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SCOTT BURNED IN RAGE
The NY POST ^ | June 10 2004 | Howard Breuer

Posted on 06/10/2004 5:28:09 AM PDT by runningbear

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SCOTT BURNED IN RAGE

SCOTT BURNED IN RAGE

By HOWARD BREUER

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June 10, 2004 -- REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Scott Peterson was more distraught when he burned chicken at a family barbecue than the night his pregnant wife Laci vanished, a witness testified yesterday.

Laci's cousin, Harvey Kemple, also said that Peterson gave conflicting stories to relatives regarding his whereabouts on the day of the tragic mom-to-be's disappearance.

"I saw more reaction out of him when he burned the God-darned chicken than when his wife went missing," Kemple said at the fertilizer salesman's double murder trial.

Kemple, a self-proclaimed grill guru, said he tried to give Peterson tips on how best to cook the chicken during a July 4 backyard barbecue just months before Laci's disappearance.

But Peterson, 31, wouldn't listen, and became visibly.......

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Peterson Relative Says He Noticed Inconsistencies

Peterson Relative Says He Noticed Inconsistencies

By CAROLYN MARSHALL

Published: June 10, 2004

EDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 9 - Statements made by Scott Peterson to relatives of his missing wife, Laci, were so inconsistent, one family member testified on Wednesday, that he secretly followed Mr. Peterson to a shopping mall and a golf course to see if something was amiss.

"I was very suspicious from that first night," said the relative, Harvey Kemple, in testimony at the murder trial of Mr. Peterson, who is accused of killing his wife and unborn son. "That's why I followed him to the mall, hanging back a bit to see what was happening."

Mr. Kemple, who is married to a cousin of Ms. Peterson's mother, said he was put off when Mr. Peterson told him that he had been playing golf on Dec. 24, 2002, the day Ms. Peterson disappeared, because Mr. Peterson had told Mr. Kemple's .......

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Peterson defense homes in on witness discrepancies to create reasonable doubt

Peterson defense homes in on witness discrepancies to create reasonable doubt

By Associated Press

Thursday, June 10, 2004

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Scott Peterson assured some of his in-laws he was fishing the day his pregnant wife disappeared, although he told one member of his extended family and a neighbor that he had been golfing.

It's a contradiction prosecutors in Peterson's capital murder trial revisited several times Wednesday in their effort to assert that Peterson switched his alibi after saying he returned to an empty home on Christmas Eve day, 2002.

Peterson, 31, ultimately told authorities he went fishing alone on San Francisco Bay. ..........

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Surveillance gets a satellite assist

Posted 6/9/2004 10:31 PM Updated 6/9/2004 11:45 PM

Surveillance gets a satellite assist

By Richard Willing, USA TODAY

Just after Laci Peterson disappeared in Modesto, Calif., on Christmas Eve 2002, her husband, Scott, assured police that he had nothing to do with it.

But police were suspicious. Without Peterson's knowledge, they received court permission to attach global positioning system (GPS) tracking devices to the undersides of three vehicles he was known to drive. The devices, which use cell phone networks and signals from orbiting satellites to pinpoint land locations, indicated that twice in January 2003, Peterson drove to a San Francisco Bay marina near where the bodies of his .........

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Witness testifies that Peterson lied about golfing

Witness testifies that Peterson lied about golfing


Kemple

By JOHN COTÉ and GARTH STAPLEY

BEE STAFF WRITERS

Last Updated: June 10, 2004, 05:22:12 AM PDT

REDWOOD CITY -- Scott Peterson was more upset about burned barbecue chicken than he was about his wife's disappearance, an extended family member testified Wednesday during Peterson's double-murder trial. "I was so gol-darn mad because I saw more emotion out of him when he burnt the damn chicken than when his wife was missing," said Harvey Kemple, a construction worker married to a cousin of Laci Peterson's mother.

Kemple's testimony dominated a day in which the prosecution continued to cobble together a case against Peterson -- attempting to establish a timeline of what happened along the couple's quiet street on Dec. 24, 2002, and to highlight allegedly inconsistent statements Peterson made. ...........

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Burnt chicken testimony at Peterson trial

Stacy Finz and Diana Walsh, Chronicle Staff Writers

Scott Peterson seemed more upset about burning his chicken than he did about his wife's disappearance, said a fiery construction worker who had jurors and observers erupting into laughter during the second week of the capital-murder case today.

Peterson, 31, is on trial in Redwood City for allegedly murdering his pregnant wife, Laci, and their unborn child.

Harvey Kemple, a lifelong Modesto resident and Laci Peterson's cousin by marriage, told reporters outside the courthouse that while other family members stood by the defendant in the beginning, he was suspicious of the fertilizer salesman from the start.

Inside the courtroom, Kemple glared at the defendant while testifying. Peterson, dressed in a suit and tie, looked away.

"I saw more reaction out of.........

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: California
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To: Reaganwuzthebest

>>>>If it was all planned out ahead of time he would have known exactly what to say.<<<<

What about the fact Scott had researched the directions of tides and currents in the bay? That indicates preplanning and premeditation.


101 posted on 06/10/2004 7:38:36 PM PDT by Lucy Lake
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To: StarFan

Grat. Waiting here with baited breath. LOL


102 posted on 06/10/2004 7:39:57 PM PDT by Canadian Outrage (IAll us Western Canuks belong South!!!)
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To: grizzfan

OMG!! There are tons of things he did that show PREmeditation!!. Making anchors, buying the boat secretly, PROPHESYING her disappearance and the fact that THIS would be his FIRST Xmas without her. Secret storage unit, of course all the computer research. And on and on it goes.


103 posted on 06/10/2004 7:44:21 PM PDT by Canadian Outrage (IAll us Western Canuks belong South!!!)
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To: grizzfan
What about the fact Scott had researched the directions of tides and currents in the bay? That indicates preplanning and premeditation.

That could have indicated pre-planning but by not having a consistent alibi he left himself wide open as the prime suspect. If he planned it ahead of time you'd think that would be the first thing he concerned himself with, but then again everything about this guy appears inconsistent.

104 posted on 06/10/2004 7:54:20 PM PDT by Reaganwuzthebest
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To: Canadian Outrage
Attorney Bernie Grimm, who is one Greta's regulars seems to change his opinion with the direction of the wind. Suddenly he is siding with the prosecutors and others on the panel as to the time line.

Pirro questioned whether the tears shed were genuine or theater reminding us that the last time we heard Scott cried was on 12/9 when he told Amber that he lost his wife, proving he can cry on demand.

Alred said jurors took notes when hearing that Scott was only one who didn't question detective during that chaotic time when family arrived.

The fact that a neighbor said she heard barking dogs at 10:38 (and one may have been Mackenzie) may throw off the time line a bit but as other neighbors are questioned, more will unfold. Up next is Donna Brazile and I prefer to change channels.

105 posted on 06/10/2004 7:55:47 PM PDT by StarFan
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To: StarFan

I don't blame you. Donna Brazile is too much for me also!!


106 posted on 06/10/2004 7:58:18 PM PDT by Canadian Outrage (IAll us Western Canuks belong South!!!)
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To: Reaganwuzthebest

Check out post # 103.


107 posted on 06/10/2004 7:58:58 PM PDT by Lucy Lake
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To: grizzfan

Well freepers - I've got a pretty busy day tomorrow. Think I'm gonna head for the covers. LOL Sweet dreams all. CO


108 posted on 06/10/2004 8:01:12 PM PDT by Canadian Outrage (IAll us Western Canuks belong South!!!)
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To: grizzfan
Yesterday there was a story the boat wasn't bought secretly by Peterson, they both knew about it at the time. There are a few other inconsistencies coming out now as well from what we first heard.

It doesn't really take away from his guilt if it wasn't premeditated, the only difference is it could spare him the death penalty if that's what the jurors conclude.

110 posted on 06/10/2004 8:07:58 PM PDT by Reaganwuzthebest
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To: Devil_Anse

I am really so disqusted this trial is not on TV..A whole lotta Q & A's we surely not hearing about....I think by the time proscution done laying their bricks there will not be 1 little crack for Scott to squeeze through


111 posted on 06/10/2004 8:19:45 PM PDT by fiesti
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To: juzcuz; runningbear
I think this case and her murder was all about money Thanks for the pings RB I think this case is all about attention. When Snot was a "big catch" by Laci, he was the superstar of the family and kept that attention until the baby was conceived. Then Connor got all the attention by everyone and freeloader Snot no longer could hold his own based on reputation, and he started his affair with Amber to become that special "catch" once again, and he was ! Pretending to be so in love with Laci was all BS and when she found out about his affair, the hatred that had been building up all this time within him overtook his emotions and poor Laci was a goner when she went to bed, he was twice her size and could easilly have choked or suffocated her, and there would be no murder weaopon, only those hands that he said he cut in his truck while going golfing. I sure hope the MP did its job finding out how Snot got all his money. Did he ever sell any fertilizer or just spread it in the form of BS ?
112 posted on 06/11/2004 12:34:09 AM PDT by Searching4Justice
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To: Canadian Outrage; juzcuz

Now that's something I have not heard yet! Along with the "I was hoping for infertility" comment, and the comments made to Amber about not wanting to have children, wanting a vasectomy, will be enough to show the jury he was not wanting Connor.


113 posted on 06/11/2004 4:58:52 AM PDT by Jackie-O
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To: juzcuz
I saw on Greta last night that the Pros. pointed out that he cried on his second visit to her house...he was accompanied by his Defense investigator. The Pros. left the impression that these tears were staged, much like the tears that he shed with Amber when he spoke to her in early Dec. about "loosing" his wife.
114 posted on 06/11/2004 5:03:09 AM PDT by Jackie-O
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To: Jackie-O
kind of been busy with work stuff, and limited on computer time this week.

Off for a day of fun on the boat Sat... Maybe the Delta (San Joaquin,deep channel water), maybe Lake Don Pedro, or Turlock. Trying to get hubby to go to Don Pedro. Different, I hope! anyhow, I'll be checking in later today on/off........ ;o)

115 posted on 06/11/2004 5:45:55 AM PDT by runningbear (Lurkers beware, Freeping is public opinions based on facts, theories, and news online.......)
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To: runningbear

Have fun bear! I'm hoping to go out boating with a friend coming up soon. Lots of rain here, waiting for a sunny weekend...
I'm still going thru this weeks events, finding allot of little things interesting.
I'm hoping to have a little time this weekend to share opinions.


116 posted on 06/11/2004 5:52:26 AM PDT by Jackie-O
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To: Jackie-O
Morning JO

I wonder why he didn't show sorrow and painful tears in front of the Rocha's who were looking toward him for some sense of shared pain -there's a comfort in that.

On one hand, I wonder why laci didn't confide in someone in her family. On the other, maybe she sensed that there were strained relations already there and confessing how terrible her hubby was would be more divisive.Still, the Rocha's liked him thanks to silent Laci. He must have told laci that he wasn't interested in the baby. For Laci to confess this to her Yoga instructor, the situation must have become unbearable. Thinking about this too, Geragos stated that Scott never missed an OB visit with Laci.
117 posted on 06/11/2004 5:53:49 AM PDT by juzcuz
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To: fiesti
I agree. That trial should have been on TV. Was it because of concerns for the sleazy stunts Geragos might pull if he were in front of cameras that it isn't?

As for Laci's step-father going fishing at the same time, his situation is totally different:
*He is much more into fishing than Scott and went to a nearby spot.
*His domestic situation is different. He didn't have a pregnant wife who might go into labor anytime.
*He didn't lie about it by saying he went golfing.

118 posted on 06/11/2004 6:28:15 AM PDT by Dante3
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To: Canadian Outrage

Thanks for the information.


119 posted on 06/11/2004 7:31:53 AM PDT by Liberatio (Please forgive my misspelling. Veritas Vos Liberabit.)
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To: Velveeta

Hey, you're right!! Good catch!!


120 posted on 06/11/2004 11:41:43 AM PDT by Devil_Anse
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