kronk -- and again we are not saying mr. kronk had anything to do with caylee's death -- but mr. kronk is a morally bankrupt individual who actually took caylee's body and hid her. there was a $225,000 reward in this case. but it was for a live caylee. mr. kronk didn't read the fine print. and he thought he had himself a lottery ticket. >> reporter: but when kronk took the stand today, defense attorney chaney mason over and over tried and seemed to fail to paint kronk as a man attempting to cash in on a child's death. >> do you remember talking also to the detectives about the issue of the reward you were looking for? >> we were discussing the crime line tip, sir, we weren't talking about the other ones, sir. >> you were joking, you say, with alex roberts and the others about finding this body? >> no. we were joking about the money, sir. i never joked about finding the body, sir. that's not what i said. >> reporter: kronk said he went into the wood to relieve himself on august 11, 2008, and saw something that look like a skull. he called police. >> i'm a meter reader with orange

>> yes. >> please. >> roy kronk. >> you may proceed. >> morning, mr. kronk. >> good morning, sir. >> would you tell us, please, sir, how you were employed during the summer months of 2008? >> i was a meter reader for orange county, sir. >> and how long had you be employed as a meter reader? >> since may 27th of '08, sir. >> what type of meters did you read? >> water meters, sir. >> and did you have an assigned route at that time? >> we were assigned a routes the night before, sir. >> the night before? >> yes, sir. >> every night before? >> we never knew what route we had the next day. it always varied. >> and did you have a general area, a district of orange county that you worked? >> we were in all of orange county, sir. >> in august of 2008, sir, did you have occasion to be assigned to read meters out by hope springs drive? >> yes, sir. >> and, so are you familiar, sir, in fact with the residence of george and cindy anthony on hope spring drive? >> no, sir. >> did you read all the meters on hope spring drive? >> yes, sir. >> suburban drive? >> yes, s

. >> good morning, mr. kronk. >> a meter reader whose testimony seemed critical. roy kronk's emergency calls led police to kai's remains. >> i noticed something that looked white and there was a -- like a gray bag down in there. >> reporter: the defense paints him less as a good samaritan who found the child's bones and more as an accomplice who was somehow involved. perhaps for reward money, perhaps just for fame. >> did you call your son and tell him that you were soon to be famous? >> no, sir. >> did you at any time tell him you were going to be rich? >> no, sir. >> reporter: even abc licensed photos from kronk but prosecutors were quick to point out all the things he wasn't. >> have you ever had access to the home of the anthony family? >> no, ma'am. >> their backyard? >> no, ma'am. >> their computer? >> no, ma'am. >> caylee anthony's diapers. >> no, ma'am. >> r rorter: it went from bad to worse for casey when the judge barred the jury from hearing her former fiance back up her claim of sexual abuse. >> she told me she woke up with lee standing over her and in