http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/2124641/detail.html Peterson Parents Speak Out In San Diego
'I Feel Like I'm Living In Nazi Germany'
SAN DIEGO -- The parents of accused killer Scott Peterson vigorously defended their son Sunday.
Speaking out in front of their Solana Beach home, the obviously distraught Lee and Jackie Peterson made an extended statement. Scott was arrested Friday outside the Torrey Pines golf course in connection with the slaying of his eight-months-pregnant wife, Laci, who vanished in December of last year.
"Our son is innocent," said Lee, Scott's father. "We know that. We've known that from Day 1."
The Petersons began their statement with an expression of mourning.
"We want to say that we are grieving for our daughter-in-law and the baby," said Lee. "Our family is just devastated, and we feel an equal amount of pain for the Rocha family."
Rocha was Laci Peterson's maiden name. Jackie said that she thought that the Rocha family had been misled.
"They know it, too," Jackie said, referring to her son's innocence. "They supported him fully till the police misled them. And that was to divide and separate them from him. He was their support. They were his support."
The Petersons took issue with the Modesto, Calif., Police Department and its handling of the case.
"We are very critical of the way the Modesto Police Department has handled this investigation," said Lee. "They worked strictly on a theory that was dreamed up by this detective, I'd say, within the first eight hours, and they pursued it backward from there. And they have neglected so many good leads."
The Peterson TV Interviews really are a joke.
Jackie Peterson can't look at the camera's. However, they state how the police deceived the world and the Rocka's with theories of Laci's undoing. They never address how the Rocha's were deceived by Scott's double life. They never address how Scott might be deceiving the police,the Rocha's,and them- his own parents at this very moment.
If I were the Peterson's I'd say... I hope-( I pray to God) my son did not do this, it's a world of hurt on me/us to think that he might have murdered our daughter (in-law)and our grandchild. They should just give short gracious statements..
It's not for them to defend or make excuses for their son- that's what defense attorney's are for...