Just heard on KFBK in Sacramento. KFBK is sending reporters to Richmond, CA where skeletal remains of a woman and fetus were found a little while ago. Richmond is on the San Francisco bay, north of Oakland.
Nothing on their site yet. They may have an audio link.
Not looking good for Scott...remains found near a body of water....not looking good.
The perp is lucky God's mercy is infinite, or he'd be damned to hell already.
Not that I know of. I'm glad this may be coming to a close ... then the trial. If there is one.
Well, we knew it was almost certain THEY were dead, but what a horrible thing to have it confirmed, if this is true.
How I grieve for the family.
Fetus found yesterday. Adult body shows sings of being in the water a long time. Modesto PD on the way should be on scene by 1600 hrs.
Just having the body found at all is not a good thing for whoever did this. They can come up with physical evidence that the average joe-blow has no idea concerning.
Posted on Mon, Apr. 14, 2003
Body found, may be Laci Peterson
By Brian Anderson and Karl Fischer
CONTRA COSTA TIMES
POINT ISABEL - The dismembered body of a woman discovered this morning on the muddy bayshore could be that of Laci Denise Peterson, the pregnant woman who vanished from her Modesto home on Christmas Eve, a police source told the Times.
A tip from a citizen led police to the petite female body about 11:45 a.m., the source said on condition of anonymity. The head and legs were missing and it was apparent that she had been pregnant, the source said.
The body was clothed in maternity wear, the official said.
Police have not made a positive identification, but are pursuing the Peterson angle, the source said.
"We don't know for sure," the source said.
On Sunday, a tip led Richmond police to the body of a baby that had washed ashore near the Richmond marina. The body was discovered about 4:45 p.m. near Seabreeze Drive, police said.
The woman's torso was found less than two miles away from where dog walkers came across the body of a baby with its umbilical cord still attached. The body, found in the grass near the water, was badly decomposed.
The coroner's office said the newborn was a full-term baby boy.
Peterson, 26, was last seen alive about 9:30 a.m. Dec. 24 when her husband Scott Peterson left to go fishing in the Bay Area. He told police he tried to call his wife when he was done, but could not reach her.
He called police after returning home to find only the family dog with its leash still attached. Searches of a park near their home turned up no clues after Scott Peterson told police that was where his wife planned to take the family dog for a walk.
Police initially treated the disappearance as a missing persons case, but detectives reclassified the case as a homicide investigation in early March.
Investigators have repeatedly said they had no suspects, but Modesto police have searched Scott Peterson's home and vehicles and seized two family computers.
Suspicion among Modesto residents has focused on Scott Peterson, especially after he admitted having an affair with a Fresno massage therapist, Amber Frey. Laci Peterson's family disavowed support of her husband after the affair was revealed.
The investigation has ranged from the parks and canals of Modesto to the San Francisco Bay. Police searched the bay from the Berkeley Marina to Richmond and Angel Island, returning to Richmond last month to search the water with sonar and a remote-control underwater vehicle.
Last month, police searched the area where the baby's body washed ashore on Sunday. Authorities used sonar to comb the bottom of the bay, but failed to locate anything at that time.
Peterson said he had fished around nearby Brooks Island the day his wife disappeared, Modesto police have said. They searched the island, but found nothing relating to the investigation, they said.
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/news/5632737.htm
I live in Modesto, not far from the Peterson's home. The word around here is that the police have the good's on Scotty Boy...I guess the hold up to all of this is the lack of a body. This is a interesting development...Stay tuned...
