Peterson, Frey had frequent contact

The Modesto Bee ^ | Sept 25, 2003 | John Cote' and Garth Stapely

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Peterson, Frey had frequent contact

Peterson, Frey had frequent contact

By GARTH STAPLEY and JOHN COTÉ
BEE STAFF WRITERS

Published: September 25, 2003, 08:02:39 AM PDT

Scott Peterson exchanged at least 18 telephone calls with his girlfriend in the nine days before his pregnant wife disappeared, according to partial phone records. He also received at least 47 calls from Amber Frey to his cell phones in the three weeks after authorities believe he killed his wife and their unborn son, the records reveal.

All 65 calls -- totaling more than 3 1/2 hours -- were made at a time when Scott Peterson insisted that he didn't have a girlfriend.

Two of them came on New Year's Eve, the day more than 1,000 people attended a commun-ity candlelight vigil for the missing Laci Peterson.

Frey made more than 50 calls to police starting Dec. 30. Some of those calls were made after police were authorized to tap Peterson's phones, and court documents show the wiretaps picked up a call between Frey and Peterson as late as Jan. 20.

Frey figures to be an important prosecution witness in the high-profile case and has been protected by private guards.

Frey was not the only woman with whom Scott Peterson had an affair with, a source said. He had at least one other girlfriend during his five-year marriage, the source said.

The phone records reflect only a portion of the calls between at least four phones known to be used by Frey and Peterson.

The 30-year-old fertilizer salesman has pleaded innocent to murder charges. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.

Frey, 28, has said she met and started dating Peterson in November, not knowing he was married.

The phone records from Dec. 14 to Jan. 14 also reveal that:

Frey, a Fresno massage therapist, called Modesto police at 1:43 a.m. Dec. 30. The call lasted 22 minutes. On Jan. 28, when Frey went public about her romantic involvement with Peterson, she cited the pivotal Dec. 30 call.

She made the call immediately after receiving two calls, starting at 1:24 a.m.

In the next three weeks, Frey exchanged at least 48 calls with Modesto police Detective John Buehler. She also called the phones of police Detectives Phil Owen and Al Brocchini twice each.

Frey's attorney said she has cooperated with investigators, who tapped at least two of Peterson's cell phones.

Authorities had an affidavit sealed Jan. 22 for a "search warrant for Scott Peterson's phone records," a Stanislaus County Superior Court order shows. It is unclear whether investigators executed the search warrant for the phone records.

But court documents show that authorities did use a search warrant May 28 in connection with the case for toll and subscriber information from five telecommunications companies: AT&T Wireless, Nextel, Cingular, Sprint and SBC. The companies provided investigators with dozens of pages of information, according to court documents.

Most of Frey's calls to Scott Peterson lasted five minutes or less. Only one, on Jan. 7, was longer; it lasted 100 minutes.

Frey and Peterson called each other an average of two times daily in the week before Laci Peterson was reported missing Christmas Eve. There were at least four calls on Christmas as media descended on Modesto to cover the disappearance. On Dec. 26, while volunteers combed the Petersons' La Loma neighborhood and a park, the number of calls shot up to 14. All calls were made between 3 and 9 p.m.

Frey put in two calls, on Jan. 10 and 14, to a volunteer search center based at Modesto's Red Lion Hotel. It is not known whether she spoke to volunteers or Scott Peterson, who regularly visited the center.

Peterson apparently spoke to Frey on the phone only once on Dec. 23, the day his wife vis- ited her doctor. Laci Peterson accompanied her husband that day to have his hair cut by her sister. Authorities have said they believe Laci Peterson was killed later that day or the next day.

On the day a judge agreed to let police tap Peterson's calls, Frey spoke with him at least twice. She called Buehler's phone number eight times that day. Frey hasn't spoken to the media, aside from the initial news conference revealing the affair and another staged by Gloria Allred, her Los Angeles attorney.

Allred declined Wednesday to comment on specifics surrounding her client's phone conversations with Peterson.

"I can only make a general statement that when .........

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Nude photos of Amber Frey posted on for-profit Web site

Nude photos of Amber Frey posted on for-profit Web site

By John Coté
The Modesto Bee
(Published Thursday, September 25, 2003, 5:12 AM)

MODESTO -- A broker of photos for men's magazines has posted nude photos of Amber Frey on his Web site, and the Fresno massage therapist has talked with her attorney about suing him.

The broker, David Hans Schmidt, said he bought the photos and release rights from a Fresno photographer earlier this year. The Web site, where Schmidt charges $19.95 for access, came to light Wednesday.

Attorney Gloria Allred, who is representing Frey as she prepares to be a witness in the Scott Peterson double-murder case, said her client has never relinquished rights to the photos.

Allred said her job is to defend Frey from attacks on her credibility that may come from Peterson's defense team and elsewhere.

Allred called the Web site "disgusting and an attempt to exploit Amber simply because she may be an important witness in a high-profile murder case."

"We have advised Amber of all of her legal rights against Mr. Schmidt and anyone who is involved in the sale and distribution of her images, and she will seriously consider her legal options," Allred said in a written statement released Wednesday.

When reached by phone, Allred declined to say what options were discussed or whether Frey would sue Schmidt.

"I hope she sues," Schmidt said Wednesday while traveling in New York. "You can print that. I hope she sues me."..........

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PETERSON PAL EXPOSED

PETERSON PAL EXPOSED

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September 25, 2003 --

The other woman in the Laci Peterson murder investigation was fully exposed yesterday - after a Web site started charging $19.95 for more than two dozen racy pictures of her.

Web site operator David Hans Schmidt posted 27 pictures of Amber Frey, 28, a massage therapist who had a fling with murder suspect Scott Peterson.

The photos were taken in 1999, Schmidt said.

"She responded to a local ad for nude models," said the Internet entrepreneur.

Frey is involved in the mystery surrounding Laci Peterson, a pregnant Modesto, Calif., woman who vanished last Christmas Eve.

Her body and the remains of her unborn child washed ashore near San Francisco in April, leading to Scott Peterson's arrest........

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Frey may sue porn broker over online photos

Frey may sue porn broker over online photos

By JOHN COTÉ
BEE STAFF WRITER

Published: September 25, 2003, 07:02:55 AM PDT

A pornography broker has posted nude photos of Amber Frey on his Web site, and the Fresno massage therapist and her attorney have discussed suing the man.

The broker, David Hans Schmidt, said he purchased the photos and release rights from a Fresno photographer earlier this year. The Web site, where Schmidt charges $19.95 for use, came to light Wednesday.

Attorney Gloria Allred, who is representing Frey as she prepares to be a witness in the Scott Peterson double-murder case, said her client never has relinquished rights to the photos.

Allred said she is representing Frey to defend her from attacks on her credibility from Peterson's defense team and elsewhere.

Allred called the Web site "disgusting and an attempt to exploit Amber simply because she may be an important witness in a high-profile murder case."

Peterson could face the death penalty if convicted of killing his wife, Laci, and their unborn son.

"We have advised Amber of all of her legal rights against Mr. Schmidt and anyone who is involved in the sale and distribution of her images and she will seriously consider her legal options," Allred said in a written statement released Wednesday.

When reached by phone, Allred declined to say what those options were or whether Frey would sue Schmidt.

"I hope she sues," Schmidt said Wednesday while traveling in New York. "You can print that. I hope she sues me."

Allred contends that Schmidt never has produced an original document signed by Frey releasing her rights to the photos. Schmidt contends that he has a signed, legally binding release.

"Do you think I would enter into a contract.........

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Peterson Informer Convinces Ex-Cop

Peterson Informer Convinces Ex-Cop

Wednesday, September 24, 2003

The inmate who claims he overheard double murder suspect Scott Peterson (search) talking about kidnapping his wife Laci convinced the ex-cop who gave him a polygraph test that he is telling the truth, the officer told Fox News in an exclusive interview.

Lt. Melvin King (search) told Fox News' Geraldo Rivera Wednesday that he was skeptical of inmate Cory Lee Carroll's (search) story at first, but changed his mind after their two-hour session.

"Mr. Carroll was able to convince me that he truly believes what he's saying has some validity to it," King said.

King, who has dealt with numerous inmate witnesses in the past, said they typically ask to cut some sort of deal for a plea bargain. But Carroll was different, he said.

"He was just the opposite," King told Fox.

Peterson, 30, is accused of killing his wife Laci Peterson, 27, and unborn son, Conner.

Carroll, a self-described petty property criminal, told investigators he first met Peterson last November at the City Lights strip club in Fresno, Calif...........

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[MaggieMay]

I might have to catch up on you commentary from Greta,tomorrow morning. My husband has indicated he would like to use the computor. Hopefully I can stay on a little longer,at least he is not hovering at the moment. :)

[MaggieMay]

computor = computer

[Jackie-O]

I missed the whole report...had to go out to look for my kids...whistle went unanswered.

[Spunky]

Thanks for the information on the cell phones.

[MaggieMay]

Sharon Rocha has filed a civil suit.Here is the article.I am cheering for her!
http://www.modbee.com/local/story/7503444p-8418242c.html

[Jackie-O]

I caught a little on Greta about that...thanks Maggs, I was wondering what I missed.

[Devil_Anse]

Well, at the risk of sounding very old-fashioned, isn't it also possible that Scott picked up one "land line" telephone at the house, and maybe Laci did the old wife's trick of quietly listening in on the other extension?

[Devil_Anse]

Absolutely, "the wording was a little suspect." Bingo! Now, I didn't see him say this--I didn't see him on TV--but we know people will sometimes split hairs when it comes to telling the whole story, and it wouldn't surprise me at all if Ron were one of those who pulls that sort of trick.

[Devil_Anse]

ROFLMAO!!!! We can just read ol' Scott's little mind on that one: "Oops! I forgot to get rid of her pants!"

[Devil_Anse]

I'm no expert on cell phones, but it's been my experience that I can no longer even halfway tell "where" most phone number originate or are "anchored"--whereas before cellphones were common, I could often tell just by the first three numbers, more or less, where the owner of the phone lived.

And remember Tradecorp had a little office in Modesto. He could've told Amber it was a cellphone gotten for him by his company, or any number of similar lies.

And yes, Spunky, isn't it kind of a weird experience nowadays--when we called someone in the past we knew where they were; now they could be anywhere!

[Spunky]

"Well, at the risk of sounding very old-fashioned, isn't it also possible that Scott picked up one "land line" telephone at the house, and maybe Laci did the old wife's trick of quietly listening in on the other extension?"

Oh my never! A good little wife wouldn't listen in on a phone call. ;-)

[Spunky]

According to the court document it appears that she has reason to believe the scumbags (unnamed doe 1-50) were getting ready to make a profit off of some kind of book deal or movie or something and she has moved fast to put a stop to it.

[Devil_Anse]

BTW, isn't it odd that this supposed "private detective" friend of Amber's hasn't found his way to the press? So many other peripheral players have.

Yes, I remember Ron saying that about Amber's sister. But you see, Maggie, it just has seemed obvious all along that Ron often speaks b/f he actually gets his facts straight--and that, especially in the beginning, he knew a lot less about all this than he let on.

[Lanza]

Did you watch Greta. Bernie says there are rumblings that the Petersons are not happy with Geragos. Hmm... wonder what the problem is?

[Canadian Outrage]

Jackie I'm now home and I want a blow by blow account of Greta's interview 'k??!! *grin*

[Devil_Anse]

It's really kind of sad Jackie. (wipes small tear away)

He told us he was leaving, after commenting that everything, really, is kind of "meaningless".

(and I would like to personally congratulate all those here who helped lead him to that conclusion)

[Devil_Anse]

That constant need to be making contact with someone makes me think of Scott as a real narcissist--an emotional infant. I know a few people who I really do think are narcissistic, and two of them are "phonaholics", that is, if there is no one physically with them, they absolutely HAVE to be on the telephone. In my (totally nonprofessional) opinion, narcissists cannot stand to be alone. Picture a tiny infant--how long would a tiny infant really last if it were left alone? Not long.

So I think Scott's hundreds of phone calls reflect this pathological need on his part. And even more so, his calls to Amber. I think whatever woman he happened to be intimate with became a sort of surrogate mommy to him.

And you make a very good point: it's not necessarily odd for someone with a missing family member to spend a lot of time on the phone--but it is very odd for someone in that predicament to spend so much time on the phone with the ONE person who DEFINITELY could not help them find the missing family member!

[Canadian Outrage]

Dev you know what convinces me that Laci never ever knew about Snott's affair? The fact that the night of Dec. 23, probably shortly before her gruesome death, she was talking with her Mom and was cheerful and bubbly as always. Sharon Rocha has said all along that Laci was NOT the kind that could hold something like this in and make plans for the next day as if nothing was wrong. I truly believe Laci was blindsided!!

[MaggieMay]

Knowing the greedy Peterson's,I am sure they had all but inked a deal for a book and a made for TV movie. Sharon,has out manoeuvred them and it does my heart good.

[Devil_Anse]

GO SHARON!!!

Hmm, I wonder what kinds of opportunities are in the offing for young Scott to make a buck. And I wonder if any of that has anything to do with the recent argument between his lawyers.