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DA thinks it's Laci
Modbee.com ^ | April 17, 2003, 05:01:13 AM PDT | GARTH STAPLEY and JOHN COTÉ

Posted on 04/17/2003 5:21:17 AM PDT by NautiNurse

Edited on 04/13/2004 1:56:01 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Stanislaus County District Attorney James Brazelton said Wednesday he thinks Laci Peterson is the woman whose body was found this week along San Francisco Bay.

"I feel pretty strongly it is (her)," the county's top prosecutor said. "It's too much of a coincidence to have a female and a baby found close to each other a day apart and no others were reported missing. If I were a betting man, I'd put money on it."


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1 posted on 04/17/2003 5:21:18 AM PDT by NautiNurse
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To: NautiNurse
"I feel pretty strongly it is her"

Well, don't let facts & evidence get in the way of those FEELINGS, there boss.

2 posted on 04/17/2003 5:23:10 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I will defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: Puppage
I hope they have Scott in custody or he's dead.
3 posted on 04/17/2003 5:26:19 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (Saddam's Hiding In Tikrit He's Eating Another Daisy)
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To: NautiNurse
Can someone explain to me how a dead woman can birth a baby?
4 posted on 04/17/2003 5:30:32 AM PDT by randita
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To: Flurry
Laci Hubby Missing
5 posted on 04/17/2003 5:31:39 AM PDT by NautiNurse
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To: randita
that gruesome topic has been discussed ad nauseum in numerous threads.
6 posted on 04/17/2003 5:32:29 AM PDT by NautiNurse
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To: randita
Hoping you haven't eaten breakfast, it involves the build up and expulsion of gasses in a decomposing corpse. I've heard it referred to as "coffin birth".
7 posted on 04/17/2003 5:34:35 AM PDT by katana
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To: randita
Can someone explain to me how a dead woman can birth a baby?

She was less than one month to term. Decomposing body produces gases that produce a "dry birth". And no, I am not a CSI, I just watch TV.....

8 posted on 04/17/2003 5:34:38 AM PDT by BullDog108 (Feles mala! Cur cista non uteris? Stramentum novum in ea posui.)
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To: runningbear
ping
9 posted on 04/17/2003 5:35:09 AM PDT by NautiNurse
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To: Flurry
Tick Tock Tick Tock, Scott. Hopefully this will solve the mystery of this case. I wonder how it will affect the case if DNA matching isn't conclusive on the adult body. It appears that there will still be a bunch of work yet to send Scott to the gurney for his last cocktail. Let's hope it wraps up soon.
10 posted on 04/17/2003 5:35:27 AM PDT by Space Wrangler (Now I know what it's like washing windows when you know that there are pigeons on the roof...)
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To: katana
You're right.

It is possible for a pregnant woman's baby to be found relatively intact and separated from the mother a few months after the woman's death, forensic scientists said. A phenomenon known as "coffin birth" causes gas from the decomposing mother to expel the baby, said Dr. Patrick Besant-Matthews, a former coroner in Seattle; Anchorage, Alaska; New Orleans and Dallas. "Babies generally are fairly sterilized when they're inside the mom, so very often babies don't decompose in the same way as an adult," he said.

Ugh.

11 posted on 04/17/2003 5:36:19 AM PDT by lsee
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To: NautiNurse
I have not been following this issue up to this point and have read none of the other threads on this topic describing the matter.

Been too focussed on the war and its aftermath.
12 posted on 04/17/2003 6:34:03 AM PDT by randita
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To: randita
Easy; once the woman's body deteriorates in the water so that the skin and uterine tissues break down sufficiently, the infant's body is released to float away on its own.
13 posted on 04/17/2003 7:11:10 AM PDT by Irene Adler
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To: katana
Is this the reason for the so-called Y incision which is made at the time a mortician is preparing a body for viewing?
14 posted on 04/17/2003 12:21:29 PM PDT by hsmomx3 (Always a FR fan!)
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To: hsmomx3
Not sure but I'd think embalming would make such an incision unnecessary for that purpose.

I stopped reading these discussions a couple days ago because they were too morbid and now I'm caught up in it. I hope you won't mind if this is my last post on the subject. A beautiful woman and her baby ending up like this, whoever the culprit, is entirely too sad.

15 posted on 04/17/2003 1:16:35 PM PDT by katana
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To: katana
Some facts that don't think have been made public, to which I am privy, is that Snotty didn't know what bait he had used when fishing. Now we all forget things, but no fishermen ever forgot what kinda bait he was using when fishing. It is critical to every fishing story and also critical to know when you don't catch anything. Also none of his fishing gear was even wet or damp.

My theory- Laci found out about the affair, told SP it was over and for him to move out after Xmas. Like the coeds he murdered before when they rejected him, he grabbed Laci from behind in the kitchen and she fought back valiantly even after he punched her in the stomach. It wasn't planned for that exact moment, but Snott had been thinking murderous thoughts ever since the beginning of the pregnancy and when LP had started to become scared of him and seen his capacity for volence, he moved into a planning stage. Then when she told him to move out, it was either do it then or become a far more obvious suspect.

Hope the authorities have a gps trace on him.
16 posted on 04/17/2003 9:49:23 PM PDT by at bay
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