SCOTT IN SICK LACI LIE TO LOVER

NY Post.com ^ | Nov 7, 2003 | HOWARD BREUER

[MEG33]

Thanks.It has been proven that Scott is a narcissistic lying,cheat ,who continued to chase his latest right after Laci disappeared.He is in love with himself,his appetites,be it the Country Club or other women.Can't wait to see if the case is provable as far as murder.

[Velveeta]

I'm so curious about this exchange! Distaso is questioning Brocchini on direct. In section "813", question #2 and answer #3. Can anyone venture to guess what it is that Brocchini feels he can't say?


18 A. I asked him if I could check his hands for gunshot
19 residue.
20 Q. And what did he say?
21 A. He said I could.
22 Q. What -- did he say anything about that?
23 A. Yes.
24 Q. What did he say?
25 A. Well, when he saw me remove the kit, he said -- he
26 wanted to know if the exhaust from the outboard motor could
27 register positive as gunshot residue.
28 Q. And what did you tell him?

813
1 A. No.
2 Q. What's the next thing he told you?
3 A. He -- he told me something. I don't know if I can
4 say it or not. But --
5 Q. Okay. Well, let -- let me ask you this question,
6 then.
7 Did he tell you what his plans were going to be on
8 Christmas Day?
9 A. Yeah.
10 Q. All right. What was that?
11 A. He was going to meet family and friends about
12 8:00 o'clock to continue the canvass.

[Devil_Anse]

Not to worry! According to the testimony, Scott reported that when he came home, one entrance to the house (I think it was the French doors in the back) was unlocked.

The theory of many of us is that Scott simply put McKenzie's leash on and let the dog run off, knowing the dog would eventually return home or be seen, with the leash, as though Laci had been scooped up by someone while walking the dog.

As we all know now, sure enough, a neighbor did find the dog wandering with his leash, and the neighbor dutifully returned McKenzie to the Petersons' yard.

I have to wonder what Scott thought when he came home and found the dog he'd turned loose back in the yard with the gate closed. I imagine he had a momentary flash of bafflement. Or even, perhaps, chills.

[Devil_Anse]

UR welcome! I think the only reason the cops know that there are more anchors unaccounted for is b/c they found the impressions of the anchors somewhere at the warehouse. I don't think Scott eagerly told them about all the anchors he made, b/c I don't think he can account for all the anchors' whereabouts.

[oceanperch]

Just heard a report on MSNBC

Scooty claims he told LEO about Amber.
Leo says no Amber told LEO about Amber.

.22 Loaded gun found in truck. (report did not elaborate)
What does a gun have to do with anything?

Scooty told Amber he would be with her more after Jan. 22(?) or somewhere around that date.
Pre Meditation point? Hmmm

Scooty called Amber daily after Laci dissapeared.
Not very distressed my wife is missing act on his part.
Told Amber this was his first Christmas alone since wifes death.

Hey Scooty! Is Johnny Cochran and his Dream Team available? No make that Johnny Cochran and his Miracle Team.

'Cause you are gonna need one to pull this off.

[oceanperch]

The media have all their tents set up along 11th Street. Almost looks like a Farmer's Market.. -------------------------------------

It is...a fish market. Bottom feeders, crabs and ink squid.

[Yaelle]

So how would Scott have used his ONE cement anchor w/o a rope for it?

Great catch.

Do you think that the reason her head did not come up was that he had tied a rope around her neck and attached it to the anchor? After time, the torso just became separated and floated up? Maybe another one was around her feet. It makes perfect sense when you think of which parts did not come up. Sorry for this graphic post.

[Yaelle]

Runningbear, you are awesome. Thanks.

Peterson said he had last fired a gun a month earlier while hunting, but questioned whether exhaust from the boat's motor would show up on the test, the detective testified, adding that it would not.

If you were an innocent man, who was worried sick about his missing pregnant wife, you would say one of two things. A) "Sure, sure, anything you want; take a vial of my blood, take my left arm, ANYTHING, just FIND MY WIFE!!!" or B) Everything under A plus "I was at the shooting range today and I bet I have residue but you can call and ask so and so and everyone who saw me there but FIND MY WIFE!"

A hunting question: Do you hunt with the kind of gun he had? I do not know. What animals do you hunt for with a semi-automatic handgun? Don't tell me sturgeon. LOL.

[oceanperch]

Wow Scoot asked if his boat motor could be mistaken for gun powder residue?

I am not in the know but that was a stupid thing to ask.

A. It appears he did fire up the boat motor.

B. It kinda says oops I did fire my gun I wonder if I can cover it up by blaming the carbon exhaust of my boat motor.

Well that sums it up for me. Narcissistic, Anti-social murderers come in "dumb mode" too.

Not the brightest crayon in the box is he?

[oceanperch]

Momentary Bafflement.

LMAO. A Stoner moment in memory.

[oceanperch]

Yeah that sturgeon that got away...he had to shoot it to get in his small water craft. It was soooo big and wiggly.

Bullet bait.

[Velveeta]

Thanks ed. I read it as something more sinister. That Brocchini was "legally" not able to say something. I took Distaso's next question as if Distaso perhaps changed the subject.

I envisioned the reply in reference to the gun....that perhaps Scootchie might have said "can I have the gun back so I can blow my brains out" Would that be admissable? Hmmm, maybe just wishful thiking on my part.

[Devil_Anse]

Yes--that is very intriguing, isn't it? I was burning with curiosity when I saw that. But then I forgot all about it! Thanks for reminding us!

I don't know much, but here's all I could come up with: they said that Scott's having that gun in his glove compartment w/o a permit was a violation of CA law. (Brocchini said that, and even Janie Weintraub, the "defendant's friend", admitted it.)

Maybe Scott said something incriminating--incriminating as to his crime of having the pistol under those circumstances, that is.

Now, during a trial, gratuitous remarks about a defendant's other crimes, OTHER THAN THE CRIMES FOR WHICH HE IS CURRENTLY BEING TRIED, can cause a mistrial. I've actually seen that happen.

But this was not a trial, true. BUT I just think Brocchini has been trained somewhat about testifying in criminal trials. That is, I think he's been schooled by prosecutors about that. So perhaps his instincts regarding not mentioning other offenses not on trial--perhaps his instincts about that welled up and told him to be cautious b/f he spoke, even though it was only a preliminary. Just my uneducated guess.

[Devil_Anse]

Yes, I think the scenario you are laying out there agrees with all that we've heard from the various experts. You've got a good point about how extremities, as well as the head--stuff that sticks out!--are the missing parts.

I have read that Laci had that tattoo on the outer part of her left ankle. And her body had one lower leg missing, didn't it? To this day, I don't think they've ever told us if the leg/ankle missing was the one with the tattoo.

[Velveeta]

Not the brightest crayon in the box is he?

Fortunately for LE, he's not. I pictured this detective Brocchini like Columbo, playacting like he was "forgetting" his keys and his notebook. Alas, I think Brocchini was just plain forgetful.

[Jackie-O]

That is and excellent observation about the rope! How would one use an anchor without any great length of rope?? Those anchors weren't made to anchor that 14' tin can of a boat out in a deep bay.....

[Devil_Anse]

Yeah, isn't that bit about worrying about boat motor exhaust--isn't that just the most OJ-esque thing you've ever heard? JUST like OJ pumping his ex-cop friend for info on how lie detectors work, then telling the friend, in essence, that if he took a lie detector test it might falsely read as "guilty" because OJ said he'd had "dreams" of killing Nicole.

Furthermore, the friend, when he testified, said he'd heard people on the hot seat equivocate in exactly that same way about lie detector "false" results--and those people had turned out to be guilty.

[Yaelle]

Fascinating. I can see how prosecution would want LE not to mention gratuitously anything not attached to the crimes he is on the line for, then. Makes sense.