Thanks a bunch, hergus! Now, we just need to know what the workers told MPD, don't we? Specifically, did anyone at the warehouse see Laci alive and well at the warehouse on or around December 23rd! It would also be interesting to know the date for the purpose of asking, "did they have dogs with them"?
Kristen Dempewolf's pic is on the front page of my website, along with this article:
"Evidence Gained Under Hypnosis Won't be Used at Peterson Hearing
October 16, 2003
Prosecutors changed course Wednesday and said they will not introduce evidence from a hypnotized witness at Scott Peterson's preliminary hearing on double murder charges.
But prosecutors still intend to call the woman to testify if the case goes to trial, according to documents filed Wednesday in Stanislaus County Superior Court.
The decision appears to delay a legal showdown over whether Kristen Dempewolf, who may have resembled Peterson's pregnant wife at the time that she disappeared, will be allowed to testify.
Dempewolf, 33, could be used to counter witnesses who contend that they saw Laci Peterson after her husband said he left for a solo fishing trip the day she was reported missing.
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Dempewolf, who lives several blocks from the Petersons' home in Modesto's La Loma neighborhood, was at roughly the same stage of pregnancy.
Peterson's attorneys have asked the judge to exclude Dempewolf's testimony, saying investigators failed to follow strict legal requirements for allowing testimony from hypnotized witnesses in a criminal case.
Her testimony is part of a collection of evidence that the defense is seeking to bar from court, including information from wiretaps, scent-tracking dogs, GPS tracking devices and a hair found on pliers in Peterson's boat. A DNA test shows that the hair could have come from Laci Peterson, according to prosecution documents filed in court.
Judge Al Girolami is likely to hear arguments on the evidence issues at Peterson's preliminary hearing, which is set for Monday but may be delayed.
Prosecutors indicated earlier in court that they would call Dempewolf to testify at the hearing.
In more than 450 pages of documents filed Wednesday, prosecutors said they reserved the right to address the issue of introducing Dempewolf's testimony in the future.
They also contend that the defense objection to Dempewolf's testimony must also apply to Diane Jackson, a second neighbor who went under hypnosis for police.
Jackson is not cooperating with the defense, who notified her that she may be called to testify as a witness.
Jackson told police that she saw three suspicious men standing near a tan van parked directly across the street from the Peterson home at 11:40 a.m. Dec. 24, according to a report of her account.
In Dempewolf's case, defense attorney Mark Geragos contends that authorities did not meet California's stringent conditions for hypnotizing a witness, including accurately recording their prehypnotic memory and having the hypnosis conducted by an experienced professional without law enforcement present.
The defense also is arguing, among other things, that global positioning satellite tracking devices placed on Peterson's vehicles are new technology whose reliability has not been sufficiently demonstrated in court.
"GPS is used extensively throughout the world," Senior Deputy District Attorney Rick Distaso countered in documents filed Wednesday.
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http://www.modbee.com/local/story/7599015p-8507353c.html