Posted on 06/10/2004 5:28:09 AM PDT by runningbear
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SCOTT BURNED IN RAGE
By HOWARD BREUER
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June 10, 2004 -- REDWOOD CITY, Calif. Scott Peterson was more distraught when he burned chicken at a family barbecue than the night his pregnant wife Laci vanished, a witness testified yesterday.
Laci's cousin, Harvey Kemple, also said that Peterson gave conflicting stories to relatives regarding his whereabouts on the day of the tragic mom-to-be's disappearance.
"I saw more reaction out of him when he burned the God-darned chicken than when his wife went missing," Kemple said at the fertilizer salesman's double murder trial.
Kemple, a self-proclaimed grill guru, said he tried to give Peterson tips on how best to cook the chicken during a July 4 backyard barbecue just months before Laci's disappearance.
But Peterson, 31, wouldn't listen, and became visibly.......
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Peterson Relative Says He Noticed Inconsistencies
Peterson Relative Says He Noticed Inconsistencies
By CAROLYN MARSHALL
Published: June 10, 2004
EDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 9 - Statements made by Scott Peterson to relatives of his missing wife, Laci, were so inconsistent, one family member testified on Wednesday, that he secretly followed Mr. Peterson to a shopping mall and a golf course to see if something was amiss.
"I was very suspicious from that first night," said the relative, Harvey Kemple, in testimony at the murder trial of Mr. Peterson, who is accused of killing his wife and unborn son. "That's why I followed him to the mall, hanging back a bit to see what was happening."
Mr. Kemple, who is married to a cousin of Ms. Peterson's mother, said he was put off when Mr. Peterson told him that he had been playing golf on Dec. 24, 2002, the day Ms. Peterson disappeared, because Mr. Peterson had told Mr. Kemple's .......
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Peterson defense homes in on witness discrepancies to create reasonable doubt
Peterson defense homes in on witness discrepancies to create reasonable doubt
By Associated Press
Thursday, June 10, 2004
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Scott Peterson assured some of his in-laws he was fishing the day his pregnant wife disappeared, although he told one member of his extended family and a neighbor that he had been golfing.
It's a contradiction prosecutors in Peterson's capital murder trial revisited several times Wednesday in their effort to assert that Peterson switched his alibi after saying he returned to an empty home on Christmas Eve day, 2002.
Peterson, 31, ultimately told authorities he went fishing alone on San Francisco Bay. ..........
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Surveillance gets a satellite assist
Posted 6/9/2004 10:31 PM Updated 6/9/2004 11:45 PM
Surveillance gets a satellite assist
By Richard Willing, USA TODAY
Just after Laci Peterson disappeared in Modesto, Calif., on Christmas Eve 2002, her husband, Scott, assured police that he had nothing to do with it.
But police were suspicious. Without Peterson's knowledge, they received court permission to attach global positioning system (GPS) tracking devices to the undersides of three vehicles he was known to drive. The devices, which use cell phone networks and signals from orbiting satellites to pinpoint land locations, indicated that twice in January 2003, Peterson drove to a San Francisco Bay marina near where the bodies of his .........
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Witness testifies that Peterson lied about golfing
Witness testifies that Peterson lied about golfing
Kemple
By JOHN COTÉ and GARTH STAPLEY
BEE STAFF WRITERS
Last Updated: June 10, 2004, 05:22:12 AM PDT
REDWOOD CITY -- Scott Peterson was more upset about burned barbecue chicken than he was about his wife's disappearance, an extended family member testified Wednesday during Peterson's double-murder trial. "I was so gol-darn mad because I saw more emotion out of him when he burnt the damn chicken than when his wife was missing," said Harvey Kemple, a construction worker married to a cousin of Laci Peterson's mother.
Kemple's testimony dominated a day in which the prosecution continued to cobble together a case against Peterson -- attempting to establish a timeline of what happened along the couple's quiet street on Dec. 24, 2002, and to highlight allegedly inconsistent statements Peterson made. ...........
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Burnt chicken testimony at Peterson trial
Stacy Finz and Diana Walsh, Chronicle Staff Writers
Scott Peterson seemed more upset about burning his chicken than he did about his wife's disappearance, said a fiery construction worker who had jurors and observers erupting into laughter during the second week of the capital-murder case today.
Peterson, 31, is on trial in Redwood City for allegedly murdering his pregnant wife, Laci, and their unborn child.
Harvey Kemple, a lifelong Modesto resident and Laci Peterson's cousin by marriage, told reporters outside the courthouse that while other family members stood by the defendant in the beginning, he was suspicious of the fertilizer salesman from the start.
Inside the courtroom, Kemple glared at the defendant while testifying. Peterson, dressed in a suit and tie, looked away.
"I saw more reaction out of.........
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>>>>If it was all planned out ahead of time he would have known exactly what to say.<<<<
What about the fact Scott had researched the directions of tides and currents in the bay? That indicates preplanning and premeditation.
Grat. Waiting here with baited breath. LOL
OMG!! There are tons of things he did that show PREmeditation!!. Making anchors, buying the boat secretly, PROPHESYING her disappearance and the fact that THIS would be his FIRST Xmas without her. Secret storage unit, of course all the computer research. And on and on it goes.
That could have indicated pre-planning but by not having a consistent alibi he left himself wide open as the prime suspect. If he planned it ahead of time you'd think that would be the first thing he concerned himself with, but then again everything about this guy appears inconsistent.
Pirro questioned whether the tears shed were genuine or theater reminding us that the last time we heard Scott cried was on 12/9 when he told Amber that he lost his wife, proving he can cry on demand.
Alred said jurors took notes when hearing that Scott was only one who didn't question detective during that chaotic time when family arrived.
The fact that a neighbor said she heard barking dogs at 10:38 (and one may have been Mackenzie) may throw off the time line a bit but as other neighbors are questioned, more will unfold. Up next is Donna Brazile and I prefer to change channels.
I don't blame you. Donna Brazile is too much for me also!!
Check out post # 103.
Well freepers - I've got a pretty busy day tomorrow. Think I'm gonna head for the covers. LOL Sweet dreams all. CO
It doesn't really take away from his guilt if it wasn't premeditated, the only difference is it could spare him the death penalty if that's what the jurors conclude.
I am really so disqusted this trial is not on TV..A whole lotta Q & A's we surely not hearing about....I think by the time proscution done laying their bricks there will not be 1 little crack for Scott to squeeze through
Now that's something I have not heard yet! Along with the "I was hoping for infertility" comment, and the comments made to Amber about not wanting to have children, wanting a vasectomy, will be enough to show the jury he was not wanting Connor.
Off for a day of fun on the boat Sat... Maybe the Delta (San Joaquin,deep channel water), maybe Lake Don Pedro, or Turlock. Trying to get hubby to go to Don Pedro. Different, I hope! anyhow, I'll be checking in later today on/off........ ;o)
Have fun bear! I'm hoping to go out boating with a friend coming up soon. Lots of rain here, waiting for a sunny weekend...
I'm still going thru this weeks events, finding allot of little things interesting.
I'm hoping to have a little time this weekend to share opinions.
As for Laci's step-father going fishing at the same time, his situation is totally different:
*He is much more into fishing than Scott and went to a nearby spot.
*His domestic situation is different. He didn't have a pregnant wife who might go into labor anytime.
*He didn't lie about it by saying he went golfing.
Thanks for the information.
Hey, you're right!! Good catch!!
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