DA thinks it's Laci

The Modesto Bee ^ | Published: April 17, 2003, 05:01:13 AM PDT | Garth Stapely and John Cote'

[savedbygrace]

You've followed this case closely and I haven't. Please tell me something.

I've read some posts on FR saying there was a lot of blood and other fluids in the Peterson's home. But I've also read that there was fluid evidence taken from a mop that was in the house.

Which is correct? It seems to me that if the scene had been cleaned up with a mop, there wouldn't be a lot of blood and other fluids.

Thank you.

[Yeti]

they really get you to "look".....

No kidding. I almost bought Weekly World News, though. Startling rvelations that Bat Boy was fighting in Iraq! Picture and everything!

You should have seen Saddam's eyes. That Bat Boy is scary.

[CheneyChick]

Whoa - this stuff is eerie. Was this the same psychic that said something about a particular bouy?

Scotty's mommy sure has been quiet..... You would think that a prospective grandma would be all over this if it were possibly her grandkid - except the location doesn't look good.

[Velveeta]

I don't give much credence to psychics...but the description of Jackie's attitude changing was telling.

[Velveeta]

I know what you mean. The size 6 shoe really brought home how petite and helpless Laci would have been.....

[runningbear]

LOL... on MSNBC... reporters were falling all over this construction site, pounding answers out of McAllister... A segment on Laci DNA on now MSNBC

[sonserae]

I read from other posts that they found Laci's blood and vomit on the mop. Vomiting can happen with head injuries.

[runningbear]

Not really sure, or confirmed as fact what type of samples were taken out and from the Covena home. Many of those statements came from National Enquirer, so if true, would be what you stated, if not, someone sold NE a bill of sour grapes...

If I remember right, the second search produced about 95 pieces of items listed as evidence. From the first search, I can't recall what they took from the house other than computers, truck, boat, SUV, and ??? They gave back the SUV, Laci's LandRover... The rest is still in custody...

[Velveeta]

Whoa - this stuff is eerie. Was this the same psychic that said something about a particular bouy?

No, it's not the same psychic. The bouy lady's predictions were right on in terms of location, which was a bit freaky. Bouy lady says the anchors are still there at the 5th bouy.

[runningbear]

Jackie: attitude from the get-go... and she still does change it, to almost shrill type....

[Velveeta]

I wonder how many psychics Jackie hired until she got the answer that she wanted?

[clouda]

It's Scott’


http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/SciTech/bodyfound030417.html

Missing Pregnant Woman’s Father Wants Husband Charged With Murder



April 17 — The father of missing pregnant woman Laci Peterson is not waiting for test results on a female torso and male fetus found on a San Francisco Bay-area beach to accuse his daughter's husband of murder.

"It's her husband Scott," Dennis Rocha said in a telephone interview with WBZ-TV in Boston. "He never looked me in the eye. And he never pleaded for her. He just shows no remorse."

Authorities are conducting tests to determine whether the torso and fetus found a mile apart on consecutive days are those of Laci Peterson, the 27-year-old Modesto, Calif., woman who disappeared on Christmas Eve, and her unborn son.

As Laci's family waits for the test results to return, her husband's whereabouts remain unclear. Scott Peterson, 30, a fertilizer salesman, hasn't surfaced publicly since the bodies were discovered.

Neighbors in the Modesto community where he and Laci lived have said they have not seen him in about a week. Modesto police previously said they do not know where he is, and now have no comment on his whereabouts.

Scott Peterson's relatives say they don't know where he is either. "What if Scott were here?" Scott's father, Lee Peterson, told reporters Tuesday at his house north of San Diego. "Is that a big deal?"

Scott Peterson told police he last saw Laci on the morning of Dec. 24 before he went fishing out of Berkeley Marina. Modesto police have said Scott is not a suspect in his wife's disappearance. But he has not been ruled out, either, especially by Laci's father. He believes Scott killed his daughter and unborn grandson and wants him charged with murder.

"That's what I want, some justice done here," Rocha told WBZ-TV. "I can't see Scott being out there free. That would just eat me up. It'll [the charges against Scott] happen very soon."

A high-ranking member of the investigation told ABCNEWS' Steffan Tubbs that police have many questions that only Scott Peterson can answer, and that even though the husband has not been labeled a suspect, a detective from the district attorney's office has been working side by side with investigators from the beginning. He is believed to be forming a possible case for prosecution.

DA Believes It’s Laci

Scott Peterson has acknowledged he was having an affair, but maintains he did not hurt his wife. Laci's family initially supported him, but after learning of the affair, they lost trust in him. Dennis Rocha suspects the affair was a motive in what happened to his daughter.

"They seemed like they got along real good," he said of his daughter and son-in-law. "Maybe Laci found out about the girlfriend or something."

Stanislaus County District Attorney James Brazelton told The Modesto Bee he believes the remains are those of Laci Peterson and her child.

"I feel pretty strongly it is [her]," he said."It's too much of a coincidence to have a female and a baby found close to each other a day apart, and no others were reported missing."

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[Velveeta]

Poor Mr. Rocha, the pain in his words is palpable.

[Jackie-O]

I saw that while in line in K-mart with my kids yewterday! My little-man said, "Ma, look at Saddam, he's so scarry looking" LOL! I thought Bat Boy looked a little more scary than Saddam!

[CheneyChick]

LOL! That part about the check being in Snotty's truck was pretty funny, too.

[clouda]

Poor Mr. Rocha, the pain in his words is palpable.

Yes, and all the pics of Mr. Rocha are so sad.

[runningbear]

just like she did with the phoney 800 type tip line... intercept the tips, and pass only good non suspecting ones to PD...

[runningbear]

Seems like he hurts the most, or taking it really hard for a father of Laci...Unlike snotty!

[CheneyChick]

Anybody hear anything from Snotty's sis-in-law that was doing all the speaking there for awhile?

[runningbear]

getting a little heated over the other thread? I was reading the posts... some posters just don't get it... Oh well..