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Expert suggests Peterson bodies draped in random debris unrelated to murders
Court TV ^ | 9/14/04 | Harriet Ryan

Posted on 09/15/2004 5:28:32 AM PDT by runningbear

Expert suggests Peterson bodies draped in random debris unrelated to murders

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — A forensic examiner suggested Tuesday that a length of plastic around the neck of Scott Peterson's son was unrelated to the fetus' murder, a blow to the defense claim that the plastic points to another perpetrator.

Peterson's lawyers had said the positioning of the plastic loop indicated assailants wrapped the 4-foot-long strand around the baby's neck after it was born alive. Laci Peterson was eight months pregnant when she vanished Dec. 24, 2002, and her husband was under near constant police surveillance after her disappearance.

Criminalist Pin Kyo of the California Department of Justice, however, seemed to lend credence to prosecutors' theory that the fetus the couple planned to name Conner was expelled from the mother's womb after Peterson dumped her in the San Francisco Bay and the plastic loop was only trash that washed over the baby's head as the body floated toward the bayshore.

Kyo, spending her second day on the stand as a prosecution witness, said the loop was "chemically similar" to plastic debris recovered near Laci Peterson's remains and noted that it was not tied tautly.

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TOPICS: Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: avoidingchildsupport; conner; deathpenaltytime; dontubelievemyalibi; getarope; ibefishing; laci; lacipeterson; sonkiller; wifekiller
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To: runningbear

HUH? bear I can't quite understand what your saying. Your saying 80 pounds of cement isn't much cement? Well we know that it WASN'T used to fix the driveway or do yardwork so it must have been used for anchors. That's a heck of a lot of cement for anchors. The ONE anchor that we saw only weighs 5 pounds. If the bag was a 90 pound bag, that leaves 85 pounds of cement mix to account for. Geragos stating that he made TWO anchors does NOTHING for the Defense.


41 posted on 09/15/2004 2:03:53 PM PDT by Canadian Outrage (IAll us Western Canuks belong South!!!)
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To: pies

Thanks! I'll look for that.


42 posted on 09/15/2004 2:09:09 PM PDT by Rambler7
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To: Canadian Outrage

we have an expression for junk around here (Oregon)....you say this is a boat anchor, meaning its NO GOOD....Snott could have used anything heavy for 1 boat anchor, but for special occassions (like murder), he has to make his own b/c he can't have a rational explanation if he bought 5 or so from the local store.


43 posted on 09/15/2004 2:20:43 PM PDT by Searching4Justice
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To: Canadian Outrage
"If the bag was a 90 pound bag, that leaves 85 pounds of cement mix to account for."

Help me out here. I got lost in all this cement somewhere along the line.

How do they know there was a 90 lb bag of cement somewhere? Last I remember everyone was talking about buckets of ready mix that they speculated Scott used for the anchors.

44 posted on 09/15/2004 2:21:55 PM PDT by Spunky ("Everyone has a freedom of choice, but not of consequences.")
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To: Diver Dave
"....does not match samples from anchor, shop, boat etc."

Good News!

45 posted on 09/15/2004 2:24:46 PM PDT by Spunky ("Everyone has a freedom of choice, but not of consequences.")
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To: pies
"My understanding of this is that the investigator painstakingly reconstructed the small pieces of concrete that was found and they fit together and formed a partial circle in the bottom of the pitcher, meaning THAT pitcher was used to make something, just not the anchor that was found."

Oh! Now I understand. I had never heard that before.

46 posted on 09/15/2004 2:26:51 PM PDT by Spunky ("Everyone has a freedom of choice, but not of consequences.")
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To: Spunky

The bag of cement he bought came in different sizes. One was 30 pounds, 60 pounds and 90 pounds. I think those were the sizes. Anyway, he bought the 90 pound bag. I believe they found an empty bag. Also, Scott could have told them he bought a 90lb bag PLUS he had a receipt or Grogan got the receipt. Scott was also questioned on where the "rest of the cement went". He stated that it was used to patch his driveway. I don't think Scooter knew that cement could be forensically matched.


47 posted on 09/15/2004 2:36:32 PM PDT by Canadian Outrage (IAll us Western Canuks belong South!!!)
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To: Spunky

Where the heck is Devil_Anse?????


48 posted on 09/15/2004 2:39:33 PM PDT by Canadian Outrage (IAll us Western Canuks belong South!!!)
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To: runningbear; Canadian Outrage; pies; Spunky; Searching4Justice

Just did a google search on the yield from an 80 lb bag of Quikrete brand concrete mix.
Quikrete brand is the brand sold at the local Lowes and Home Depot stores.
One 80 lb bag will produce .60 Cu Ft (17 L) of concrete.
One cu ft = 12" x 12" x 12"

Scaughty must have had an awfully small driveway or a surplus of 8 pound anchors and decided to just throw 'em away. I'll go with the latter.


49 posted on 09/15/2004 2:48:11 PM PDT by Diver Dave (Stay Prayed Up)
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To: Canadian Outrage

The fact that he said it was used in the driveway, but it wasn't, is a form of evidence itself. Why would he have to lie about what he used concrete for?


50 posted on 09/15/2004 2:53:34 PM PDT by Rambler7
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To: Rambler7

Exactly! He told Laci's brother, Brent, that that is what he used with the rest of the concrete! They check, it doesn't match----another one of a great many lies! The missing concrete is at the bottom of the bay with Laci's head and limbs, sad to say.


51 posted on 09/15/2004 3:00:01 PM PDT by pies
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To: Canadian Outrage; Devil_Anse
Where the heck is Devil_Anse?????

I dunno. It's not my turn to watch her. :)

52 posted on 09/15/2004 3:12:54 PM PDT by Diver Dave (Stay Prayed Up)
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To: Sacajaweau
If the bodies hadn't surfaced, Scott would be scot-free.

That's exactly why I think Geragos's celebrity client is going down, the fact those bodies surfaced at the place of his alibi. The coming defense show will still be interesting to watch anyway.

53 posted on 09/15/2004 3:24:39 PM PDT by Reaganwuzthebest
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To: Rambler7

Because Scotty must lie about everything!

Pinz


54 posted on 09/15/2004 3:35:02 PM PDT by pinz-n-needlez
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To: Diver Dave

I'll go with the latter also.


55 posted on 09/15/2004 3:50:00 PM PDT by Canadian Outrage (IAll us Western Canuks belong South!!!)
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To: Rambler7

This guy lied about everything, ABSOLUTELY everything. He lied about things he didn't need to lie about.


56 posted on 09/15/2004 3:52:35 PM PDT by Canadian Outrage (IAll us Western Canuks belong South!!!)
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To: Canadian Outrage; Jackie-O; runningbear; Devil_Anse
"Where the heck is Devil_Anse?????"

I don't know. But I would like to know how in the world did Jackie-O at 5:37 a.m. this morning already know she was missing?

WHERE THE H_LL ARE YOU?

57 posted on 09/15/2004 3:55:27 PM PDT by Spunky ("Everyone has a freedom of choice, but not of consequences.")
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To: Diver Dave; Searching4Justice

Yes!!! Thanks for the ping!!!


58 posted on 09/15/2004 4:03:33 PM PDT by Jackie-O
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To: runningbear

I want to know does the duct tape on Laci match duct tape in ISP's warehouse


59 posted on 09/15/2004 4:08:02 PM PDT by fiesti (Terri deserves life---Terrisfight.org)
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To: Spunky

Let me finish this pizza, start a load of laundry and jump in the shower, then I'll be ready to go look for her.

Pinz


60 posted on 09/15/2004 4:09:13 PM PDT by pinz-n-needlez
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