Posted on 04/18/2003 7:16:43 PM PDT by DeepInEnemyTerritory
SAN DIEGO - Remains that washed ashore in the San Francisco Bay this week were those of Laci Peterson and her unborn child, California Attorney General Bill Lockyer said Friday night. Meanwhile, Scott Peterson was arrested in the disappearance of his wife, who was eight months pregnant when she was reported missing Christmas eve, a San Diego County Sheriff's deputy said Friday. The arrest came as Modesto police planned to announce a "significant" development in the search for his missing wife and son. Peterson was being transported to Modesto, said the deputy, who spoke on condition that his name not be used. The case intensified this week after the body of a woman and fetus washed ashore in San Francisco Bay. The state's DNA laboratory in Richmond has been "working 24-seven" to identify the remains, said Hallye Jordan, a spokeswoman for the state Attorney General's office. The lab was trying to confirm that the remains are those of Laci Peterson and the son she was due to bear in February. Scott Peterson, 30, has not been seen in public since the decomposed remains washed ashore in Richmond, 90 miles from the couple's Modesto home. The bodies were found one day and about a mile apart by people walking the shoreline. Scott Peterson's attorney, Kirk McAllister, had refused to disclose his client's whereabouts this week. McAllister did not immediately return a telephone message Friday from The Associated Press. Peterson had told police he last saw his 27-year-old wife Christmas eve as he left to go fishing at a Berkeley marina, which is three miles from where the bodies washed ashore. Modesto police seized his boat, pickup truck and nearly 100 items from the couple's house but had not formally named him as a suspect in his wife's disappearance.
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I'll bet you're right. The police handled this quite well, imo, and I'll bet they've got a damning case with all the evidence they collected.
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