| LACI'S HAIR FOUND IN PLIERS ON SCOTT'S BOAT May 13, 2003 California cops searching Scott Peterson's boat found a pair of pliers with strands of his murdered wife's hair on them, it was reported yesterday. Prosecutors plan to introduce the potentially explosive DNA evidence and the tool, discovered stashed under a seat on his 14-foot aluminum boat, as key evidence at Peterson's trial, NBC News said. It was not immediately clear whether authorities will try to tie the pliers to the slaying of Peterson's pregnant wife, Laci, or his later alleged attempts to dispose of her body. Police sources say they believe cheating hubby Peterson violently killed his 28-year-old wife in their Modesto home the night of Dec. 23 and weighed down her body with concrete anchors before tossing it into the murky waters of San Francisco Bay.News of the pliers' discovery came as both the prosecution and defense claimed to have found more witnesses to back up their cases. One potential witness for the prosecution has been described as a local burglary suspect who was casing the Petersons' neighborhood early Christmas Eve morning and told cops he saw Scott doing something suspicious. There were no further details, but Peterson has already acknowledged he thought someone was watching him load "large umbrellas" into his car that day to take to a storage warehouse. Cops later obtained a search warrant for the warehouse. It was not known whether they found any umbrellas. Peterson has said he was fishing Dec. 24, the day he reported Laci missing. Police now believe he went to the marina twice that day, once before dawn and another time later in the day, the TV station said. But defense sources counter they have at least one witness with information suggesting Laci was kidnapped before she was killed, and that robberies in the area may be tied to her disappearance. Several neighbors have said there was a strange van parked in the area around the time she vanished. The defense says it already has at least one "credible suspect" in the case, NBC News said. Laci's body and that of her 8 1/2-month-old fetus washed up in the bay last month. Peterson was busted a few days later with thousands of dollars in cash in his pocket and a form filled out in his brother's name for a new passport, police sources said. RELATED STORIES INCONSISTENT STATEMENTS HOME INDEX LACI TRIAL SCOTT ALIBI-WITNESS LIST MAGAZINES EVIDENCE-NEWS & STORIES |
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