Peterson's ex-girlfriend testifies today

The National Post ^ | 11/12/03 | Julie Smith

[bonfire]

btw, damn good thing I won't be on the jury. Reasonable doubt, my butt!

[Devil_Anse]

Amen. There are many good reasons to despise him, all apart from whether he committed the murders.

[texasbluebell]

Scooter and his promises...

[Devil_Anse]

Yeah, Scooter and his promises!

"Amber, I promise it will be just you and me, living in Paris, and I won't see anyone else, even hot models named 'Yvette', and I will never, ever harm you unless I get tired of you and feel tied down."

[maggief]

Setting It Straight
Last Updated: November 12, 2003, 07:12:02 AM PST


Modesto police said they found a bucket and mops inside the front gate of Scott and Laci Peterson's house on Dec. 24 when officers came to investigate Laci Peterson's disappearance. A Peterson house graphic on Page A-18 Tuesday indicated an incorrect location for the cleaning tools.

http://www.modbee.com/local/story/7726754p-8629103c.html

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I can't find the graphic online. Can someone who has access to the Modbee print addition kindly scan the house graphic located on Page A-18?

Thank you,
maggie

[Spunky]

From Article:"Peterson's case is the first California case in which mitochondrial DNA is being offered for forensic evidence. It has been admitted as evidence apparently for another purpose in a San Diego court."

Well, maybe it wasn't offered for forensic evidence, but mitochordrial DNA was done in the Westerfield case.

Catherine Theisen, who examines mitochondrial DNA at the FBI crime lab, said she and an assistant studied four hairs that the San Diego Police Department sent on Feb. 14.

A hair found on a bathmat in the motorhome "cannot be excluded from coming from Danielle van Dam," Theisen said.

Mitochondrial DNA, Theisen explained, is carried down from the mother's side and is primarily used to study hair, bones and teeth.
DNA Expert link Westerfield To Danielle

[maggief]

Here's a Covena floor plan interpretation from a poster at WS:

http://cypros.homestead.com/index.html

[Devil_Anse]

Only 20 years ago, in cases where police technicians found something from the body of the perpetrator at a scene, they did a blood type analysis. The majority of people are "secretors". Being a secretor means that your blood type can be determined from bodily fluids of yours other than just blood.

And the secretor vs. non-secretor distinction was yet another clue, when they would attempt to find out about a perpetrator by studying his/her "leavings" at a scene.

These determinations, compared to DNA and even mitochondrial DNA, were hardly cutting-edge. If the above tests have been accepted as legitimate (which they have), I don't see why mitochondrial DNA, which has a finer point than just blood type analysis, shouldn't be allowed to be used for evidence.

[runningbear]

not sure, only the DA and Allred will know at this point.

[Spunky]

"A Peterson house graphic on Page A-18 Tuesday indicated an incorrect location for the cleaning tools."

A person just can't trust the media at all. I remember reading that the mops and bucket were sitting outside the front door, then later read they were outside the sliding doors.

Thanks for posting the link to a house drawing. Thats about the way I pictured it, but not sure which was N-S-E-W.

[Spunky]

"I don't see why mitochondrial DNA, which has a finer point than just blood type analysis, shouldn't be allowed to be used for evidence.

I don't either. I know there was a lot of talk about it in the Westerfield case, but they also had other DNA.

[xrp]

I enlarged the font for visually impaired FReepers. Way to be racist against the visually challenged, editer.

[runningbear]

The Det is one sharp ear piece! ;o)

Detective Recalls Cryptic Peterson Remark
Detective Points to Day That Scott Peterson Bought Boat That He Made Cryptic Remark About Laci

Detective Recalls Cryptic Peterson Remark
Detective Points to Day That Scott Peterson Bought Boat That He Made Cryptic Remark About Laci

The Associated Press

MODESTO, Calif. Nov. 7 — The same day he bought a fishing boat that would provide his alibi when his pregnant wife vanished two weeks later, Scott Peterson told his mistress he was a widower planning his first Christmas alone, a police officer testified.

Detective Allen Brocchini, who launched the Christmas Eve investigation into Laci Peterson's disappearance, said Scott Peterson bought the boat Dec. 9 the same day Fresno massage therapist Amber Frey later told the officer that she confronted Peterson about being married.

While Brocchini did not link the two events that happened that day, he provided the pieces of the puzzle prosecutors are assembling to show Peterson was plotting the demise of his wife weeks before he returned from his Dec. 24 fishing excursion and reported her gone.

Peterson Family Members Take the Stand Prosecutors called Sharon Rocha and Lee Peterson to the stand.

Peterson Defense Sees 'Satanic' Evidence Peterson's defense team is trying to bolster its theory that a cult may have been behind the killing of his pregnant wife.

Detective Recalls Cryptic Peterson Remark

Laci's Sister Takes the Stand

A Look at Scott's Jail Cell

Scott's Team Examines Remains

The Other Victim: Former Mistress Hires Atttorney Amber Frey, right, who acknowledged that she had a relationship with Scott Peterson, announced that she has retained the legal representation of attorney Gloria Allred.

Also see: • Will Nude Pix Discredit Peterson Mistress? • Scott Peterson’s Mistress Could Make Prosecution’s Case

Friend of Scott Peterson's Girlfriend Sues Magazine Over Photo

Tribute Song: Remembering Laci By John Strand

EXCLUSIVE WEDDING PHOTOS

MAP: LOCATION OF REMAINS

(<<<< Above items links on webpage >>>>>)

Timeline: The Search for Laci Peterson

Brocchini's testimony Thursday in the preliminary hearing revealed the details he gathered from the day Peterson claimed he was motoring his 14-foot skiff on San Francisco Bay to his arrest nearly four months later in San Diego.

Peterson was arrested driving a Mercedes convertible be bought for $3,600 cash, using his mother's name, "Jacqueline Peterson."

When asked about the peculiar name, he told the seller it was the name his parents gave him, Brocchini said.

In the first hours of the investigation, Peterson denied he was having an affair, Brocchini said. Peterson never told him about Frey.

On Dec. 30, Frey placed one of the hundreds of calls Modesto police received each day. Brocchini was watching a clerk type notes from the caller and decided to pick up the phone and handle the call himself.

The detective then drove 90 miles to Fresno to interview Frey, a single mother.

Frey said she met Peterson on Nov. 20 and he said he was single. But she later became suspicious and confronted him about three weeks later because she thought he was married.

"He said he lost his wife, this would be the first holiday he was without his wife," Frey told Brocchini.

[maggief]

Right ... it's no wonder we're confused about the location of the bucket and mops, and the scrunched rug. The media is giving us conflicting information.

[Diver Dave]

Mod Bee graphic from Tuesday, Nov. 11th. Graphic positions mop incorrectly at numeral six.

[runningbear]

thanks diver.... ;o)

[MEG33]

There,there.Turn to comedy channel and it'll get all better.

[maggief]

Many, many thanks!!! : )

Regards,
maggie

[Devil_Anse]

Thanks to both of you for all the info. Very helpful!