Cop dismissed 1995 tip ahead of Peterson case
Cop dismissed 1995 tip ahead of Peterson case
The Associated Press
June 30, 2004
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- A college friend of Scott Peterson's claimed Peterson told him in 1995 that if he ever killed someone, he would dump the weighted-down corpse in the ocean, a detective testified yesterday.
"Scott said he would tie a bag around the neck with duct tape ... and drop the body with weights into the ocean," said Modesto Police Det. Allen Brocchini. "The fish activity would eat away at the neck and hands. The body would float up with no fingers and no teeth, so there would be no means of identification."
Brocchini said the man called police the day after Peterson was arrested on suspicion of murdering his pregnant wife, Laci. The detective conceded on cross-examination that he never followed up on the account because the man's timing was suspicious and his story couldn't be confirmed by anyone else.......SNIP IT
Where is the friend that said this. Why is this coming to the trial second hand?