be alright!