Michael Looby (top center) recounts for jurors Tuesday his discovery of the remains of Scott Peterson's son.
Posted on 07/07/2004 5:55:51 AM PDT by runningbear
Grusome Testimony About Baby's Body in Peterson Case
Grusome Testimony About Baby's Body in Peterson Case
Scott Peterson is accused of killing his wife Laci and her unborn child.
Len Ramirez
Testimony in the Scott Peterson double-murder case was so heart-wrenching Tuesday that Laci Peterson's family left the courtroom.
Witness Michael Looby described walking on the shore of San Francisco Bay after a storm in April of 2003 and finding the decomposing body of a baby. Laci's mother and stepfather Sharon Rocha and Ron Grantski and her brother Brent Rocha quickly left the courtroom during the.......
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TESTIMONY TOO MUCH FOR LACI'S KIN, JURORS
TESTIMONY TOO MUCH FOR LACI'S KIN, JURORS
By HOWARD BREUER
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July 7, 2004 -- REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Laci Peterson's mom, stepdad and brother rushed out of court yesterday as a witness took the stand to describe how he found her fetus washed up on a bay shore.
Even some jurors appeared disturbed by photos of the bodies of the unborn baby boy and Laci that were displayed — cupping their hands over their mouths as if sickened, and rubbing their foreheads.
The body of the unborn boy — whom the Petersons planned to name Conner — was found Sunday, April 13, 2003, a day before his mother's headless torso was discovered nearby.
Both washed ashore in the San Francisco Bay, near where Laci's husband, Scott — who is on trial for their deaths — says he went fishing the previous Christmas Eve. That was the day he reported the eight-months-pregnant Laci missing.
"As you're walking along, does something attract your attention or your dog's attention?" prosecutor Dave Harris asked witness Michael Looby. .......
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Laci's family stunned by large-screen images of decomposed bodies
Article Last Updated: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 - 3:35:40 AM PST
Grisly photos shock trial
Laci's family stunned by large-screen images of decomposed bodies
By Jason Dearen, STAFF WRITER
REDWOOD CITY -- Grim photos of Laci Peterson and her unborn child's badly decomposed bodies were projected on a large screen in the Scott Peterson double-murder trial Tuesday, evoking gasps from the seating gallery and forcing the dead woman's family to flee the courtroom.
When the macabre images were shown, the defendant's mother, Jacqueline Peterson, covered her eyes, slumping down in her chair.
Determining the age and condition of the fetus' remains are instrumental to both sides' theories about how Laci Peterson died -- and could be the deciding factor in the case. Defense attorney Mark Geragos promised the jury during opening statements that he will prove that the baby was 36 to 38 weeks old before it died. .........
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Peterson trial witness describes finding infant's body
Peterson trial witness describes finding infant's body
Stacy Finz and Diana Walsh, Chronicle Staff Writers
Tuesday, July 6, 2004
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Laci Peterson’s family rushed out of the courtroom this morning, minutes before a witness described finding the body of the Modesto woman’s infant on the Richmond shoreline.
Scott Peterson, on trial in Redwood City for allegedly murdering his wife and their unborn child, watched the witness attentively.
Michael Looby said he and his wife were walking their dog along the beach near Point Isabel on April 13, 2003, looking for a good spot for the dog to take a swim. The tide was low, so they decided to take a walk down the coastline instead, Looby testified for the prosecution.
When they got to a point where the sand ended, they climbed over some rocks into a marshy area. It was there, Looby said, that he saw the tiny corpse. ........
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Peterson denied affair, polygraph expert testifies
Peterson denied affair, polygraph expert testifies
Tuesday, July 6, 2004 Posted: 5:07 PM EDT (2107 GMT)
REDWOOD CITY, California (AP) -- A day after his wife, Laci, disappeared, Scott Peterson told a state polygraph expert that he was not having an affair and that his marriage was fine, the expert testified Tuesday at Peterson's murder trial.
Peterson was, in fact, having an affair with a massage therapist, Amber Frey. Prosecutors have suggested that he killed his pregnant wife so that he could be with Frey.
Douglas Mansfield said he interviewed Peterson on Christmas Day 2002.
"He said there was no third ......
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Peterson looks away as jury sees graphic photos of wife, child
Michael Looby (top center) recounts for jurors Tuesday his discovery of the remains of Scott Peterson's son.
Peterson looks away as jury sees graphic photos of wife, child
By Harriet Ryan
Court TV
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Scott Peterson turned away as prosecutors displayed graphic photos of his slain wife and unborn child at his capital trial Tuesday.
The double-murder defendant angled his chair to the side and stared toward away across the courtroom as the gory images of the severely decomposed bodies were flashed onto a giant projection screen.
Several jurors appeared disturbed by the pictures of Laci Peterson and the baby the couple planned to name Conner. One female panelist put her hand to her temple when she first glimpsed a photo of the baby's body. Another woman looked away entirely.
The pictures accompanied testimony about the separate discoveries of the mother-to-be and child on April 13 and April 14, 2003. A dog walker found the boy's remains in grassy marshland on the shores of San Francisco Bay. The next day, about a mile away, another dog owner came across Laci Peterson's body wedged in some rocks on the bayshore.
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Exclusive document reveals identity of Peterson defense's 'mystery woman'
Exclusive document reveals identity of Peterson defense's 'mystery woman'
(Court TV) — What do a gold watch, a brown van and an eBay auction have in common?
According to documents obtained by Court TV's Catherine Crier, they resurrect defense attorney Mark Geragos' theory that Satanists in a brown van were involved in the murders of Laci Peterson and her unborn son.
Deanna Renfro pawned a gold watch like one belonging to Laci Peterson.
The host of Court TV's "Crier Live" obtained a pawn shop receipt revealing the identity of a "mystery woman" cited by Scott Peterson's lawyer and her possible connection to the owners of a brown van allegedly spotted in the Petersons' neighborhood before her disappearance.
The document indicates that Deanna Renfro pawned a gold Croton watch six days after Laci Peterson's disappearance — a gold watch almost identical to one Laci tried to auction on eBay weeks earlier, according to the records of the Petersons' eBay account.
Laci Peterson, 27, disappeared Dec. 24, 2002. Four days later, a rape crisis counselor told police that an unidentified woman reported she had been raped by two men and two women in a brown van during a satanic ritual.
A watch Laci Peterson attempted to sell on eBay
According to the counselor's account, the victim said that, during the ritual, the group mentioned a Christmas day death, one she would read about in the papers.
When police tracked down the van to a nearby campsite on Dec. 30, among the four people in the van were Donny and Mary Renfrow. Court TV sources indicated that Deanna Renfro (despite a different spelling in documents) is related to the Renfrows and may be Donny Renfrow's daughter.
The receipt from the pawn shop indicates that, the day after the police visit to the campsite, Deanna Renfro, who has a long criminal history including at least one methamphetamine arrest, pawned the gold Croton watch for $20.
The pawn shop where Deanna Renfo pawned a gold Croton watch for $20.
The bodies of Laci Peterson and her unborn son were found four months later on the shore of San Francisco Bay. Her husband, Scott, faces the death penalty if convicted of both murders.
"Is the pawned watch the same as Laci's? Are the Renfrows related?" Crier said. "Court TV is working to resolve these unanswered questions, but in the meantime, a conspiracy theory is born."...........
If Geragos successfully proves the baby was as developed as that, it could exonerate his client. Prosecutors believe the baby died on Dec. 23 or 24, 2002, which would have made the fetus 33 weeks old. Peterson was under intense surveillance after Dec. 24, so if Geragos proves the baby was alive two or three weeks after Laci's disappearance, it would go a long way to disproving the prosecution's scenario.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbs5.com ...
He also was quoted saying that you could show him a video of Snott and Amber "doing it" and he still wouldn't believe it....I bet he would like a tape of that!
I believe it was this dummy Justin whom Beth Karas (who is doing an excellent objective reporting) mentioned earlier as a juror who took no notes, had his arms crossed, and would smile to Scott.
I believe it was this dummy Justin whom Beth Karas (who is doing an excellent objective reporting) mentioned earlier as a juror who took no notes, had his arms crossed, and would smile to Scott.
and Nancy is no pimp for gagous
and Nancy is no pimp for gagous
Right! That'll make her new show all the more enjoyable to watch!
It really bothers me that Geragos clearly has media shills out there. The jury is not supposed to see media about this case! Yet he seems to be counting on it that they will hear some of his stories in the media. If that's true, he is even more of a cheater than I thought he was, and should be called before the California bar.
I just saw Crier Live. Again a Leslie Snyder(?) kept repeated over and over and over what a horrible job the prosecution is doing. Others chimed in, all like a bunch of parrots. Yet not one of them gave anything specific. Just attack and attack.
This Leslie Snyder is the one who the other day fawned over Geragos. She might have some vested interest in the case.
Why not talk about the evidence instead of these nonspecific criticism that smacks of personal attacks? I've yet to hear this kind of treatment meted out to Geragos even when he did truly stupid and unprofessional things such as demand someone look at him and his other hissy fits.
Here's a scenario you'll like. The prosecution is saving the bombshell witnesses for a grand finale. They seem to be presenting certain aspects of the case but not tying up the lose ends. Example, none the Berkeley witnesses who testified mentioned seeing SP but we know that at least one of the employees did have contact with him. The gun story remains incomplete, the side sonar story is incomplete, the anchors, the hair, now the blood. I think the prosecutor is setting the stage for an all-star cast of bombshell witnesses one after the other. An overwhelming case where each piece of circumstantial evidence is connected to the other in rapid succesion. The foundation for each piece had to be established beforehand or Geragos could object and wreck the pace.
Just a thought (and I have nothing in particular with which to base this on, and assuming that it was Laci's watch), Scott could have just as easily "disposed" of it out the truck window on his way to the warehouse...assuming that the chances were pretty good that someone would find it, turn it in or try to pawn it, thus leading toward her possibly having been kidnapped....just a thought, nothing more.
And you, Sir, need to reexamine your ability (or lack thereof) to comprehend the obvious! YES, of course, hard evidence is necessary to convict someone; but so is CIRCUMSTANTIAL evidence (the totality thereof) valid to convict as well. The guy is getting his "day in court"...IMHO, he said nor did anything at all that would lend itself to establishing "reasonable doubt" in my mind...I wish the prosecution all the best of success in winning a conviction for this one sick, disturbing individual.
And you, Sir, need to reexamine your ability (or lack thereof) to comprehend the obvious!
Why? To what end? Who gives a rat's a** what your opinion or mine is? Whom does it effect? Is it going to change a verdict? You need to get a life, because Scott Peterson's in NONE of your business and YOU were not appointed to the jury nor are YOU the judge. I believe you would be what is referred to in the ole days as a meddling little busy body who needs more work than free time. I DON'T CARE what is going on in that trial, it had nothing to do with me, does not effect my life, nor will the verdict effect my life. You are EXTREMELY self deluded to believe your opinion counts for squat, in this case, because yoo-hoo..toots, it doesn't. rofl. Read my lips...Fox News is not pounding on YOUR door to see what you think, the judge is NOT calling you to get your opinion. Find something worth while to fight about. PPSSTT they don't care what my opinion is either!! rofl.
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