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Expert suggests Peterson bodies draped in random debris unrelated to murders REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — A forensic examiner suggested Tuesday that a length of plastic around the neck of Scott Peterson's son was unrelated to the fetus' murder, a blow to the defense claim that the plastic points to another perpetrator. Peterson's lawyers had said the positioning of the plastic loop indicated assailants wrapped the 4-foot-long strand around the baby's neck after it was born alive. Laci Peterson was eight months pregnant when she vanished Dec. 24, 2002, and her husband was under near constant police surveillance after her disappearance....

THE PETERSON TRIAL Defense witness asks D.A. to cut him slack Expert says fetus died days after mother disappeared Dr. Charles March was expected to be a crucial witness for the defense in Scott Peterson's double-murder trial -- one who could single- handedly exonerate the former Modesto salesman by showing that the defendant's unborn baby died a week after prosecutors say the child did.But by the end of his testimony Thursday, legal analysts and jurors closed their notebooks, rolled their eyes and snickered when they thought no one was looking."There were moments today that reminded me of Chernobyl," said Stan...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) - Some observers in the Scott Peterson murder trial are speculating that jurors are close to a deadlock. They were summoned to the courtroom yesterday where the judge asked them to consider changing their opinions in order to reach a verdict. After that the jury asked to review some pieces of evidence including an anchor found on Peterson's boat. Prosecutors allege he used similar type of weights to dump his pregnant wife's body into the San Francisco Bay. Jurors also asked to look at transcripts and recordings of telephone calls between Peterson and his mistress, Amber...

Tears, tissues in jury box for autopsy photos of Peterson fetus REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Grisly autopsy photographs of Scott and Laci Peterson's fetus brought one juror to tears and had two others struggling to keep their composure at the fertilizer salesman's murder trial Thursday. The graphic pictures, displayed by the doctor who conducted the autopsy, showed the waterlogged, decomposed remains of the baby the couple planned to name Conner. An alternate juror, the mother of four boys, wept into a tissue while forensic pathologist Brian Peterson pointed out the misshapen head and soft, bloated torso. Two other female jurors...

A replica of the fishing boat that prosecutors say Scott Peterson used to dispose of his wife's body stirred up emotions and caused a run on floral arrangements Wednesday in Redwood City. Peterson's attorney Mark Geragos parked the replica boat, complete with a headless dummy tied in duct tape and weighted down with concrete anchors, in the parking lot of an office building he owns a block from the courthouse where jurors are deliberating the case against Peterson. The defense attorney had used the 14-foot aluminum boat to videotape a re- enactment of someone trying to dump a 150-pound body...

Lead Peterson detective hints at 82 pounds of missing cement REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — The lead investigator in Laci Peterson's murder tried to give the circumstantial case against her husband more weight Monday by suggesting that at many as 82 pounds of the fertilizer salesman's cement are missing and may have been used to sink his pregnant wife's body to the San Francisco Bay floor. Modesto police detective Craig Grogan said Scott Peterson admitted purchasing "something like" 60 to 90 pounds of cement at Home Depot in an interview 10 days after his wife's Dec. 24, 2002, disappearance. Police who...

Our long national nightmare is nearly over. No, I don’t mean the terrorism nightmare. The other nightmare. The daily unrelenting media coverage of Scott Peterson’s murder of his cute, perpetually smiling, very pregnant wife Lacy, and their unborn child Conner. Don’t get me wrong. This was a horrible crime. But does it really merit pushing aside the news of French atrocities in the Ivory Coast, which make Abu Ghraib look like summer camp? Is it really worth taking the attention of cable news channels away from politics, war, cabinet resignations, and other important news? Thousands of other murders take place...

Jurors view home movies starring a cheerful Laci Peterson Laci Peterson waves to her husband, Scott, in a homemade video jurors viewed Thursday at his double-murder trial.

Scott Peterson's Prosecutors Expect To Wrap-Up ThursdayA Modesto police detective is headed back to the stand Monday, to continue cross examination by Scott Peterson's lawyer Mark Geragos. Detective Craig Grogan has spent a week explaining why authorities think Peterson is the only person who could have killed his pregnant wife, Laci. Under cross-examination last week, Grogan acknowledged Peterson has no prior criminal record and had never laid a hand on Laci before she was reported missing Christmas Eve 2002. On Monday........

We speak now of Amber Frey, the mistress/girlfriend of Laci Petersons pig husband.People are muttering that they wont be startled, suprised, stunned, shocked if they hear she okays a Playboy spread.The sum bandied about as a could be, should be, would be offer is $500,000.00Ambers high cotten lawyer Gloria Allred has a high sucess rate, which also comes with high maintenance. Although Gloria's into publicity, she is even more into being highly paid.The mutters are: Amber didn't necessarily need a high profile lawyer just to be a witness. And that Amber is a masseuse and sometimes masseuses have something in...

The California deaths of Laci Peterson and her unborn son are sending shock waves across America as the issue of when human life begins has been reignited. Laci's husband Scott was arrested last week following the discovery of what prosecutors say is Laci's body and that of their "biological child." Scott Peterson, who was booked on two counts of murder hours after his arrest in San Diego, is scheduled for an arraignment hearing tomorrow. If charged and convicted of double homicide, he could face the death penalty. Already, some pro-choice groups including the National Organization for Women are voicing their...

Peterson defense team suggesting Laci's murder was mistaken identityREDWOOD CITY, Calif. Scott Peterson's defense team is suggesting the murder of his wife may have been a case of mistaken identity. During questioning yesterday of the lead detective in the case, defense attorney Mark Geragos (gehr-UH-gus) noted police had received a tip from a woman who lived near the Peterson home. The woman -- identified only as "Michelle" -- had received threats as a result of her work as a prosecutor. She was described by Geragos as looking similar to Laci, had given birth a couple of months before Laci disappeared...

Where have all the women gone? There was Kate Michelman, standing behind Sen. Maria Cantwell and the rest of the obstruction Dems on Capitol Hill last week. Together they once again blasted Texas Supreme Court judge Priscilla Owen — a sister! but an ideological heretic — for being the latest bunker-buster headed for the federal bench in order to destroy the penumbras and emanations-of-penumbras of Roe v. Wade. Or so the liberal Democratic interpretation goes. But why, meanwhile, are the "feminists" nowhere to be seen defending Scott Peterson's right to choose to kill his nearly newborn child? Sure, we all...

Peterson Trial, Defense Launches Major New AssaultREDWOOD CITY — In the Scott Peterson murder trial, the defense is launching a major new assault, blasting away at the prosecution on every front. The defense spent hours Monday attacking key points in the prosecution's case. Meanwhile, prosecutors made a big deal out of a camera stumble. The on camera stumble that the prosecutors are referring to is from an interview with Peterson on ABC News' Good Morning America. Peterson referred to Laci in the past tense and then corrected himself. He said, "Laci was amazing, is amazing." The jury learned Scott Peterson...

LACI'S HAIR FOUND IN PLIERS ON SCOTT'S BOAT LACI'S HAIR FOUND IN PLIERS ON SCOTT'S BOAT By KATE SHEEHY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- May 13, 2003 -- California cops searching Scott Peterson's boat found a pair of pliers with strands of his murdered wife's hair on them, it was reported yesterday. Prosecutors plan to introduce the potentially explosive DNA evidence and the tool, discovered stashed under a seat on his 14-foot aluminum boat, as key evidence at Peterson's trial, NBC News said. It was not immediately clear whether authorities will try to tie the pliers to the slaying of Peterson's pregnant wife, Laci,...

Detective: I tried to clear Scott Peterson, but evidence kept pointing to him REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — The chief investigator in Laci Peterson's murder testified Wednesday that he pursued lead after lead to try to clear her husband, Scott, but that the evidence he uncovered left him no choice but to conclude the fertilizer salesman killed her. "Were you trying to eliminate the defendant as a suspect in his wife's death?" prosecutor Birgit Fladager asked Modesto police detective Craig Grogan. "Yes," he said. "At any time were you able to do that?" Fladager asked. Story continues.......

The Disappearance of Laci Peterson: Why Her Husband, Even If Innocent, Should Not Agree To A Lie Detector TestThe Disappearance of Laci Peterson: Why Her Husband, Even If Innocent, Should Not Agree To A Lie Detector Test By JONNA M. SPILBOR ---- Monday, Mar. 03, 2003 In recent weeks, news shows have frequently turned to the notorious case of Laci Peterson - the pregnant Modesto woman who disappeared on Christmas Eve from the home she shared with her husband, Scott. While watching one such bulletin, I turned to my own husband, and said, "Honey, promise me something. If I ever...

In document, detective spelled out theory of Laci Peterson's death (Court TV) — After 18 weeks of trial and 167 witnesses, jurors hearing Scott Peterson's murder case still have no clear explanation of how or where his wife, Laci, was killed. But in a sealed search-warrant request, obtained exclusively by Court TV's Catherine Crier, Modesto police detective Craig Grogan spelled out his theory of how the 27-year-old expectant mother met her end. In the Feb. 11, 2003, request for a search of Scott Peterson's home and warehouse, the lead detective wrote, "Evidence at the scene suggested that Laci Peterson was...

Ok, I have a question to all here in the forum. What is the big deal with the news coverage of the disappearance of Laci Peterson. I don't mean to come across as callous or unfeeling. Because I do feel for the family and such. And I fear that she is long dead. However, here's my point. What is it that makes this case so important that it literally dominates the news. I can't go 30 minutes on Fox without a freeking update on Laci. Sheesh enough already. Is it that news is slow and this is the best they...

Expert connects Scott Peterson's fishing route to location of unborn son's remains REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — An expert in San Francisco Bay currents linked the route of Scott Peterson's Christmas Eve fishing trip to the location of his unborn son's body Monday. Ralph Cheng, a hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, said his study of wind and tides indicated a "high probability" that the baby's remains washed ashore from an area directly between the marina where Peterson launched his boat and the small island where he fished. "It's almost right in the middle of Berkeley Marina and Brooks Island," Cheng...