NATIONAL ENQUIRER
JUNE 24, 2003

From:  RICKAMORTI1

Amber visits Rocha Family
Scott Killed  Laci  for Amber
by David Wright
No new pictures -Synopsis (mostly rehash)


Amber is the motive for killing Laci, LE believes. Scott did want his wife and child
because he wished to be with Amber, he was sick and tired of being with
Laci, fed up
with her weight gain and was tired of her complaining.  "He wanted to trade-up."


Scott thought he was going to get away with the murder of Laci, but Amber worked
with the police for almost three months to nail him.  Often fearing for her safety.
She lost weight, was up all night and was haunted by nightmares of Laci. She
also hyperventilated the night Scott told her
he knew who did this to Laci.

Amber got up the nerve to overrule the FBI profilers who had written a script for
her to follow when talking to Scott on the phone. "She often took the script to
her LE handlers and said, "If I say that to him, he'll know I am working with you."


Amber had counseling help from her church pastor and found the strength to
continue talking to Scott on her tapped phone. "One life was reality as she
worked and kept house, taking care of her daughter, the other was pretend."
She tried to keep Scott interested in her romantically.


Amber began working with the cops on Dec.30th, six days after Laci disappeared, it was not
until January 5, that Scott even admitted to her that he was the husband of the woman missing.


Scott told her in the beginning that he was calling from Paris. He would say how
the weather was over there and even recount something that was in the news
over there.  Amber wanted to scream at him that she knew where he really was.


On January 5, Amber kept telling Scott her friends were trying to reach
her with some very important news.  She kept saying to Scott that her friends
had been unable to reach her with the news.  Scott changed the subject and
Amber would work to get him back to the news story.  Finally Scott says
"I think I know what it is and admitted for the first time
he was Laci's husband."

"At that point Amber abandoned  the script and yelled at Scott, "I can't believe
you lied to me like this, I thought you were in Paris." He kept saying I'm sorry.


For a month Amber was able to carry on her double agent role, then on Jan 24th a reporter
confronted her with the news that he knew she was Scott's lover.  In a panic she called her
LE handlers and told them the news was out.  Within an hour police sent a car to pick her up.


They brought her to Modesto.  She had just finished a hard days work, and had no time to do her
hair or fix herself up.  Police handed her a script and Amber found herself facing the cameras.


Ironically, Amber's TV appearance brought her close to Laci's family. A meeting
was arranged at the family home. Laci's family let her know that they did not
blame her for Laci's death. They accepted her for the victim she is.


Amber's friends disclosed that Rochas were curious to meet her and wanted to
know what she was like. "In fact when she was first introduced to them, a
family member said" Oh, you are better looking in person that on TV."
The family members were trying to let her know that they watched her news
conference and at first couldn't understand why Scott would cheat on Laci for her.


When they meet her it was like "Well, you ARE good-looking.  It was an amazing and
unlikely meeting and strangely there was no tensionbetween Amber and the family.


Amber stayed the weekend in Modesto and went out with some of Laci's
freinds."They spent time telling her what Laci was like."


Back in Fresno, on a day in February,  Amber got a frantic phone call
from police.  They told her Scott whereabout's using a tracking device.
He was near her home.  She was talking to Scott on the cell phone,
drIving down Highway 41.  Police warned her Scott was getting close to
her house.  They missed each other by minutes on the expressway.


Ambers role came to an end two weeks before the bodies were found.  Scott
stopped calling. Police believe Scott realized he was being followed.Amber is now
ready to tell her story in court but realizes it will be another nightmare for her.


**POSTER'S REMARKS**

From:  KEEBU    Jun-12, 2003
Thanks Pope, this is excellent insight into the mind of Scott Peterson!
"Scott told her in the beginning that he was calling from Paris. He would say
how the weather was over there and even recount something that was
in the news over there."  He's a terrible liar. He really does live in a fantasy
world. You know, this really shows how wonderful the Rochas are as good
people.  It would have  been so easy to let their emotions overtake them
and blame her for Laci's death, but they were able to rise above it and
realize if it wasn't Amber it would have been someone else.
It was only a matter of time.

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From:  ENTERPOSTING    Jun-12, 2003
I know that the Rochas consider Amber a victim in all of this are are very
appreciative of her coming forward and helping the police. If she didn't know
he was married, she didn't do Laci any harm. I think Sharon is a big enough
person to meet with Amber if Amber wanted to see her. After all, Amber's
testimony may help to put Scott away forever or get him the death
penalty. Why should they snub Amber?


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