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.
I found his interviews to be both controlling and calculated.
And when he decided to start weeping his fake tears, I think he convinced himself that he pulled it off.
Made me sick.
I don't think so right at first maybe after a few days but not right away.
I was just reading the interview with Detective Allen Brocchini and there were a few things Scott said that you can just hear the loathing for Laci in those statements.
Here are the comments that perked my ears up.
1. In talking about the mop bucket Scott says: "Yeah she's, ya know, 8 months pregnant, ah can't pick it up for anything.".................................. ............................................"Yeah she wasn't about to lift anything heavy. "
These are the words someone who feels used would say. He probably felt he was always hearing, Scott do this for me I am pregnant. Scott do that for me, I am pregannt.
2. In talking about what coat Laci might have worn if any. "She usually steals my stuff. "
What husband would ever accuse his wife of stealing his stuff just because she wore it?
3. The phone rings during interview:(On the phone Amy, what's goin' on Amy? Yeah. Oh I don't know, where you at now? In front of my, our house..
There was nothing wrong with saying (my house,) I do it all the time, but he immediatley changed it to (our)
4. Telling Brocchini about the number of calls on his phone:
"Okay. Mine, three were three, two from me and one from Ron, her step-father, asking for whipped cream when we came over that's when I said hey man, he's calling (me) for whipped cream."
Already he is thinking he is the only one around.
5.When ased how long Scott and Laci were married. "So you were married in '97?" Scott says, I believe so.
They were only married 5 years and already he can't remember the year they were wed.
Yep! I think Scott hated Laci.
LOL! Wasn't that the funniest sound coming out of such a big guy?
Right on post Dev. Nobody had to convince me that Peterson was guilty, he did that all by himself. He's his own worst enemy and his OWN mouth is going to bury him. There isn't much a Lawyer can do about his clients own statements except fight to try and keep them away from the Jury. The very fact that he's fighting to keep them out shows that he knows they are very incriminating AND damaging.!!