[hotpotato]

Authorities said he would wave and basically "act smart" (my words) letting them know he knew they were watching.

[libertylover]

Apparently, the cops were waiting until they found the body to make the arrest.

[Snerfling]

Peterson was arrested by plainclothes police in San Diego before noon

On a side note, has anyone else noticed that SP was arrested in SD before noon, but was not booked in Modesto until right after midnight of the 19th? That's a twelve-hour car ride from SoCal to the central valley.

Now, everyone knows that Friday afternoon traffic is a bear getting through LA - and this is Easter weekend, so the early getaway traffic must have been horrendous.

Imagine being the cops driving 250+ miles in stop-and-go traffic with SP in the back seat? Imagine the number of other drivers who saw them as they drove up the I-5 or I-15 and didn't realize at the time who it was? (I'm assuming the car was unmarked.)

This would be a perp-walk (or drive) for the ages.

[randita]

Peterson's behavior alone nails him. Imagine you're waiting the outcome of DNA evidence to confirm that dead bodies are those of your wife and son. Do you go out on a golf outing?

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

OJ was an "airtight case", too.

[marshmallow]

The booking photo

Seems Scotty boy has changed his appearance. Dyed his hair, grown some whiskers.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Wasden wouldn't discuss possible motives for the alleged murder...

...like the $250,000 insurance policy he took out on her a couple of months before her death.

There is no reason to get life insurance on a non-breadwinner. The purpose of life insurance is to make sure that dependent survivors are not in dire straits should the primary breadwinner die.

The purpose of life insurance is NOT to enable the survivor(s) to hit the jackpot.

The very existence of the insurance policy speaks volumes.

[FITZ]

He says that Peterson indicated moments before his arrest that he discovered he was under police surveillance.

It never occurred to him before then that he might be under police surveillance? They probably watched him the whole time while he was buying his hair bleach and packing his bags. Scott doesn't seem all that bright ---but then OJ wasn't either and he got by with it.

[nmh]

I doubt that he "cracked" during the long nine hour ride back to Modesto from Santiago. This is one cold, mechanical person who will deny everything. I'm sure they pruposely drove him back rather than flying him back so as to play psych games with him and get him to break down. Nine hours is a long time but still, he's not the kind to confess. He's evil.

[Joe Hadenuf]

He was going to run to the safety of Mexico, just like thousands of illegal aliens do, routinely, after leaving a wake of busted up Americans and crimes against American citizens. He is one of the few, who didn't make it.

Bet the rent, there are thousands of murderers/criminals who have fled to the safety of Mexico.

[nmh]

I'd like to hear more about that college girlfriend who disappeared after spending time with Scott. This guy is so cool that I almost get the impression through his cold arrogance that dodging the authorities is old hat. He'sas detached and indeifferent as ever. Maybe he killed this college girl, got away with it and was over confident with Laci. He might think he can get away with anything.