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Families clash over belongings in Peterson home
Modesto Bee ^ | May 30, 2003 | BEE STAFF REPORTS

Posted on 05/31/2003 12:45:21 AM PDT by joyce11111

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Families clash over belongings in Peterson home

By BEE STAFF REPORTS

Modesto Bee

May 30, 2003

MODESTO, Calif. - Scott Peterson's family had planned to voluntarily turn over only some of the items that his wife's family wanted from the couple's home.

Laci Peterson's family and friends acted first, though, and took what they wanted Friday from the Covena Avenue house - over the Peterson family's objections.

Jackie Peterson, Scott's mother, expressed dismay: "Yesterday we see a coroner's report about a baby, and today we're talking about salt-and-pepper shakers," she said by telephone from her home in San Diego County.

In discussing the Rochas' request for property from the home, Peterson said some of the items, like Laci's journals, could not be turned over.

"Scott didn't even know she had journals," Peterson said. "If she did, police have them."

Peterson said her son has a request, too: He wants his wife's wedding ring, another diamond ring that he bought her, and a few diamonds given to Laci by her grandmother. Peterson said the rings and gems had been taken to a jeweler, for crafting into one ring.

"We want those," Peterson said. She said the Rochas picked them up from the jeweler.

The Rochas had submitted a 22-point list of items sought from the house. Peterson said Laci's mother, Sharon Rocha, later revised it to 16 points. The Rochas still wanted the crib intended for Conner, the boy with whom Laci was pregnant at the time of her disappearance. And they wanted the rocking chair from the baby's room, too.

Crib and rocking chair went out the door Friday. Earlier this week, family attorneys said the Rochas needed to "sit in Conner's room in the rocking chair Laci had purchased to rock him in, and just to have the opportunity to feel her presence."

Peterson said she and her family bought almost everything in the baby's room, including crib, rocking chair and ottoman, clothes, toys and a baby book - all given as gifts at a baby shower. And Scott wanted to keep the baby's things, his mother said.

She said Sharon Rocha was welcome to take back the crib bedding that she had purchased.

Peterson said her son previously agreed to give some property to Laci's brother and half sister: for Brent Rocha, flower vase wall sconces that he had given to Laci as a gift; and for Amy Rocha, wicker furniture and lamps given to Laci by the women's paternal grandmother.

Other items, she said, Scott and Laci acquired as a couple - such as two white chairs and an end table. "They are not Sharon's," Peterson said.

Nor did her son want to turn over kitchenware - a food processor, a mixer and cookbooks - "that Scott will need to keep house," his mother said.

Scott already had decided to turn over the salt-and-pepper shaker set, in snail motif.

The Rochas also had asked for "Laci's fine china and stemware." Peterson noted how the listing omitted Scott's name.

She described the china and stemware as wedding gifts to the couple, entitling Scott to keep them. She added that she and her husband bought most of the china, filling out the set after the wedding.

There are no photos of Laci to turn over, Peterson said. She said police took every one that included Laci, leaving four photos in the house. She said police also took most of Laci's clothing. "But she (Sharon Rocha) can have all of it."

The Rochas also had asked for Peterson's wedding dress. Scott's mother revealed that the dress was taken in a mid-January burglary at the house, during a weekend when Scott was in Los Angeles for a one-day search effort for his wife.

A few days later, police said they had identified a suspect but did not report an arrest. They gave no name but described the suspect as someone known by the Petersons, and said the suspect was one of many people with access to the home.

Jackie Peterson said her son got the wedding dress back, then had it cleaned and boxed. She was adamant about a glass memento box. She said she gave the glass box to her son and daughter-in-law, for display of photos and seashells from their honeymoon in Tahiti.

"That's a no way," Peterson said about giving the box to the Rochas.

It was not know where the box is today.

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(Distributed by Scripps-McClatchy Western Service, http://www.shns.com.)


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: avoidingchildsupport; baby; babyunborn; conner; deathpenaltytime; dontubelievemyalibi; getarope; ibefishing; laci; lacipeterson; smallbaby; smallchild; sonkiller; unborn; wifekiller
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To: marajade
I'm sure the police know about the journals. They spent two days in the house, and you can bet they went over it with "a fine tooth comb".
61 posted on 05/31/2003 8:50:33 AM PDT by joybelle
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To: WellsFargo94
Dang! I've seen that picture everywhere. Now where did I see it last??
62 posted on 05/31/2003 8:51:42 AM PDT by Devil_Anse
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To: joybelle
You just never know what those journals might produce...
63 posted on 05/31/2003 8:52:07 AM PDT by marajade
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To: joybelle
You just never know what those journals might produce...
64 posted on 05/31/2003 8:52:07 AM PDT by marajade
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To: OREALLY
No, what did she say?
65 posted on 05/31/2003 8:52:27 AM PDT by Devil_Anse
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To: Devil_Anse
...in his mind, he's not going to get caught. He thinks he can get away with it...

Agree, recall that he was scared when he was first arrested, but now that he has his high-powered attorney (and his new suit) he saunters into the courtroom as if he owns it and everyone around him.

66 posted on 05/31/2003 8:57:31 AM PDT by WellsFargo94
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To: OREALLY
Jackie Peterson is a witch and a liar like her son. Did anyone catch her lie about who called the police on Sharon Rocha ?

No. Please elaborate.

67 posted on 05/31/2003 8:59:54 AM PDT by WellsFargo94
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To: mass55th
The ring story could be cleared up right away...ask the jeweler when/who brought the rings in.

If the rings and diamonds were to be reset, I know of no woman who would not go to the jeweler herself to pick out the new setting...

Just a guess,....I think Scott took them in after and was having them reset for Amber....

68 posted on 05/31/2003 9:00:59 AM PDT by mystery-ak (The War is not over for me until my hubby's boots hit U.S. soil)
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To: Carolinamom
If there wasn't ONE thing of Laci's in the house, then why didn't Greta ask her what happened to Laci's things? This woman sounds stranger and stranger.
69 posted on 05/31/2003 9:01:16 AM PDT by joybelle
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To: Devil_Anse
If Scott (through his mother) starts saying "she took them off to wash dishes", I think I'll scream. She had a DISHWASHER!!

So do I and I still wash dishes in the sink. You don't stop washing a few dishes in the sink just because you get a dishwasher.

70 posted on 05/31/2003 9:02:12 AM PDT by Texas Mom
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To: mass55th
Jackie Peterson's lucky I'm not Laci's mother. Right now she'd be turning blue, because I would have wrapped her oxygen hose around her neck and pulled it tight!!

ROFLMAO that's a good one!!!!

71 posted on 05/31/2003 9:03:12 AM PDT by WellsFargo94
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To: Texas Mom
Yes, but with a dishwasher (and a maid) would you wash so many dishes in the sink that you felt you should take off your rings? I do the same thing--use dishwasher, but wash some things in the sink, but I don't have marathon dishwashing sessions where I have to soak loads of dishes in the sink, so I never see the necessity of removing rings b/f washing a dish or two.
72 posted on 05/31/2003 9:04:29 AM PDT by Devil_Anse
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To: Devil_Anse
Try the Laci Peterson website for the picture. I don't know how to post pics or else I'd do it. Thanks for your help.
73 posted on 05/31/2003 9:08:55 AM PDT by WellsFargo94
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To: WellsFargo94
Jackie called the police. Can you imagine letting everyone but Laci's mother in the house. How cruel.
74 posted on 05/31/2003 9:13:55 AM PDT by joybelle
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To: Devil_Anse; All
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/05/31/PETERSON.TMP

"Modesto police had long ago relinquished control of the home, but Peterson's defense attorneys had barred Laci Peterson's mother, Sharon Rocha, from entering the home because of concerns that such an entry might taint the crime scene."

DEVIL!!!! Read this,, now! The DEFENSE ATTORNEYS are saying the HOUSE *IS* a CRIME SCENE!!!

75 posted on 05/31/2003 9:18:13 AM PDT by Velveeta (Sleep tight Scotty.)
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To: WellsFargo94
Jackie Peterson lies about who called the police.
Jackie claimed the security company called the police.
The police said no, that it was Jackie Peterson who called them to complain....Jackie Peterson had also told Gretta on Fox news via telephone that she had no problem with the Rocha's being in the house.
Now Peterson's scumbag lawyers say Rocha's may have planted evidence and have defiled the (crime scene?) where the Peterson's have been several times !
Peterson's defense is failing to win hearts and minds, I think. Scott Peterson is not the only liar in the family.
76 posted on 05/31/2003 9:21:59 AM PDT by OREALLY
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To: mass55th
If one presumes Scott guilty of murdering Laci and Connor, then any attempt by Scott or his family to claim or keep items connected to Laci or Connor seems an outrage.

However, if one presumes Scott innocent, as we know his mother does, then it is perfectly reasonable that she would be horrified that the family was acting like Scott had no claim to the baby's things or gifts received on their marriage, or any other item they bought as a couple, or even Laci's own things.

I can understand and sympathise with the unrestrained anger of the Rocha's, but also the mother's goggles that Jackie Peterson has on.

Really, technically, at this point most of the items mentioned belong to Scott. It would be better if the Rochas and Petersons cataloged all the items, agreed not to disburse them or liquidate them, and then settled the matter once the trial or trials are over.

If Scott were to be convicted of murder, then naturally the proper disposition of the items would be to Laci's relatives. If not, there would probably be a civil trial that would determine if Scott had rights to the contents of Laci's estate.

77 posted on 05/31/2003 9:22:12 AM PDT by SarahW
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To: Devil_Anse
Devil Anse,having trouble posting to you. Sorry read post #76. I don't know what I am doing wrong. I am new here.
78 posted on 05/31/2003 9:26:49 AM PDT by OREALLY
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To: joybelle
"If there wasn't ONE thing of Laci's in the house, then why didn't Greta ask her what happened to Laci's things?"

Jackie sounds like she believes in that old saying: "What's mine is mine and what's yours is mine!"

79 posted on 05/31/2003 9:30:24 AM PDT by mass55th
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To: SarahW
Excellent point. Thoughtful and very logical.
80 posted on 05/31/2003 9:35:30 AM PDT by berkeleybeej
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