DA thinks it's Laci

The Modesto Bee ^ | Published: April 17, 2003, 05:01:13 AM PDT | Garth Stapely and John Cote'

[arichtaxpayer]

Look in Syria, where everyone else is hiding.

[runningbear]

I have to run out in the field but here is a good video clip and story to get some data on the suspect, and a tip line/hotline

Police Looking For Parolee In Cop Shooting

[Grampa Dave]

Scott probably doesn't have enough money to hide in Syria.

Rumors are that you have to have at least 2 billion $'s in a numbered account and are willing to post 1 billion $'s as an admission fee to run to Syria if you are an Iraqi Killer on the run.

[oceanperch]

Pittsburg should is a horrible place to grow up. Left as soon as I turned 18.

Those who know it will agree that it has a Evil vortex hovering above it.

[agenda_express]

From Snopes:

There is truth here in the issue which seems to be uppermost in the minds of most of those who receive this message -- that is, whether the phone number provided above is valid for the stated purpose or whether it's some sort of information-collecting scam. The phone number listed (1-888-5OPTOUT) is indeed legitimate; it is a shared number set up with the cooperation of the Associated Credit Bureaus to establish a single point of contact for consumers to call to request that all four major U.S. credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian, Trans Union, and Novus/Innovis) remove their information from the marketing lists and pre-approved credit offer lists sold to third parties.

It is not true that consumers must call this number before 1 July 2003, nor is it true that recent legislation allows credit bureaus to share private information with "anyone who requests it." This misinformation has been circulating since 2001, and the same message keeps getting keeps get dusted off and sent around every year with an updated deadline.

Contrary to the text of the dire warning quoted above, credit bureaus cannot sell your non-public personal information (e.g., Social Security number, employment history, bank account information) to "anyone who requests it." Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act of 1997, businesses seeking to obtain personal information from credit bureaus must have a "permissible purpose" in order to access credit reports. (Permissible purposes include checking the backgrounds of persons to determine their creditworthiness before selling or renting property to them, extending them loans or credit, or considering them for employment.) This restriction remains in force, it did not change on 1 July 2001, and it still applies whether or not you call the number listed above.

Credit bureaus can, however, create lists containing the names, addresses, and phone numbers of consumers with good credit and sell them to telemarketers and direct-mail marketers. (Names, addresses, and phone numbers are not considered "non-public personal information" because they may be obtained from a variety of publicly-accessible sources, such as phone directories.) Consumers may call the 1-888-5OPTOUT number to request that all four major credit bureaus not include their information on these marketing lists. There is no deadline for this process -- consumers may call the number at any time.

What did change back in 2001 was that due to the implementation of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (also known as the Financial Services Modernization Act) the banking, insurance, and securities industries were allowed to operate under the same corporate affiliation. (This act set aside legislation passed during the Depression era, which had created legal barriers to prevent mergers between banks, insurance companies, brokerage firms, and other financial institutions.) Because of consumers' concerns that new financial conglomerates allowed under this legislation might pool their resources to compile huge databases of sensitive customer information and share them with third parties, Congress added a provision to the act requiring that all financial service companies send privacy notices providing a "reasonable opportunity" for their customers to opt out of this information-sharing by 1 July 2001. (These notices had to provide consumers with details about all the kinds of information the companies collected about them and how they used that information.) The 1 July 2001 deadline applied only to the sending of notification to customers by financial institutions, and it had nothing to do with credit bureaus. Some key points of this "opt-out" process are:

- Unlike credit bureaus, financial institutions can share your private information with third parties by default. In order to stop this sharing, you must specifically invoke your "opt-out" privileges to request that they not do it.

- Privacy notices had to be sent to customers by 1 July 2001, but there is no deadline by which customers must respond. Your right to "opt out" of the information-sharing process is ongoing and may be invoked at any time.

- Most importantly, you must contact every financial institution with which you do business to completely "opt out" of the information-sharing process. The phone number given in the message quoted above (1-888-5OPTOUT) applies only to credit bureaus. Calling this number will not affect the ability of any banks, insurance companies, credit card companies, brokerage firms, or any other financial institutions with which you do (or have done) business from sharing your information.

The bottom line is that laws regarding the selling of personal information by financial institutions have become more stringent recently, not less. The changes may not have made the laws as stringent as we'd like them to be, but at least they're a step in the right direction, not the scare stories these messages make them out to be.

[RGSpincich]

Been living off the "buy out" of his CC membership and not selling much fertilizer, I guess.

[maggief]

... or planning on leaving town, permanently.

[agenda_express]

See post 26.

[RGSpincich]

He found a nice little villa in Guadalaraja a couple of months ago.

[RGSpincich]

Thanks.

[Jackie-O]

Thanks for all the info, and the story on the cop killer. Hope they catch this scum.
Hi, CC! Another thing I was thinking, if Snotty is not a wife/child murderer, why isn't he giving a sample of HIS DNA to compare to the baby's????

[maggief]

From KTVU:

"In all, eight search warrants have been issued in the case -- two for the Peterson home, one for a warehouse Scott Peterson uses for his fertilizer business, one for his person -- thought to be for a DNA sample -- one for the couples' phone records and three others. "

[FreePaul]

Brazelton, within a few hours of making his statements, issued a news release stating that the district attorney's office will no longer comment on the Peterson investigation.

Sounds as if someone with a grain of sense told this idiot to shut his mouth until he has something to say.

[Jackie-O]

Then he should issue a statement thru his lawyer that he has given a sample already that may be used as comparison..something an innocent man grieving the loss of his wife and child should do (IMHO)....instead on top of all his bizzare behavior these past few mos., he is apparently MIA now!

[RGSpincich]

Don't drink and talk.

[RGSpincich]

SP's attorney says to reporters that it's "none of your business" where he is.

That's not true. SP came to the public and asked for assistance, he held himself out to be leading a search for Laci. With the discovery of the bodies, his presence is required. If he is hiding then we know he was lying.

[clouda]

Thanks for the ping.

Another tibit

http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/news/041603_nw_frey.html

Sister Worried

The woman who admitted to an affair with Laci's husband has been cleared by police. But, Amber Frey's sister is still concerned about her.
Ava Frey says many thought Amber and Scott had parted ways, but that's not true, "I do know he has contacted her quite a bit and the police are aware of it ... they're informed and have been keeping tabs on it, too."

Ava Frey believes Scott may be involved in Laci's disappearance. She's worried about her sister and wonders if she could be in danger.

Police are keeping a close watch, but believe Amber is safe.

[RGSpincich]

Saw a very brief TV interview with Ava. She had that Sabrina look. As in Samantha and Sabrina, Ava and Amber.

[Stop Legal Plunder]

.........thanks.