Husband (Scott Peterson) Arrested in Calif. Woman's Death

Yahoo.News.Com ^ | 8/19/03 | BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press

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Stanislaus County, California, Sheriff's Department released this booking photo of Scott Lee Peterson on April 19, 2003. Peterson was charged for two counts of murder at the time of booking. The arrest of Peterson came as authorities confirmed that two bodies that washed ashore this week were those of Laci Peterson and her baby. Laci Peterson was more than eight months pregnant when she vanished from her home in Modesto, California on Christmas Eve, 2002. REUTERS/Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department/Handout

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Plainclothes agents who had been tracking Scott Peterson's movements with phone taps and vehicle sensors made the arrest before the DNA test results on the bodies were known because Peterson was considered a flight risk, and because he had indicated he knew he was under surveillance, California Attorney General Bill Lockyer said.

Interesting that Scott Peterson was arrested BEFORE the DNA test results. Did they gag this in the media... I wonder, atleast until the DNA tests came back? I wonder if Laci's family were notified about Scott's arrest before he was arrested???

[MinuteGal]

The reasons for and the psychological aspects of the new beard should evoke some interesting comments.

Leni

[nepdap]

If poor devastated Scott really expected Laci to turn up somewhere alive, how did he expect her to recognize him with his new beard and bleach job (even the eyebrows!)?

[Diogenesis]

Did he dye his hair? Was he fleeing?
LAST NIGHT

PREVIOUSLY (two months ago)

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The article states that Laci was most likely murdered around the date of disappearance so how was the baby boy born???

[Diogenesis]

"Coffin birth" occurs after death when the intraabdominal gas pressure builds up
ejecting the fetus.

[Caipirabob]

I triple guarantee you I an not a flight risk. Pay no attention to the dyed hair and beard. Do not believe your eyes! Believe me!... *handcuffs click*

[Zipporah]

The family was probably notified.. the Rocha family not the Petersons. Have you noticed how much weight he has lost? Seems with the hair color changed and addition of the beard..adds up to planning to flee.

[spectre]

I think they were basing the arrest on some strong indicators that the DNA was going to be matched.

They were tailing Scott, and realized his change of appearance might mean he would flee the country. (Could have been because he wanted to go public in-cognito, who knows for sure).

Since Scott has been unwilling to speak with Laci's family for months, I think NOW, the Rocha's are going to sit across that cold table from him, look him in the eye and say "WHY, Scott, WHY?". They can't wait.

sw

[uvular]

Saw Scott and Laci's best friends (married couple) on NBC this morning. They were best man and maid of honor at S &L's wedding.

They said they had seen Scott in the past 2 weeks & saw his bleached hair. Scott told them he had been swimming in a friend's pool and water bleached his hair.

Also said Scott called them after he was arrested, however, they did not say what was discussed.

[mafree]

They said they had seen Scott in the past 2 weeks & saw his bleached hair. Scott told them he had been swimming in a friend's pool and water bleached his hair.

Yeah Scummy Scott and I got a bridge in Brooklyn for sale.

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--Timeline--

December 24, 2002

Scott Peterson tells police in Modesto, California, that his wife, Laci, who is eight months pregnant, has not been seen since mid-morning. Peterson tells police he had gone fishing in San Francisco Bay, and that Laci had stayed home to shop for dinner and to walk their dog in East La Loma Park, commonly called Dry Creek Park. Scott Peterson and family members begin searching the park. Hundreds of volunteers would later join the search.

December 31, 2002

Laci Peterson's disappearance is the result of foul play, Modesto police spokesman Detective Doug Ridenour says at a news conference. "She did not walk away voluntarily," he says, and adds that no one, including Scott Peterson, has been ruled out as a potential suspect.

January 4, 2003

Authorities use cadaver-sniffing dogs to search Berkeley Marina, where Scott Peterson says he went fishing the day his wife disappeared.

January 17, 2003

Sources reveal that police have shown Laci Peterson's family pictures that link Scott Peterson with another woman. The family is told that Scott Peterson took out a $250,000 life insurance policy on his wife.

January 20, 2003

Authorities reveal that the Peterson home was broken into between January 16 and 19. Modesto police Detective Doug Ridenour says the "bizarre" break-in was not connected to Laci Peterson's disappearance and that nothing significant was taken.

January 23, 2003

Amber Frey reveals at a news conference that she was the woman photographed with Scott Peterson. Frey says she did not know Peterson was married when they began their affair, and police say she has been eliminated as a suspect in Laci Peterson's disappearance.

January 29, 2003

Scott Peterson tells reporters that he cut his hand and bled inside his truck the day his wife disappeared.

January 30, 2003

Modesto police ask Scott Peterson to cooperate with investigators.

January 31, 2003

Police review hours of surveillance videotape from a grocery store in Longview, Washington, and then discount a clerk's claim that she might have seen Laci Peterson on December 24.

February 10, 2003

Laci Peterson's due date arrives. The Petersons had decided to name the boy Connor.

February 18, 2003

Modesto police conduct "a follow-up search" at the Peterson home, the second search since December 26, two days after Laci Peterson was last reported seen.

April 14, 2003

The remains of a woman and baby boy that washed ashore at Point Isabel Regional Park, in Richmond, California, are discovered. Officials investigating the case of Laci Peterson are waiting for DNA test results to determine whether the bodies are those of Peterson and her son. The bodies were found about two miles from where Laci's husband Scott told police he went fishing on the day she disappeared and about 80 miles northwest of their home in Modesto.

April 18, 2003

Scott Peterson is arrested in connection with Laci's murder. Prosecutors announce the arrest after confirming the two bodies that washed ashore along San Francisco Bay April 13 and 14 are those of Laci Peterson and her baby.

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Scott told them he had been swimming in a friend's pool and water bleached his hair.

That's got to be one of the lamest excuses I've ever heard.

On Fox News this morning, one of their experts, Bo Dietl, said the police had the arrest warrant a couple of days before they positively I.D.'ed the bodies. This indicated to Dietl that they had enough to arrest him without the I.D.

[uvular]

Friends didn't believe it either! Said Scott had been lying to them, but did not give any further details of other lies. They said they had been cooperating with police, which I assume meant they contacted police whenever they had contact with Scott.

Wonder who else he's been calling since incarceration? Golf courses to cancel future golf dates?

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Re: The first date in the timeline. I saw somewhere on TV that people saw Laci walking her dog. If Scott claims she was 'staying home' to make dinner a walk the dog-in the time I would imagine he killed her and dumped the body in the water- How did a woman washing her dishes at her kitchen sink look out and think she saw Laci walking her dog?

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Scott told them he had been swimming in a friend's pool and water bleached his hair.

Slap, slap. The whole world is stupid, according to Scott Peterson.

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Apart from the two badly decomposed bodies, Modesto Police Chief Roy Wasden declined to describe the state's evidence. But he said it suggested that Laci Peterson may have been killed on Dec. 23 because no "credible witness" saw or heard from her after that.

I've got news for the chief. Thats not how time of death is determined. I hope investigators can provide a better timeline for how long those bodies were in the water. Preferably based on scientific evidence, rather than police guess work.

I was suprised the coroner didn't address this (time of death) question more directly during the news conference.

[uvular]

With all the golfing he seemed to be doing, I bet he doused himself with Sun-In! SOB-No Bail For You!

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This is what I was thinking it is the only explanation but what are the odds of both bodies (Laci's and Connor's) actually washing up on shore?

Did the a$$hole Scott feel so guilty he could not live with himself so he got scuba gear and dived and released the cement anchor??? from Laci's body, therefore (the body rising up fast) more so causing the combustion of the baby being born? SICK-but maybe he is so sick he felt guilty and for some sick Scott reason released the cement anchor (s). They found traces of cement in his car (or was it boat) so he did utilize cement right???