Peterson, Frey had frequent contact

The Modesto Bee ^ | Sept 25, 2003 | John Cote' and Garth Stapely

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Peterson, Frey had frequent contact

Peterson, Frey had frequent contact

By GARTH STAPLEY and JOHN COTÉ
BEE STAFF WRITERS

Published: September 25, 2003, 08:02:39 AM PDT

Scott Peterson exchanged at least 18 telephone calls with his girlfriend in the nine days before his pregnant wife disappeared, according to partial phone records. He also received at least 47 calls from Amber Frey to his cell phones in the three weeks after authorities believe he killed his wife and their unborn son, the records reveal.

All 65 calls -- totaling more than 3 1/2 hours -- were made at a time when Scott Peterson insisted that he didn't have a girlfriend.

Two of them came on New Year's Eve, the day more than 1,000 people attended a commun-ity candlelight vigil for the missing Laci Peterson.

Frey made more than 50 calls to police starting Dec. 30. Some of those calls were made after police were authorized to tap Peterson's phones, and court documents show the wiretaps picked up a call between Frey and Peterson as late as Jan. 20.

Frey figures to be an important prosecution witness in the high-profile case and has been protected by private guards.

Frey was not the only woman with whom Scott Peterson had an affair with, a source said. He had at least one other girlfriend during his five-year marriage, the source said.

The phone records reflect only a portion of the calls between at least four phones known to be used by Frey and Peterson.

The 30-year-old fertilizer salesman has pleaded innocent to murder charges. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.

Frey, 28, has said she met and started dating Peterson in November, not knowing he was married.

The phone records from Dec. 14 to Jan. 14 also reveal that:

Frey, a Fresno massage therapist, called Modesto police at 1:43 a.m. Dec. 30. The call lasted 22 minutes. On Jan. 28, when Frey went public about her romantic involvement with Peterson, she cited the pivotal Dec. 30 call.

She made the call immediately after receiving two calls, starting at 1:24 a.m.

In the next three weeks, Frey exchanged at least 48 calls with Modesto police Detective John Buehler. She also called the phones of police Detectives Phil Owen and Al Brocchini twice each.

Frey's attorney said she has cooperated with investigators, who tapped at least two of Peterson's cell phones.

Authorities had an affidavit sealed Jan. 22 for a "search warrant for Scott Peterson's phone records," a Stanislaus County Superior Court order shows. It is unclear whether investigators executed the search warrant for the phone records.

But court documents show that authorities did use a search warrant May 28 in connection with the case for toll and subscriber information from five telecommunications companies: AT&T Wireless, Nextel, Cingular, Sprint and SBC. The companies provided investigators with dozens of pages of information, according to court documents.

Most of Frey's calls to Scott Peterson lasted five minutes or less. Only one, on Jan. 7, was longer; it lasted 100 minutes.

Frey and Peterson called each other an average of two times daily in the week before Laci Peterson was reported missing Christmas Eve. There were at least four calls on Christmas as media descended on Modesto to cover the disappearance. On Dec. 26, while volunteers combed the Petersons' La Loma neighborhood and a park, the number of calls shot up to 14. All calls were made between 3 and 9 p.m.

Frey put in two calls, on Jan. 10 and 14, to a volunteer search center based at Modesto's Red Lion Hotel. It is not known whether she spoke to volunteers or Scott Peterson, who regularly visited the center.

Peterson apparently spoke to Frey on the phone only once on Dec. 23, the day his wife vis- ited her doctor. Laci Peterson accompanied her husband that day to have his hair cut by her sister. Authorities have said they believe Laci Peterson was killed later that day or the next day.

On the day a judge agreed to let police tap Peterson's calls, Frey spoke with him at least twice. She called Buehler's phone number eight times that day. Frey hasn't spoken to the media, aside from the initial news conference revealing the affair and another staged by Gloria Allred, her Los Angeles attorney.

Allred declined Wednesday to comment on specifics surrounding her client's phone conversations with Peterson.

"I can only make a general statement that when .........

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Nude photos of Amber Frey posted on for-profit Web site

Nude photos of Amber Frey posted on for-profit Web site

By John Coté
The Modesto Bee
(Published Thursday, September 25, 2003, 5:12 AM)

MODESTO -- A broker of photos for men's magazines has posted nude photos of Amber Frey on his Web site, and the Fresno massage therapist has talked with her attorney about suing him.

The broker, David Hans Schmidt, said he bought the photos and release rights from a Fresno photographer earlier this year. The Web site, where Schmidt charges $19.95 for access, came to light Wednesday.

Attorney Gloria Allred, who is representing Frey as she prepares to be a witness in the Scott Peterson double-murder case, said her client has never relinquished rights to the photos.

Allred said her job is to defend Frey from attacks on her credibility that may come from Peterson's defense team and elsewhere.

Allred called the Web site "disgusting and an attempt to exploit Amber simply because she may be an important witness in a high-profile murder case."

"We have advised Amber of all of her legal rights against Mr. Schmidt and anyone who is involved in the sale and distribution of her images, and she will seriously consider her legal options," Allred said in a written statement released Wednesday.

When reached by phone, Allred declined to say what options were discussed or whether Frey would sue Schmidt.

"I hope she sues," Schmidt said Wednesday while traveling in New York. "You can print that. I hope she sues me."..........

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PETERSON PAL EXPOSED

PETERSON PAL EXPOSED

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September 25, 2003 --

The other woman in the Laci Peterson murder investigation was fully exposed yesterday - after a Web site started charging $19.95 for more than two dozen racy pictures of her.

Web site operator David Hans Schmidt posted 27 pictures of Amber Frey, 28, a massage therapist who had a fling with murder suspect Scott Peterson.

The photos were taken in 1999, Schmidt said.

"She responded to a local ad for nude models," said the Internet entrepreneur.

Frey is involved in the mystery surrounding Laci Peterson, a pregnant Modesto, Calif., woman who vanished last Christmas Eve.

Her body and the remains of her unborn child washed ashore near San Francisco in April, leading to Scott Peterson's arrest........

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Frey may sue porn broker over online photos

Frey may sue porn broker over online photos

By JOHN COTÉ
BEE STAFF WRITER

Published: September 25, 2003, 07:02:55 AM PDT

A pornography broker has posted nude photos of Amber Frey on his Web site, and the Fresno massage therapist and her attorney have discussed suing the man.

The broker, David Hans Schmidt, said he purchased the photos and release rights from a Fresno photographer earlier this year. The Web site, where Schmidt charges $19.95 for use, came to light Wednesday.

Attorney Gloria Allred, who is representing Frey as she prepares to be a witness in the Scott Peterson double-murder case, said her client never has relinquished rights to the photos.

Allred said she is representing Frey to defend her from attacks on her credibility from Peterson's defense team and elsewhere.

Allred called the Web site "disgusting and an attempt to exploit Amber simply because she may be an important witness in a high-profile murder case."

Peterson could face the death penalty if convicted of killing his wife, Laci, and their unborn son.

"We have advised Amber of all of her legal rights against Mr. Schmidt and anyone who is involved in the sale and distribution of her images and she will seriously consider her legal options," Allred said in a written statement released Wednesday.

When reached by phone, Allred declined to say what those options were or whether Frey would sue Schmidt.

"I hope she sues," Schmidt said Wednesday while traveling in New York. "You can print that. I hope she sues me."

Allred contends that Schmidt never has produced an original document signed by Frey releasing her rights to the photos. Schmidt contends that he has a signed, legally binding release.

"Do you think I would enter into a contract.........

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Peterson Informer Convinces Ex-Cop

Peterson Informer Convinces Ex-Cop

Wednesday, September 24, 2003

The inmate who claims he overheard double murder suspect Scott Peterson (search) talking about kidnapping his wife Laci convinced the ex-cop who gave him a polygraph test that he is telling the truth, the officer told Fox News in an exclusive interview.

Lt. Melvin King (search) told Fox News' Geraldo Rivera Wednesday that he was skeptical of inmate Cory Lee Carroll's (search) story at first, but changed his mind after their two-hour session.

"Mr. Carroll was able to convince me that he truly believes what he's saying has some validity to it," King said.

King, who has dealt with numerous inmate witnesses in the past, said they typically ask to cut some sort of deal for a plea bargain. But Carroll was different, he said.

"He was just the opposite," King told Fox.

Peterson, 30, is accused of killing his wife Laci Peterson, 27, and unborn son, Conner.

Carroll, a self-described petty property criminal, told investigators he first met Peterson last November at the City Lights strip club in Fresno, Calif...........

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[STOCKHRSE]

"lateI hope Geragos and his traveling circus underestimate them, too. But I doubt Geragos will; he knows better."

Those bastards at MPD will never be underestimated by me;They are dangerous and deserving of careful observation. They lie and falsify evidence and compromise witnesses routinely. They lie about the existence of witnesses at preliminary hearings. If you tink I'm wrong call them and report me;I would love to put all these things in the paper before the prelim.

I remember I sent you a copy you read it,or said you did, and sent a Freepmail which said,"Ray, You said it was bad and you were right it is bad"

Velveeta took the trouble to read it and said essentially the same thing. No I think she said It as shocking.

I mean I'm over it and could care less. Those AH's are in CA., and I am not and thats lovely.If no one mentions them again neither will I, probably. It is not my job to clean-up CA. But I have been known to take on extra work when povoked.

"If there are four murdered women in that jurisdiction and their bodies have never been found, how do we know they are really dead, and that they didn't just leave the area?"

OHHHH try reading about them on the website. That might work.

"If the DA held them off, if they wanted to go get Scott even b/f the bodies were found, it's b/c the DA knows that prosecuting him w/o the bodies and losing would be absolutely fatal to the case, and then if the bodies turned up, perhaps w/ incontrovertible evidence against Scott on them... everyone would be screaming as Scott walked, protected by the double jeopardy clause. Gotta know when to hold it, etc."

You are exactly right now but you were wrong when you said they had this BOMBSHELL and this action shows they don't or didn't on that date at any rate, They may have it now and I hope they do. I just don't think so.

"You can see the defense holding back? Yes, I could see that, too. So why DON'T they?? Instead, they were making fools of themselves. The schism btw Dalton and Geragos tells us a LOT about the state of Scott's defense, IMO"

Simply, my dear, b/c it is the Prosecution that presents it's case first in a criminal Court trial, Remember? Or at least that's what I thougt I learned......;-) Is this what is known as a pissing contest?....;-0)

"I don't see why Laci couldn't have walked the dog, and then been killed by Scott. I don't see why she couldn't very well have been alive as the 24th began--but still have been killed by Scott. Scott's whereabouts, as far as I know, are unknown for most of Dec. 24--unless I want to take his word for where he was all day."

Surely we agree on this perfectly reasonable presentation and he could have done it alone, By going the way I am me thunks if dere is anoter monkey or two in the wood pile we may stand a better chance of exposing them. Maybe....

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"How convenient that that couple, the Maldonados, serve as not only "witnesses" who saw Laci alive, but also "witnesses" to the tan van in the neighborhood. I call that economy!"

"The teacher dude, he was a strange, kind of weird, liberal-nut-looking kind of guy. Be that as it may, he absolutely said that he could NOT identify who/whatever he saw near the dog as Laci, only as "someone who seemed round". He freely admitted he didn't get a look at a person, only at the dog. And he wasn't even too clear about the dog."

"The Mitchells... lol... you already know all about them, and her standing at the sink doing dishes, an 80-something woman recovering from hip surgery... and him, watching football games when there were absolutely ZERO football games of any kind on the tube."

"Some have suggested that Scott did see one of the pregnant ladies (Kristen Dempewolf?) around on the morning of the 24th, wearing black pants and white shirt, and that that was why he listed black pants/white shirt as "what Laci was last seen wearing.""

Sure I heard all those things. I heard them from the neurotics who thought they were fine witnesses as long as they were looking at a Laci look-alike.

The look-alike DA came forwrd and said she was not dog walking Dec.24th AM, and that she had told MPD that when they asked months before;Thus she exposed the fraud and deceit by MPD and for some neurotic reason it interfered with the titillations of projecting freepers and they turned on the witnesses who were jut telling the same story as always. Wierd Huh? he, he he



"BBL!"
Whatever, whenever.....;-0)

[STOCKHRSE]

Ergo, when a policeman sees a habitual offender commit a crime, can the HABITUAL OFFENDER use your argument as a defense since this new discovery is soo well proven.and the policeman had seen him rob15 banks before this one.

You see there is this thng in law that says its principles must be applied equally to all.

[drjulie]

To answer your question...yes, I think it is a problem if the only piece of evidence that we have is eyewitness testimony. As a juror, I would much rather have a good circumstantial case than a case that hinges on what someone "saw". Although, encoding and correctly storing a novel, shocking event is different than an event that is routine and not novel. However, I would guess that we have more than eyewitness testimony in most cases. In this case we would look at the totality of the evidence - if the police have some evidence that she didn't walk her dog in the park that evidence may be given more weight than what a group of eyewitnesses say. All evidence (including eyewitnesses) needs to be scrutinized in a court of law. In this case I am just as skeptical about witnesses who claim they saw Scott at the marina (or anywhere else for that matter).

[Velveeta]

Oct. 14th National Enquirer (Courtesy Rickamorti from Purgatory forum)

Scott Peterson Planned Escape

Accused killer tried to buy car on sly

picture: copy of waiver of liability on form also ad for car

by Don Gentile

synopsis

The Enquirer has uncovered shocking new proof Scott Peterson was getting ready to run from the law just days before his wife Laci and unborn son Conner were found.

Shortly before his April 18 arrest, Scott Peterson bought a used car in San Diego near his parents home and told the seller his name was "Jacqueline Peterson."
"I asked him whether he was French or something," substitue teacher Mike Griffin, who sold Scott the 1984 Mercedes coupe, told the NE.

Peterson replied: "It's a name my parents hung on me, kind of a boy- named Sue type of thing." Continuing his lie, Scott added that people just called him Jack. Jacqueline Peterson is the name of Scott's mother.

San Diego criminal attorney David Bartick called Scott's attempt to hide his identity a strong indication he was getting ready to flee the country.

Why is he not revealing his identity? It is the type of evidence that can be used by prosecutors to show there was an intent to flee," Bartick told the NE. "he doesn't want to be associated with that car, so there would be no official trace to him."

As the NE previously reported, Peterson had discovered a global-positioning device police secretly installed in his truck. He knew cops were tracking him. "Authorities believe that's the reason he purchased another vehicle- one he could escape in," disclosed a police insider.

Peterson bought the Mercedes from Griffin on April 12- the day before the body of Scott's unborn child Conner washed up in San Francisco Bay and 2 days before Laci's remains came ashore a mile away.

Griffin did not recognize Scott when he showed up at his San Diego condo to answer an ad he'd placed. Scott took the car for a test drive, then bargained to get a good price- $3,600. He left, then returned only two hours later with 36 hundred-dollar bills.

Griffin had already filled out and signed the Notice of Transfer and Release of Liability form that California requires for sale of a used car.

Scott printed, "Jacqueline Peterson" in the boxes on the form for the buyers name and had 10 days to register the transfer with the state.

Suspecting something amiss, Griffin asked Peterson if he had a drivers license. "He never showed me one but gave me a number - J0880056- and said it was a Florida driver's license that expired on Oct. 24, 2004 (Scott's birthday), Griffin told the NE.

Clearly, the devious murder suspect had made up that number! Florida licenses have a letter followed, by 12 digits.

The fertilizer salesman from Modesto had messed up- trapping himself in his own growing web of deceit.

[sandydipper]

Scott needs to get a "fair" trial and then he should be turned over to us and then we could beat the dog crap outa him and hang his sorry ass.

[Devil_Anse]

Good to see you, Jackie!

[Devil_Anse]

Yes! The offender CAN use that argument as a defense!

[Devil_Anse]

We can talk about eyewitness testimony, you guys, but we must not forget that that's something we DON'T HAVE in this case! There is no known eyewitness to Laci's murder, other than Laci and the person who killed her.

Before we agonize too much over whether the eyewitnesses are accurate or not, let's remember that whether or not Laci was seen walking the dog on Dec. 24 is NOT proof positive of anything at this point.

[Devil_Anse]

I'm so glad you are here to get us these tabloid articles! Standing there trying to read and load the groceries on the belt at the same time is a real drag! Besides, I like the tabloid articles better than the "legitimate" ones, b/c the tabloids are not afraid to come out and SAY something, though I admit that "sources close to" is a bit thin as to proof of what they say.

Hey, why didn't Scott give his name as LEE PETERSON? Lee wouldn't have done anything to him for using HIS name, would he? It makes me think that Jackie is really the only one of the pack who is Scott's booster/enabler ALWAYS, and who would never turn on him no matter what.

[RGSpincich]

Thanks, Vel. These brief insights into "Scott's World" are amazing.

[Sandylapper]

Thanks for the article, Vel! Hummnnn...so, the seller of the car is talking! Wonder if he'll be a witness for the prosecution?

[Canadian Outrage]

Rusty: Eyewitnesses are the "least" reliable type of evidence. More people have been WRONGLY convicted by eyewitnesses than anything else. In the case of Laci, I seem to recall that she was my height - 5'2"!! She not only had swollen ankles and sore feet, she was having trouble breathing!! There is No blasted way she went for a walk in that rugged Park. I was a mess the last month of my pregnancies. I couldn't even see my feet or get into or out of the bathtub by myself. I had to sleep half sitting up. A walk down a rugged path - Not a chance in my case. Also, it makes NO sense that she would leave her cell phone. Her purse perhaps, NOT the phone.!!

[Canadian Outrage]

I think it was Laci's maid that mopped the floor on the 23rd.!!

[Canadian Outrage]

Sandy if Snott really was involved in the Meth business even as a supplier of one of the key ingredients, Amber would have a problem being a Main witness against the drug world's big supplier.!! Whether or not it was the nazi low riders or not, I can't say. However, Scott Peterson had a definite DOUBLE life. The life outside of his life with Laci would appear to be the absolute opposite end of the spectrum. I wonder what Mr. Lee Peterson is gonna have to say about his "perfect" son when he learns about his criminal activities?!! Should be interesting huh?

[Canadian Outrage]

Julie you explained that very well. That is exactly what I was getting at. Eyewitnesses, the ones who aren't just attempting to insert themselves into a high profile case for a few minutes before the camera, REALLY believe that they saw what they think they saw. They may be very sincere but sincerely wrong. More men have been freed with DNA evidence years after being convicted of various offenses such as rape, etc. by adamant eyewitnesses.!!

[MaggieMay]

Thanks for posting the NE article.

In addition, bone found yesterday was animal.
link
http://www.ktvu.com/index.html

[Canadian Outrage]

Wouldn't that be fun???!!!! I would relish taking part in THAT scenario.

[Canadian Outrage]

Very good point Dev. Why not LEE Peterson. Jacqueline Peterson and then an elaborate lie is just over the top. Just like most of his other actions.

[Canadian Outrage]

BUMMER Mags. Oh well, we still don't KNOW WHAT, if anything, that LE found in their last search of the Bay last week. For all we know, they could have conducted other searches under the radar, as well. I'm hoping and praying that they have anchor(s) that match Snott's cement mix and remaining anchors that he made. Remember he cannot account for three of the five anchors. I wish they could retrieve one of the anchors with a shin or arm bone of Laci's attached. That would be Game OVER!!

[Jackie-O]

I think that either one of them would do anything for Snotty. Jackie puts on this big "oh I need my oxygen" act, and does anything to try to get some good press, trying to elicit sympathy. It usually backfires on her, at least from my perspective. For example, when the Rochas had Laci and Connor's private burial, the one that the Petersons were NOT invited to...all of a sudden the press has a copy of a self serving e-mail...how in the world did they get ahold of that??? And I always refer to the interview in their driveway when she gave a lengthy interview without her apparatus and when things got a little hot under the collar for her, she askes for her oxygen. Everything that woman does is self serving...a lesson well learned by Snotty...