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If one presumes Scott guilty of murdering Laci and Connor, then any attempt by Scott or his family to claim or keep items connected to Laci or Connor seems an outrage.

However, if one presumes Scott innocent, as we know his mother does, then it is perfectly reasonable that she would be horrified that the family was acting like Scott had no claim to the baby's things or gifts received on their marriage, or any other item they bought as a couple, or even Laci's own things.

I can understand and sympathise with the unrestrained anger of the Rocha's, but also the mother's goggles that Jackie Peterson has on.

Really, technically, at this point most of the items mentioned belong to Scott. It would be better if the Rochas and Petersons cataloged all the items, agreed not to disburse them or liquidate them, and then settled the matter once the trial or trials are over.

If Scott were to be convicted of murder, then naturally the proper disposition of the items would be to Laci's relatives. If not, there would probably be a civil trial that would determine if Scott had rights to the contents of Laci's estate.

I find it all so interesting how Scaughty was so hot to sell the house and Laci's SUV, but then wanted to keep the baby furniture and her jewelry. The car was sold before they even found her body. If her personal vehicle meant so little to him, and he could part with it so easily even before knowing the outcome of his wife's disappearance, one is led to believe that his concern over the dispersement of the rest of Laci's items would hold little or no interest to him, except for what he could make monetarily off of them.