Divers Find "Object" in Lake -- Laci Peterson

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[sweetliberty]

"or was spirited away by a gang of satanists who wanted her baby"

My feeling since the beginning was that she may have been abducted by somebody in the black market baby racket. Question is, if that is the case, would they let her go after the baby was delivered?

[SunnyUsa]

"You generally fish the bay on a incoming tide which started at 9:30 I beleive and catching one sturgeon in your life is like that one Bull Elk you might get for the average hunter."

Thanks for answering that question I've had....

I didn't know how that made sense - him leaving to fish @ 9:30am (thinking fish feed very early, or dusk)... Didn't think about Tides etc

learn something every day! :)

[sweetliberty]

"if I'd murdered my ex, I'd be out by now..."

NULLY!!!

[Petronski]

This is a mystery. If Laci Patterson had been gunned down outright, there would be very little media interest. But now, no one knows where she is or what has happened to her. It is the mystery that makes it so compelling.

[bonfire]

Agree with everything you posted. When I went into labor with our first, it was the middle of the night. I decided to take a quick shower before waking up hubby. He heard the shower, came in, I delivered the good news AND.....he went back to bed! When he DID wake back up to take me to hospital, he was dressed in his suit (2AM). Figured we'd have the baby and then he could get in a full day of work! Men just don't behave the way we women think they should and that doesn't mean they aren't doting husbands or fathers.

My husband would never have called my OB if I had been missing. NEVER!

I also don't think it odd that he stored his fishing gear in the baby's room.

[BonneBlue]

I understood he did call family and friends to try to locate Laci. It was in fact Scott's step father in law who contacted police. Fuhrman is wrong on his info....

[BonneBlue]

Seems odd to wait until sat to pull the object up. It could be authorities 'know' the object is not a body and are playing mind games with Scott.... testing his reaction so to speak...

[Doc Savage]

Everyone here loves a mystery, tragic as they may be. Whether it's Jon Benet Ramsey, Elizabeth Smart, or Danielle van Dam, everybody has their pet theory about what happened.

The overwhelming conclusion on all these threads seems to be that the husband, Scott Peterson, is the main suspect in his wifes disappearance. Up until now the main focus of speculation has been how she might have disappeared and how he might have carried it out.

Although some posters have touched on it, the one point that hasn't been explored in depth is motive.

Now this may be that since he has not been formally charged in the murder of his wife people are hesistant to speculate on just why he might have murdered her.

While that is understandable, I think his reluctance to cooperate with law enforcement, his hiring a lawyer, the rather farscial staged timeline and his activities on the day of her disappearance all point to the fact that he killed his wife and disposed of her body.

So why does a young man, after 8 1/2 months of his wife's pregnancy, suddenly decide to murder his wife and unborn child? There are only two basic explanations. One, the murder was premeditated and methodically carried out in cold blood. Two, that he killed her in the heat of passion, or in other words, murder 2, manslaughter, or whatever legal terminology California provides.

If the murder was premeditated, what might have been the motive for what he surely must have recognized as a very risky proposition. Did he have a girl friend on the side that no ones knows about. Divorce seems a bit easier but then again who can be sure of what goes on in a criminal's mind?

If not a girl friend to commit murder for, one could speculate money. Does he anticipate collecting a sizable sum of money from her death? Why would he possibly need a large sum of money?? An expensive girl friend and their future together? Drugs debts? Gambling debts? Hardly seems likely, but I'm sure the police have been forced to at least look at this possibility.

If he calmly planned her death he must have had an overwhelming pressure to make him undertake such a perilous course of action. Yet again, could it be that he suddenly saw the future closing in on him and decided that he didn't want to be a father, tied down to Laci for the rest of his life? Could the pressure of fatherhood and perhaps not being in love with his wife any more been the impetus to push him over the edge to murder her?

Possibly, but since most people who are murdered meet their death at the hands someone they know, is it more likely that Laci Peterson died as the result of a violent argument sometime prior to the time he claims to have last seen her?

The holiday season often brings about added pressures that some individuals cannot handle. Perhaps an argument about money, family ties, an impending divorce no one knew about (not even their families), a sexual indiscretion that was discovered or admitted?

The scenes of this drama definitely appear to have been staged. The timing, the trip, the ticket, the dog, etc. The question is did he plan the murder well in advance, or did she die at his hands in a fit of rage?

My personal suspicion is that she died as the result of a violent altercation that was unplanned. The rather concocted staging was then hastily put together for the police. She was most likely killed the evening before the time she would usually retire. The night provided him sufficient time (absent of interruption i.e., phone calls to her, visitors, deliveries etc) to formulate a disappearance strategy and carry it out.

Then again,.......................................

[SunnyUsa]

"My husband would never have called my OB if I had been missing. NEVER! "

I agree that the husband not knowing the OBGYN's name (where was that reported btw - I hadn't heard about this detail ) wouldn't be that unusual.

I think my husband might have recalled the names of my doctors....(but he has a good memory most of the time)
ANDI know I would've left the DR's name and # handy by the phone (being obsessive esp w/the first pregnancy!)

I'd more expect him to call the hospital that she was to deliver at if he really was worried she went into labor etc...he surely would've known that, they had little time left to wait for the blessed event.

Unfortunately all this speculation is just that, and I fear he already knew where she was when he called police etc.....

[Howlin]

I love that story!

[Howlin]

That's about as good a shot at speculation as I've seen. And it all makes sense to me.

I just still cannot believe there are no 'fresh' divers in CA today to retrieve that body.

And for goodness sake, another body was pulled out of that water yesterday, but it's not a big deal? Good lord.

[BonneBlue]

I too agree that the most likely scenerio is that she died by an act of rage and not a premeditated plan. This would explain the messiness of a hastily put together alibi. Not well thought out. Probably put together by a panicked mind resulting in too many holes.
I have looked at the pics of Laci and her husband. I am not sure if it is just me, but his expressions in the photos seem to be always saying 'I hate this'.

[tubebender]

I can't imagine what the family is going through right now. IF it were my daughter potentially in the water, I would NOT appreciate having the police announce the possibility on a Thursday night and then state that they probably won't go back until Saturday.

If it was my daughter I would have been on the phone to the Mayor, Council members and gotten on a talk show demanding they finish the search today. This is total BS putting the family through this. That "object" could be any thing.

[Axenolith]

The Ultimate bass rig... I wish ;)

[Axenolith]

Another scenario would be the cops just saying that to see if the husband bolts or freaks out. I tell ya, if he did whack her, after all the D&P show he's gonna want a jury pool from BF Egypt...

[null and void]

Well, I would...

[null and void]

Thanks for the correction.

[justshutupandtakeit]

That is false. Most murders may be by one who knows the victim but the situation is not as you claim. It is a common myth however.

[TexKat]

It was in fact Scott's step father in law who contacted police.

Does anyone know the whereabouts of the step father the morning of 1/24/02? Why would he contact LE less than 24 hours of Laci's disappearance? What time did Scott talk to step father? What time did step father contact LE?

[Arthalion]

Maybe Lacy was pregnant with some other dude's kid? Maybe she just hit the road and went off with the other dude?

And not take her purse? Or medications? Or any clothes? Or money? Or leave a 'Dear John' letter? That thought passed through my head as well, but the evidence just doesn't point that way.

And as to your questions about WHY people care about her, it's the whole story: A young, beautiful, happy woman on the verge of having her first child vanishes off the face of the earth on Christmas Eve...it's a story that naturally attracts peoples attention. Lately, our area seems to be pretty good at coming up with stories like these, but I assure you that it's an infamy we'd rather live without.

I also thought all of you might be interested to hear another bit of information to weigh into your discussion. I stopped by the search command center at the Red Lion this morning to pick up some fingerprint kits for my children, and I had the opportunity to offer my prayers to a couple of Laci's family members and Scott Petersons sister (I was also involved in the park search early on, because my own sister lives just down the street from Scott and Laci). As I was departing, I mentioned that I honestly hoped that the object in the water wasn't her. At that point, all of their faces hardened and several of them stated quite emphatically that it "absolutely cannot be her because Scott is NOT involved in this". I guess you had to be there, but this reaction from her family struck me as bizarre. It was almost like they were trying to convince themselves that he couldn't have done it. Their whole tone was just wrong, like they had to say it, but they weren't totally positive they believed it.

This whole thing is just so sad...