SCOTT: I WEEP IN JAIL

The NY Post ^ | October 31, 2003 | HOWARD BREUER

[Devil_Anse]

Good scenario. The part about proving to oneself that one can still live the carefree life even with a baby, that rings true. (Though in the final analysis, I wouldn't trade the encumbrance of "babies" for any freedom!)

He learned from mommy that children are disposable.

Wow, that one's a zinger, straight to the heart of the matter!

So he'd be able to bring Amber around the folks, eventually, and Amber and the folks would each know what the other was talking about when one of them mentioned Scott's dear-departed-wife. Except, Amber would be talking about her death in 2001, whereas the family would be talking about her death/disappearance in 2002. "No, Amber, I said December 2002--you just remembered it wrong!" ?

[Jackie-O]

Yep, talking heads were commenting on that this weekend. Why would he get a seperate storage when he could use his warehouse?? NOT because the boat was a surprise, I don't think a used 14' crummy little boat is worth that much trouble. He was trying to hide that damn thing.

[Velveeta]

I wouldn't trade my encumbrances either, nor would my hubby. But! When I was pregnant with the first one, he went through a kind of panic that I've since heard many dads-to-be experience.

Hubby wanted to "clarify" right upfront that he would still be able to do some of the things that he enjoyed. I asked him what it was he was concerned about and he said well...."I want to make sure I still get time to work out at the health club." I said: "We aren't members of a health club you dork!" But we joined the club.

The second she was born, neither of us went back to the club. It was much more fun (for him too) to go for walks with the stroller....

[Velveeta]

It's always struck me as particularly good timing for being uninterrupted by anyone looking for Laci

Exactly! He knew that nobody would be coming over for a surprise visit.

[Devil_Anse]

Oh! I missed that, for sure! Now I'm confused about the dog. So that part where they put the dog in Scott's boat, that took place at Scott's second, formerly secret, storage facility?

And Scott's story was that he left the house, then went by his warehouse to get his boat. So he was referring to his "secret" warehouse...? This is confusing me!

[drjulie]

"Hmm. Somehow the link didn't post with that. Maybe I... forgot... to include it! Anyway, here 'tis:
http://www.midnightsociety.com/web/Grave/List/list.html"

Thank you...looks very interesting!

[Devil_Anse]

Oh, yeah! The moment they see the baby, even the most indifferent-to-having-children man is smitten. I think Laci was trying to get through whatever problems they had, counting on that phenomenon. But he never gave it a chance to happen.

[drjulie]

"And I think finally, Amber will give bombshell testimony to motive. I've been watching Gloria on shows all weekend and she seems like she is stifeling her glee that Amber's testimony will be something big."

I agree, she really does act like she knows something big. I can't imagine what it would be (beyond what we already know). I guess we'll have to be patient for another day or two.

[Jackie-O]

No Krispy Kreme in Orland...:o(

[Velveeta]

I think when he "left to go fishing", he went and picked up the boat at the secret location and drove it to his office warehouse where he could "work for a couple hours".

I would guess that he was planning on returning the boat to the secret location, but he must have thought he could do that later on. I don't think he expected that the cops would check out his office. That's why he had to lie and say there was "no power".

[Velveeta]

Heading over to today's thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1013534/posts

[Devil_Anse]

Your explanation sounds plausible to me. Furthermore, if he really was stashing this boat that no one knew about in his secret warehouse that no one knew about, now THAT really starts to look significant.

So where did he make the anchors? What I do remember about that is that apparently he didn't volunteer that info. I read that the cops saw some trace impressions in "the ground" (?) that looked like something had been set there, and he explained about the anchors to explain the impressions. I believe that's when he had to go into detail and say how many anchors.

[Jackie-O]

I laughed when she said that no one has been preparing Amber. When MG tried to have her booted last week, she came on one of the shows saying that she needed to be at the pre-lim so she COULD prepare her client, to be ready for testimony. She needs to keep track of what she says when she flaps her mouth on all of these shows. IMO she should get her mug off of these shows until Snotty is convicted...she and Amber will make plenty of cash when this is all over.

[drjulie]

"Man, Gloria Allred has really lost my respect given her recent "acts." There's that smarmy, self-satisfaction she has that does indeed look like glee over Amber's upcoming revelations. But even worse were her declarations that NO ONE, not even the prosecution, has been prepping Amber. Does Gloria think her co-panelists, hosts, and we, the general public, are all morons?"

Well, Gloria hasn't changed. She surely loves the attention. She's probably doing this pro bono for the publicity. I do respect her for her work representing victims. IMO we don't have enough of that in our system. Also, it appears that she is doing a good job representing her client (in contrast to that Frank Muna who was representing one of the convicts). Of course Amber has been prepped. I heard Lisa Bloom (Gloria's daughter) on TV not long ago say that Amber will be one of the best prepped witnesses ever! Gloria's on the prosecution's side, she's very capable, and you can tell that her presence drives MG nuts. Go Gloria!!!

[Velveeta]

Nobody was ever supposed to know that he had a boat. I think he was going to dump her and then dump the boat, pronto. (It's really not the type of boat you'd expect Snotty would be proud to own, anyway.....it served a functional purpose)

I think he had to quickly change his story to *include* the boat because he knew he was spotted by someone. His rush to change his "planned story" is why none of the fishing story makes any sense. He didn't have time to think out reasonable explanations for taking the boat out.

For example, if he TOLD Laci that he was going fishing, what the heck did she think he was going fishing IN?

S: "Honey, I'm going fishing this morning."

L: "Fishing? You we don't have a boat?"

S: "Um, well....I'll explain tomorrow on Christmas. I have a special surprise for you, just have to test drive it today."

Don't think so!

[bonfire]

Be interesting to know if he told any of his friends, co-workers, ANYONE that he bought a boat. Odd thing for a guy to keep a big secret.