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Laci Peterson left her home in a car, not by foot, the handler of a bloodhound used in the search for the missing 27-year-old Modesto woman told detectives. Peterson, who is 8 1/2 months pregnant, disappeared Christmas Eve. Since then, hundreds of volunteers and police officers have searched parks, neighborhoods, fields, rivers and streams. A $500,000 reward has been offered for her safe return. Her husband, Scott Peterson, told police he last saw her at 9:30 a.m. as she prepared to walk the family's golden retriever in East La Loma Park. He said he was leaving on a fishing day...

A week after Laci Peterson disappeared, Modesto police said Tuesday that foul play had become the main focus of the investigation. Detective Jon Buehler said other possibilities had not been ruled out. But, he said, "as we continue to profile Laci's background, gather witness statements, recognize her close relationship with family and friends, investigate the circumstances of her disappearance, and in view of the timing with the holiday season, it is becoming more apparent that her disappearance is the result of foul play." Police spokesman Doug Ridenour said: "We are hopeful that we will find her alive. But seven days...

<p>Modesto police on Thursday asked the public to help verify the whereabouts of Scott Peterson, the husband of a pregnant woman missing for more than a week.</p> <p>Police released pictures of a pickup truck, boat and boat trailer they impounded from Laci Peterson's husband, and asked the public to tell them if they saw Scott Peterson before Christmas.</p>

Search goes on for their sub Light blue and yellow ribbons adorn trees at Ustach Middle School for missing Laci Peterson, a substitute teacher. Complete Coverage Photos Laci Peterson Website TED BENSON/THE BEE Jacqueline Peterson, mother of Scott Peterson, and Sharon Rocha, mother of Laci Peterson, listen to Modesto police Detective Doug Ridenour update reporters on the search. His words: 'Right now, I haven't got a clue.' January 7, 2003 Posted: 05:35:11 AM PST By TY PHILLIPS BEE STAFF WRITER As the widespread search for Laci Peterson continued Monday, nine divers spent a second consecutive day focusing on a small...

<p>By PATRICK GIBLIN BEE STAFF WRITER The state crime lab in Ripon is analyzing evidence collected in the Laci Peterson disappearance, and the evidence could be blood, saliva or semen.</p> <p>The Justice Department's Central Valley Regional Laboratory includes a serology lab that specifically looks at organic materials -- usually blood, saliva or semen -- and extracts DNA from the evidence to match with victims and suspects, said Katy Ciula, assistant lab director.</p>

<p>Officers aboard a San Mateo County Sheriff's Department search and rescue boat check underwater.</p> <p>THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A law enforcement official collects a water sample from the Berkeley Marina on Wednesday while searching for Laci Peterson.</p> <p>By TY PHILLIPS BEE STAFF WRITER Searchers returned to the Berkeley Marina on Wednesday and used underwater camera equipment to hunt for clues relating to the disappearance of Laci Peterson of Modesto.</p>

Fox News has just aired the announcement by police authorities that the 'object' found in Berkley Bay, thought to possibly be the body of 8 month pregnant missing woman, Laci Peterson is a partially submerged, abandoned anchor. The search goes on.

<p>Modesto Police is '99% convinced' that Scott is the suspect they are looking for in the homicide of Laci and her unborn child, but do not have enough evidence to make an arrest.</p> <p>Scott was definitely having an affair with at least one woman (the PE teacher from Fresno) and possibly several others.</p>

<p>Rita Cosby again quoting local LE sources saying that three different samples of blood were found in the Peterson house, not just in the kitchen.</p> <p>Authorities confiscated Scott's computer in the earlier search and some outdoor patio chair furniture.</p> <p>The blood work is taking some time to process and will be ready late next week as was indicated in Rita's initial report, the authorities will wait to make an potential arrest until then.</p>

Scott Peterson admitted he had an affair last year before his pregnant wife vanished, and claimed he told her about it.He also has previously denied killing his wife.'The affair was not a positive, obviously..but it was not something we weren't dealing with,' Peterson told ABC News Good Morning America in an interview broadcast Tuesday.'It wasn't anything that could break up apart.'Laci Peterson 27, disappeared on Christmas Eve from her home in Modesto, CA.Scott Peterson 30, told police he was fishing at the Berkley marina at the time, and that his wife had planned to take her dog for a walk...

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Modesto, CA -[Missing pregnant woman] Laci Peterson's family fired another salvo at her husband Scott during interviews on two national cable shows Tuesday night, demanding he answer both their questions and those of Modesto investigators.Meanwhile a source with inside information about the case told KTVU's Ted Rowlands that Scott Peterson continued to be the focus in the case.The source added that even without a body an arrest 'could come in a matter of weeks, not months.'On FOX News Tuesday night, Ron Grantski-Laci's Stepfather--demanded that Scott answer all the family questions surrounding his possible involvement in Laci's disappearance on Christmas Eve.

MODESTO, Calif. -- Modesto police say that their search of the home of a missing pregnant woman Tuesday has not led to a big break in the case, but that they will return to the home of Laci Peterson Wednesday to continue the search. Modeseto Detective Doug Ridenour is downplaying Tuesday's daylong search at the house. He said unspecified new discoveries led officers to return to the home. Investigators removed dozens of bags and boxes of potential evidence from the house Tuesday, and they also drove away with Scott Peterson's new truck, which was later returned. Detectives with gloves had...

The brother and sister of missing Modesto woman Laci Peterson appeared on the "Today Show" Monday to talk about the continuing search and their feelings toward Laci's husband. Brent Rocha and Amy Rocha (pictured, right) said that they continue to struggle for answers as to what happened to Laci. "I think it has been a difficult process," Brent Rocha said. "We've taken it in phases. In the beginning, when she first went missing, I think friends and family just really focused on getting the word out. And then as time went by, I think that reality set in that the...

SAN DIEGO DETECTIVE AIDS IN LACI PETERSON CASE (03-04-2003) - A private investigator from San Diego made an unusual discovery in Northern California that just might help police in their search for missing Modesto woman, Laci Peterson. Bill Garcia spotted a chunk of cement by a waterway near Modesto. “It was interesting because it was the only patch of cement we saw in about 20, 30 miles stretch. And there was a tire track through it,” said Garcia. Last week, the couple who sold a boat to Laci's husband Scott, said cement residue in the boat wasn't there when they...

Peterson Searchers Return To Bay Waters POSTED: 3:36 p.m. PST March 16, 2003 UPDATED: 8:54 p.m. PST March 16, 2003 Weather permitting divers will return to the San Francisco Bay waters off Richmond on Monday looking for any clue to as what happened to pregnant Modesto schoolteacher Laci Peterson, who vanished from her home without a trace on Christmas Eve. Modesto investigators returned to the Bay Area last week, but a series of winter storms kicked up waves and winds that forced them to call off their operations on Thursday afternoon. It is the third time searchers have been in...

Police can't say whether woman and infant are Laci Peterson and sonInvestigators load a decomposed woman's body discovered Monday at Point Isabel Shoreline Park in Richmond. Officials are looking into the possibility the body is that of Laci Peterson. The Bay Bridge can be seen in the background. THE ASSOCIATED PRESSPolice can't say whether woman and infant are Laci Peterson and son Investigators load a decomposed woman's body discovered Monday at Point Isabel Shoreline Park in Richmond. Officials are looking into the possibility the body is that of Laci Peterson. The Bay Bridge can be seen in the background. By...

Coroner: More testing and analysis neededCoroner's office remove a body found at Point Isabel Regional Park in Richmond Monday afternoon. Officials announced Tuesday that more analysis of the remains will be needed. AP PhotoCoroner: More testing and analysis needed Bee Staff Reports Published: April 15, 2003, 02:05:22 PM PDT A man walking a dog by the Berkeley Marina Monday found a bone that may be connected to two bodies found in the area, Contra Costa County coroner's officials said in a press conference Tuesday morning. Jimmy Lee, a spokesman for the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Department, said that investigators had...

<p>Stanislaus County District Attorney James Brazelton said Wednesday he thinks Laci Peterson is the woman whose body was found this week along San Francisco Bay.</p> <p>"I feel pretty strongly it is (her)," the county's top prosecutor said. "It's too much of a coincidence to have a female and a baby found close to each other a day apart and no others were reported missing. If I were a betting man, I'd put money on it."</p>

SAN DIEGO - Remains that washed ashore in the San Francisco Bay this week were those of Laci Peterson and her unborn child, California Attorney General Bill Lockyer said Friday night. Meanwhile, Scott Peterson was arrested in the disappearance of his wife, who was eight months pregnant when she was reported missing Christmas eve, a San Diego County Sheriff's deputy said Friday. The arrest came as Modesto police planned to announce a "significant" development in the search for his missing wife and son. Peterson was being transported to Modesto, said the deputy, who spoke on condition that his name not...

<p>MODESTO, Calif. — Modesto police say they feared Scott Peterson was preparing to flee to Mexico when they arrested him on Friday.</p> <p>Attorney General Bill Lockyer says Modesto police and state agents used wire taps on phones and radio transponders on vehicles to keep track of Peterson. He says that Peterson indicated moments before his arrest that he discovered he was under police surveillance.</p>

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"Peterson, who is to be arraigned on charges for the death of his wife, Laci, and their unborn son, was arrested Friday morning ..." reports Sunday's New York Post. We can all agree that Laci was murdered, but I thought that the unborn baby was just a fetus. How can Scott Peterson be arraigned on charges for murdering a non-person? If Laci brought the child to a local abortionist, he could have killed the baby and the state would have paid for it! Actually, Scott probably was not as brutal as the local abortionist. So let's get this straight. If...

<p>The head of the National Organization for Women's Morris County chapter is opposing a double-murder charge in the Laci Peterson case, saying it could provide ammunition to the pro-life lobby.</p> <p>"If this is murder, well, then any time a late-term fetus is aborted, they could call it murder," Morris County NOW President Mavra Stark said on Saturday.</p>

<p>MODESTO -He spent his first full day in jail Saturday dressed in a red government-issued jumpsuit, sitting in a concrete cell, treating guards very politely and doing very little to draw attention to himself.</p> <p>With his image beamed on televisions from coast to coast, Scott Peterson could be this town's most infamous inmate. After a four-month odyssey, he is behind bars, facing two counts of murder in the deaths of his wife, Laci, and unborn son, Connor, and the object of scorn among many residents of the farming community where he once made his living selling fertilizer.</p>

Peterson courtroom under tight controlPeterson courtroom under tight control By PATRICK GIBLIN April 20, 2003 Security will be tight and access to the courtroom where Scott Peterson is expected to be arraigned will be strictly controlled, the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department announced Sunday. Peterson, accused of murdering his pregnant wife, Laci Peterson, and their unborn son, Conner, could appear at 1:30 p.m. Monday in Judge Nancy Ashley's courtroom, said sheriff's spokesman Kelly Huston. But, he warned, that could change at a moment's notice. "We want to make sure that everyone has access to see what's going on, but the final...

Police: Murder of Laci Peterson took place at home 'between 12/23 and 12/24/02...' Developing...

Unlike the case of the famous athlete who walked away free after murdering two people, a California jury today did the right thing. Scott Peterson was judged guilty of first degree murder of his wife Laci. And he was judged guilty of second degree murder of his son Conner who was within weeks of entering the world. Two lessons were taught today. First, that even in my state, the land of movie stars, breast augmentation, gay pride, illegal immigrants, fruits, nuts, and whackjobs, sometimes people here can do the right thing. Second, inside Laci was not just a group of...

© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com Scott Peterson, husband of Laci Peterson, is being arraigned today in a California court on two counts of murder: One for Laci, the other for their unborn child. Pro-choice organizations are understandably uncomfortable about the latter, exposing as it does the convenient lie that abortion isn't somehow murder. "There's something about this that bothers me a little bit," said Mavra Stark, president of the local NOW office in Morris County, N.J., about the second count. "Was it born, or was it unborn? If it was unborn, then I can't see charging [Peterson] with a double-murder." Her logic:...

How can Scott Petersen be convicted of 2nd degree if abortion is legal? Aren't they both a killing of a fetus?

Published Monday April 21, 2003 AP News Alert MODESTO, Calif. (AP) - Scott Peterson pleads innocent to killing wife and unborn son. Copyright 2003 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

The murder in Modesto and the subsequent circumstances reminded me of an event 25 years ago. From a Google search. Sealed Records are still another phenomena largely reserved for the politically well-connected. In cases where a legitimate criminal or civil inquiry is made which would prove damning to an individual or agency, in many cases that repost is sealed, prohibiting civilians from ever reading it. Now I understand that some documents regarding war efforts are sealed as a matter of national security, but why are the following documents sealed? The Ted Kennedy accident report regarding the death of Mary Jo...

Scott Peterson proclaims innocence to two counts of first-degree murderScott Peterson is led into Stanislaus County Superior Court before his arraignment hearing early Monday afternoon. The red jumpsuit means that he is a maximum-security prisoner. TED BENSON/THE BEEScott Peterson proclaims innocence to two counts of first-degree murder By JOHN COTÉ and PATRICK GIBLIN BEE STAFF WRITERS Published: April 22, 2003, 05:09:54 AM PDT Scott Peterson pleaded innocent Monday to two counts of murder in the deaths of his wife Laci and their unborn son, Conner. "I am not guilty," Peterson said during his arraignment in a packed Stanislaus County courtroom....

Paper seeks details in Peterson casePosted on Wed, Apr. 23, 2003 Paper seeks details in Peterson case COURT ASKED TO UNSEAL SEARCH WARRANTS, NOW CALLED PUBLIC RECORDS By Roxanne Stites Mercury News With prosecutors silent on why they believe Scott Peterson allegedly killed his pregnant wife, Laci, an effort is under way to open court records that would start to reveal some details about a homicide investigation that has captivated the country. The Modesto Bee newspaper asked a state appeals court Tuesday to pave the way for a Stanislaus County Superior Court judge to unseal eight search warrants in the...

ne does not have to listen too carefully to surmise where Geraldo Rivera, the Fox News Channel correspondent and anchor, stands on Scott Peterson's alleged role in the killing of his wife, Laci. "Fertilizer salesman Scott Peterson's alibi stunk as badly as the stuff he sells," Mr. Rivera told his viewers one recent night, also referring to Mr. Peterson as "the rat now caught in the trap."Nancy Grace, a Court TV anchor and a regular guest on CNN, does not seem to have much doubt about Mr. Peterson's culpability, either. Asked on "Larry King Live" this week whether Mr. Peterson...

<p>It was the home where they planned to raise a family. Now the front lawn is a shrine, where people by the thousands have come to mourn the woman who lived there. It is Scott and Laci Peterson's house at 523 Covena Ave. in Modesto. It is not for sale, but the real estate questions already are flying: Is Scott Peterson allowed to sell it? What is it worth and what could it sell for?</p>

Top deputies drafted to try case; ex-defender disputes case 'slam dunk' DA Jim BrazeltonNOTE: Modesto Bee is now having those wanting to view the 'photo gallery, to sign up and pay a "small fee". So, if you want images, the is now a cost to locate them, from the Bee(my statement)EXCERPTED:Top deputies drafted to try case; ex-defender disputes case 'slam dunk' By JOHN COTÉ and DARYL FARNSWORTH Published: April 26, 2003, 05:49:30 AM PDT Stanislaus County District Attorney James Brazelton said Friday that he will seek the death penalty for Scott Peterson, who is accused of murdering his pregnant wife,...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- The search for 27-year-old Lori Hacking has made an unlikely connection between Salt Lake City and Chapel Hill.Lori Hacking reportedly left her Salt Lake home around daybreak Monday to go jogging and has not been seen since. Mark Hacking, Lori's husband, told family, investigators and the media that he and his wife had planned to move to Chapel Hill to attend medical school, but on Wednesday, WRAL learned that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has no record of Mark Hacking and that he is not registered to be a student at the medical...

Those who knew Peterson express shock San Diego native accused of murder was loving, they say.'TIL MURDER DO THEM PART: Scott Peterson, whose wedding photo appears on the cover of Star magazine (inset), didn't keep his marriage vows to Laci, who was pregnant when the philanderer took up with another woman. Meet Mr WrongThose who knew Peterson express shock San Diego native accused of murder was loving, they say. By Laura Mecoy The Sacramento Bee (Published Friday, April 25, 2003, 4:45 AM) SAN DIEGO -- In his high school yearbooks, Scott Peterson displays his "pulverizing" golf swing and tells his...

Defense team setJackie and Lee Peterson make their way through TV cameras and news people after visiting their son Scott Peterson at the Stanislaus County Jail on Tuesday evening. Deputies cleared the visiting room for the 30-minute visit. BOB PETERSONFlowers and other tributes have multiplied at the Covena Avenue home Scott and Laci Peterson shared. AL GOLUB/THE BEE EXCERPTED:Defense team set By JOHN COTÉ BEE STAFF WRITER Published: April 23, 2003, 06:26:41 PM PDT Stanislaus County Public Defender Tim Bazar said Tuesday that he and two assistants are handling Scott Peterson's case. Veteran attorneys Kent Faulkner and Maureen Keller are...

MSNBC reporting that police had found the body of Laci back in mid March by using Sonar. It looked to be wrapped; it was not accessable; it was in very dark murky water; sonar team found; only 4 miles from where ScottyBoy was fishing. But a ship or troller moving through the channel displaced it - then washed up on shore almost ? 3 weeks later. Developing. Watch Rita Cosby at 6 pm ET on Fox. They are hinting at new info to come out. Maybe the same as MSNBC.