Posted on 06/10/2004 5:28:09 AM PDT by runningbear
ALL EXCERPTS:
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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I AGREE!! Geragos is an overrated buffoon!! I mean, REALLY, does he ever really WIN a case?? I know one thing, he makes huge pompous, grandious promises and then NEVER PRODUCES!! Peterson is going away!!
This is an excellent point! I think most of the reports were abbreviated today on all channels because of Pres. Regan's funeral, and on Crier because of her coverage of the Anniversary of the murders of Nichole and Ron, her interview with OJ. Maybe since the court is dark tomorrow, the will have a good recap of the week's events.
From: signonsandiego Medina testimony
Medina said Peterson visited her house with an investigator hired by his former attorney several days after Laci vanished.
"He was crying and he was really upset at that point," she said.
Many of Laci Peterson's friends and family have described Scott as unemotional and indifferent in the days after his wife vanished.
Prosecutor Dave Harris tried to imply that Peterson conjured up the tears for affect.
"The defendant starts to cry for you?" Dave Harris asked.
Defense lawyers objected to the tone and Dave Harris moved on with questioning.
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Interesting-
Yes, I did see that part posted!! Wonder how long he had to "practice" for that one.?
Ok, so where are the chicken-cooking tips? He better dish after a tease like that.
C'mon, this is important; I may be overlooking something critical when I toast my birds.
....Gwen Kemple on direct....
MR. DISTASO: Q. All right. So let me go back then and ask you, as you read
that report does that refresh your memory as exactly how you described it?
A. Yeah, he said "Black pants and a white long-sleeved shirt."
Q. Okay. Did you ask him anything else -- oh, I'm sorry, did you ask him
anything about the clothes?
A. I asked him what kind of shoes she was wearing.
Q. Okay. And what did he say?
A. He said "tennis shoes."
Wasn't it stated last year somewhere that Laci told her yoga class friend that her husband was indifferent or something to that effect? Do you remember that?
I thought SP said she was barefoot???
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Good catch-
I also thought that he said she was barefoot when he last saw her.
Ditto. I understand Greta will be covering the latest Peterson news on her show tonight.
Yes, that was reported early on that Laci told her Yoga teacher that he was NOT interested in the coming baby.
Being as I'm one of the FOXLESS ones, could you report when you watch it StarFan?? Thanks.
Don't you know Mrs. DA - We no longer "barf" on this thread we GAG ourselves with STURGEON!! LOL
Don't you know Mrs. DA - We no longer "barf" on this thread we GAG ourselves with STURGEON!! LOL
whoops - hiccup!! Sorry.
No, I'm not on the jury. :)
Laci told her Yoga teacher
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She's going to be a very important witness. Probably the one witness that can testify that they were having problems.
If Peterson is guilty most likely the murder wasn't premeditated but happened spontaneously by the fact his stories weren't straight immediately following her disappearance. If it was all planned out ahead of time he would have known exactly what to say.
Okay it's coming up next. Her intro -- "why was the mailman's whereabouts questioned on the day of Laci's disappearance?"
Hammer and Laura Ingle talking about what they heard today in court. Laura explained how chaotic it was when family members arrived at the home with all their questions noting that Scott never asked any. Hammer said Medina was an important witness who said at 5:00 a.m., 9:30 and 10:30 she never saw anything unusual at the Peterson home. He felt she was an earnest and believable witness. Medina admitted making a mistake from her preliminary testimony and telephoned police to correct it. They never mentioned what she corrected but Hammer and Ingle concur that the problem for defense is the time line being neatly sewn up by prosecutors. Next up Gloria Alred.
Pirro said that prosecutors have clearly shown how Scott was not focused on his missing wife knowing she wouldn't be found. Everyone in attendance that day had their antennas go up with the way Scott reacted or didn't react. Not too much wiggle room for Geragos now that the time line is being clearly established.
Scott took particular interest in Medina's testimony whereas most of the time he sits and talks to Geragos. Commercial break.
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