Peterson, Frey had frequent contact

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

[runningbear]

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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[Sandylapper]

Good post, Ray! You put it in perspective!

[Devil_Anse]

Oh, Ray, she could have died accidentally... or it could have been suicide! But as they said during Chandra Levy's disappearance, "you can kill yourself, but it's hard to hide your body afterwards". LOL.

If my pregnant family member had died accidentally, I'd have called the authorities. Yes, I can hear Scott now, "Okay, I finally want to get this off my chest. She fell off a ladder and died... I was so scared... I didn't think anyone would believe me... so I got rid of the body."

Ahem! Ray, you know truth is stranger than fiction, and the police definitely know that, too!

Enough has been leaked for me to get the impression that police believe strongly that she died in the house. Whatever they know that makes them believe that has been closely guarded. It may be a bombshell!

You're right; we don't really know the time/date of death. I guess the decomposition experts will play a big part in proving that. But then there's also common sense, a commodity that is supposedly in high supply on juries. A pregnant adult talks to her mother at 8 p.m. two days b/f Christmas, and is never heard from again? The odds are astronomical that she didn't live long enough after that to even send at least one last little Christmas wish to Mom.

So I think time/date, and place, are provable as of now. You've sure got a point about "how", though. I can't imagine how. But there was something in that house that seemed to tell them she died there, and IMO that something is related to the "how".

Very good points, about jurisdiction. I'm assuming (hoping) that there is some provision in CA law to handle a situation like that, where one local law enforcement agency had done astronomical amounts of work, only to find that they had to change horses in mid-stream.

[Devil_Anse]

http://216.239.57.104/search?q=cache:IXxJCsaSRSkJ:www.corpus-delicti.com/pc1101_1108.html+victim+died+in+jurisdiction+another+mistake&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Here's something from the CA Penal Code about jurisdiction for murder prosecutions.

[Velveeta]

That the Husband volunteered that information or we probably would not know that

Maybe SP did NOT volunteer the information....Remember this curious statement from Ridenour?

Scott's father said his son turned over a time-stamped receipt from an automated ticket dispenser at the Berkeley Marina, claiming that the receipt showed that he was there when he said he was on Christmas Eve. Police verified the receipt was authentic, but Ridenour added: "We never said it was a receipt that came from him."

[Velveeta]

http://www.sacbee.com/24hour/special_reports/laci_peterson/story/6586416p-7526265c.html

Link for above post.

[STOCKHRSE]

Maybe SP did NOT volunteer the information....

Maybe he didn't volunteer, he had it with him and he had just murdered someone,he could have flipped it....But I know enough to know he did not hide that trip(dam fool)Also Ridenoir did not say it did not come from him either.

Heck he drove up to his house with the boat on the truck that afternoon and had already called that friend of theirs(the couple with a son named Connor,IIRC) ostensibly looking for Laci,and IIRC he told him he had been fishing. I mean,; for whatever reason he did not hide he had gone fishig and maybe he had a reason; we'll see. Please ya'll, remember I am not defending him, But I learned some 40 years ago,If you want to defeat your opposition get to your weak points before he/she does so there are no surprises. If you can defend your weakest point the rest is a relative *ease*. It has worked so effectively in all aspects of my life. RAY

[Canadian Outrage]

I remember that Statement from Ridenour!! Curious indeed. I think we may be in for a prosecutorial treat. I don't really subscribe to the fact that a person can kill themselves and put weights on all their appendages and throw themselves in Sanfranscico Bay. It's pretty apparent to me, from another statement that Ridenour made, "he said, we have come to believe that Laci died as the result of a VIOLENT crime"!! Where she died and where she ended up is not as important as WHO caused it.

[Velveeta]

Oh, I know you're not defending him Ray. It's just that that quote has always left me curious as to his first attempt at an alibi to the police.

I picture SP saying: Yes, officers I went fishing just up the road here and look what happens.

Officer: SP we found this Berkeley marina receipt in your trash.

SP: Oops,er, oh, um....yeah that's the ticket, yeah Berkeley right that's where I was. What is this officer....Nazi Germany? The Inquisition? Don't you believe me...sob....hang on officer I gotta call Amb....

[Velveeta]

I think it's the wrapping in tarps and then duct taping yourself that would also be tough to do if one was trying suicide like that!

[drjulie]

"In fact, a person who is epistemologically savy might say: We know that they are dead;Also, where and when we found them: That the Husband was at a location near there four months earlier; the day Laci went missing: That the Husband volunteered that information or we probably would not know that."

Great point - I hope the prosecutors/police have evidence to answer these questions. If they don't I think the establishment of premeditation will be especially important. If they can do that I think the jurors may tolerate some uncertainty as to how, where, and when Laci died.

[drjulie]

What do you all make of Frank Muna these days? He seems pretty flaky and I can't see how anything he is doing is helping his client. I'm not an attorney so maybe I'm missing something!?!

[STOCKHRSE]

Great point - I hope the prosecutors/police have evidence to answer these questions. If they don't I think the establishment of premeditation will be especially important. If they can do that I think the jurors may tolerate some uncertainty as to how, where, and when Laci died.

Thats a tough one-Premeditation without physical connection will never get capital punishment,IMHO. This case will be overturned at least once, I think. LE has messed up in almost every phase of the investigation, From warrants to wire surveillance to venue(if they don't relocate this trial) to jurisdiction if she was killed outside Stanislaus county. Gotta think about all this!....;-0)

Ray

[runningbear]

Hi there.... Well, I am not sure after all the stupid posibilities Geragos thru out to the wolves, ie... media of who killed Laci and Conner, he is smart enough to come up ultimately with that kind of scenario. Also, sure if they found evidence that lead to where the murder was committed than Stanislaus would or could hand over the case to Contra Costa County, but from all the news stories, they found evidence in the Peterson home, blood samples taken and other possible incriminating evidence that the crime labs have, and defense because of discovery?

[runningbear]

lol....sometimes the lawyers say I should of did this, I should of did that....but they throw on the best they can do, and hope it leads to all the facts, conviction, or aquittal.... ;o)

[STOCKHRSE]

...but from all the news stories, they found evidence in the Peterson home, blood samples taken and other possible incriminating evidence that the crime labs have, and defense because of discovery?

If LE could prove that Laci died in the house, Scott would have been arrested long long before he was. Also, any evidence especially blood from the second Peterson house warrant will be thrown out for several reasons.(see my prior posts on this warrant)If they allow evidence from that warrant in, the feds will surely overturn if it is signifigant to the verdict,IMHO.

Further if the prosecution had any connective evidence from the house, Brazelton would have let MPD arrest Scott on April 4th without a body like they wanted to, but he said he could not connect scott to the crime,so he refused. Hope I'm wrong, but I don't think so.....;-)

[Devil_Anse]

Regarding jurisdiction, proper jurisdiction can be:

-the county in which the fatal injury was inflicted, OR

-the county in which the victim died, OR

-the county in which the body was found.

[Devil_Anse]

RB, according to the link I found (see Post 303) I don't think they have jurisdictional problems. And if they did, there is such a thing as a transfer.

[Canadian Outrage]

I don't think there is much sympathy for Peterson anywhere, let alone Stanislau or Contra Costa Counties. I don't see how the Detectives messed this case up??? I have always had the impression that they were actively working this case and that this case, for some reason, had become personal to them. They have done amazingly in keeping their evidence quiet. No major leaks at all. Maybe I'm by myself here, but I expect Peterson to be convicted. There is a heap of circumstances to the degree that they cannot innocently be explained away. Then there is some physical evidence.Last but not least,none of us know for sure what gems were harvested from his computer hard drives OR from the wire taps.!!

[runningbear]

I hear ya on all points and agree too, that he will be convicted or strike a deal, to save his skinny hide! ;o)

[runningbear]

I was just throwing that out there from Stockhrse's comments, and twirling it some....lol... Yep, I think they have the murder being committed in the home, based on NE stories, and other sources... It was after the fact of scaughty disposing of the body to the ocean's floor, that wouldn't give jursidiction to COCO County.... :o)