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Body found, may be Laci Peterson
« on: Apr 14^th, 2003, 8:06pm »

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Posted on Mon, Apr. 14, 2003

Body found, may be Laci Peterson
By Brian Anderson and Karl Fischer
CONTRA COSTA TIMES

Richmond and East Bay Regional Park District police congregate near the shoreline at Point Isabel Regional Park in Richmond, Calif., after a body was discovered by a dog walker on Monday. (Mark DuFrene/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.

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Re: Body found, may be Laci Peterson
« Reply #1 on: Apr 14^th, 2003, 9:11pm »

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I've just rec'd news of this too GNS. I hoped and I prayed it wouldn't be anything other than she would be found alive somewhere, with some odd story.

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« Reply #2 on: Apr 14^th, 2003, 9:14pm »

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Oh this is just horrible.... :wail:

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« Reply #3 on: Apr 14^th, 2003, 9:50pm »

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I prayed an prayed this wouldn't happend....

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Re: Body found, may be Laci Peterson
« Reply #4 on: Apr 15^th, 2003, 2:33pm »

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This is a website set up by Laci Peterson's family....

http://www.lacipeterson.com/

If you go to that site - note that she was wearing a white long sleeved top and black pants. Remember also, that her dog came back from the walk - alone? IF this body is LP, could it be possible (when he took off to go fishing) he lured her into his vehicle and.........

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« Reply #5 on: Apr 16^th, 2003, 9:50am »

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Peterson case waits on DNA tests
Relatives face wait of days or weeks
Wednesday, April 16, 2003 Posted: 1:56 AM EDT (0556 GMT)

MODESTO, California (CNN) -- DNA tests are to be carried out on two bodies found in the San Francisco Bay area, but police said Tuesday it could be several weeks before they will know if the bodies are Laci Peterson and her son.

The two bodies -- an adult woman and a baby boy -- washed ashore at Point Isabel Regional Park, in Richmond, California, about 80 miles northwest of Modesto, where Peterson lived with her husband Scott.

Peterson disappeared December 24, sparking a huge search. A homicide investigation was launched three weeks after her February 10 due date, when she was expected to give birth to a boy already named Connor.

Detective Doug Ridenour, spokesman for Modesto police, said: "It will take anywhere from a few days to several weeks to get (DNA) results."

Family spokeswoman Kim Petersen told a news conference: "If this turns out to be Laci, we want the animal responsible for this heinous act to pay. We believe if this is Laci, God has allowed her to be found."

An initial autopsy found no obvious cause of death, said coroner's office spokesman Jimmy Lee.

"It's a time-consuming process," Lee said, adding that an "alluviating" expert was being brought in to determine how long the remains were in the water.

Scott Peterson told police he was fishing alone on December 24 at Berkeley Marina, which is about 2 miles from where the woman's remains were found Monday by a passerby.

The Contra Costa County coroner's office is trying to determine if there is a relationship between the female and the infant.

Richmond Police Sgt. Enos Johnson said the woman's remains were "skeletal," and said the coroner had already determined that the baby, found Sunday about a mile-and-a-quarter north of the woman's body, was full-term and a boy.

The woman's body "was laying inshore and looked like it had been washed ashore by the tides," Johnson said.

The coroner is also trying to determine whether a bone found Monday in the marina area by a local resident is linked to the remains.

Chief Norman Lapera of the East Bay Regional Parks Police Department described the woman's remains, saying only that the corpse was "a badly decomposed body settled among the rocks."

Laci Peterson was reported missing December 24.
He said that because of where the victim was found, authorities thought "it was prudent to notify the Modesto police department."

Using expensive sonar equipment, authorities have searched the area between the Berkeley Marina and Richmond several times over the past four months.

Investigators have twice searched the Petersons' home, and impounded Scott's car and boat shortly after Laci's disappearance. Police have not called Scott Peterson a suspect in the case.

Last week, a judge ordered search warrants in the case to remain sealed because they are said to contain potentially damaging information that could be used in a double homicide trial, in which the death penalty could be attached.

Scott Peterson has acknowledged, since his wife's disappearance, that he was having an affair with another woman at the time.

He told police he last saw his wife -- who was 27 at the time -- at home in Modesto just before departing on his solo fishing trip.

He said Laci had told him she planned to take the dog for a walk. The dog was later found by a neighbor running around the streets dragging its leash. The neighbor put the dog in the Petersons' back yard.

Scott has not been seen in the Modesto area for several weeks. His attorney, Kirk McAllister, said Scott is "very concerned and broken up at the prospect that (the body) may be his wife."

McAllister said his client's whereabouts are "not relevant." Scott's mother released a statement saying her family is hopeful that the body is not Laci.

CNN Correspondent Rusty Dornin contributed to this report.

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Re: Body found, may be Laci Peterson
« Reply #6 on: Apr 16^th, 2003, 9:57am »

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I think they may tell the family privately earlier than that - but because of the criminal investigation they will not want to issue any final reports before that time.

(again science will be so helpful in this case)

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Re: Body found, may be Laci Peterson
« Reply #7 on: Apr 17^th, 2003, 5:05pm »

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WHERE IS SCOTT PETERSON?

April 17, 2003 | As real life CSIs do the painstaking work to identify whether or not the two bodies discovered Monday in Northern California are those of the missing pregnant Modesto woman LACI PETERSON and her unborn son, many are wondering where is her husband, SCOTT PETERSON. Today, the Stanislaus County District Attorney, which oversees Modesto, said he believes the bodies are Laci and the baby she was carrying. Generally, officials are responding conservatively to the media's inquiries, always pointing out that Scott has not been named as a suspect and Scott has denied he had anything to do with his wife's disappearance. The 30-year-old fertilizer salesman has not been seen or heard from publicly since the bodies were found. Neighbors have also reportedly told journalists they have not seen Scott for a week. He also reportedly moved out of his office earlier this year and his father, who lives in San Diego, CA, allegedly said that he didn't know where his son was.

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