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... and the rest of you who are interested in this case: come on over. Runningbear has a new thread, and we need you b/c the lunatics are trying to run the asylum!

I was listening to Scott's interviews with Jodi Hernandez and Ted Rowlands. It's almost painful listening to the weenie little voice of Scott speaking on those tapes.

While he comes off as a mild-mannered, calm guy, there is commentary surrounding the tapes in which they tell the viewer that Scott was very precise, and very domineering, in his instructions to the media people as to how his interviews were to be used. For example, he was adamant that they not be shown until after 6 p.m. Maybe the Hollywood talent scout wouldn't be able to get to a TV till after 6.

The reports of his media savvy belie the innocent, washed-out appearance he cultivated in the interviews. It appears to me that he is actually very controlling. This tells me that he is also very anxious. I've never seen an ultra-controlling person who didn't also appear to be very anxious.

One thing I wish the DA would get to is the presentation to the jury of that sign Scott made in early January, 2003, for the volunteers. In it, he refers to having "talked" to Laci, and to having "felt she could hear me". It was so obvious that he was speaking of the dead. Then to cap it off, he couldn't just sign it "Scott Peterson". He puts endless miles of distance between him and Laci by signing it, "Laci's Husband".

It's like he wanted to disappear right after Laci "disappeared". He wanted to be invisible. One has to wonder why.

After she was gone, he was in complete control: only he could bring her body back. HE was the only person on earth who really knew what everyone wanted to know: where she was. She was 100% his possession. He could now stop being anxious, knowing that it was an impossibility for her to ever have any experience that didn't involve him. Or, for that matter, to ever have any experience at all, period.

I think once she was gone, all his anger towards her dissolved, and she became some sort of sacred symbol, something he had all to himself, which no one else could ever know about or touch. I don't think he ever wished she were still alive, though.

All this control, all this peace he was feeling, all dissolved when the first of the 2 bodies was found on shore. Which, IMO, is why he never showed the slightest intention of returning north to be involved in the recovery of the bodies. Suddenly the bodies were no longer a sacred shrine--they were frightening, deadly objects which could destroy him, and he wanted to get as far as he could away from them.

lunatics are trying to run the asylum

I just see some who would prefer that all evidence of past sexual behavior be wiped out. You guys be careful what you wish for...certain body parts might start falling off.

I think we have to get off the mindset of having PROOF that this guy Snott did the dirty deed. Anyone in the middle of the night, under the protection of darkness and the fact they are alone with the victim, can carry out a killing so that nobody is a witness. Does this mean the perfect crime has been committed or that Snott is going to walk ? Because of the fact he and Laci were always alone, one has to discount the fact that no direct proof of a homicide exists, so one has to move on as to motive and who benefits from such an act. Just because nobody saw him do it or dump off the body, his whole personality comes into play. Here Amber has stepped forward to say this creep has extensively lied to her and is probably the murderer since he has the most to gain from Laci's death, HER ! Up until now the cops can only theorize about most things but here with Amber you have a motive and proof this guy wrote off Laci long ago as he made all these plans with Amber and after affirming those plans he went out and bought a boat, the very day he told Amber about their future. The rest of the case from here are Snott's lies to the media and the cops, his inability to go out and search for her (since he knew where the body was) and the final act was when the body waa identified and Snott was headed for the border after her body had been identified, no acts of grief here. Whether it's the World Trade Center disaster or any missing persons case, you see relatives and loved ones always holding out hope until the very end then upon proof of the demise of their loved one, there is devastation because there no longer is any hope . We certainly saw this in Laci's parents but what did we see in Snott ? This is what the jury has to focus on and not all this trivia MG is bringing up in order to distract the jury's thinking and to create doubt.

b/c the lunatics are trying to run the asylum!

Yep, couldn't help but notice....sheesh, was there a full moon last night?

AAAAArrrrrggghhhh! Having major computer problems here. :-(