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| Scott Peterson Bought Car Before Arrest DA Will Seek Death Penalty HE PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO TWO COUNTS OF MURDER Apr. 25, 2003 FULL STORY After meeting with Laci Peterson's family on Friday, the DA says he will seek the death penalty in the murder case. Meantime, there's word that Scott Peterson bought a car just days before his arrest. Investigators say Peterson paid cash for a 1984 Mercedes. It's the same car he drove to a golf course in San Diego where police arrested him a week ago today. ============= Scott Peterson Paid Cash For Car, Showed Florida License April 24, 2003 Was Peterson Getting Ready To Run? Suspect Bought Used Car With False ID Just Before Arrest Scott Peterson used an alias to purchase a used car in San Diego shortly before he was arrested, raising the possibility that he may have been trying to cover his tracks before fleeing. Three independent sources confirmed that Scott bought a car under suspicious circumstances less than two weeks ago, . None of the sources would appear on camera, but all agreed that the revelation is more evidence that Scott may have been getting ready to run. According to the sources, Peterson found the car by thumbing through the pages of the San Diego Auto Trader. The burgundy 1984 Mercedes-Benz was advertised with an asking price of $5,000. The car's seller confirmed that Peterson eventually bought the car, but a source familiar with the transaction told NBC 7/39 that it was anything but ordinary. Peterson reportedly went to the owner's apartment in Ocean Beach and negotiated the sale price down to $3,600. Sources said that Peterson left after reaching a deal and used the Internet to download the necessary paperwork for the sale from the Department of Motor Vehicles. He returned with 36 $100 bills and drove away with the car, they said. Sources said that one aspect of the transaction drew their attention. Scott gave a Florida driver's license number and didn't use his real name, instead claiming his first name was Jacqueline. When questioned about it, Peterson said it was a family name. Jacqueline is the name of Scott Peterson's mother. About a week after the car purchase, Peterson was arrested at Torrey Pines Golf Course. He was driving the burgundy Mercedes-Benz. The sources said that Modesto police are investigating the details surrounding purchase of the car, as well as other leads that continue to come in. One legal observer told NBC 7/39 that the car transaction adds to the suspicion that Peterson was getting ready to flee. At the time of his arrest, Peterson was reportedly carrying $10,000 in cash and had changed his appearance by growing a goatee and bleaching his hair. "I was surprised at that, particularly since he was under the advice of counsel," San Diego attorney David Bartick told NBC 7/39. "I'm sure counsel advised him not to change his appearance." The Modesto district attorney in charge of prosecuting the case had no comment about the report of the car transaction, but when Modesto police interviewed the sources familiar with the sale of the car, a detective reportedly said,"[Peterson] lied to you just like he did to everybody else." OWNER OF CAR SPEAKS OUT HOME INDEX LACI SCOTT AMBER EVIDENCE-STORIES MAGAZINES THE BEGINNING TIMELINE PETERSON TREE |
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