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<p>A pathologist who examined Laci Peterson's badly decomposed body testified Monday that he could find no evidence of wounds and could not determine what weapon may have been used to kill her.</p> <p>Testifying for the prosecution at a preliminary hearing for Scott Peterson (search), forensic pathologist Dr. Brian Peterson, no relation to the couple, said Laci Peterson's neck, head, forearms and one of her feet were missing.</p>

MORE DOG TESTIMONY TODAYDog handler: Scott Peterson made odd requests during collection at home Scott PetersonREDWOOD CITY, Calif. — A dog handler who supervised the K-9 search-and rescue efforts in the days after Laci Peterson's disappearance told jurors Tuesday morning about the unusual requests Scott Peterson made of him during a brief interview at the defendant's dining room table. "He asked me not to take notes on the table," said Christopher Boyer, volunteer captain of the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Department search-and-rescue team. "He said he didn't want his table damaged." Prosecutors were attempting to demonstrate that Peterson's behavior after...

<p>There was no smoking gun. No obvious sign of violence. And not a peep from the star witness. In many ways, the preliminary hearing of Scott Peterson that ended Tuesday failed to be the eye opener promised by the district attorney.</p>

<p>Calif. (AP) - Scott Peterson's lawyer, arguing that Modesto Police failed to pursue a "genuine investigation of Laci Peterson's disappearance" last Christmas Eve, is seeking dismissal of double-murder charges against his client.</p> <p>In a 12-page argument filed with Stanislaus County Superior Court on Monday, attorney Mark Geragos maintains the murder charges against Peterson are groundless, and stated that "police - from the very beginning - decided that their job was to put Scott Peterson on death row."</p>

Peterson Testimony Turns To SurveillanceSept. 1 (AP) — Scott Peterson's defense lawyers on Wednesday attempted to poke holes in the prosecution's theory that Peterson was so worried authorities would discover his wife's body in San Francisco Bay that he visited the area several times during the search.

MODESTO, Calif. - A judge ruled Thursday that accused murderer Scott Peterson (news - web sites) cannot get a fair trial in his dead wife's hometown and ordered the case moved out of the county. Judge Al Girolami said extensive news coverage of the case, including 8,000 articles published worldwide and more than 150 stories in the local newspaper alone, swayed him to agree with the defense that the trial should not be held in Modesto. He did not immediately say where the trial would be held. "A change of venue is necessary to protect the integrity of the proceeding,"...

Witness: Peterson Searched Construction SiteIn the Scott Peterson murder case Thursday, a witness testified that he saw the suspect search a construction yard in the weeks following his wife's disappearance. Officer Mark Weiglein, with the Modesto Police Department, said he followed Peterson and several friends to the yard in Manteca on January 4, 2002, and saw them looking around..

College Co-Eds Say Gathering Information Was Too Hard POSTED: 10:13 AM PST January 9, 2004 LOS ANGELES -- When Stanislaus County Judge Al Girolami needed to decide whether to move the Scott Peterson capital murder trial out of Modesto, one of the things he considered was a 10-county survey of biases related to the case. Now several of the students who gathered the data for the report under the guidance of a California State University, Stanislaus professor admit they made up a lot of the answers. They say it was just too hard to gather the info. About 65 students...

<p>MODESTO - Scott Peterson's defense lawyer failed Tuesday to get murder charges thrown out against his client, but he did, for the first time, spell out just how he contends Laci Peterson and her unborn son died and ended up along the banks of the San Francisco Bay.</p>

<p>Evidence police gathered using electronic devices that tracked Scott Peterson's movements in the weeks after his pregnant wife disappeared will be allowed in his murder trial, a judge ruled Tuesday. The global positioning technology "is generally accepted and fundamentally valid," Judge Alfred A. Delucchi said.</p>

Peterson trial resumes with focus on surveillance, DNA September 6, 2004 REDWOOD CITY – Scott Peterson acted the part of a guilty man, even repeatedly visiting the marina where police allege he dumped his dead wife's body while authorities scoured San Francisco Bay for her remains, prosecutors contend. Associated Press Lee Peterson, father of Scott Peterson, and his wife Jackie Peterson leave the San Mateo County Courthouse in Redwood City, after a day of testimony from seven wittnesses in the Scott Peterson double murder trial. It's all part of a circumstantial case that is moving into its 15th week as...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) - With Scott Peterson's trial set to begin in earnest this week, prosecutors have shown no murder weapon, no cause of death and no direct evidence that flatly proves Peterson killed his pregnant wife, Laci. Opening statements in the highly publicized case are scheduled for Tuesday. Jury selection lasted 12 weeks and the trial is expected to last an additional five months or more. If convicted, the former fertilizer salesman from Modesto could face the death penalty or life without parole. It is unclear what witnesses will be called because the list is sealed and attorneys...

Cops Chased False Laci Lead AP) Investigators testified Tuesday at Scott Peterson's double-murder trial about a tip they chased down in the weeks after Laci Peterson vanished that the pregnant schoolteacher was being held in a rural area some 30 miles from her hometown. The prosecution witnesses were intended to help bolster the idea that police exhausted all leads in their investigation of Laci's disappearance. Defense attorneys have accused authorities of focussing too quickly on Scott Peterson and ignoring pertinent tips. Modesto police officer Eric Beffa testified about an anonymous tip police had received in early January that Laci Peterson...

Peterson Defense Attacks Case As Flimsy 1 hour, 22 minutes ago Add U.S. National - AP to My Yahoo! By KIM CURTIS, Associated Press Writer REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Scott Peterson (news - web sites)'s lawyer said Wednesday that prosecutors have a flimsy circumstantial case against his client — and he can show Peterson didn't kill his pregnant wife because the fetus she carried was born alive. AP Photo AP Photo Slideshow: Laci Peterson Case Peterson's Mother Defends Her Son (AP Video) That assertion highlighted the two-hour opening statement of defense lawyer Mark Geragos, who told jurors the boy whom...

Father admits Scott Peterson never mentioned Christmas Eve fishing trip REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Scott Peterson's father admitted to jurors Thursday that his son never mentioned a fishing trip, nor his recent purchase of a boat in a phone conversation the day his pregnant wife went missing. Lee Peterson, who was called to the stand by prosecutors, also acknowledged that even weeks after Laci Peterson vanished, his son never informed him of his affair with Amber Frey — and that he only learned of the relationship when the blonde masseuse held a televised news conference. But the elder Peterson insisted...

--SNIP-- Scott Peterson could barely take his eyes off Amber Frey, in her tight, charcoal suit and ratty hair dyed a shocking shade of home-brewed blond. Amber. Sweetie. How close we came! It had been nearly two excruciatingly long years since Scott laid eyes on that pale, slightly yellow-tinged skin and dazzling white overbite. Since he heard that tiny, childlike voice pester him about her kid, her needs, her fears, dreams, hopes, blah, blah and blah. But then, it was also that long since Scott gazed on those gazelle legs that yesterday ended in pointy-toed black sling-backs with three-inch spike...

September 13, 2004 -- REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Scott Peterson's prosecutors are acting scared, spending more time trying to undermine anticipated defense testimony than on proving their own case, experts say.

Trial Entering Final Weeks POSTED: 6:19 am PDT September 21, 2004 UPDATED: 3:44 pm PDT September 21, 2004 LOS ANGELES -- The lead detective assigned to investigate Laci Peterson's disappearance had "about 41 reasons" why police thought her body was in San Francisco Bay, he testified Tuesday. Modesto police Detective Craig Grogan ticked off the list in rapid succession, providing jurors with the first detailed narrative of the murder case heard to date in the 17-week trial. As he laid out the case, he suggested that police had more than enough reason to suspect Scott Peterson was involved. Prosecutors allege...

Was there a rape? Was there a murder? We might be sick of the Bryant and Peterson trials and hoopla. A future Kaitlyn Mae will enjoy Grandmother's insight to it all as it currently occurs. 09/26/2004 Kobe Bryant and Scott Peterson================== Grandmother has decided to take a moment and document the currently ongoing sagas of the trials of Kobe Bryant, rapist and basketball star of the L.A. Lakers, and Scott Peterson, fertilizer salesman and wife murderer. Not that Grandmother has any preconceived notions or anything, sweet Granddaughter. Here’s what Grandmother knows thus far on this day of our Lord. Kobe...

Blood Found on Peterson's BedspreadREDWOOD CITY (BCN) -- Investigators scoured Scott Peterson's home, vehicles and warehouse for traces of blood but apparently only found four small spots, according to testimony Monday in his double murder trial. The four spots were found on the duvet cover in Scott and Laci Peterson's bedroom, according to state Department of Justice criminalist Pin Kyo. Kyo did not indicate if authorities had linked the blood to either Peterson or his wife. Police also recovered several small chunks of concrete from a boat tarp found in Peterson's backyard shed, according to Kyo. Prosecutors have alleged that...