Peterson eyed for link to missing student

modbee ^ | January 18, 2003 | By TY PHILLIPS

[maggief]

Kristin Smart, 19, of Stockton, disappeared May 25, 1996.

San Luis Obispo detectives are looking at Scott Peterson in connection with the disappearance of a college student nearly seven years ago.

Peterson, husband of Laci Peterson, went to Cal Poly at the same time as Kristin Smart, who disappeared May 25, 1996.

[maggief]

Do you have a link re: Fox News report?
Thank you.

[Rusty Roberts]

Oh I agree about his policy being way too low, that's very strange. All I meant was the taking one out on her was not unusual at this time. I would like to know if these were personal policies they took out as a "family" and if Scott had another policy from work? Most companies offer life insurance to employees, so was he double dipping? There's no limit as to how many policies you can have on one person.

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

"Maybe the family knows this very well (at least, his parents) but didn't want to tell the public why he really left."

My thoughts are that the family is learning how much they *do not* know ol' Scottie.

Whuh-do-you-wanna-bet we'll hear next that Scott bumped off a female student at ASU, and then ran back home to "get away" from the media's story? I have heard reports that his family has never known his reasons for abruptly leaving ASU. And, I mean...how wacky is it that a person with a partial sports scholarship to a state university, amidst a mecca of year round golf courses simply packs it all in? ASU is a good school, however, it's not necessarily known for any rigorous academics.

[Freedom2specul8]

You're not alone! I was thinking either libertarian party or liberty post posters..

[vikingchick]

Thanks for the ping.

[Claire Voyant]

This article states that he had the interview with the radio station when he was on his way BACK from LA!!! I missed that the first time I read it.....what was he doing in LA??

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

"I'm going to come back to Modesto and open my own volunteer center and find my wife and my kid," he said.

Maybe OJ can give him a hand.

[Claire Voyant]

So what was he doing in LA this week??? Looking for his pregnant wife??? Doubt it. Wonder who he was with??

[RGSpincich]

Sunday was supposed to be a one day volunteer event in LA to find Laci. It was canceled yesterday.

[Burlem]

If I were the girlfriend I would be talking to the police before I became the third missing person., I never liked this guy seemed to much like a mamas boy and a controler, not surprised by the latest news, for those of you who do not know he could have dropped her body in anyone of many little rivers and ravines, the area is a delta and many side roads, with names like "Road D" very rural. Does anyone know if Laci told her mom that Scott was going to go fishing on Christmas Eve? If they spoke the night before on the telephone seems to me that it would be a logical thing for her to say, if, that is, he really planned to go fishing. Yeah right!

[BurbankKarl]

I dated a girl a Cal Poly SLO from 1995 to 1997, and there was the fear around town since there had been three female students that had disappeared - Rachel Newhouse (Cal Poly), Aundria Crawford (Cuesta College) and Kristina Smart (Cal Poly). There really was this fear about going around town alone after dark, etc.

The SLO City PD and Sheriff's Office was really in over there head in try to solve the cases. A while later, the FBI was brought in, and after quickly reviewing prison release records and ex cons living in the area (remember, the CA Mens Penal Colony is up the road from the University), focused on one individual and cracked the case rather quickly. The bodies of Andria Crawford and Rachel Newhouse were found buried in the yard of his rental home.

Kristin Smart's disappearance was earlier, prior to the release of this monster, and the family was fixated on her boyfriend who had last seen her.

Pretty interesting that Scott Peterson's name was in the file for Kristin Smart though.

----story from web supporting the three strikes law------

Rex Allen Krebs was paroled from state prison in September 1997 after serving only 10 years of a 20-year sentence for rape, attempted rape, sodomy and burglary.

If the 3 strikes law had been in effect in 1987, (when he was sentenced for his crimes) he would have still been in prison. And two young women would still be alive today.

The following is an edited article from the San Luis Obispo County Telegram-Tribune. I have added the pictures and links.


April 26, 1999
Worst confirmed: Remains are students

Rachel Newhouse and Aundria Crawford dead; suspect calls himself a 'monster'

San Luis Obispo- The human remains found Friday in a remote canyon near Avila Beach were identified by police Saturday afternoon as Rachel Newhouse and Aundria Crawford, two of the three San Luis Obispo college students to vanish over the past three years.

The remains were found near the home of convicted rapist Rex Allan Krebs, who all but confessed Saturday morning to a Fresno Bee reporter, calling himself a "monster" who should be put to death, according to a published report.

Krebs, a 33-year-old Idaho native, is being held in the San Luis Obispo County Jail in protective custody on a parole violation and has yet to be arrested for either homicide.

"We are absolutely satisfied we have the person responsible for the deaths of Rachel Newhouse and Aundria Crawford," said police Capt. Bart Topham during a press conference late Saturday afternoon at the City-County Library.Topham offered no new information about how the two college students died and declined to say if they had been raped. He did say that Krebs is not suspected in any other deaths and that there are no other suspects in either case. He gave no estimate on when Krebs might be arrested or charged.

"He's already in custody. I don't have to rush out and charge him," Topham said. No additional information was released Sunday. Krebs was picked up on an alleged parole violation March 20. He was paroled from state prison in September 1997 after serving 10 years of a 20-year sentence for rape, attempted rape, sodomy and burglary.

Suspect has a long criminal history

An Atascadero woman who got to know him after he was paroled said Krebs was a regular visitor to her home and often spent the night, sleeping in the bunk above her young child. When Krebs and his girlfriend came to dinner, he was a complete gentleman, she said. "If you were to ask me six months ago, I would have said he seemed to be a nice guy, polite. He never really did anything to me. If you were to ask me now, I would say he's an animal." The woman asked that her name not be published out of concern for her safety. She said Krebs' girlfriend knew nothing about his involvement in the case until Thursday and has been treated poorly by some people over the past few days. "I can tell you she would not have hesitated to turn him in if she knew."

Three Strikes would have prevented Krebs release

According to court records, Krebs was convicted in October 1987 of raping and sodomizing an Oceano woman while threatening her with a butcher knife. He was also convicted of attempting to rape an Arroyo Grande woman after breaking into her home for the second time in two weeks. He threatened her with a screwdriver. When she fought him off he bit her hand, severing a tendon. Krebs declined an interview with The Tribune on Sunday. The day before Krebs expressed disgust with himself and sympathy for the victims' families. "The two girls are dead," he told the Fresno Bee. "If I'm not a monster, then what am I?" Krebs said he was not worried about the death penalty. "I hope they give it to me."

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The families of both Rachel Newhouse and Aundria Crawford spent the weekend in San Luis Obispo and are preparing to bury their daughters. No funeral arrangements had been made yet.

Don Crawford, Aundria's grandfather, said he expects police to release her body today or Tuesday. Officials believe the 20-year-old Cuesta College student was abducted March 12 from her duplex apartment on Branch Street. She was the daughter of Gail Eberhart of Clovis and Jim Eberhart of Washington state.
"We are a pretty strong family, and we are all Christians," her grandfather said. "I've been expecting the worst after a week but hoping for the best. I think the whole family feels that way."

One of Aundria Crawford's closest friends was Jamie Rerucha of Fresno. She wasn't up to talking Sunday. Her husband, Jason, said they have found some relief after six frustrating weeks of not knowing.
"I kind of assumed it was going to end like this from the beginning because of the world we live in nowadays," he said. "I'm glad that they finally found her and can give her a proper burial."

He had known Crawford for about two years. They both drove Mustangs. "She was very outgoing. Always on the move, wanting to do stuff."
He read in the paper that Krebs said he attacked one of the women in 1987 because he felt she had given him a condescending look. Rerucha said he could imagine Crawford doing the same thing if she felt Krebs was trying to pick up on her.

"She was a great person. It's sad that she had to go like this."

Newspaper article on Aundria's case


Rachel Newhouse was the daughter of Phillip and Montel Newhouse of Irvine. She moved to San Luis Obispo to attend Cal Poly, where she was a junior majoring in nutrition. She disappeared in November while walking home from a party at Tortilla Flats restaurant. Her blood was found on the Jennifer Street Bridge.

Randy Rossi, a teacher at Irvine High School, was Newhouse's cross country coach and taught her beginning Spanish.
"She was an outstanding student," Rossi told The Orange County Register. "She was bright and active with a good sense of humor. Soccer was her first love. I kept trying to talk her into it ( running cross country ) because of her character -- she was a hard worker and very tenacious. She embodied the highest qualities of the student athlete. She was a vivacious, attractive, intelligent, terrific young lady.

"It was a terrible shock to the school," Rossi added. "That's the most horrible scenario, having someone disappear without a trace. We all hoped -- that's the last thing you give up. As time goes on, you become worried that hope is seeping away. But we always hoped there would be a miracle."

Erin Livermore, 21, a student at Cal State Fullerton, had known Newhouse since junior high school. "She was the funniest girl. She always made everyone laugh. She was friends with everyone."
Livermore sang karaoke with Newhouse at a cross country dinner once and has it on video. She says that is what she will always remember about her friend.

Confirmation of their deaths was not unexpected, but the news was still difficult to hear Saturday. Topham praised the work of his entire Police Department, including team leaders Detective Jerome Tushbant, Detective Cindy Dunn and FBI agent Vince Otto. The department was committed from the beginning to solving the disappearances, he said.
San Luis Obispo County Telegram-Tribune

[Claire Voyant]

Maybe some girl student "disappeared" from ASU right before Scott left.

[Palladin]

Hi,first time poster, long time reader. Scott went to a city college after leaving ASU, then on to Cal Poly, where on Alt-True Crime there is now discussion that Fox News is reporting that he dated the missing girl from 8 years ago

Welcome, Rusty. That post is very interesting. I was just reading over at the findkristinsmart.com site. Kristin's family has been blaming Paul Flores for 7 years.

Flores walked Kristin home from a frat party the night she disappeared. He swears he last saw her walking down the path to her dorm. The Smarts have stalked this young man from place to place and job to job, trying to make him talk about that night. He refuses. LEA says there's not enough to connect Paul to K's disappearance.

Now we find out that Kristin was the girlfriend of Peterson? Why wasn't he investigated at the time?

Also, Paul Flores had a bad black eye the morning after Kristin went missing. Who inflicted it? Did SP catch Flores with Smart, and beat him up....then after Flores left, killed Kristin. Has Flores taken to alcohol, and refused to talk all this time, because Peterson threatened to kill HIM if he talks?

Stay tuned.

[Claire Voyant]

Bo Dietl, I think, said it was a DOUBLE INDEMNITY policy...which means if she met with fould play he would get $500,000.00 and No One buys a D I when they could buy a $500,000.00 straight up for hardly any more money.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

A wife and baby and girlfriend = expensive

Ex-wife + child = alimony + child support for 21 years = girlfriend dumps you because you are poor

[Finny]

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[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

[He must have realized that he can't collect on the life insurance anytime soon without the body found.]

Isn't it 7 years a person has to be missing before they can be declared dead?

That problem can be solved with an anonymous phone call.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Yes, I remember this being reported by a neighbor, someone on the thread ridiculed it, but small details like this are meaningful. If people 'always' do something there is generally a good reason why they suddenly don't repeat the pattern. Like not being there to do so.

Yes. I remember my Perry Mason and Columbo. The small details always trip up the bad guys.

[RGSpincich]

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