Posted on 01/18/2003 3:05:08 AM PST by hoosierskypilot
MODESTO, Calif. (AP) - The husband of a missing pregnant woman may have lied about his relationship with a girlfriend and possibly other things, a spokeswoman for the family said Friday.
Kim Petersen, a spokeswoman for relatives of Laci Peterson, 27, of Modesto, said police have shown the family recent photographs of Scott Peterson with a girlfriend. The husband had previously denied such a relationship, the family said.
"Now, however, they believe he has lied to them about this, and possibly other things as well," Petersen said.
"Approximately two weeks ago, Ron Grantski, Laci's stepfather, asked Scott if he had a girlfriend. Scott told him no and Ron believed him," Petersen said.
"The family is asking him to tell everything he knows and to fully cooperate with the Modesto Police Department," Petersen said. "Their family is the most important thing to them and if Scott has nothing to hide, they ask him to prove that."
Laci Peterson was reported missing on Christmas Eve. She is due to deliver a baby boy on Feb. 10. Her husband told investigators he went fishing at the Berkeley Marina on Christmas Eve morning.
Police did not indicate to the family if investigators believed Scott Peterson was responsible for his wife's disappearance, according to Petersen.
"The family knows that the police are doing their job," Petersen said. "They don't want to do anything that can hurt their chances of finding Laci."
Petersen, executive director of the Carole Sund-Carrington Memorial Reward Foundation, which is sponsoring a reward for Laci Peterson's safe return, said the Modesto center closed Thursday.
Volunteers also canceled plans to open a one-day center in Los Angeles on Sunday.
"Although Laci has not been located yet, our search effort will not stop," said Brad Saltzman, general manager of the Red Lion Hotel in Modesto, who had been organizing the volunteer centers. "We will continue to search for Laci and her baby boy."
Police have repeatedly said Scott Peterson is not a suspect but has been less than cooperative.
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Here's the quote from the link above in #53:
From San Luis Obispo, sheriff's Lt. Bolts said investigators contacted hundreds of people as they looked into Smart's disappearance. Peterson's name is in the case file as one of those hundreds, but Bolts said he could find no indication that Peterson was ever interviewed.
Now how many people were there in SLO, and he just happened to be one of a small percentage who were on the list to be questioned for that...
One of them might be able to answer your questions for you.
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It may just be a coincidence but he left ASU abruptly and with little explanation.
When Scott graduated in 1990, he won a partial golf scholarship to Arizona State University, but for reasons not clear to his family, he came home after six months.
I think that explains his smiling face in the picture. As long as they don't find the body, he's feeling pretty good about his finances and how life will be with his girlfriend and him.
Good catch! I missed that.
Oh boy, somebody needs to be checking out the ASU story. I wonder if the NE knows more about the Smart girl and the ASU story than they are telling. The guy on Greta last night seemed to allude there was a lot more to this case. I assumed he was just talking about Laci.
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