| PRAYERS FOR LACI & CONNER |
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| LACI The Victim |
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| SCOTT The Accused |
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| AMBER The Girlfriend |
| PROSECUTION TEAM |
| DEFENSE TEAM |
| Thanks to RTE66 for starting this list From Media Reports (updates and info by CindieC) WITNESS LIST AND WHO THEY ARE: |
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| MANY THANKS TO LIL CALI GIRL WHO HELPED COMPILE THOSE WHO TESTIFIED AT TRIAL ***************** ~PROSECUTION WITNESS LIST~ -WEEK 1 - Beginning June 1, 2004 1- MARGARITA NAVA - Housekeeper 2- FRED EACHUS - Employee Trader Joe's 3 & 4-MICHELLE BUER - Spa owner and TINA REISWIG - Manicurist 5 & 6-LAURIE WESENBERG- Manager and CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON - Owner -Salon Salon 7-AMY ROCHA - Laci's Sister **8-SHARON ROCHA - Laci's Mother -WEEK 2 - Beginning June 8, 2004 9- RON GRANTSKI - Laci's Step-Father 10 & 11- BRENT ROCHA - Laci's Brother and ROSE ROCHA - Brent's wife 12. SANDY RICKARD - Sharon's friend 13. GWENDOLYN KEMPLE- Sharon's Cousin 14. HARVEY KEMPLE - Gwendolyn's husband 15.KAREN SERVAS - Neighbor 16. WILLIAM AUSTIN - Owner, Austin's Patio 17. SUSAN AQUINO - Laci's Aunt 18. AMIE KRIGBAUM - Neighbor and partner of 19. TERRA VENABLE (on page w/Amie) 20. RUSSELL GRAYBILL - Mailman 21. SUSAN MEDINA - Neighbor 22. SGT BYRON DUERFELDT - Modesto PD 23. SGT. CRAIG WENDT - Modesto PD 24. OFFICER JOHN HODSON - Modesto PD 25. OFFICER DAVID CORDER - Modesto PD -WEEK 3 - Beginning June 14, 2004 26. DERRICK LEDZINGER- Modesto PD 27. OFFICER SPURLOCK - Modesto PD 28. PHILIP WILLIAMS - Motherhood Maternity and 29. VICTORIA GUADAMUZ - Motherhood Maternity 30. DETECTIVE JON EVERS - Modesto PD 31. SGT. RON CLOWARD - Modesto PD 32. SGT. TIMOTHY HELTON - Modesto PD 33. DR. TINA EDRAKI - Obstetrician 34 & 35. LISA MARTIN & LISA HILL and 36 & 37 - CORINA RAMOS & STACEY JOSEPHSON - Medical Assistants all on one page 38 . - MARYANNA FELIX and 39. JEFF SCHUMACHER - Jewelers 40 & 41. DAVID & VICTORIA BROOKS-Pawn Broker 42. ROBIN ROCHA - Laci's Aunt (38-42 all on one page-) 43. MICHAEL ROBERT IMELIO - Pool Man -WEEK 4 - Beginning June 21, 2004 44. STACEY BOYERS - Laci's Friend 45 & 46. LORI ELLSWORTH and RENEE TOMLINSON - Laci's Friends 47. DEBBIE WOLSKI - Yoga Instructor 48. DETECTIVE BROCCHINI - Modesto PD -WEEK 5 - Beginning June 28, 2004 (Brocchini continues testimony) 49. RON WELSH (Criminalist) 50 & 51. ERIC OLSEN - Worked for Scott and DAVID FERNANDEZ of Tradecorp 52. MIKE ALMASRI - Worked with Sibley 53. SHAWN SIBLEY- Introduced Scott to Amber -WEEK 6 - Beginning July 6, 2004 54. DOUGLAS MANSFIELD - Dept. of Justice 55. MICHAEL LOOBY - Found Conner 56. ELENA MARIA GONZALEZ - Found Laci 57.CAPTAIN ERIK NEWMAN Richmond Fire Dept. 58. TOD OPDYKE - Richmond Police 59.TIMOTHY GARD - Richmond Police 60. DEPUTY CHRIS MARTINEZ Contra Costa County Sheriffs Dept. 61. DEPUTY MARTIN 62 & 63. ALONZO CHESS- and SYLVESTER GOOSBY-Berkeley Marina Employees 64. GARY FREEDMAN - Berkeley Marina 65. CLIFF MARCHETTI - Berkeley Marina 66. BRUCE PETERSON - Sold Boat to Scott 67. KIM FULBRIGHT - Did Boat Experiment 68. DAVID BROWN - Big 5 69. SERGEANT ARMENDARIZ- Modesto PD -WEEK 7 - Beginning July 12, 2004 70. SERGEANT ADAM McGILL - Modesto PD 71. DETECTIVE RAY COYLE - Modesto PD 72. DETECTIVE RUDY SKULTETY - Modesto PD 73. OFFICER KIM CASTRO 74. OFFICER DOUG LOVELL -Evidence Tech 75. DODGE HENDEE - Modesto PD -WEEK 8 - Beginning July 19, 2004 (Hendee continues testimony) 76. DENISE DUCOT - Modesto PD I.D. Tech 77. DETECTIVE COYLE 78. DETECTIVE RUSKAMP - Modesto PD 79. DETECTIVE HOUSE 80. DETECTIVE HERMOSA - Modesto PD 81. DETECTIVE EICHBAUM 82. DETECTIVE HAWN 83. OFFICER VERONICA HOLMES -Modesto PD 84. DR. HRUSA - Taxonomist 85. JOHN NELSON - Criminalist 86. SANDY JAGODA 87. GARY SIMS - DNA Lab 88. ANGELYNN MOORE - DNA Lab 89. ROD OSWALT- Dept of Justice Criminalist - WEEK 9 - Beginning July 26, 2004 90. BRIAN ULLRICH - Financial Planner 91. ANGELO CUANANG -Author- Fisherman 92. DAVID WEBER (Lowe's Boats) -WEEK 10 - Beginning Monday, Aug 2, 2004 93. GARY NIENHAUSE - Financial Analyst 94. JEFF COLEMAN - Tradecorp Accountant 95. KIPP LOVING - Turlock Police 96. KIRK STOCKHAM 97. KENNETH MCCALL 98. LISA KRUEGER 99. LYDELL WALL - Computer Expert (100. LISSA McELROY- Testimony Stricken) 100. - DONALD TOY - Dish Network 101. GREG REID - Friend of Peterson's Note: After Reid, Lydell Wall retook the stand to be questions by prosecutor Harris Trial was halted and he will retake stand 8/23/04 We then received the Amber Alert! -WEEK 11 - Beginning Tuesday, Aug 10, 2004 102. AMBER FREY - Mistress Week 11 was testimony only from Amber and wiretapped phone conversations were played most of the week. -WEEK 12 - Beginning Monday, Aug 16, 2004 More Amber Tapes were played but her cross-exam was post-poned until next Monday, Week 13. -WEEK 13 - Beginning Monday, Aug 23, 2004 103. MARY ANDERSON - AT&T Wireless 102. AMBER - CROSS EXAMINED Monday and Tuesday 104. DANIEL WHITE - (Tuesday) Telephone Company Employee 105. STEVE JACOBSON - Investigator with Stanislaus County D.A. -WEEK 14 - Beginning Monday, Aug 30, 2004 99. LYDELL WALL - returns to stand 106. JASON TARDIFF - Enterprise Rent-a-Car 105. STEVE JACOBSON - returns to stand 107. CHRISTOPHER BOYER- Office of Emergency Services 108. ELOISE ANDERSON - Dog Handler 109. ALEXANDER BETTIS -Officer Modesto Police 110. RANDY BOLINGER -Officer Modesto Police 111. DALE LINGERFELT - Officer Modesto Police 112. MARK WEIGLEIN - Officer Modesto Police 113. JEFF MacKANIN - Agent Department of Justice (DOJ) 111. DALE LINGERFELT - Returns to Stand 114. BRIAN CARDWELL - Agent (DOJ) and 115. CHRISTOPHER PERRY - Officer Stanislaus County Drug Enforcement Unit are on one page 116. BILL POOLEY - Officer Modesto Police 117.THOMAS CHAPLIN - Agent (DOJ) 118. JILL HENRY - Agent Stanislaus County Drug Enforcement 119. TERA FARIS - Agent (DOJ) -WEEK 15 - Beginning Tuesday, Sept 7, 2004 120. ERIC BEFFA - Officer Modesto Police 121. TERRI WESTERN- Sharon & Laci Friend and Stacey Boyers Mother - Realtor 122. ROGER CONTENT - Car Dealer Handled Laci's Land Rover Trade-in 123. PAUL MEARS -San Joaquin County Sheriff's Deputy 124. SARAH YOSHIDA - Pliers (DOJ) 125. GEOFFREY BAEHR - Diver 126. KEVIN BERTALOTTO Stanislaus County D.A. Investigator 127. MARK PURDOM - Warehouse Manager 128. KAREN KORSBERG - FBI Trace Evidence Expert 129. KIMBERLY REBUSH - FBI Lab 130. CONSTANCE FISHER - DNA 131. NILS MYERS - Works for Ebay 132. CHRISTOPHER VAN SANDT 133. MARTIN DEMPEWOLF - Neighbor and husband of Kristen Dempewolf 134. JORDAN VISOLA-PRESCOTT 135. ELIZABETH GUPTILL 136. JILL LEAR (3 Laci Look a likes) 137. KIM WESTPHAL- Lived in neighborhood 138. PATRICIA MEWHINNEY - Walks dog in park 139. BRIAN LEE - Neighborhood walker 140. JOAN LEE - Neighborhood Walker 141. DIANNE MERENDA - Neighborhood walker 142. MELBA MARTINEZ - Walker 143. AMY NEUMANN - Walker ALL ON SAME PAGE 144. LEE PETERSON - Scott's father -WEEK 16 - Beginning Monday, Sept 13, 2004 145. MATT LAOLAGI - Hawaiian-Samoan Friend of Kim McGregor 146. PETER VAN WYCK LOOMIS, PHD Trimble Navigation - GPS 147. HUGH RODDIS - Orion Electronics Ltd. On Same Page - 72. RUDY SKULTETY - Detective Modesto PD **RECALLED TO STAND 148. PIN KYO - Criminalist CA Dept Of Justice Lab- Ripon 149. WILLIAM HUDLOW - State Criminalist 150. GALEN NICKEY - Fingerprint Expert 151. DR. ESTER TOW-DER - OB-GYN 152. RICHARD ATKINSON - Target Ltd. 153. ROBERT O'NEILL - Cement Expert 154. DR. BRIAN PETERSON - Forensic Pathologist who performed the autopsy 155. ALISON GALLOWAY - Forensic Anthropologist WEEK 17 - Beginning Monday, Sept. 20, 2004 156. IAN FRAZIER - Detective Parks Dept. 157. JEFFREY SOLER - Richmond PD 158. CRAIG GROGAN - Detective Modesto PD 159. GREGGORY RUSSELL DEVORE - Doctor OB-GYN - Specialist High Risk pregnancy 160. ALEX QUICK - Agent Dept. of Justice - CA Bureau of Investigation 158. GROGAN - Returns to Stand for Cross-Exam WEEK 18 - Beginning Monday, Sept 27, 2004 158. GROGAN continues Cross-Exam 161. RONALD J.SCHWEITZER Deputy - San Diego County Sheriffs Dept. 158. GROGAN returns to stand 162. KEVIN KOLBE - Special Agent California Dept. of Justice (DOJ) 163. PETER SHEAR - Agent California Dept. of Justice (DOJ) 164. CLAUDE JUBRAN - Agent (DOJ Taskforce) Works for CA Highway Patrol 165. SONIA RAMOS - Agent California Dept of Justice - San Diego 166. ERNIE LIMON - Agent California Dept. of Justice - San Diego **WITNESS' 161-166 ON SAME PAGE 167. DR. RALPH CHENG -Senior Research Hydrologist with U.S. Geological Society WEEK 19 - Beginning Monday, Oct. 4, 2004 167. DR. RALPH CHENG Finished Testimony 168 - RANDY GRIFFIN U.S. Postal Inspector 169.MARIO RUVALCABA Owner of a car Scott wanted to purchase 170 - MICHAEL GRIFFIN Sold Mercedes to Scott 171. MIKE RICHARDSON Scott's Friend & "Best Man" 172. AARON FRITZ Friend of Scott's 173. KRIS BUELNA - Officer East Bay Regional Park District 174. JON BUEHLER - Detective MPD Amber's Contact & Participated in Arrest -END OF PROSECUTION WITNESS LIST- HOME INDEX TRIAL WIRETAPS LACI SCOTT PLIERS-DNA DOGS AUTOPSY CEMENT EVIDENCE PHOTOS CULT INFO |
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| ~POSSIBLE WITNESS LIST~ LACI'S FRIENDS ** 1. AMBER FREY Testified Week 11 and RON FREY**HER FATHER 2. KIM MCNEELY - Friend of Laci's 3.ANNE GRADY-BIRD -Scott's half sister 4. BART AH YOU - Modesto Bee Photographer 5. Bill Mitchell - Husband of Vivian -Claim to have seen Laci walking McKenzie 10 blocks from house at 9:45AM 12/24/2002 6. Homer Maldonado -Claims to have seen Laci walking McKenzie morning of 12/24/2002 7. Connie Fleeman & Fred Hanna -Faced Scott at convenience store with boat trailered at 10AM on 12/24/2002 -He is owner of convenience store who corroborates Fleeman 8. Mike Ilvesta - Gardener at Berkeley Marina who saw Scott 12/24/2002 with boat at launch ramp **9. Greg Reid & Kristen Reid - Friends of Scott & Laci in Modesto Greg Testified at Trial 8/4/04 **10. Mike & Heather Richardson -Friends received call from Scott after his arrest Mike testified at Trial 10/4/04 11.. Steven Wayne Todd & Donald Glen Pearce -Covena Burglary suspects 12. Mark Geragos "Mystery Woman" -And read story in the Globe **13. Berkeley Marina Employees -Two Berkeley city employees working at the Berkeley Marina Dec. 24 Testified 7/7/04 14. Truck Driver -Saw Scott at Berkeley Marina Dec 24., 3;30 A.M. 15.Sherina "Saki" Vincent -Sued PEOPLE Magazine after selling pictures of Scott & Amber 16.Bruce Rayburn -ARTIST OF CONTROVERSIAL "Cult" IMAGES 17.Osha Neumann -SECOND ARTIST OF "The Bulb" **18.Bruce and Christine Peterson -Sold boat to Scott-Identified Cement in boat Bruce Testified 7/7/04 19.Gary Ermoian- Private Investigator 20.Other Scott Girl Friends - Potential placement experts 21. Diane Jackson- Hypnotized Witness **22. Mike Griffin -Sold Car to Scott when Fake I.D. Used Testified at Trial 10/4/04 23. Brad Saltzman -General Manager - Red Lion Hotel 24. ABBAS IMANI -Pacific Cafe owner in in Morro Bay- Testified Penalty Phase 12/7/04 25. MICHAEL GANN -Bought The Shack from Scott & Laci in San Luis Obispo 26. ANDY FARMER - Partner of Gann in The Shack in San Luis Obispo 27. FABRIZIO PAOLOZZI -Bought The Shack from Gann & Farmer, worked for Scott & Laci there in SLO 28. Eric Salzmann -Childhood family acquaintance in San Diego 29. JOAN PERNICANO Testified at Penalty Phase 12/2/04 -Childhood family acquaintance in San Diego 30. Dave Thoennes -High school golf coach- Testified Penalty Phase 12/6/04 31. Cort Peters -Fellow high school golf team member who says Scott was even-tempered, San Diego 32. Marlin Vix - Jim Ahern -CalPoly prof who spoke well of Scott, SLO 33. BRIAN ARGAIN -Scott's financial advisor, realtor in Modesto who Scott approached to sell his house Wiretap Played at Trial 34. Guy Miligi (same page as Friedman) -Modesto golf friend who spoke well of Scott as enthusiastic father-to-be 35. Kenni Friedman -President of Modesto Rotary Club where Scott was a member, spoke of Scott as caring person 36. Steve Howard -Peterson family spokesperson in San Diego TESTIFIED AT PRE-TRIAL 1. CHRISTOPHER BOYER -Dog Handler Supervisor 2.CINDEE VALENTIN - Dog Handler 3. ELOISE ANDERSON - Dog Handler 4. HUGH RODDIS --Engineer and president of Orion Electronics Ltd. Provided tracking devices Testified at Preliminary Hearing 1. Dr. Constance L. Fisher - Testified 10/29-10/30/03 -An FBI expert on DNA analysis 2. AMY ROCHA- Testified 10/31/03 - Laci's Sister- Saw her last and what she was wearing 3. SHARON ROCHA - Testified 10/31/03 -Laci's Mother -Last Person to Speak to Laci Dec 23 4. MARGARITA NAVA - Testified10/31/03 -Housekeeper described her cleaning duties on December 23rd and Laci's mood 5. LEE PETERSON - Testified 10/31/03 Testified he did not know Scott had a boat 6. Officer JON EVERS - Testified 10/31/03 Responded to 911 Call 7. Detective AL BROCCHINI Testified 11/6/03 & 11/12-13/03 First Detective on scene - Searched Storage Unit 8. Lead Detective CRAIG GROGEN Interviewed & Arrested Scott 9. BRUCE BUDOWLE - Testified 11/12/03 A senior scientist from the FBI's laboratory in Quantico, Virginia, 10. KAREN SERVAS - Testified 11/13/03 Put Laci's muddy Golden Retriever in yard 11. DETECTIVE PHIL OWEN - Testified 11/13/03 Viewed Laci & Autopsy 12. RODNEY OSWALT - Testified 11/14/03 Dept of Justice Criminalist - (Hair Evidence) 13. BRIAN PETERSON - Testified 11/17/03 Forensic pathologist with Contra Costa County 14. Detective DODGE HENDEE -Testified 11/17/03 Testimony of Cement Anchors 15. KIRK STOCKHAM - Testified 11/17/03 Modesto police forensic computer investigator 16. STEVE JACOBSON - Testified 11/18/03 Investigator with the Stanislaus County district attorney’s office 17. Detective JON BUEHLER -Testified 11/18/03 Participated in the Arrest of Scott ************************ |
| ~PENALTY PHASE~ TESTIMONY BEGAN NOVEMBER 30, 2004 WITH LACI'S FAMILY -PROSECUTION GAVE THEIR OPENING STATEMENT 1) BRENT ROCHA - Laci's brother & 2) AMY ROCHA - Laci's half-sister On Same Page 3) RON GRANTSKI Laci's step-father 4) SHARON ROCHA Laci's Mother DEFENSE BEGAN DEC 1, 2004 WITH HARRIS GIVING STATEMENT 1) LEE PETERSON Scott's Father 2) JOANNE FARMER Jackie's Longtime Friend 3) JEFFREY CLEVELAND Former Employee of Lee Peterson 4) CRAIG FARMER Family Friend- Son of Joanne Farmer 5) SUSAN CAUDILLO Scott's half-sister - Daughter of Lee DEC 2, 2004 6) AARON FRITZ Scott's Friend Testified at Trial and 7) BRITTON SCHEIBE - Scott's Jr.High Friend are both on SAME PAGE 8) JOAN PERNICANO Jackie's friend- neighbor 9) JANEY PETERSON Scott's Sister-In-Law- Married to Joe 10 ) JOHN PETERSON Scott's half Brother - Jackie's son and 11) ALISON PETERSON John's wife DEC 2, 2004 - FRIDAY 12) CONI FRITZ -Mother of Aaron Fritz and 13) PAUL FRITZ - Father of Aaron Fritz on same page 14) JOE PETERSON Scott's half-brother - Janey's husband DEC 6, 2004 - MONDAY -FOURTEEN PEOPLE TOOK THE STAND- 15) RONALD ROWE Principal of Peterson's middle school 16) MARVIN THREEAT Dean of students at Peterson's high school 17) DAVID THOENNES Peterson's golf coach 18) CHARLES COURTNEY golf pro - Former boss at a San Diego country club 19) SANDRA BERTAN golf-club coworker of Courtney 20) JOHN LATHAM Jackie Peterson's eldest brother 21) RACHEL LATHAM Scott's cousin - daughter of John Latham 22) ROBERT LATHAM Jackie Peterson's youngest brother 23) LEETA LATHAM Scott's cousin - daughter of Robert 24) ABRAHAM LATHAM Scott's cousin - Son of Robert Latham 25) KELLY BECKTON Another Latham sibling 26) BILL ARCHER Scott's post-college roommate 27) CARRIE ARCHER Wife of Bill Archer 28) JULIE GALLOWAY Scott's close college friend 29) JIM GRAY Bought Packing Business from Scott DECEMBER 7, 2004 30) ERIC SHERAR Former neighbor in San Luis Obisbo 31) HUGH GERHARDT Scott's College Golf Coach 32) ABBAS IMANI Owner of Pacific Grill where Scott worked 33) ROBERT THOMPSON Agriculture Professor Cal-Poly 34) SUSAN MEDINA Neighbor of Scott and Laci who also testified at Trial DECEMBER 8, 2004 35) THOMAS BEARDSLEY Fertilizer Sales 36) SHELLY REIMAN Friend of Scott 37) ED CAUDILLO Susan's Husband- Scott's Brother-In-Law 38) BRITNEY PETERSON Daughter of Joe & Janey Peterson 39) JACKIE PETERSON Scott's Mother END OF TESTIMONY IN PENALTY PHASE WHO DIDN'T TESTIFY AND WHY ******************************* DEFENSE CASE ~DEFENSE WITNESS LIST~ -WEEK 20 - Beginning Oct 18, 2004 1 - CARL JENSEN Private Investigator 2 - STEVEN GEBLER Cement Expert 3 - JAMES CAVALERRO Director of Security 4 -MARTIN LAFFER Accountant for Defense 5 - TIMOTHY PHILLIPS Parks Department 6 - ROBERT RONALD SEITZ Dog Handler 7 - KEVIN BERTALOTTO Inspector 8 - RICARDO CORDOVA Judge who lives near Peterson's 9 - DR. CHARLES MARCH "Cut me some slack" 10 - CRAIG GROGAN Detective Modesto PD 11 - JON BUEHLER Detective Modesto PD -WIRETAPPED CONVERSATION PLAYED Between Scott & Brother - April 18, 2003 12. JACKIE PETERSON -Scott's Mother and 13 - LEE PETERSON - Scott's Father - Take the stand in their son's defense 14. MIKE HICKS - Officer - MPD DEFENSE RESTS AFTER 14 WITNESSES ****************** |
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| Witness List Will Remain Secret
February 9, 2004 Peterson Hearing: Who Will Testify? October 21, 2003 |
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